Information Security Architect Jobs

Information Security Architect
UK

The median Information Security Architect salary in the UK is £82,500 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 885 974 1174
Rank change year-on-year +89 +200 -275
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Architect 26 25 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.024% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.026% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 13 20 16
10th Percentile £62,500 £80,625 £59,375
25th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +12.90% +12.73%
75th Percentile £83,750 £122,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £84,750 - £95,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £81,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +41.30% -30.30%

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%

Information Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Architect in the UK

Information Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Security Architect in the UK

Information Security Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Information Security Architect in the UK

Information Security Architect
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security 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 +85 20 £77,500 -11.43% 3
UK excluding London +4 20 £77,500 -4.62% 1
South East - 14 £76,250 -
Work from Home +86 9 £82,500 -22.35% 2
Midlands +14 3 £85,000 +13.33%
East Midlands - 3 £85,000 -
North West - 2 £65,000 -
North of England - 2 £65,000 -
South West -20 1 - - 1

Information Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 26 (100.00%) Information Security
2 17 (65.38%) CISSP
2 17 (65.38%) Azure
3 16 (61.54%) Security Architecture
3 16 (61.54%) Finance
4 15 (57.69%) NIST
5 14 (53.85%) Regulatory Compliance
5 14 (53.85%) Security Management
5 14 (53.85%) Degree
6 11 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (42.31%) Security Posture
7 10 (38.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (34.62%) GDPR
8 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
8 9 (34.62%) Incident Response
8 9 (34.62%) CCSP
8 9 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (34.62%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (30.77%) PaaS
9 8 (30.77%) Technical Architecture
9 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
9 8 (30.77%) CISM
9 8 (30.77%) CCSK
9 8 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
9 8 (30.77%) Secure Coding
10 7 (26.92%) Configuration Management
10 7 (26.92%) Entra ID

Information Security 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 17 (65.38%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (30.77%) PaaS
3 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
4 6 (23.08%) Azure Service Fabric
4 6 (23.08%) IaaS
4 6 (23.08%) SaaS
5 3 (11.54%) AWS
5 3 (11.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
1 1 (3.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Law
3 2 (7.69%) Retail
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) REST
1 6 (23.08%) SOAP
1 6 (23.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) Security Posture
2 6 (23.08%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Information Security
2 16 (61.54%) Security Architecture
3 14 (53.85%) Regulatory Compliance
3 14 (53.85%) Security Management
4 9 (34.62%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (34.62%) Incident Response
5 8 (30.77%) Secure Coding
5 8 (30.77%) Technical Architecture
5 8 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
6 7 (26.92%) Configuration Management
7 6 (23.08%) Business Analysis
7 6 (23.08%) Change Management
7 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
7 6 (23.08%) Information Security Management
7 6 (23.08%) OWASP
7 6 (23.08%) SDLC
7 6 (23.08%) SOA
7 6 (23.08%) TOGAF
7 6 (23.08%) User Stories
7 6 (23.08%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) CISSP
2 14 (53.85%) Degree
3 11 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (38.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (34.62%) CCSP
6 8 (30.77%) CCSK
6 8 (30.77%) CISM
7 6 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (23.08%) GIAC
7 6 (23.08%) Master's Degree
7 6 (23.08%) SANS
8 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
8 2 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (7.69%) CEH
8 2 (7.69%) OSCP
9 1 (3.85%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (57.69%) NIST
2 9 (34.62%) GDPR
2 9 (34.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 6 (23.08%) COBIT
4 6 (23.08%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 2 (7.69%) QA
6 1 (3.85%) GRC
6 1 (3.85%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.85%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Google