Senior Security Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Security Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 706 719 826
Rank change year-on-year +13 +107 -180
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect 56 14 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.024% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.027% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 12
10th Percentile £45,556 £67,500 -
25th Percentile £56,809 £74,375 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £98,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £111,250 -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +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 67,926 52,593 68,736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.19% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 47,990 30,014 42,465
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%

Senior Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Security Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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 +77 29 £70,000 - 1
North West +29 28 £65,603 - 1
Midlands +2 15 £46,963 -39.40% 1
West Midlands +22 14 - - 1
South East +7 8 - - 1
South West - 3 £70,000 -
Scotland -63 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £110,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £46,963 -
Senior Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Architect in the job title.

1 38 (67.86%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (53.57%) WAN
2 30 (53.57%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (53.57%) SD-WAN
3 25 (44.64%) Microsoft
4 24 (42.86%) Adobe
4 24 (42.86%) Cisco
4 24 (42.86%) CCNP
4 24 (42.86%) CCNA
4 24 (42.86%) Time Management
4 24 (42.86%) Apple
4 24 (42.86%) Meraki
4 24 (42.86%) Software Licensing
4 24 (42.86%) Data Centre
4 24 (42.86%) Customer Engagement
4 24 (42.86%) Degree
4 24 (42.86%) Analytics
4 24 (42.86%) Presales
4 24 (42.86%) Stealthwatch
4 24 (42.86%) Cisco Firepower
5 14 (25.00%) Security Architecture
6 10 (17.86%) Information Security
7 9 (16.07%) CISSP
7 9 (16.07%) NIST
8 7 (12.50%) Azure
9 6 (10.71%) AWS
9 6 (10.71%) Security Testing
9 6 (10.71%) OWASP
9 6 (10.71%) Mentoring
9 6 (10.71%) Coaching

Senior 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 7 (12.50%) Azure
2 6 (10.71%) AWS
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (53.57%) SD-WAN
1 30 (53.57%) WAN
2 24 (42.86%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (5.36%) Network Security
General
1 6 (10.71%) Public Sector
2 3 (5.36%) Aerospace
2 3 (5.36%) Finance
2 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (5.36%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.79%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 24 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 6 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.36%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (5.36%) PMI
3 3 (5.36%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (67.86%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (42.86%) Analytics
2 24 (42.86%) Customer Engagement
2 24 (42.86%) Presales
2 24 (42.86%) Software Licensing
2 24 (42.86%) Time Management
3 14 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 10 (17.86%) Information Security
5 6 (10.71%) Application Security
5 6 (10.71%) Coaching
5 6 (10.71%) Decision-Making
5 6 (10.71%) Identity Management
5 6 (10.71%) Mentoring
5 6 (10.71%) OWASP
5 6 (10.71%) Secure Coding
5 6 (10.71%) Security Testing
6 4 (7.14%) Cloud Security
7 3 (5.36%) DevOps
7 3 (5.36%) Due Diligence
7 3 (5.36%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 30 (53.57%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (42.86%) CCNA
2 24 (42.86%) CCNP
2 24 (42.86%) Degree
3 9 (16.07%) CISSP
4 6 (10.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (10.71%) AWS Certification
4 6 (10.71%) Azure Certification
4 6 (10.71%) CCSK
4 6 (10.71%) CCSP
4 6 (10.71%) CISM
5 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.36%) PMI Certification
5 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.07%) NIST
2 3 (5.36%) HMG Infosec
2 3 (5.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.36%) JSP 440
2 3 (5.36%) PCI DSS
2 3 (5.36%) RMADS
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (42.86%) Stealthwatch
2 6 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 6 (10.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (44.64%) Microsoft
2 24 (42.86%) Adobe
2 24 (42.86%) Apple
2 24 (42.86%) Cisco
2 24 (42.86%) Meraki
3 3 (5.36%) Splunk