Security Architect Contracts in West Yorkshire

Security Architect
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Security Architect daily rate in West Yorkshire is £615, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 65 106
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 4 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.73% 1.20% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.29% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 1
10th Percentile - £483 -
25th Percentile £550 £501 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £663 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +20.45% -
75th Percentile £698 £672 -
90th Percentile £729 £705 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £680 £663 £700
% change year-on-year +2.64% -5.36% +25.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 526 928 1,593
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 92.89% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 561 1,105
10th Percentile £255 £275 £327
25th Percentile £357 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +6.60%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £641 £656 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 24 15
10th Percentile £19.61 £11.75 £12.46
25th Percentile £22.14 £12.25 £14.46
Median hourly rate £24.82 £14.34 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.14% -55.89% +92.88%
75th Percentile £55.29 £29.25 £66.88
90th Percentile £100.28 £53.75 £70.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in West Yorkshire

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in West Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in West Yorkshire

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in West Yorkshire

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Leeds -5 4 £615 -7.17% 9
Halifax - 2 £550 -
Security Architect
Yorkshire

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) Google
2 2 (50.00%) COBIT
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) OSCP
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) Private Cloud
2 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (50.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) COBIT
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google