Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Security Architect
Devon > Plymouth

The median Security Architect daily rate in Plymouth is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Plymouth 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £675 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 27 49 42
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 61.36% 96.08% 97.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 26
10th Percentile £225 £116 £131
25th Percentile £369 £180 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £195 £400
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -51.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £450
90th Percentile £756 £600 £590
Devon median daily rate £413 £465 £520
% change year-on-year -11.29% -10.58% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 6
10th Percentile £15.57 £46.25 £21.91
25th Percentile £19.54 £55.00 £32.35
Median hourly rate £25.72 £65.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -60.44% +67.74% +13.97%
75th Percentile £55.95 £72.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £71.28 - £65.00
Devon median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +62.50% +125.35%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Plymouth.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Plymouth

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Plymouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Plymouth

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Plymouth region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft