Lead Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Lead Security Architect
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in Sheffield is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.80% - 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% - 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £394 - -
25th Percentile £448 - £1,200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 - £1,300
75th Percentile £606 - £1,400
90th Percentile £647 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £537 - £1,300

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 565 371 359
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 86.08% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 202 238
10th Percentile £313 £255 £384
25th Percentile £400 £428 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £534 £587
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -9.10% +11.90%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £611 £650 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £476 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.33% -4.55% +10.00%
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% +6.58%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Lead Security Architect job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Lead Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Security Architect job vacancies in Sheffield

Lead Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Architect in Sheffield over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Security Architect in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, 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 Sheffield region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (80.00%) BiZZdesign
2 4 (80.00%) Secrets Management
2 4 (80.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (80.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Centrify
2 4 (80.00%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Debt
2 4 (80.00%) Dependency Management
2 4 (80.00%) SABSA
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (80.00%) CyberArk
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 4 (80.00%) Visualisation
2 4 (80.00%) Confluence
2 4 (80.00%) Project Governance
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) TOGAF

Lead Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
1 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (80.00%) Dependency Management
2 4 (80.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (80.00%) Project Governance
2 4 (80.00%) SABSA
2 4 (80.00%) Secrets Management
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Debt
2 4 (80.00%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (80.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (80.00%) UML
2 4 (80.00%) Visualisation
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (80.00%) PhD
2 4 (80.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) BiZZdesign
1 4 (80.00%) Centrify
1 4 (80.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP