Security Architecture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 278 460
Rank change year-on-year -219 +182 -10
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 279 711 460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 1.20% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 1.26% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 202 174 287
10th Percentile £42,805 £27,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,797 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,273 £73,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% -7.81% +23.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,438 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £104,550 £103,000
UK median annual salary £78,273 £85,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -7.91% +3.03% +13.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
North of England -9 84 £70,576 +0.82% 7
South West -31 64 £105,000 +40.00% 4
North West -30 49 £70,000 - 4
South East -121 48 £80,000 +8.47% 23
East of England +14 33 £72,500 +3.57% 14
Midlands -54 33 £75,000 -3.23% 2
Yorkshire +60 27 £78,273 +19.77% 3
West Midlands -2 21 £75,000 -6.25% 2
East Midlands -51 12 £78,273 +52.73%
Scotland -170 9 £51,000 -26.56% 2
North East +4 8 £79,842 -15.96%
Northern Ireland +6 4 - - 1
Wales -40 3 £78,273 +71.24% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.72%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.72%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 98 (35.13%) Azure
2 85 (30.47%) AWS
3 21 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (2.87%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.51%) GCP
5 7 (2.51%) IaaS
5 7 (2.51%) PaaS
5 7 (2.51%) SaaS
6 2 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (0.72%) Serverless
7 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 56 (20.07%) Network Security
2 32 (11.47%) WAN
3 29 (10.39%) SD-WAN
4 16 (5.73%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.58%) Internet
6 9 (3.23%) Firewall
7 8 (2.87%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (2.15%) VPN
9 3 (1.08%) LAN
10 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.72%) Wireless
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.36%) DHCP
11 1 (0.36%) DNS
11 1 (0.36%) NAS
11 1 (0.36%) SAN
11 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.66%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.72%) Big Data
2 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.72%) DynamoDB
2 2 (0.72%) MySQL
2 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.30%) GitLab
General
1 65 (23.30%) Finance
2 57 (20.43%) Social Skills
3 32 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (7.89%) Aerospace
6 21 (7.53%) Law
7 18 (6.45%) Military
8 14 (5.02%) Public Sector
9 12 (4.30%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.23%) Legal
11 8 (2.87%) Banking
12 5 (1.79%) Marketing
12 5 (1.79%) Retail
13 4 (1.43%) Electronics
13 4 (1.43%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.72%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.36%) Games
15 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (52.69%) Architect
2 117 (41.94%) Security Architect
3 47 (16.85%) Lead
4 39 (13.98%) Senior
5 36 (12.90%) Analyst
5 36 (12.90%) Consultant
6 35 (12.54%) Lead Architect
6 35 (12.54%) Security Consultant
7 30 (10.75%) Lead Security Architect
8 29 (10.39%) Security Analyst
9 20 (7.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 19 (6.81%) Security Engineer
10 19 (6.81%) Senior Architect
11 18 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
12 17 (6.09%) Junior
12 17 (6.09%) Principal Architect
12 17 (6.09%) Principal Security Architect
13 15 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 15 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (5.02%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.94%) Web Services
2 6 (2.15%) Middleware
3 2 (0.72%) Laravel
3 2 (0.72%) Node.js
3 2 (0.72%) OAuth
3 2 (0.72%) OpenID
3 2 (0.72%) SAML
3 2 (0.72%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.36%) .NET
4 1 (0.36%) EDI
4 1 (0.36%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 64 (22.94%) Management Information System
2 35 (12.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 31 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 30 (10.75%) Public Cloud
5 22 (7.89%) Cyber Defence
5 22 (7.89%) Operational Technology
6 21 (7.53%) Cyber Threat
7 20 (7.17%) Cloud Native
8 18 (6.45%) Security Operations Centre
9 15 (5.38%) Legacy Applications
10 14 (5.02%) Cyberattack
11 12 (4.30%) Private Cloud
12 10 (3.58%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.79%) Replication
14 4 (1.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (1.43%) PMI
15 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
15 3 (1.08%) IoT
15 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.81%) Linux
2 9 (3.23%) Windows
3 5 (1.79%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.43%) Mac OS X
5 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (53.76%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (38.35%) Information Security
3 77 (27.60%) Mentoring
4 68 (24.37%) Agile
5 67 (24.01%) Coaching
6 54 (19.35%) Roadmaps
7 42 (15.05%) Incident Response
8 40 (14.34%) SIEM
9 39 (13.98%) Application Security
9 39 (13.98%) OWASP
10 38 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (12.90%) Secure Coding
11 36 (12.90%) Security Operations
12 34 (12.19%) Risk Management
13 33 (11.83%) Cloud Security
14 30 (10.75%) Identity Management
15 28 (10.04%) Vulnerability Management
16 27 (9.68%) Architectural Patterns
16 27 (9.68%) Incident Management
16 27 (9.68%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.81%) Python
2 10 (3.58%) Java
3 7 (2.51%) C
4 6 (2.15%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.79%) R
5 5 (1.79%) Scala
5 5 (1.79%) SQL
6 3 (1.08%) C++
7 2 (0.72%) PHP
8 1 (0.36%) C#
Qualifications
1 96 (34.41%) CISSP
2 74 (26.52%) CISM
3 58 (20.79%) Degree
4 53 (19.00%) Security Cleared
5 42 (15.05%) Cisco Certification
6 40 (14.34%) CCSP
7 39 (13.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 37 (13.26%) CCSK
9 36 (12.90%) AWS Certification
10 34 (12.19%) Azure Certification
11 29 (10.39%) CRISC
12 26 (9.32%) DV Cleared
13 23 (8.24%) CEH
14 20 (7.17%) BPSS Clearance
15 19 (6.81%) CISA
16 17 (6.09%) SC Cleared
17 14 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
18 13 (4.66%) CASP
19 10 (3.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
19 10 (3.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (41.58%) NIST
2 60 (21.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (10.39%) NIST 800
4 25 (8.96%) NCSC
5 23 (8.24%) GDPR
6 18 (6.45%) GRC
7 17 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 16 (5.73%) PCI DSS
9 14 (5.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (3.23%) COBIT
11 4 (1.43%) JSP 440
11 4 (1.43%) RMADS
12 3 (1.08%) HMG Infosec
12 3 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (1.08%) SLA
13 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.36%) GxP
13 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (10.39%) Docker
2 6 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.08%) Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
2 30 (10.75%) Kubernetes
3 15 (5.38%) Terraform
4 5 (1.79%) Suricata
5 4 (1.43%) QRadar
6 2 (0.72%) DatAdvantage
6 2 (0.72%) SCCM
6 2 (0.72%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.36%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.38%) Splunk
3 8 (2.87%) Cisco
4 5 (1.79%) Juniper
4 5 (1.79%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.08%) AppDynamics
5 3 (1.08%) New Relic
6 2 (0.72%) ForgeRock
6 2 (0.72%) Qualys
6 2 (0.72%) SAP
6 2 (0.72%) Symantec
6 2 (0.72%) Varonis
7 1 (0.36%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.36%) Google
7 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.36%) Thales
7 1 (0.36%) VMware