Security Architect Jobs in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £79,842 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 443 364 628
Rank change year-on-year -79 +264 -109
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 443 856 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.92% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.00% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 284 308 327
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,219 £62,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% - +16.13%
75th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £105,000
90th Percentile £110,875 £113,250 £116,000
UK median annual salary £79,842 £87,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% -2.78% +12.50%

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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Security Architect in England

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 Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London -12 120 £90,000 -5.26% 29
North of England -7 95 £78,273 +11.82% 3
South East -12 93 £75,000 -16.67% 11
North West -11 61 £70,000 +1.16% 2
Midlands -48 60 £75,000 -14.29% 4
South West -54 55 £72,500 -8.81% 4
West Midlands -19 35 £70,000 -20.00% 2
Yorkshire +47 28 £79,842 +8.26% 1
East Midlands -28 25 £78,273 - 2
East of England +7 17 £77,500 -3.13% 7
North East +3 6 £79,842 -19.35%
Security Architect
UK

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

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 England region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 182 (41.08%) Cybersecurity
2 168 (37.92%) Security Architecture
3 153 (34.54%) Azure
4 120 (27.09%) CISSP
5 112 (25.28%) Microsoft
6 106 (23.93%) Information Security
7 99 (22.35%) AWS
8 86 (19.41%) Finance
9 84 (18.96%) Cisco Certification
10 78 (17.61%) Application Security
11 77 (17.38%) Social Skills
12 76 (17.16%) NIST
13 72 (16.25%) Cloud Security
13 72 (16.25%) Security Cleared
14 70 (15.80%) CISM
15 67 (15.12%) Degree
15 67 (15.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 66 (14.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 60 (13.54%) CCSP
18 58 (13.09%) OWASP
19 55 (12.42%) Roadmaps
20 53 (11.96%) Azure Certification
20 53 (11.96%) AWS Certification
20 53 (11.96%) WAN
21 50 (11.29%) Agile
21 50 (11.29%) Security Posture
22 49 (11.06%) SD-WAN
23 48 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
23 48 (10.84%) Management Information System
24 45 (10.16%) Secure Coding

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:

Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 153 (34.54%) Azure
2 99 (22.35%) AWS
3 40 (9.03%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.16%) SaaS
5 13 (2.93%) GCP
6 9 (2.03%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.68%) PaaS
8 3 (0.68%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.45%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.23%) IaaS
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 53 (11.96%) WAN
2 49 (11.06%) SD-WAN
3 29 (6.55%) Network Security
4 23 (5.19%) Firewall
5 15 (3.39%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (1.13%) DNS
6 5 (1.13%) LAN
7 4 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (0.90%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (0.90%) VPN
7 4 (0.90%) Wireless
7 4 (0.90%) WLAN
8 3 (0.68%) Internet
9 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.23%) DHCP
10 1 (0.23%) HTTP
10 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.35%) Power BI
1 6 (1.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.45%) Big Data
4 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.23%) Vagrant
General
1 86 (19.41%) Finance
2 77 (17.38%) Social Skills
3 18 (4.06%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (3.84%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.48%) Retail
6 10 (2.26%) Law
7 8 (1.81%) Banking
7 8 (1.81%) Games
7 8 (1.81%) Legal
8 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.90%) Military
10 3 (0.68%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.68%) Electronics
11 2 (0.45%) Marketing
11 2 (0.45%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.87%) .NET
2 10 (2.26%) React
3 7 (1.58%) OAuth
4 6 (1.35%) CSS
4 6 (1.35%) OAuth2
5 4 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (0.90%) Web Services
6 2 (0.45%) SAML
7 1 (0.23%) EDI
7 1 (0.23%) HTML
7 1 (0.23%) JSON
7 1 (0.23%) OpenID
7 1 (0.23%) RESTful
7 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.29%) Security Posture
2 48 (10.84%) Management Information System
3 38 (8.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 30 (6.77%) Data Centre
5 29 (6.55%) PKI
6 26 (5.87%) Public Cloud
7 21 (4.74%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (4.06%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (2.26%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.03%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.81%) PMI
12 7 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
14 3 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
14 3 (0.68%) Cyberattack
15 2 (0.45%) IoT
15 2 (0.45%) Onboarding
16 1 (0.23%) Credit Risk
16 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.77%) Linux
2 20 (4.51%) Android
3 16 (3.61%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.48%) Windows
5 4 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.68%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (41.08%) Cybersecurity
2 168 (37.92%) Security Architecture
3 106 (23.93%) Information Security
4 78 (17.61%) Application Security
5 72 (16.25%) Cloud Security
6 58 (13.09%) OWASP
7 55 (12.42%) Roadmaps
8 50 (11.29%) Agile
9 48 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (10.16%) Secure Coding
11 43 (9.71%) Presales
12 39 (8.80%) Identity Management
13 38 (8.58%) TOGAF
14 36 (8.13%) CI/CD
15 35 (7.90%) Identity Access Management
16 33 (7.45%) Incident Response
17 31 (7.00%) Mentoring
18 30 (6.77%) Coaching
18 30 (6.77%) DevOps
19 28 (6.32%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.19%) C
2 14 (3.16%) Python
3 10 (2.26%) C#
3 10 (2.26%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.81%) C++
6 6 (1.35%) Bash
6 6 (1.35%) Java
7 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (27.09%) CISSP
2 84 (18.96%) Cisco Certification
3 72 (16.25%) Security Cleared
4 70 (15.80%) CISM
5 67 (15.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 67 (15.12%) Degree
6 60 (13.54%) CCSP
7 53 (11.96%) AWS Certification
7 53 (11.96%) Azure Certification
8 44 (9.93%) CCSK
9 33 (7.45%) DV Cleared
10 22 (4.97%) SC Cleared
11 21 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (4.29%) CRISC
13 17 (3.84%) CCNP
14 15 (3.39%) CCNA
14 15 (3.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (3.16%) CISA
15 14 (3.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 13 (2.93%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (17.16%) NIST
2 66 (14.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (5.64%) PCI DSS
4 19 (4.29%) GDPR
5 17 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 13 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.35%) COBIT
7 6 (1.35%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.13%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.90%) NCSC
10 3 (0.68%) HMG Infosec
10 3 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.68%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.68%) RMADS
11 2 (0.45%) QA
12 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.23%) GRC
System Software
1 34 (7.67%) Docker
2 8 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.68%) Firmware
4 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) LXC
Systems Management
1 37 (8.35%) Kubernetes
2 33 (7.45%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (3.39%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (1.13%) Terraform
5 4 (0.90%) Ansible
6 3 (0.68%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.68%) Suricata
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 112 (25.28%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.97%) Cisco
3 15 (3.39%) Adobe
3 15 (3.39%) Apple
3 15 (3.39%) Meraki
4 10 (2.26%) Google
5 9 (2.03%) Palo Alto
6 7 (1.58%) Splunk
7 6 (1.35%) Oracle
7 6 (1.35%) PagerDuty
8 4 (0.90%) Alibaba
9 3 (0.68%) AppDynamics
9 3 (0.68%) Juniper
9 3 (0.68%) New Relic
9 3 (0.68%) Veracode
10 2 (0.45%) Veeam
10 2 (0.45%) VMware
11 1 (0.23%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.23%) LogRhythm
11 1 (0.23%) Rapid7