Security Architecture Contracts in the North of England

Security Architecture
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 119 194
Rank change year-on-year -34 +75 +6
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 13 67 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.39% 1.41% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 1.64% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 48 20
10th Percentile £504 £639 £603
25th Percentile £538 £669 £649
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% +14.29% +12.00%
75th Percentile £671 £850 £800
90th Percentile £709 - £839
England median daily rate £675 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -39 8 £671 -16.13% 59
Yorkshire +8 3 £550 - 34
North East - 2 £482 - 13
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) AWS
2 5 (38.46%) GCP
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.69%) VLAN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Architect
2 10 (76.92%) Security Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Security Solutions Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Lead Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Lead Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) CESG
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Threat Modelling
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
4 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) Data Ingestion
5 3 (23.08%) Data Privacy
5 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
5 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
5 3 (23.08%) Generative AI
5 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
5 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (15.38%) API Design
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) DevOps
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) Microservices
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) GDPR
1 4 (30.77%) NIST
2 3 (23.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (15.38%) NCSC
3 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (7.69%) COBIT
4 1 (7.69%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (7.69%) GRC
4 1 (7.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (7.69%) JSP 440
4 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
4 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Aruba
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco