Lead Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Preston

Lead Security Architect
Lancashire > Preston

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in Preston is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
4 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 159 73 42
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.89% 93.59% 97.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 48 28
10th Percentile £413 £310 £200
25th Percentile £513 £405 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £453 £563
Median % change year-on-year +32.49% -19.56% +30.64%
75th Percentile £665 £630 £627
90th Percentile £950 £673 £835
Lancashire median daily rate £581 £485 £475
% change year-on-year +19.79% +2.11% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 7
10th Percentile £27.09 £26.52 £20.39
25th Percentile £42.13 £29.66 £24.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.12 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.56% +68.29% -36.64%
75th Percentile £78.17 £70.16 £44.44
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.79 £58.13
Lancashire median hourly rate £43.56 £44.09 £40.33
% change year-on-year -1.20% +9.34% -12.68%

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 4 September 2026, Lead 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 Preston region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
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