Information Security Architect Jobs in England

Information Security Architect
UK > England

The median Information Security Architect salary in England is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 801 932 1083
Rank change year-on-year +131 +151 -225
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Architect 20 22 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.023% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.025% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 19
10th Percentile £60,000 - £42,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £81,250 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £87,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +12.90% +12.73%
75th Percentile £85,000 £122,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £89,000 - £96,250
UK median annual salary £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +12.90% +12.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 79,551 87,358 124,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.64% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,915 55,003 76,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,190 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Information Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
South East - 14 £76,250 -
Midlands +8 2 £85,000 -
North West - 2 £65,000 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £85,000 -
North of England - 2 £65,000 - 1
London +144 1 £95,000 +8.57% 3
South West -13 1 - -
Information Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Information 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 England region featuring Information Security Architect in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Information Security
2 16 (80.00%) Finance
3 11 (55.00%) CISSP
3 11 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (55.00%) Azure
3 11 (55.00%) Security Posture
4 10 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 10 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 10 (50.00%) NIST
5 9 (45.00%) GDPR
5 9 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
5 9 (45.00%) CCSP
5 9 (45.00%) Incident Response
6 8 (40.00%) CCSK
6 8 (40.00%) Security Management
6 8 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
6 8 (40.00%) Degree
6 8 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 8 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (20.00%) Cloud Native
8 3 (15.00%) PaaS
8 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (15.00%) Network Architecture
8 3 (15.00%) GCP
8 3 (15.00%) AWS
8 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
8 3 (15.00%) Cloud Security

Information Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (55.00%) Azure
2 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.00%) AWS
3 3 (15.00%) GCP
3 3 (15.00%) PaaS
4 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.00%) IaaS
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (5.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (5.00%) VPN
2 1 (5.00%) WAN
General
1 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Law
3 2 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 9 (45.00%) Incident Response
4 8 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 8 (40.00%) Security Management
4 8 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (15.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (15.00%) Network Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (10.00%) Community of Practice
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) DevSecOps
6 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 2 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 2 (10.00%) IT Strategy
6 2 (10.00%) Secure Coding
6 2 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (55.00%) CISSP
2 10 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 9 (45.00%) CCSP
4 8 (40.00%) CCSK
4 8 (40.00%) Degree
5 2 (10.00%) AWS Certification
5 2 (10.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) CEH
5 2 (10.00%) CISM
5 2 (10.00%) OSCP
6 1 (5.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) NIST
2 9 (45.00%) GDPR
2 9 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (10.00%) QA
5 1 (5.00%) GRC
5 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto