Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Architect
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in South Yorkshire 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 78 56 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.60% 0.42% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.49% -
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 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £600 -
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 605 405 412
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 85.44% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 226 268
10th Percentile £300 £220 £292
25th Percentile £381 £416 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £551
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.66% +10.14%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £626 £650 £731
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -2.50% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.14 £15.27
25th Percentile £16.68 £15.22 £18.31
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -1.23% +13.29%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £29.13
90th Percentile £24.02 - £40.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £21.31
% change year-on-year +3.39% +13.47% +12.16%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in South Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect within the South Yorkshire 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
Sheffield -19 4 £575 - 3
Cybersecurity Architect
Yorkshire

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

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 South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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