The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Security Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Security Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Security Architect
Rank 847 885 846
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -39
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Architect 11 11 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.010% 0.009% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.010% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 21
Average salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £71,250 £54,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+30.73% -16.15%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

IT Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IT Security Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

IT Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

IT Security Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IT Security Architect within the UK.

IT Security Architect Salary Trend

IT Security Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Security Architect over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

IT Security Architect Salary Histogram

IT Security Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +33 11 £70,000 +7.69%
London +38 9 £70,000 -6.66%
South East +7 1 £70,000 -
South West - 1 £72,500 -
Middlesex - 1 £70,000 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £72,500 -

IT Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Security Architect in their job title.

1 23 (88.46%) Security Architecture
2 14 (53.85%) CISSP
3 13 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (38.46%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (26.92%) CISM
5 7 (26.92%) Firewall
6 6 (23.08%) Identity Management
6 6 (23.08%) Wireless
6 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 6 (23.08%) Information Security
6 6 (23.08%) Juniper
6 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
6 6 (23.08%) Cisco
6 6 (23.08%) Network Security
6 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (19.23%) PKI
7 5 (19.23%) Load Balancing
7 5 (19.23%) Forefront TMG
7 5 (19.23%) UAG
7 5 (19.23%) F5
7 5 (19.23%) Riverbed
7 5 (19.23%) Law
7 5 (19.23%) Migration
7 5 (19.23%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (11.54%) Finance
8 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (11.54%) ITIL
8 3 (11.54%) Degree
9 2 (7.692%) Security Testing

IT Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Firewall
2 6 (23.08%) Wireless
2 6 (23.08%) Network Security
3 1 (3.846%) Wireless Security
3 1 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
General
1 5 (19.23%) Law
2 3 (11.54%) Finance
3 1 (3.846%) Legal
3 1 (3.846%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) PKI
2 2 (7.692%) Cryptography
3 1 (3.846%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) Security Architecture
2 10 (38.46%) Enterprise Architecture
3 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (23.08%) Identity Management
4 6 (23.08%) Information Security
4 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 5 (19.23%) Migration
5 5 (19.23%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (19.23%) Load Balancing
6 3 (11.54%) ITIL
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (7.692%) Project Management
7 2 (7.692%) Security Testing
7 2 (7.692%) Data Security
7 2 (7.692%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (7.692%) Cyber Security
7 2 (7.692%) TOGAF
8 1 (3.846%) Logistics
8 1 (3.846%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) C
2 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) CISSP
2 7 (26.92%) CISM
3 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 2 (7.692%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 1 (3.846%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 5 (19.23%) Forefront TMG
2 5 (19.23%) UAG
3 1 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Cisco
1 6 (23.08%) Juniper
2 5 (19.23%) Riverbed
2 5 (19.23%) F5
3 1 (3.846%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.846%) VMware
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Location: Caerphilly, South Wales... Bonus) + Benefits. Key Skills: Security, Architect, Designer. Our client, an IT managed services provider, is looking for an experienced Lead IT Security Architect to...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £60K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
Experience Required: * Degree level education from Russel Group / Red Brick University * IT Security qualification CISSP / CISM and strong track record of building, deploying and testing effective IT Security...
Networking People
Posted: 13 May 2013
West London
This involves working within projects and initiatives to ensure security requirements are understood and adequately addressed and that solutions are aligned with the broader GECC Enterprise Security Architecture...
GE Capital
Posted: 7 May 2013