Security Architect
UK

The median Security Architect salary in the UK is £79,842 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 448 301 626
Rank change year-on-year -147 +325 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 542 1,150 805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 1.18% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.29% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 341 323 414
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,219 £57,875
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £87,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +2.94% +6.25%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £103,438
90th Percentile £108,750 £115,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.06% +10.00% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Architect.

Salary trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -115 470 £79,842 -11.29% 66
UK excluding London -176 368 £77,500 -6.06% 35
Work from Home +41 194 £78,273 -5.12% 31
London -41 122 £90,000 -5.26% 26
North of England -41 103 £79,057 +10.96% 8
South East -52 102 £75,000 -16.67% 8
North West -31 66 £70,000 +17.60% 6
Midlands -81 65 £78,273 -9.25% 6
South West -79 52 £72,500 -9.38% 4
West Midlands -45 41 £70,000 -18.84% 5
Yorkshire +28 31 £79,842 -0.20% 2
East Midlands -48 24 £78,273 - 1
East of England -9 22 £85,000 +6.25% 6
Scotland -160 11 £75,000 +8.38% 2
Wales -28 9 £78,273 -
North East +2 6 £79,842 -17.69%
Northern Ireland +16 3 £62,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Security Architect 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 permanent job ads featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 234 (43.17%) Cybersecurity
2 202 (37.27%) Security Architecture
3 185 (34.13%) Azure
4 149 (27.49%) CISSP
5 130 (23.99%) Information Security
6 127 (23.43%) Microsoft
7 125 (23.06%) AWS
8 110 (20.30%) Cisco Certification
9 107 (19.74%) Social Skills
10 96 (17.71%) Degree
11 93 (17.16%) Security Cleared
11 93 (17.16%) CISM
11 93 (17.16%) Finance
11 93 (17.16%) Application Security
12 88 (16.24%) NIST
13 80 (14.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 77 (14.21%) Roadmaps
14 77 (14.21%) Cloud Security
15 71 (13.10%) CCSP
16 70 (12.92%) AWS Certification
17 69 (12.73%) Azure Certification
17 69 (12.73%) Management Information System
18 67 (12.36%) OWASP
19 65 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 65 (11.99%) WAN
20 62 (11.44%) Data Centre
21 61 (11.25%) SD-WAN
22 58 (10.70%) Security Posture
23 54 (9.96%) Presales
24 53 (9.78%) Secure Coding

