Security Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 262 523
Rank change year-on-year -179 +261 -102
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 357 751 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 1.25% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 1.40% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 220 145 138
10th Percentile £56,628 £56,219 £57,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £64,850 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,750 £98,400 £103,750
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,306 53,672 68,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.22% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,632 30,597 42,434
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -40 99 £75,000 -16.67% 9
North of England -15 97 £78,273 +1.00% 4
North West -24 63 £70,000 +1.16% 4
Midlands -63 62 £78,273 -7.91% 3
South West -85 54 £72,500 -9.38% 4
West Midlands -23 36 £70,000 -17.65% 3
Yorkshire +29 28 £79,842 -3.22%
East Midlands -28 26 £78,273 -
East of England +5 18 £77,886 -13.46% 5
Scotland -146 12 £75,000 +7.91% 1
Wales -13 11 £78,273 -
North East -1 6 £79,842 -17.69%
Northern Ireland +16 3 £62,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Security Architect
UK

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 132 (36.97%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (33.05%) Security Architecture
3 116 (32.49%) Azure
4 78 (21.85%) CISSP
5 76 (21.29%) Information Security
6 75 (21.01%) AWS
7 70 (19.61%) Cisco Certification
8 67 (18.77%) Social Skills
9 65 (18.21%) Microsoft
10 64 (17.93%) Security Cleared
11 61 (17.09%) NIST
12 58 (16.25%) Finance
13 56 (15.69%) OWASP
13 56 (15.69%) Degree
13 56 (15.69%) Application Security
14 54 (15.13%) WAN
15 53 (14.85%) CISM
16 50 (14.01%) SD-WAN
17 48 (13.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 44 (12.32%) CCSP
19 42 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 42 (11.76%) Secure Coding
19 42 (11.76%) Presales
20 41 (11.48%) AWS Certification
21 40 (11.20%) Agile
22 39 (10.92%) Data Centre
23 38 (10.64%) Azure Certification
23 38 (10.64%) Roadmaps
24 37 (10.36%) Cloud Security
24 37 (10.36%) CCSK

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 116 (32.49%) Azure
2 75 (21.01%) AWS
3 29 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.08%) SaaS
5 9 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.12%) GCP
7 3 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.84%) PaaS
7 3 (0.84%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.84%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.56%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.28%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (15.13%) WAN
2 50 (14.01%) SD-WAN
3 22 (6.16%) Network Security
4 21 (5.88%) Cisco Firepower
5 18 (5.04%) Firewall
6 10 (2.80%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (1.68%) VPN
8 5 (1.40%) Internet
9 4 (1.12%) LAN
9 4 (1.12%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.12%) Wireless
9 4 (1.12%) WLAN
10 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.28%) DHCP
11 1 (0.28%) DNS
11 1 (0.28%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.84%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
General
1 67 (18.77%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.25%) Finance
3 16 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (4.48%) Banking
3 16 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (3.64%) Games
5 11 (3.08%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.08%) Retail
6 7 (1.96%) Legal
7 5 (1.40%) Military
8 4 (1.12%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.84%) Electronics
9 3 (0.84%) Law
10 2 (0.56%) Marketing
10 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.80%) .NET
1 10 (2.80%) React
2 9 (2.52%) OAuth
3 6 (1.68%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.68%) Web Services
4 4 (1.12%) SAML
5 3 (0.84%) OpenID
6 1 (0.28%) EDI
6 1 (0.28%) HTML
6 1 (0.28%) JSON
6 1 (0.28%) RESTful
6 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.92%) Data Centre
2 37 (10.36%) Management Information System
3 36 (10.08%) Security Posture
4 30 (8.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 24 (6.72%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.80%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.52%) PKI
8 9 (2.52%) PMI
9 8 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.40%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.84%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.84%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.28%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.28%) Educational Technology
13 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Cloud
13 1 (0.28%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.08%) Linux
2 6 (1.68%) Windows
3 5 (1.40%) Android
3 5 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (1.40%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (36.97%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (33.05%) Security Architecture
3 76 (21.29%) Information Security
4 56 (15.69%) Application Security
4 56 (15.69%) OWASP
5 42 (11.76%) Presales
5 42 (11.76%) Secure Coding
6 40 (11.20%) Agile
7 38 (10.64%) Roadmaps
8 37 (10.36%) Cloud Security
9 34 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (8.96%) Incident Response
11 31 (8.68%) Time Management
11 31 (8.68%) Vulnerability Management
12 30 (8.40%) Coaching
12 30 (8.40%) Identity Management
13 28 (7.84%) Mentoring
14 25 (7.00%) Identity Access Management
14 25 (7.00%) SIEM
15 24 (6.72%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.08%) PowerShell
1 11 (3.08%) Python
2 10 (2.80%) C#
2 10 (2.80%) JavaScript
3 6 (1.68%) Bash
4 5 (1.40%) C
4 5 (1.40%) C++
4 5 (1.40%) Java
Qualifications
1 78 (21.85%) CISSP
2 70 (19.61%) Cisco Certification
3 64 (17.93%) Security Cleared
4 56 (15.69%) Degree
5 53 (14.85%) CISM
6 48 (13.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 44 (12.32%) CCSP
8 41 (11.48%) AWS Certification
9 38 (10.64%) Azure Certification
10 37 (10.36%) CCSK
11 28 (7.84%) DV Cleared
12 22 (6.16%) CCNP
13 21 (5.88%) CCNA
14 20 (5.60%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (3.92%) CISA
16 12 (3.36%) CEH
16 12 (3.36%) CRISC
16 12 (3.36%) SC Cleared
17 10 (2.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 10 (2.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (17.09%) NIST
2 42 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 17 (4.76%) GDPR
5 16 (4.48%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.84%) HMG Infosec
7 3 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.84%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.84%) NCSC
7 3 (0.84%) RMADS
8 2 (0.56%) COBIT
8 2 (0.56%) QA
9 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (8.12%) Docker
2 13 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.84%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.84%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (8.96%) Kubernetes
2 31 (8.68%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (5.88%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (1.40%) Suricata
5 4 (1.12%) Terraform
6 3 (0.84%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 65 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.40%) Cisco
3 21 (5.88%) Adobe
3 21 (5.88%) Apple
3 21 (5.88%) Meraki
4 9 (2.52%) Palo Alto
5 8 (2.24%) Splunk
6 6 (1.68%) PagerDuty
7 5 (1.40%) Juniper
8 3 (0.84%) AppDynamics
8 3 (0.84%) New Relic
8 3 (0.84%) Veracode
9 2 (0.56%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.28%) Google