Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cybersecurity Architect
England > North West

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in the North West is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 128 118
Rank change year-on-year -39 -10 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 7 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.18% 0.091% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.098% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £610 £598
25th Percentile £813 £625 £618
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% - +6.12%
75th Percentile £838 £675 £660
90th Percentile - £690 £666
England median daily rate £650 £600 £713
% change year-on-year +8.33% -15.79% +1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £85.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -17.65% -2.81% +15.58%

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 3,434 2,032 2,251
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 92.03% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,941 1,313 1,361
10th Percentile £282 £259 £268
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 £563 £586
90th Percentile £680 £659 £675
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 158 201
10th Percentile £17.03 £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 £49.69 £55.79
90th Percentile £83.70 £73.40 £71.90
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -44.11% +7.66%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in the North West

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Lancashire - 3 - - 3
Cheshire -5 2 - -
Manchester -34 2 £825 +17.86% 2
Cybersecurity Architect
England

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 13 August 2026, Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
4 2 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) AI
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) CISSP
5 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 1 (14.29%) NCSC
5 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) NIST
5 1 (14.29%) Process Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) SBOM
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Use Case

Cybersecurity 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:

General
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
4 2 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) AI
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Process Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) SBOM
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
1 1 (14.29%) NIST