Security Architect Jobs in Bristol

Security Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Security Architect salary in Bristol is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 111 164
Rank change year-on-year -17 +53 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 36 54 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.16% 2.03% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 2.18% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 23 25 21
10th Percentile £47,500 - £54,875
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,219 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £76,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £120,000 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile - £97,290 £102,500
South West median annual salary £72,500 £79,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -8.81% +6.00% +13.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 2,999 2,476 3,213
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 92.87% 98.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,236 1,556 2,224
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,719 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +9.20% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Bristol

Security Architect
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in Bristol

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 across the Bristol region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 30 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (47.22%) CISSP
3 14 (38.89%) CISM
3 14 (38.89%) Finance
3 14 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (36.11%) Security Architecture
5 11 (30.56%) Azure
6 10 (27.78%) AWS
6 10 (27.78%) CRISC
6 10 (27.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 10 (27.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 10 (27.78%) CISA
6 10 (27.78%) Roadmaps
7 8 (22.22%) Incident Management
7 8 (22.22%) Business Case
8 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (19.44%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (19.44%) Incident Response
9 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
9 6 (16.67%) SOAR
9 6 (16.67%) Bash
9 6 (16.67%) PagerDuty
9 6 (16.67%) Public Cloud
9 6 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
9 6 (16.67%) Firewall
9 6 (16.67%) Windows
9 6 (16.67%) Linux
9 6 (16.67%) Python
9 6 (16.67%) Microsoft

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 11 (30.56%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) AWS
3 7 (19.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 14 (38.89%) Finance
2 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Military
3 4 (11.11%) Retail
4 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Linux
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (36.11%) Security Architecture
3 10 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 8 (22.22%) Business Case
4 8 (22.22%) Incident Management
5 7 (19.44%) Incident Response
5 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (16.67%) SOAR
6 6 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 4 (11.11%) Agile
7 4 (11.11%) Cloud Security
7 4 (11.11%) DevSecOps
7 4 (11.11%) Information Security
7 4 (11.11%) OWASP
7 4 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
7 4 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 3 (8.33%) Digital Strategy
8 3 (8.33%) SABSA
8 3 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (8.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Bash
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 6 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) CISSP
2 14 (38.89%) CISM
3 10 (27.78%) CISA
3 10 (27.78%) CRISC
3 10 (27.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 10 (27.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 4 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (11.11%) AWS Certification
4 4 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 4 (11.11%) CCSP
4 4 (11.11%) CEH
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (11.11%) ISSAP
5 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 4 (11.11%) NIST
2 4 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 6 (16.67%) PagerDuty