Security Architect Jobs in Manchester

Security Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Security Architect salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 187 211
Rank change year-on-year +15 +24 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 50 48 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.98% 0.97% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.06% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 38 15 11
10th Percentile £42,000 - -
25th Percentile £56,982 £56,219 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,200 £55,168
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% +25.44% -31.47%
75th Percentile £84,919 £78,176 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,875 £97,290 £87,500
North West median annual salary £70,000 £69,200 £56,334
% change year-on-year +1.16% +22.84% -29.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,846 4,538 5,499
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.57% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,745 2,661 3,706
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Manchester

Security Architect
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in Manchester

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in Manchester

Security Architect
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 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
Salford - 2 £70,000 -
Security Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Manchester region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 18 (36.00%) WAN
2 17 (34.00%) CISSP
3 16 (32.00%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 15 (30.00%) Information Security
4 15 (30.00%) NIST
5 14 (28.00%) SD-WAN
5 14 (28.00%) CISM
6 13 (26.00%) Azure
7 12 (24.00%) Application Security
8 11 (22.00%) Cloud Security
9 10 (20.00%) AWS Certification
9 10 (20.00%) Data Centre
9 10 (20.00%) Secure Coding
9 10 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (20.00%) AWS
9 10 (20.00%) Network Security
9 10 (20.00%) Degree
9 10 (20.00%) Cisco
10 9 (18.00%) Security Posture
10 9 (18.00%) Social Skills
11 8 (16.00%) CCSK
11 8 (16.00%) Azure Certification
11 8 (16.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (16.00%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (16.00%) Kubernetes
11 8 (16.00%) Docker
11 8 (16.00%) CCSP
11 8 (16.00%) Identity Management

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 13 (26.00%) Azure
2 10 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (4.00%) GCP
3 2 (4.00%) PaaS
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (36.00%) WAN
2 14 (28.00%) SD-WAN
3 10 (20.00%) Network Security
4 6 (12.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (8.00%) LAN
5 4 (8.00%) Software-Defined Networking
5 4 (8.00%) Wireless
5 4 (8.00%) WLAN
General
1 9 (18.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Legal
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (18.00%) Security Posture
3 8 (16.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 8 (16.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.00%) PMI
6 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (30.00%) Information Security
2 15 (30.00%) Security Architecture
3 12 (24.00%) Application Security
4 11 (22.00%) Cloud Security
5 10 (20.00%) Secure Coding
6 8 (16.00%) Identity Management
6 8 (16.00%) OWASP
7 7 (14.00%) DevOps
7 7 (14.00%) Risk Management
8 6 (12.00%) Analytics
8 6 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
8 6 (12.00%) Presales
8 6 (12.00%) Software Licensing
8 6 (12.00%) Threat Modelling
8 6 (12.00%) Time Management
9 5 (10.00%) CI/CD
9 5 (10.00%) E-Commerce
10 4 (8.00%) Incident Response
10 4 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 17 (34.00%) CISSP
2 16 (32.00%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (28.00%) CISM
4 10 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 10 (20.00%) AWS Certification
4 10 (20.00%) Degree
5 8 (16.00%) Azure Certification
5 8 (16.00%) CCSK
5 8 (16.00%) CCSP
6 6 (12.00%) CCNA
6 6 (12.00%) CCNP
6 6 (12.00%) CEH
7 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (6.00%) PMI Certification
9 2 (4.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (30.00%) NIST
2 7 (14.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (8.00%) GDPR
4 3 (6.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 8 (16.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (16.00%) Kubernetes
1 8 (16.00%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (12.00%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 10 (20.00%) Cisco
2 6 (12.00%) Adobe
2 6 (12.00%) Apple
2 6 (12.00%) Meraki
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.00%) Palo Alto