Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Architect
England > Yorkshire

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in Yorkshire is £550, 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 121 95 -
Rank change year-on-year -26 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 5 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.30% 0.34% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £474 - -
25th Percentile £509 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £645 - -
England median daily rate £600 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,538 1,332 1,978
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 90.12% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 786 1,288
10th Percentile £235 £263 £239
25th Percentile £375 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £605
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 55 33
10th Percentile £17.48 £14.79 £13.60
25th Percentile £19.53 £16.25 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +13.47% +12.16%
75th Percentile £81.25 £40.63 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £41.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.52% +73.58%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 Yorkshire.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Architect
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
South Yorkshire -22 4 £575 - 3
West Yorkshire -13 1 £450 -25.00%
Cybersecurity Architect
England

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 Yorkshire region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (40.00%) Secrets Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) SAML
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (40.00%) OAuth
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) LDAP
4 1 (20.00%) Kerberos
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Azure

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Kerberos
1 1 (20.00%) SSH
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) OAuth
1 2 (40.00%) SAML
2 1 (20.00%) LDAP
2 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Secrets Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP