Security Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Security Architect
England > Midlands

The median Security Architect salary in the Midlands is £76,636 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 208 290
Rank change year-on-year -45 +82 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 62 127 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.53% 1.34% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.49% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 26 24 21
10th Percentile £47,848 £69,750 £62,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,636 £86,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% +23.21% -3.45%
75th Percentile £84,626 £93,041 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 -
England median annual salary £79,842 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% - +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,059 8,497 10,376
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 89.68% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,265 4,764 7,115
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,526
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,054
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the Midlands

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the Midlands

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the Midlands

Security Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Midlands -22 36 £70,000 -18.84% 2
East Midlands -29 26 £78,273 - 2
Security Architect
England

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

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

1 24 (38.71%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (27.42%) Security Cleared
3 15 (24.19%) Presales
4 14 (22.58%) Security Architecture
5 12 (19.35%) Information Security
6 11 (17.74%) Degree
6 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
7 10 (16.13%) Agile
7 10 (16.13%) Azure
8 9 (14.52%) Coaching
8 9 (14.52%) WAN
8 9 (14.52%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (14.52%) SD-WAN
9 8 (12.90%) Mentoring
9 8 (12.90%) AWS
9 8 (12.90%) SIEM
10 7 (11.29%) Finance
11 6 (9.68%) Games
11 6 (9.68%) Banking
11 6 (9.68%) Asset Management
11 6 (9.68%) Apple
11 6 (9.68%) Cisco
11 6 (9.68%) Adobe
11 6 (9.68%) CCNP
11 6 (9.68%) CCNA
11 6 (9.68%) Time Management
11 6 (9.68%) Customer Engagement
11 6 (9.68%) Meraki
11 6 (9.68%) Software Licensing
11 6 (9.68%) IT Asset Management

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (16.13%) Azure
2 8 (12.90%) AWS
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.52%) SD-WAN
1 9 (14.52%) WAN
2 6 (9.68%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 7 (11.29%) Finance
2 6 (9.68%) Banking
2 6 (9.68%) Games
2 6 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.84%) Retail
4 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.06%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.71%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (24.19%) Presales
3 14 (22.58%) Security Architecture
4 12 (19.35%) Information Security
5 10 (16.13%) Agile
6 9 (14.52%) Coaching
7 8 (12.90%) Mentoring
7 8 (12.90%) SIEM
8 6 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (9.68%) Analytics
8 6 (9.68%) Containerisation
8 6 (9.68%) Customer Engagement
8 6 (9.68%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (9.68%) IT Asset Management
8 6 (9.68%) Network Segmentation
8 6 (9.68%) RBAC
8 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
8 6 (9.68%) Software Licensing
8 6 (9.68%) Time Management
8 6 (9.68%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.74%) Degree
3 9 (14.52%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (9.68%) CCNA
4 6 (9.68%) CCNP
5 5 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (4.84%) AWS Certification
6 3 (4.84%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.84%) CCSK
6 3 (4.84%) CCSP
6 3 (4.84%) CISM
6 3 (4.84%) CISSP
7 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.61%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) NIST
1 3 (4.84%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.23%) NCSC
3 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (9.68%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (4.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Stealthwatch
2 3 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.84%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.68%) Adobe
2 6 (9.68%) Apple
2 6 (9.68%) Cisco
2 6 (9.68%) Meraki