Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in the North West

Security Architecture
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 118 132
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 +32
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 14 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.57% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £598 £634 -
25th Percentile £627 £647 £850
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £688 £900
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -23.61% +56.52%
75th Percentile £785 £722 £950
90th Percentile £815 £731 -
England median daily rate £625 £651 £650
% change year-on-year -3.92% +0.08% -3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,177 1,870 2,360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.60% 86.25% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,054 1,607
10th Percentile £213 £275 £287
25th Percentile £358 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £656 £656 £681
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 108 152
10th Percentile £16.38 £16.00 £16.03
25th Percentile £20.44 £21.20 £18.00
Median hourly rate £34.50 £32.01 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -9.83% +37.54%
75th Percentile £55.00 £51.91 £46.35
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.65 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in the North West

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the North West over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
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 Security Architecture within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Cheshire - 7 £643 -
Manchester -7 4 £750 +9.09% 9
Cumbria - 1 - -
Merseyside - 1 £792 -
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) AWS
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) GCP
3 3 (21.43%) OpenShift
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (14.29%) SaaS
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
1 3 (21.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
1 1 (7.14%) MongoDB
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Database
1 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) GitLab
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Military
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Architect
2 6 (42.86%) Security Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Architect
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Security Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Monitoring Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Programmer
5 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
1 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (35.71%) DevOps
1 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
1 5 (35.71%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 4 (28.57%) Observability
2 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (21.43%) Analytics
3 3 (21.43%) Containerisation
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) SIEM
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) Use Case
4 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 2 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CISM
1 3 (21.43%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) GCIA
2 2 (14.29%) GCIH
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.14%) SOC 1
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Fluentd
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Splunk
3 3 (21.43%) Cribl.io
4 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle