IT Security Architect
UK

The median IT Security Architect salary in the UK is £96,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 981 1187
Rank change year-on-year +106 +206 -339
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Architect 19 12 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.011% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.013% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 13
10th Percentile £83,125 £66,925 -
25th Percentile £88,750 £72,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,250 £83,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.96% -7.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,813 £105,000
90th Percentile - £99,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £85,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -0.58% -5.00% +9.09%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Architect in the UK

IT Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Security Architect in the UK

IT Security Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Architect over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Architect in the UK

IT Security Architect
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
London +154 17 £100,000 +21.21% 2
England +124 17 £100,000 +20.48% 2
Work from Home +84 3 - -
UK excluding London -8 2 £85,000 -0.58%
Scotland - 2 £85,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT 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 IT Security Architect in the job title.

1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 12 (63.16%) Security Architecture
3 11 (57.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 11 (57.89%) Security Posture
3 11 (57.89%) CCSP
3 11 (57.89%) CISSP
3 11 (57.89%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (52.63%) Finance
5 9 (47.37%) TOGAF
5 9 (47.37%) Application Security
5 9 (47.37%) Cloud Security
5 9 (47.37%) Security Operations
6 6 (31.58%) Cryptography
6 6 (31.58%) Degree
7 4 (21.05%) Android
7 4 (21.05%) Azure
7 4 (21.05%) PKI
7 4 (21.05%) Identity Management
7 4 (21.05%) C
7 4 (21.05%) C++
7 4 (21.05%) .NET
7 4 (21.05%) Linux
7 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (21.05%) DevOps
7 4 (21.05%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (15.79%) Cost Reduction
8 3 (15.79%) Product Thinking

IT 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:

Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) .NET
1 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (10.53%) OAuth
2 2 (10.53%) OpenID
2 2 (10.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (57.89%) Security Posture
2 4 (21.05%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (21.05%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Android
1 4 (21.05%) Apple iOS
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Security Architecture
2 9 (47.37%) Application Security
2 9 (47.37%) Cloud Security
2 9 (47.37%) Security Operations
2 9 (47.37%) TOGAF
3 6 (31.58%) Cryptography
4 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (21.05%) DevOps
4 4 (21.05%) Identity Management
5 3 (15.79%) Cost Reduction
5 3 (15.79%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (15.79%) Lean Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Product Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.79%) Scrum
5 3 (15.79%) Storytelling
5 3 (15.79%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (15.79%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) C
1 4 (21.05%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 11 (57.89%) CCSP
1 11 (57.89%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (57.89%) CISSP
2 6 (31.58%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (10.53%) GDPR
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) ForgeRock