Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Preston

Security Architecture
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 6.38% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 - -
75th Percentile £900 - -
90th Percentile £930 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £798 £575 -
% change year-on-year +38.70% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72 65 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 76.60% 91.55% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 40 14
10th Percentile £255 £334 £350
25th Percentile £525 £438 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% +0.48% +30.43%
75th Percentile £785 £568 £636
90th Percentile £875 £633 £734
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £535 £539
% change year-on-year +2.76% -0.65% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 40
10th Percentile £39.53 £24.76 £13.53
25th Percentile £40.74 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% +79.02% -62.06%
75th Percentile £69.80 £31.07 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £43.39 £48.20
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +58.12% -17.86% -17.65%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Preston

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Preston over the 6 months to 29 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Preston

Security Architecture
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 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Security Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (33.33%) Blue Team
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Red Team
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) JSP 440
2 1 (16.67%) SOC 2