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 185 (34.13%) Azure
2 125 (23.06%) AWS
3 46 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (3.87%) SaaS
5 13 (2.40%) GCP
6 11 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (2.03%) PaaS
7 10 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.66%) IaaS
8 9 (1.66%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.11%) Azure Service Fabric
10 3 (0.55%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.55%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.55%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.37%) OCI
12 1 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 65 (11.99%) WAN
2 61 (11.25%) SD-WAN
3 32 (5.90%) Network Security
4 31 (5.72%) Firewall
5 27 (4.98%) Cisco Firepower
6 21 (3.87%) LAN
7 11 (2.03%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (1.29%) Internet
8 7 (1.29%) VPN
9 5 (0.92%) DNS
10 4 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.74%) Wireless
10 4 (0.74%) WLAN
11 1 (0.18%) NGFW
11 1 (0.18%) NGN
11 1 (0.18%) SSL
11 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (1.11%) Power BI
2 6 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.37%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 107 (19.74%) Social Skills
2 93 (17.16%) Finance
3 34 (6.27%) Public Sector
4 19 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.40%) Banking
7 13 (2.40%) Retail
8 11 (2.03%) Games
8 11 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.85%) Legal
10 9 (1.66%) Military
11 7 (1.29%) Law
12 6 (1.11%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.74%) Automotive
14 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.55%) Electronics
15 1 (0.18%) Advertising
15 1 (0.18%) Mandarin Language
15 1 (0.18%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.80%) .NET
2 13 (2.40%) Web Services
3 10 (1.85%) OAuth
3 10 (1.85%) React
4 6 (1.11%) CSS
4 6 (1.11%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.11%) REST
4 6 (1.11%) SOAP
5 4 (0.74%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (0.74%) SAML
6 2 (0.37%) JSON
6 2 (0.37%) OpenID
6 2 (0.37%) RESTful
6 2 (0.37%) XML
7 1 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.73%) Management Information System
2 62 (11.44%) Data Centre
3 58 (10.70%) Security Posture
4 39 (7.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 29 (5.35%) PKI
6 28 (5.17%) Public Cloud
7 23 (4.24%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (3.32%) Cyberattack
10 12 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.03%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.85%) iPhone
12 10 (1.85%) PMI
12 10 (1.85%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.29%) Cloud Native
15 6 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
16 5 (0.92%) Cloud Security Posture
16 5 (0.92%) Operational Technology
17 4 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.83%) Linux
2 26 (4.80%) Android
3 16 (2.95%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.03%) Windows
5 10 (1.85%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.92%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.37%) AIX
7 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (43.17%) Cybersecurity
2 202 (37.27%) Security Architecture
3 130 (23.99%) Information Security
4 93 (17.16%) Application Security
5 77 (14.21%) Cloud Security
5 77 (14.21%) Roadmaps
6 67 (12.36%) OWASP
7 54 (9.96%) Presales
8 53 (9.78%) Coaching
8 53 (9.78%) Identity Management
8 53 (9.78%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (9.78%) Secure Coding
9 50 (9.23%) Agile
10 43 (7.93%) Threat Modelling
11 41 (7.56%) TOGAF
12 39 (7.20%) Identity Access Management
12 39 (7.20%) Incident Response
13 38 (7.01%) CI/CD
13 38 (7.01%) Time Management
14 34 (6.27%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.09%) C
2 16 (2.95%) Java
2 16 (2.95%) Python
3 14 (2.58%) C++
4 11 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 10 (1.85%) C#
5 10 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.29%) SQL
7 6 (1.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 149 (27.49%) CISSP
2 110 (20.30%) Cisco Certification
3 96 (17.71%) Degree
4 93 (17.16%) CISM
4 93 (17.16%) Security Cleared
5 80 (14.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 71 (13.10%) CCSP
7 70 (12.92%) AWS Certification
8 69 (12.73%) Azure Certification
9 44 (8.12%) CCSK
10 42 (7.75%) SC Cleared
11 32 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 30 (5.54%) CCNP
12 30 (5.54%) DV Cleared
13 27 (4.98%) CCNA
14 19 (3.51%) CRISC
15 18 (3.32%) CISA
16 16 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (2.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 14 (2.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (16.24%) NIST
2 65 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (4.98%) PCI DSS
4 21 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (3.87%) GDPR
4 21 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 12 (2.21%) COBIT
6 8 (1.48%) QA
7 7 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.11%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.11%) IASME
8 6 (1.11%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 5 (0.92%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.92%) NCSC
10 3 (0.55%) HMG Infosec
10 3 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.55%) RMADS
10 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.18%) GRC
System Software
1 34 (6.27%) Docker
2 26 (4.80%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.55%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) LXC
Systems Management
1 37 (6.83%) Kubernetes
2 35 (6.46%) Single Sign-On
3 27 (4.98%) Stealthwatch
4 6 (1.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (0.92%) Suricata
6 4 (0.74%) Ansible
6 4 (0.74%) HP Fortify
6 4 (0.74%) Terraform
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.18%) Nmap
Vendors
1 127 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.01%) Cisco
3 27 (4.98%) Adobe
3 27 (4.98%) Apple
3 27 (4.98%) Meraki
4 11 (2.03%) Palo Alto
5 10 (1.85%) Google
5 10 (1.85%) Splunk
6 8 (1.48%) Oracle
7 6 (1.11%) PagerDuty
8 5 (0.92%) Juniper
9 4 (0.74%) Alibaba
10 3 (0.55%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.55%) New Relic
10 3 (0.55%) Veracode
11 2 (0.37%) ArcSight
11 2 (0.37%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.37%) Sophos
11 2 (0.37%) Tripwire
11 2 (0.37%) Zscaler