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 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 333 617
Rank change year-on-year -105 +284 -95
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 452 890 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 1.00% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.10% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 288 291 333
10th Percentile £57,293 £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% - +13.21%
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £112,375 £117,500 £115,000
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 81,581 81,069 129,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.49% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,773 51,486 74,695
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 16 May 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 16 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
London -19 122 £90,000 -5.26% 17
South East -43 98 £75,000 -16.67% 8
North of England -25 97 £78,273 +1.00% 8
North West -25 63 £70,000 +1.16% 5
Midlands -63 62 £78,273 -7.91% 4
South West -87 52 £72,500 -10.77% 5
West Midlands -33 36 £70,000 -17.65% 4
Yorkshire +29 28 £79,842 -1.73% 3
East Midlands -25 26 £78,273 -
East of England -3 19 £78,273 -13.03% 5
North East -3 6 £79,842 -17.69%
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 across the England region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 184 (40.71%) Cybersecurity
2 169 (37.39%) Security Architecture
3 152 (33.63%) Azure
4 119 (26.33%) CISSP
5 118 (26.11%) Microsoft
6 102 (22.57%) Information Security
7 101 (22.35%) AWS
8 91 (20.13%) Cisco Certification
9 84 (18.58%) Application Security
10 83 (18.36%) Finance
11 76 (16.81%) Degree
12 75 (16.59%) NIST
13 71 (15.71%) Social Skills
14 69 (15.27%) Cloud Security
14 69 (15.27%) CISM
15 68 (15.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 63 (13.94%) Security Cleared
17 62 (13.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 61 (13.50%) CCSP
19 60 (13.27%) OWASP
20 59 (13.05%) WAN
21 56 (12.39%) Roadmaps
22 55 (12.17%) SD-WAN
23 54 (11.95%) AWS Certification
24 53 (11.73%) Azure Certification
24 53 (11.73%) Security Posture
25 50 (11.06%) Agile
26 49 (10.84%) Management Information System
27 48 (10.62%) Presales
28 47 (10.40%) 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 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 152 (33.63%) Azure
2 101 (22.35%) AWS
3 39 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.10%) SaaS
5 13 (2.88%) GCP
6 10 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (1.99%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.66%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.66%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.66%) PaaS
8 3 (0.66%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.44%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.22%) IaaS
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 59 (13.05%) WAN
2 55 (12.17%) SD-WAN
3 31 (6.86%) Network Security
4 26 (5.75%) Firewall
5 21 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (1.33%) Internet
6 6 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (1.33%) VPN
7 5 (1.11%) DNS
7 5 (1.11%) LAN
8 4 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (0.88%) Wireless
8 4 (0.88%) WLAN
9 1 (0.22%) NGN
9 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.33%) Power BI
1 6 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.44%) Big Data
4 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.22%) Vagrant
General
1 83 (18.36%) Finance
2 71 (15.71%) Social Skills
3 18 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (3.76%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (2.88%) Retail
7 8 (1.77%) Law
7 8 (1.77%) Legal
8 6 (1.33%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.11%) Banking
9 5 (1.11%) Games
9 5 (1.11%) Military
10 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.66%) Electronics
11 2 (0.44%) Marketing
11 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.22%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.75%) .NET
2 10 (2.21%) React
3 7 (1.55%) OAuth
4 6 (1.33%) CSS
4 6 (1.33%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.33%) Web Services
5 4 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.22%) EDI
6 1 (0.22%) JSON
6 1 (0.22%) RESTful
6 1 (0.22%) SAML
6 1 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.73%) Security Posture
2 49 (10.84%) Management Information System
3 38 (8.41%) Data Centre
3 38 (8.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 29 (6.42%) PKI
5 26 (5.75%) Public Cloud
6 21 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (2.21%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.77%) PMI
11 5 (1.11%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
12 3 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.66%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.44%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.44%) IoT
14 1 (0.22%) Credit Risk
14 1 (0.22%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.08%) Linux
2 23 (5.09%) Android
3 16 (3.54%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.43%) Windows
5 7 (1.55%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.11%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (40.71%) Cybersecurity
2 169 (37.39%) Security Architecture
3 102 (22.57%) Information Security
4 84 (18.58%) Application Security
5 69 (15.27%) Cloud Security
6 60 (13.27%) OWASP
7 56 (12.39%) Roadmaps
8 50 (11.06%) Agile
9 48 (10.62%) Presales
10 47 (10.40%) Secure Coding
11 46 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (8.19%) Identity Management
12 37 (8.19%) TOGAF
13 36 (7.96%) CI/CD
14 34 (7.52%) Incident Response
15 33 (7.30%) Identity Access Management
16 32 (7.08%) Coaching
16 32 (7.08%) Time Management
17 30 (6.64%) DevOps
18 29 (6.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.75%) C
2 16 (3.54%) Python
3 11 (2.43%) C++
3 11 (2.43%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.21%) C#
4 10 (2.21%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.99%) Java
6 6 (1.33%) Bash
7 1 (0.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (26.33%) CISSP
2 91 (20.13%) Cisco Certification
3 76 (16.81%) Degree
4 69 (15.27%) CISM
5 68 (15.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 63 (13.94%) Security Cleared
7 61 (13.50%) CCSP
8 54 (11.95%) AWS Certification
9 53 (11.73%) Azure Certification
10 43 (9.51%) CCSK
11 30 (6.64%) DV Cleared
12 23 (5.09%) CCNP
13 21 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (4.65%) CCNA
14 18 (3.98%) CRISC
14 18 (3.98%) SC Cleared
15 15 (3.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 14 (3.10%) CISA
16 14 (3.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 11 (2.43%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (16.59%) NIST
2 62 (13.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.97%) PCI DSS
4 18 (3.98%) GDPR
4 18 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 12 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.33%) COBIT
6 6 (1.33%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.88%) NCSC
8 3 (0.66%) HMG Infosec
8 3 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.66%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.66%) RMADS
8 3 (0.66%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.44%) QA
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.22%) GRC
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 34 (7.52%) Docker
2 8 (1.77%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.66%) Firmware
5 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.22%) LXC
Systems Management
1 37 (8.19%) Kubernetes
2 33 (7.30%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (4.65%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (1.11%) Suricata
5 4 (0.88%) Ansible
5 4 (0.88%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.88%) Terraform
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.22%) Nmap
Vendors
1 118 (26.11%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.64%) Cisco
3 21 (4.65%) Adobe
3 21 (4.65%) Apple
3 21 (4.65%) Meraki
4 11 (2.43%) Palo Alto
5 10 (2.21%) Google
6 8 (1.77%) Splunk
7 6 (1.33%) Oracle
7 6 (1.33%) PagerDuty
8 5 (1.11%) Juniper
9 4 (0.88%) Alibaba
10 3 (0.66%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.66%) New Relic
10 3 (0.66%) Veracode
11 2 (0.44%) Veeam
11 2 (0.44%) VMware
12 1 (0.22%) AlgoSec
12 1 (0.22%) Rapid7
12 1 (0.22%) ServiceNow