Cybersecurity Architect Jobs

Cybersecurity Architect
UK

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 922 1143
Rank change year-on-year +92 +221 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 81 77 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.074% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.081% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 47 61 54
10th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +16.13%
75th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £107,188
90th Percentile £103,500 £111,250 £127,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +75 54 £75,000 -16.67% 9
UK excluding London +12 44 £75,000 -6.25% 5
London +98 18 £75,000 -16.67% 4
Work from Home +74 16 £67,500 -23.94% 7
South East +22 12 £65,000 -39.53% 2
Midlands +18 10 £75,000 -6.25% 1
West Midlands +17 10 £75,000 -6.25% 1
North of England +38 8 £102,500 +28.13% 2
North West +14 8 £102,500 +28.13% 2
Scotland -59 7 - -
South West -16 5 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
East of England - 1 £68,500 -

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 81 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (58.02%) Security Architecture
3 44 (54.32%) CISSP
4 41 (50.62%) Social Skills
5 37 (45.68%) AWS
6 36 (44.44%) Azure
7 35 (43.21%) CISM
8 32 (39.51%) Information Security
9 28 (34.57%) SC Cleared
9 28 (34.57%) Security Cleared
10 27 (33.33%) Management Information System
10 27 (33.33%) Roadmaps
11 25 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (29.63%) Azure Certification
12 24 (29.63%) AWS Certification
12 24 (29.63%) Threat Modelling
13 23 (28.40%) Customer-Centricity
14 22 (27.16%) Data Centre
15 21 (25.93%) Public Sector
16 20 (24.69%) NIST
16 20 (24.69%) Cyberattack
16 20 (24.69%) Stakeholder Management
17 19 (23.46%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (22.22%) Digital Thinking
18 18 (22.22%) Desktop Virtualisation
18 18 (22.22%) Cyber Assurance
18 18 (22.22%) Business Development
18 18 (22.22%) Practice Management
18 18 (22.22%) Identity Management
18 18 (22.22%) Active Directory

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 37 (45.68%) AWS
2 36 (44.44%) Azure
3 7 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (22.22%) LAN
2 13 (16.05%) Network Security
3 8 (9.88%) Firewall
4 1 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 41 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.93%) Public Sector
3 19 (23.46%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (19.75%) Law
5 12 (14.81%) Finance
6 11 (13.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (13.58%) Marketing
7 9 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.94%) Legal
9 1 (1.23%) Banking
9 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.23%) Retail
9 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) OAuth
1 6 (7.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 22 (27.16%) Data Centre
3 20 (24.69%) Cyberattack
4 13 (16.05%) iPhone
4 13 (16.05%) Onboarding
5 11 (13.58%) Public Cloud
6 10 (12.35%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (8.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (7.41%) Cloud Native
9 5 (6.17%) Replication
9 5 (6.17%) Security Posture
9 5 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.23%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (58.02%) Security Architecture
3 32 (39.51%) Information Security
4 27 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 25 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (29.63%) Threat Modelling
7 23 (28.40%) Customer-Centricity
8 20 (24.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (22.22%) Business Development
9 18 (22.22%) Coaching
9 18 (22.22%) Cyber Assurance
9 18 (22.22%) Desktop Virtualisation
9 18 (22.22%) Digital Thinking
9 18 (22.22%) Identity Management
9 18 (22.22%) Network Architecture
9 18 (22.22%) Practice Management
9 18 (22.22%) Threat Management
10 15 (18.52%) Application Security
10 15 (18.52%) Data Security
11 14 (17.28%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.17%) C
1 5 (6.17%) Java
1 5 (6.17%) Python
1 5 (6.17%) R
1 5 (6.17%) Scala
1 5 (6.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (54.32%) CISSP
2 35 (43.21%) CISM
3 28 (34.57%) SC Cleared
3 28 (34.57%) Security Cleared
4 24 (29.63%) AWS Certification
4 24 (29.63%) Azure Certification
5 13 (16.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (16.05%) OSCP
6 10 (12.35%) Degree
6 10 (12.35%) SANS
7 9 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (7.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (7.41%) CEH
8 6 (7.41%) CISA
8 6 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (7.41%) CRISC
8 6 (7.41%) ISACA
9 5 (6.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (6.17%) CCSP
10 1 (1.23%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (24.69%) NIST
2 10 (12.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.41%) GDPR
4 5 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (6.17%) HIPAA
4 5 (6.17%) IASME
4 5 (6.17%) PCI DSS
4 5 (6.17%) QA
5 2 (2.47%) COBIT
6 1 (1.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.23%) CyberArk
2 1 (1.23%) iManage
2 1 (1.23%) LogRhythm
2 1 (1.23%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.23%) Rapid7