Security Architect Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Security Architect
Wales > South Wales

The median Security Architect daily rate in South Wales is £725, 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 36 43 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.37% 0.57% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.62% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £703 - £693
25th Percentile £706 - £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £744 - £800
90th Percentile £748 - £808
Wales median daily rate £725 - £750
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
Wales median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 267 322 379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 91.22% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 181 293
10th Percentile £190 £136 £158
25th Percentile £282 £209 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £588
90th Percentile £610 £630 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £445 £444
% change year-on-year -10.11% +0.28% -11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 44 24
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.88 £20.12 £16.99
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £24.96
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% +2.57% +38.65%
75th Percentile £22.00 £48.75 £39.69
90th Percentile £31.50 £53.38 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £26.05 £23.92
% change year-on-year -19.39% +8.93% +48.96%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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 South Wales.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in South Wales

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in South Wales

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 10 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -1 3 £725 - 1
Newport - 1 - - 11
Security Architect
Wales

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 10 October 2025, 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 South Wales region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (75.00%) SABSA
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) SABSA
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (25.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft