Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Preston

Security Architect
Lancashire > Preston

The median Security Architect daily rate in Preston is £863, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 3.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £821 - -
25th Percentile £834 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £863 - -
75th Percentile £884 - -
90th Percentile £894 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £825 £600 £675
% change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% -

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 78 50 51
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 96.15% 98.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 28 21
10th Percentile £115 £339 £241
25th Percentile £368 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +26.59% +9.68%
75th Percentile £679 £569 £500
90th Percentile £700 £639 £593
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +9.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 27
10th Percentile £39.53 £20.12 £21.43
25th Percentile £41.94 £26.17 £41.84
Median hourly rate £42.31 £30.96 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -32.96% +14.57%
75th Percentile £45.84 £35.63 £53.58
90th Percentile £75.63 £52.59 £75.83
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +13.81%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Preston

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
3 1 (33.33%) Key Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Key Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
2 1 (33.33%) SOC 2