Security Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Security Solution Architect
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Security Solution Architect daily rate in South Yorkshire is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Solutions Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £494 £550 £750
% change year-on-year -10.27% -26.67% +11.11%

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 579 399 422
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.77% 85.62% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 224 272
10th Percentile £295 £225 £282
25th Percentile £380 £425 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £568
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -7.57% +13.60%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £650
90th Percentile £632 £646 £743
Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -3.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £15.05 £15.27
25th Percentile £16.68 £20.00 £18.31
Median hourly rate £19.50 £21.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +6.58%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £29.13
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.80 £40.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.79 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +1.92% +9.53% +12.16%

Security Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Security Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Security Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Security Solutions 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 Security Solutions Architect within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 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 - 2 £537 - 4
Security Solutions Architect
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Security Solutions 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 Security Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Centrify
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 2 (100.00%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (50.00%) Secrets Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Thycotic
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) PhD

Security Solutions 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Password Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PhD
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) BiZZdesign
1 2 (100.00%) Centrify
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (50.00%) Thycotic