The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architect
Rank 655 629 700
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 175 237 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.174% 0.209% 0.137%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.184% 0.220% 0.145%
Number of salaries quoted 110 173 125
Average salary £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.44% +16.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £90,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +12.00%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Architect
UK

Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Architect across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Architect across the England region.

England Security Architect Salary Trend

Security Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Security Architect Salary Histogram

Security Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -34 70 £70,000 -6.66%
South East +4 59 £72,500 +3.57%
South West +17 16 £72,500 -9.37%
North West +5 14 £52,500 -25.00%
East of England +9 9 £66,250 -1.85%
West Midlands -14 5 - -
Yorkshire -17 5 £60,000 +22.44%
East Midlands -5 3 £68,750 +10.00%
South Coast - 1 £65,000 -
Security Architect
UK

Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Architect in their job title.

1 137 (40.65%) Information Security
1 137 (40.65%) Security Architecture
2 129 (38.28%) CISSP
3 118 (35.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 102 (30.27%) Firewall
5 91 (27.00%) Network Security
6 81 (24.04%) Finance
7 66 (19.58%) Identity Management
7 66 (19.58%) PKI
8 60 (17.80%) Cisco
9 59 (17.51%) Enterprise Architecture
10 57 (16.91%) Cisco Certification
11 56 (16.62%) Juniper
12 53 (15.73%) CCIE
13 52 (15.43%) Management Information System
14 50 (14.84%) PCI DSS
14 50 (14.84%) Security Cleared
15 49 (14.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 48 (14.24%) VPN
16 48 (14.24%) SC Cleared
17 46 (13.65%) Load Balancing
17 46 (13.65%) Wireless
18 45 (13.35%) Telecoms
19 44 (13.06%) CISM
20 43 (12.76%) CheckPoint
21 42 (12.46%) Internet
21 42 (12.46%) LAN
21 42 (12.46%) Stakeholder Management
22 40 (11.87%) Risk Management
22 40 (11.87%) Windows

Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (5.341%) JSP
2 14 (4.154%) .NET
2 14 (4.154%) Middleware
3 13 (3.858%) Web Services
4 12 (3.561%) Spring
5 10 (2.967%) JSON
5 10 (2.967%) Spring Security
5 10 (2.967%) REST
6 5 (1.484%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.187%) XML
8 3 (0.890%) J2EE
8 3 (0.890%) EJB
9 2 (0.593%) SOAP
9 2 (0.593%) Ajax
9 2 (0.593%) CGI
9 2 (0.593%) SAML
9 2 (0.593%) HTML5
10 1 (0.297%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.297%) JMX
10 1 (0.297%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 4 (1.187%) Apache
2 3 (0.890%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.593%) ESB
3 2 (0.593%) CMS
3 2 (0.593%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.593%) Documentum
4 1 (0.297%) iPlanet
4 1 (0.297%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.297%) WebLogic Integration
4 1 (0.297%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.297%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.297%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.297%) IIS
4 1 (0.297%) GlassFish
4 1 (0.297%) AquaLogic Service Bus
4 1 (0.297%) WebSphere Process Server
4 1 (0.297%) AquaLogic
Applications
1 7 (2.077%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.593%) MS Project
2 2 (0.593%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.890%) Oracle 11i
1 3 (0.890%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (0.890%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.593%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.297%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.297%) AquaLogic BPM
Communications & Networking
1 102 (30.27%) Firewall
2 91 (27.00%) Network Security
3 48 (14.24%) VPN
4 46 (13.65%) Wireless
5 42 (12.46%) Internet
5 42 (12.46%) LAN
6 24 (7.122%) SSL
7 22 (6.528%) Intrusion Detection
8 21 (6.231%) WAN
9 19 (5.638%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (5.045%) IPsec
11 15 (4.451%) WLAN
12 14 (4.154%) Unified Communications
13 13 (3.858%) Cisco PIX
14 12 (3.561%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (2.967%) SSH
16 7 (2.077%) DMZ
16 7 (2.077%) BIG-IP
17 6 (1.780%) VLAN
17 6 (1.780%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.967%) NoSQL
2 3 (0.890%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.593%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.593%) GIS
4 1 (0.297%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (3.858%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.297%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.297%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.297%) AppScan
General
1 81 (24.04%) Finance
2 45 (13.35%) Telecoms
3 24 (7.122%) Retail
4 17 (5.045%) Banking
4 17 (5.045%) Law
5 16 (4.748%) Aerospace
6 14 (4.154%) Legal
6 14 (4.154%) Billing
7 13 (3.858%) Electronics
8 10 (2.967%) Advertising
9 9 (2.671%) Military
10 7 (2.077%) Games
11 4 (1.187%) Local Government
11 4 (1.187%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.187%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.890%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.890%) Marketing
13 2 (0.593%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.297%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 66 (19.58%) PKI
2 52 (15.43%) Management Information System
3 34 (10.09%) Cryptography
4 24 (7.122%) CESG
5 14 (4.154%) CESG CLAS
6 13 (3.858%) Chip and PIN
6 13 (3.858%) SaaS
7 7 (2.077%) RMADS
8 5 (1.484%) Computer Science
8 5 (1.484%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.484%) EPoS
9 4 (1.187%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.890%) PMI
10 3 (0.890%) Mathematics
11 2 (0.593%) Human Factors
11 2 (0.593%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.593%) EMV
11 2 (0.593%) Biometrics
11 2 (0.593%) Blackberry
11 2 (0.593%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 40 (11.87%) Windows
2 32 (9.496%) UNIX
3 31 (9.199%) Linux
4 6 (1.780%) Windows 2000
4 6 (1.780%) Windows 7
4 6 (1.780%) Windows 8
5 5 (1.484%) AIX
6 4 (1.187%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.890%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.890%) Android
8 2 (0.593%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.297%) CentOS
9 1 (0.297%) Solaris
9 1 (0.297%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (40.65%) Information Security
1 137 (40.65%) Security Architecture
2 66 (19.58%) Identity Management
3 59 (17.51%) Enterprise Architecture
4 49 (14.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 46 (13.65%) Load Balancing
6 42 (12.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (11.87%) Risk Management
8 31 (9.199%) Migration
8 31 (9.199%) E-Commerce
9 30 (8.902%) TOGAF
10 25 (7.418%) Penetration Testing
10 25 (7.418%) ITIL
11 24 (7.122%) Cyber Security
12 21 (6.231%) SIEM
12 21 (6.231%) Security Management
12 21 (6.231%) GAP Analysis
13 17 (5.045%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (4.748%) Network Management
15 15 (4.451%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.39%) Java
2 14 (4.154%) C++
3 11 (3.264%) Perl
4 10 (2.967%) Ruby
5 7 (2.077%) SQL
5 7 (2.077%) C
6 2 (0.593%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.297%) C#
7 1 (0.297%) ABAP
7 1 (0.297%) Python
Qualifications
1 129 (38.28%) CISSP
2 57 (16.91%) Cisco Certification
3 53 (15.73%) CCIE
4 50 (14.84%) Security Cleared
5 48 (14.24%) SC Cleared
6 44 (13.06%) CISM
7 27 (8.012%) CISA
8 25 (7.418%) Degree
9 24 (7.122%) CCNP
10 15 (4.451%) JNCIE
11 13 (3.858%) GIAC
12 12 (3.561%) GSEC
13 10 (2.967%) SSCP
14 9 (2.671%) CCSP
14 9 (2.671%) CEH
14 9 (2.671%) DV Cleared
15 8 (2.374%) CCNA
16 7 (2.077%) CCDP
16 7 (2.077%) ISSAP
17 6 (1.780%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (35.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (14.84%) PCI DSS
3 22 (6.528%) JSP 440
4 12 (3.561%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.264%) COBIT
5 11 (3.264%) HMG Infosec
6 4 (1.187%) ISO/IEC 17799
7 3 (0.890%) BS7799
8 2 (0.593%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.297%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (9.199%) Forefront TMG
2 28 (8.309%) UAG
3 27 (8.012%) Active Directory
4 19 (5.638%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (3.561%) ISA Server
