Security Architect Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 202 272
Rank change year-on-year 0 +70 -75
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 42 61 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.62% 0.99% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 1.11% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 8
10th Percentile £63,500 £61,645 £68,375
25th Percentile £65,000 £75,750 £69,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £88,750 £96,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% -7.79% +28.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £90,000 £111,563
90th Percentile £85,375 £90,250 £114,750
South East median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% +14.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,375 5,511 6,700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.87% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,546 3,216 4,203
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,977 £28,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Oxfordshire - 16 £76,250 -
Berkshire +1 15 £70,000 -21.13% 2
Buckinghamshire -28 11 £65,000 - 2
Security Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 20 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 17 (40.48%) Degree
4 16 (38.10%) Finance
4 16 (38.10%) Information Security
5 14 (33.33%) Security Management
5 14 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 14 (33.33%) NIST
6 13 (30.95%) Security Posture
6 13 (30.95%) Azure
7 12 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (28.57%) CISSP
7 12 (28.57%) Incident Response
7 12 (28.57%) Presales
7 12 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 11 (26.19%) GDPR
9 10 (23.81%) Data Centre
9 10 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (21.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
10 9 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (21.43%) CCSK
10 9 (21.43%) CCSP
10 9 (21.43%) Technical Architecture
11 8 (19.05%) Cisco
12 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
12 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
13 6 (14.29%) Zero Trust
13 6 (14.29%) Social Skills

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (30.95%) Azure
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.52%) AWS
4 3 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) Cisco Firepower
1 5 (11.90%) Network Security
1 5 (11.90%) SD-WAN
1 5 (11.90%) WAN
2 3 (7.14%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) Internet
2 3 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (7.14%) VPN
General
1 16 (38.10%) Finance
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Law
4 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.95%) Security Posture
2 10 (23.81%) Data Centre
3 5 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
5 3 (7.14%) Cloud Native
5 3 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.38%) Educational Technology
6 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (38.10%) Information Security
3 14 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 14 (33.33%) Security Management
4 12 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 12 (28.57%) Presales
5 9 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
5 9 (21.43%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (14.29%) Zero Trust
7 5 (11.90%) Analytics
7 5 (11.90%) Application Security
7 5 (11.90%) Customer Engagement
7 5 (11.90%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (11.90%) OWASP
7 5 (11.90%) Principle of Least Privilege
7 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (11.90%) Software Licensing
7 5 (11.90%) Time Management
7 5 (11.90%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (7.14%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 3 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (40.48%) Degree
2 14 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (28.57%) CISSP
4 9 (21.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 9 (21.43%) CCSK
4 9 (21.43%) CCSP
5 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 5 (11.90%) CCNA
6 5 (11.90%) CCNP
7 3 (7.14%) AWS Certification
7 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.38%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (33.33%) NIST
2 12 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 11 (26.19%) GDPR
4 9 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (7.14%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.76%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Stealthwatch
2 3 (7.14%) Suricata
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) Cisco
3 5 (11.90%) Adobe
3 5 (11.90%) Apple
3 5 (11.90%) Meraki
4 3 (7.14%) Juniper
4 3 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 3 (7.14%) Splunk