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 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 195 224
Rank change year-on-year +29 +29 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 47 52 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.94% 1.01% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.10% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 37 23 13
10th Percentile £41,000 - -
25th Percentile £56,809 £56,219 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,200 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% +20.35% -28.13%
75th Percentile £84,919 £97,290 £65,225
90th Percentile £87,500 - £84,750
North West median annual salary £70,000 £69,200 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.16% +20.35% -25.32%

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 4,776 4,715 5,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.03% 91.86% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,725 2,736 3,770
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,579
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £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 19 April 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 19 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
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 19 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 Manchester region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 16 (34.04%) CISSP
1 16 (34.04%) WAN
2 15 (31.91%) Information Security
3 14 (29.79%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (29.79%) Security Architecture
3 14 (29.79%) NIST
4 13 (27.66%) Azure
4 13 (27.66%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (27.66%) CISM
5 12 (25.53%) SD-WAN
5 12 (25.53%) Application Security
6 11 (23.40%) Cloud Security
7 10 (21.28%) AWS Certification
7 10 (21.28%) Secure Coding
7 10 (21.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 10 (21.28%) AWS
7 10 (21.28%) Network Security
8 8 (17.02%) OWASP
8 8 (17.02%) Identity Management
8 8 (17.02%) Management Information System
8 8 (17.02%) Cisco
8 8 (17.02%) CCSP
8 8 (17.02%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (17.02%) Kubernetes
8 8 (17.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (17.02%) Data Centre
8 8 (17.02%) Docker
8 8 (17.02%) Azure Certification
8 8 (17.02%) CCSK
8 8 (17.02%) Social Skills

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 (27.66%) Azure
2 10 (21.28%) AWS
3 2 (4.26%) GCP
3 2 (4.26%) PaaS
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (34.04%) WAN
2 12 (25.53%) SD-WAN
3 10 (21.28%) Network Security
4 4 (8.51%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (8.51%) LAN
4 4 (8.51%) Software-Defined Networking
4 4 (8.51%) Wireless
4 4 (8.51%) WLAN
General
1 8 (17.02%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Finance
3 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Legal
3 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.26%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Data Centre
1 8 (17.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 8 (17.02%) Management Information System
1 8 (17.02%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (6.38%) PMI
3 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Information Security
2 14 (29.79%) Security Architecture
3 13 (27.66%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (25.53%) Application Security
5 11 (23.40%) Cloud Security
6 10 (21.28%) Secure Coding
7 8 (17.02%) Identity Management
7 8 (17.02%) OWASP
8 7 (14.89%) DevOps
9 6 (12.77%) Risk Management
9 6 (12.77%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (10.64%) CI/CD
10 5 (10.64%) E-Commerce
11 4 (8.51%) Customer Engagement
11 4 (8.51%) Presales
11 4 (8.51%) Software Engineering
11 4 (8.51%) Software Licensing
11 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (8.51%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) CISSP
2 14 (29.79%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (27.66%) CISM
4 10 (21.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 10 (21.28%) AWS Certification
5 8 (17.02%) Azure Certification
5 8 (17.02%) CCSK
5 8 (17.02%) CCSP
6 7 (14.89%) Degree
7 5 (10.64%) CEH
8 4 (8.51%) CCNA
8 4 (8.51%) CCNP
9 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (6.38%) PMI Certification
10 2 (4.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (4.26%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (29.79%) NIST
2 6 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 3 (6.38%) PCI DSS
4 2 (4.26%) QA
System Software
1 8 (17.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (17.02%) Kubernetes
1 8 (17.02%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (8.51%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Cisco
2 4 (8.51%) Adobe
2 4 (8.51%) Apple
2 4 (8.51%) Meraki
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) Palo Alto