Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Cybersecurity Architect
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in Sheffield is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 52 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.65% 0.46% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.54% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £521 - -
25th Percentile £540 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £619 - -
90th Percentile £653 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 556 372 368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.26% 86.11% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 203 240
10th Percentile £313 £260 £375
25th Percentile £400 £430 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £534 £587
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% -9.10% +11.90%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £612 £650 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £551
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.66% +10.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.14 £14.67
25th Percentile £16.68 £15.22 £18.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £24.02 - £27.85
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year -2.50% -1.23% +13.29%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in Sheffield

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect in Sheffield over the 6 months to 10 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in Sheffield

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 10 October 2025, Cybersecurity 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 Sheffield region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Secrets Management
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (50.00%) SAML
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) CISM
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (50.00%) OAuth
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (25.00%) SSH
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) SailPoint
4 1 (25.00%) SABSA
4 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) SAP Certification
4 1 (25.00%) TOGAF

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Kerberos
1 1 (25.00%) SSH
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth
1 2 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (25.00%) LDAP
2 1 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Secrets Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) SABSA
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
4 1 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) SAP