Cybersecurity Architect Contracts in the North West

Cybersecurity Architect
England > North West

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in the North West is £670 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 157 181
Rank change year-on-year +28 +24 -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 6 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.23% 0.033% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.034% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £611 - -
25th Percentile £650 £675 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £850 £725 -
90th Percentile £898 - -
England median daily rate £713 £713 £775
% change year-on-year - -8.06% +26.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,514 2,900 3,850
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 95.02% 96.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,623 2,054 2,795
10th Percentile £273 £304 £213
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +12.05%
75th Percentile £580 £586 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 124 174
10th Percentile £11.09 £14.58 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.50 £15.06
Median hourly rate £31.81 £30.27 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year +5.08% +31.45% +28.65%
75th Percentile £47.06 £47.44 £50.52
90th Percentile £71.32 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +6.98%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the North West

Cybersecurity Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the North West

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the North West

Cybersecurity Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Manchester +21 5 £750 +7.14% 3
Cumbria - 1 £670 -
Cybersecurity Architect
England

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 North West region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security
3 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (66.67%) AWS
4 3 (50.00%) SaaS
4 3 (50.00%) PaaS
4 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
4 3 (50.00%) CISM
4 3 (50.00%) CISSP
4 3 (50.00%) Identity Management
4 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (50.00%) Information Security
4 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (50.00%) Design Patterns
4 3 (50.00%) IaaS
5 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
5 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) SDLC
6 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (16.67%) Rapid7
6 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (16.67%) Application Security
6 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 1 (16.67%) Cryptography

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) IaaS
2 3 (50.00%) PaaS
2 3 (50.00%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Application Security
5 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
5 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) SDLC
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Darktrace
1 1 (16.67%) Rapid7