Security Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Security Solution Architect
England > North of England

The median Security Solution Architect daily rate in the North of England is £636, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 164 191
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Security Solutions Architect 11 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.27% 0.024% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.026% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £494 - -
25th Percentile £553 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £636 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year +15.55% -26.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £671 - £775
90th Percentile £679 - -
England median daily rate £636 £750 £630
% change year-on-year -15.27% +19.05% -3.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,744 3,810 4,830
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 92.12% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,475 2,102 3,260
10th Percentile £250 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £571 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 233 212
10th Percentile £13.11 £15.25 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.31 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £24.66
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +31.82% +16.02%
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.97 £70.72 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.71% -4.32% +74.00%

Security Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Security Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the North of England

Security Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Solutions Architect job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Solutions Architect job vacancies in the North of England

Security Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Solutions Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Solutions Architect in the North of England

Security Solutions Architect
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 Solutions Architect within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 October 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 - 6 £671 -
Yorkshire -16 5 £494 -10.27% 4
Security Solutions Architect
England

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Security Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Security Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) GCP
3 5 (45.45%) Threat Modelling
3 5 (45.45%) Data Ingestion
3 5 (45.45%) GDPR
3 5 (45.45%) Data Privacy
3 5 (45.45%) AWS
3 5 (45.45%) Machine Learning
3 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (45.45%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (45.45%) Generative AI
3 5 (45.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (36.36%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (36.36%) Security Architecture
4 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
5 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Secrets Management
5 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
6 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 2 (18.18%) Centrify
6 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
6 2 (18.18%) Technical Debt
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (18.18%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (18.18%) GRC

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
1 7 (63.64%) GCP
2 5 (45.45%) AWS
3 4 (36.36%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (18.18%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) Data Ingestion
2 5 (45.45%) Data Privacy
2 5 (45.45%) Generative AI
2 5 (45.45%) Machine Learning
2 5 (45.45%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Security Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
4 3 (27.27%) Secrets Management
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) Dependency Management
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) UML
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
5 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CISM
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PhD
2 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 5 (45.45%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) GRC
3 1 (9.09%) GxP
3 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) BiZZdesign
1 2 (18.18%) Centrify
1 2 (18.18%) CyberArk
1 2 (18.18%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Thycotic