Cloud Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cloud Security Architect
England > North West

The median Cloud Security Architect daily rate in the North West is £653, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 132 117
Rank change year-on-year -40 -15 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Security Architect 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.077% 0.045% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.049% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £745
25th Percentile - £725 £756
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year -12.93% -3.23% -
75th Percentile - £775 £794
90th Percentile - - £805
England median daily rate £582 £713 £775
% change year-on-year -18.32% -8.06% +8.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,511 2,040 2,305
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 92.06% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,005 1,312 1,377
10th Percentile £292 £263 £276
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £600 £564 £588
90th Percentile £680 £663 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 162 200
10th Percentile £17.10 £13.00 £11.07
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.30 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.13% -28.14% +14.60%
75th Percentile £71.91 £50.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £81.95 £72.50 £71.87
England median hourly rate £42.50 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +63.46% -42.22% +6.95%

Cloud Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cloud Security Architect job vacancy trend in the North West

Cloud Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in the North West

Cloud Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in the North West

Cloud Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. 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
Merseyside - 2 - - 1
Cheshire - 1 £653 -
Cloud Security Architect
England

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 21 August 2026, Cloud Security 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 West region featuring Cloud Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco