Security Architecture Contracts in the North West

Security Architecture
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 72 134
Rank change year-on-year -44 +62 +22
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 8 62 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.40% 2.23% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 2.64% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 47 12
10th Percentile £533 £635 £618
25th Percentile £563 £669 £673
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £671 £800 £750
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £850 £809
90th Percentile £741 - £838
England median daily rate £675 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

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 1,776 2,347 2,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 89.70% 84.49% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,168 1,440 1,913
10th Percentile £304 £310 £313
25th Percentile £385 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £588
90th Percentile £660 £675 £675
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 272 142
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.00 £16.02
25th Percentile £22.73 £14.09 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.25 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year +17.43% -11.09% +31.03%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £45.90
90th Percentile £84.06 £66.61 £65.98
England median hourly rate £28.18 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.85% +4.17% +44.00%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the North West

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 8 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the North West

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 8 June 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 -6 3 £671 +41.26% 3
Manchester -30 3 £650 -23.53% 18
Cumbria -6 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 £575 - 2
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Serverless
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Architect
2 7 (87.50%) Security Architect
3 3 (37.50%) Security Solutions Architect
3 3 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CESG
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) IoT
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Data Ingestion
3 3 (37.50%) Data Privacy
3 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 3 (37.50%) Generative AI
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) COBIT
3 1 (12.50%) GRC
3 1 (12.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) JSP 440
3 1 (12.50%) NCSC
3 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
3 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
3 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley