Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in Wales

Cybersecurity Architect
UK > Wales

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in Wales is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 45 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.28% 0.49% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.54% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -6.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 Wales with a recognized job title 320 373 463
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.64% 90.53% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 215 344
10th Percentile £190 £135 £167
25th Percentile £265 £204 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £575
90th Percentile £643 £619 £648
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 54 28
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.50 £27.00 £23.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.07% +16.34% +44.55%
75th Percentile £21.50 £48.44 £39.69
90th Percentile £28.43 £53.38 £53.33
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.01% +68.77%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Architect in Wales

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in Wales

Cybersecurity Architect
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
South Wales +9 1 £750 - 2
Cybersecurity Architect
UK

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Cybersecurity Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared