Security Architect Jobs in Scotland

Security Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Security Architect salary in Scotland is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 119 176
Rank change year-on-year -152 +57 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 12 106 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 2.25% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 2.50% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 15
10th Percentile £67,000 - £74,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,219 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,503 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% -18.23% +21.43%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £88,250 £97,290 -
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
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,238 5,555
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.06% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,303 2,990
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Scotland

Security Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in Scotland

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in Scotland

Security Architect
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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
Edinburgh +1 6 £75,000 +26.00%
Glasgow -137 6 £75,000 +7.44% 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 Scotland region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) AWS
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Fintech
2 4 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (33.33%) CISA
2 4 (33.33%) CISSP
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (33.33%) Internal Audit
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (25.00%) Operational Technology
3 3 (25.00%) SAML
3 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) OAuth
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) OpenID
4 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
4 2 (16.67%) ForgeRock

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (41.67%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure AKS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) IaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (8.33%) RDBMS
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) OAuth
1 3 (25.00%) SAML
2 2 (16.67%) OpenID
3 1 (8.33%) JSON
3 1 (8.33%) RESTful
3 1 (8.33%) Web Services
3 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) PMI
2 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Cryptography
1 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (33.33%) Fintech
1 4 (33.33%) Internal Audit
1 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Security Management
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Application Security
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (33.33%) CISA
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) CCSP
3 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) ForgeRock