6 3 (0.890%) vSphere
7 2 (0.593%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (3.264%) Nessus
2 4 (1.187%) Tivoli
3 3 (0.890%) SCCM
4 1 (0.297%) WebInspect
4 1 (0.297%) CA SiteMinder
4 1 (0.297%) MIIS
4 1 (0.297%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 60 (17.80%) Cisco
2 56 (16.62%) Juniper
3 43 (12.76%) CheckPoint
4 38 (11.28%) F5
5 29 (8.605%) Blue Coat
6 23 (6.825%) Riverbed
7 21 (6.231%) Microsoft
8 20 (5.935%) Citrix
8 20 (5.935%) VMware
8 20 (5.935%) Fortinet
9 17 (5.045%) HP
9 17 (5.045%) IBM
10 16 (4.748%) Symantec
11 15 (4.451%) Oracle
11 15 (4.451%) Brocade
12 13 (3.858%) McAfee
13 12 (3.561%) Fujitsu
14 11 (3.264%) Sourcefire
14 11 (3.264%) TippingPoint
14 11 (3.264%) ArcSight
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Previous experience working in a Security Architect role (or similar) - Good understanding of systems in general as well a broad spectrum of security technologies - Ability to explain technical...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Knowledge and understanding of legislation affecting security, privacy and systems assurance and standards such as PCI-DSS, ISO 17799, 27001. -Comprehensive knowledge of IT and information security subject...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 April 2013
Egham, Surrey
An Information Security Architect is required by our client, a leading global corporation... IT Professional Security Certifications - CISSP or CISA / equivalent would be advantageous... Stakeholder management skills. Aside...
Canary Wharf and City
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Risk assessment and impact analysis... Qualifications CISSP-ISSAP. CISSP. CISA... You will need to be familiar with industry standards including TOGAF and embedding security principles within this. Although...
Careerwise UK Limited
Salary: £65000 per annum + BENEFITS ++
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
This position will Act as a Security Technical Design Authority, providing direction and advice for projects and will be responsible for the following: To provide design, planning and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £1 per annum + Salary Negotiable+Company Benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
The Architecture Team is split into two functions, one focused on delivering solution architectures for projects, the other taking a cross project, enterprise perspective, capturing the current and...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + car, bonus, bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The Enterprise Security Architect will work closely with the Head of IT Security to define the Strategic Security Architecture and technology templates for the organisation The role will...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + car, bonus, bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Experience Required: * Degree level education from Russel Group / Red Brick University * IT Security qualification CISSP / CISM and strong track record of building, deploying and testing effective IT Security...
Networking People
Posted: 13 May 2013
London, South East
Church International has an excellent opportunity for a first class Information Security Professional to join a world leading organisation based in London. Our client seeks a highly experienced...
Church International
Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per year
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Security Architect willcome from an extensive Security background, ideally holding SABSA, CISSP, CISM,GIAC or CEH certifications, and will possess in depth knowledge of a broadspectrum...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
They will be responsible for the creation of future roadmaps for networks and security including access management and assist with the overall infrastructure roadmap in line with the...
Hudson IT London
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Experience Required: - Deep Understanding of Security Technologies for Networks, Operating Systems and Applications - Technical Security Architecture Principles - Excellent Knowledge of Security Strategy, Policies and Standards (ISO27001, 1779...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Key skills: Security Architect - TOGAF / IT Strategy / Change Management / Governance / Prince / COBIT - Permanent, £100k+ (base) - Berkshire /London A leading, international financial firm is seeking an experienced Security Architect...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £100000 - £101000 per annum + benefits (including car allowance)
Posted: 16 May 2013
Northampton, East Midlands
Technical Architect, Pre Sales Engineer, Solution Engineer, Security Architect, CCIE SecurityEurope's leading Independent provider of IT Infrastructure services are looking for a strong Security Technical Architect.We...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £60000.00 - £80000.00 per annum + Car
Posted: 27 April 2013
West London
This involves working within projects and initiatives to ensure security requirements are understood and adequately addressed and that solutions are aligned with the broader GECC Enterprise Security Architecture...
GE Capital
Posted: 7 May 2013
South East
The individual will have a broad technical network security background with experience around managed security services and security consultancy (iso, pen testing, idam etc)... Typical opportunities can range...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £60k - 70k per year + £25,000 bonus + car allowance + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Therefore designing security into application development.You will need experience in common programming languages such as Java, C++, .NET, Visual Studio etc. You will also need to be...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Oracle) * Process Management and workflow concepts and technologies (e.g... IE, SSADM, DSDM, RUP, UML) * Software Infrastructure/Middleware concepts and technologies * Information Security Concepts, Standards (BS7799/InfoSec), Infrastructure...
Connectus
Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013