Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Security Architecture
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 43 49
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.68% 0.28% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 0.35% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £525 - £541
25th Percentile £563 £243 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £245 £638
Median % change year-on-year +155.10% -61.57% +16.33%
75th Percentile £688 £248 £716
90th Percentile £725 - £744
Wales median daily rate £625 £245 £638
% change year-on-year +155.10% -61.57% +16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £78.25 - -
25th Percentile £79.38 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.38 - -
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
Wales median hourly rate £82.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 288 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 85.86% 81.13% 88.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 145 278
10th Percentile £195 £160 £182
25th Percentile £283 £210 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £584
90th Percentile £675 £648 £639
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 40 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.45 £16.63
25th Percentile £14.23 £19.81 £21.86
Median hourly rate £17.50 £25.09 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -30.25% -15.90% +49.16%
75th Percentile £20.75 £40.00 £53.19
90th Percentile £30.75 £50.38 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.09 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.29% -7.64% +50.92%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in South Wales

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in South Wales over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in South Wales

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 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
Newport +9 4 £500 +104.08% 8
Cardiff - 1 £750 -
Security Architecture
Wales

Security Architecture
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) NGFW
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (80.00%) SABSA
1 4 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (60.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Security Management
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) GCIH
3 1 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) JSP 440
1 3 (60.00%) NCSC
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
1 3 (60.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (20.00%) Zscaler