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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 119 178
Rank change year-on-year -27 +59 +41
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 31 63 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.82% 1.36% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.62% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 49 20
10th Percentile £536 £623 £603
25th Percentile £572 £669 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £800 £750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +19.05%
75th Percentile £750 £850 £809
90th Percentile £787 - £854
England median daily rate £675 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +4.48%

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 3,369 3,888 4,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.70% 84.17% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,164 2,349 3,311
10th Percentile £268 £297 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £553 £580 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 337 208
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.00 £16.96
Median hourly rate £22.63 £22.00 £24.58
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -10.48% +22.08%
75th Percentile £45.13 £46.18 £43.55
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.61 £53.85
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 18 £716 -10.50% 13
North East - 10 £663 - 8
Yorkshire -4 4 £550 - 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) SAP GRC
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (48.39%) AWS
2 12 (38.71%) Azure
3 8 (25.81%) GCP
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.45%) SaaS
6 1 (3.23%) GitHub
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (3.23%) Serverless
6 1 (3.23%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) MongoDB
1 8 (25.81%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (16.13%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.23%) Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.23%) Military
3 1 (3.23%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (83.87%) Architect
2 24 (77.42%) Security Architect
3 10 (32.26%) Senior
3 10 (32.26%) Senior Architect
3 10 (32.26%) Senior Security Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Lead
4 3 (9.68%) Security Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Applications Architect
5 2 (6.45%) AWS Architect
5 2 (6.45%) AWS Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Cloud Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Lead Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.23%) SAP GRC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Cloud Native
1 5 (16.13%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.90%) Cyberattack
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) CESG
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (29.03%) Application Security
2 9 (29.03%) Microservices
2 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (25.81%) Architectural Patterns
3 8 (25.81%) Threat Modelling
4 7 (22.58%) Cloud Security
5 6 (19.35%) Agile
6 5 (16.13%) Attestation
6 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
6 5 (16.13%) Continuous Delivery
6 5 (16.13%) Data Security
6 5 (16.13%) DevSecOps
7 4 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (12.90%) Database Security
7 4 (12.90%) Generative AI
7 4 (12.90%) Machine Learning
7 4 (12.90%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (12.90%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) CISSP
2 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.45%) GCIA
4 2 (6.45%) GCIH
5 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) QA
2 4 (12.90%) NIST
3 3 (9.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (9.68%) GDPR
3 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.23%) COBIT
4 1 (3.23%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (3.23%) GRC
4 1 (3.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (3.23%) JSP 440
4 1 (3.23%) NCSC
4 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (6.45%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (3.23%) SAP