Security Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 298 508
Rank change year-on-year -147 +210 -51
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 518 1,218 1,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 1.20% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.26% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 391 467 663
10th Percentile £51,500 £52,500 £52,434
25th Percentile £68,718 £67,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,273 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% +3.03% +13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,750 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.08% -7.81% +18.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 -93 468 £78,273 -7.91% 68
UK excluding London -220 283 £77,500 +5.08% 32
Work from Home -50 219 £77,500 -3.13% 21
London -14 200 £85,000 -3.41% 35
North of England +5 85 £70,576 +0.82% 5
South West -27 65 £105,000 +40.00% 5
North West -24 50 £70,000 - 4
South East -123 49 £80,000 +8.47% 6
East of England +23 34 £72,500 +3.57% 8
Midlands -50 33 £75,000 -3.23% 5
Yorkshire +59 27 £78,273 +19.77% 1
West Midlands 0 22 £75,000 -3.23% 4
East Midlands -40 11 £78,273 +52.73% 1
Scotland -162 9 £51,000 -26.94% 1
North East -2 8 £79,842 -5.37%
Northern Ireland +2 4 - - 3
Wales -34 3 £78,273 +22.10% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (0.39%) Confluence
1 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.19%) Apache
2 1 (0.19%) nginx
2 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.39%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 201 (38.80%) Azure
2 155 (29.92%) AWS
3 40 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (6.18%) GCP
5 18 (3.47%) PaaS
5 18 (3.47%) SaaS
6 17 (3.28%) IaaS
7 14 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (2.12%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.16%) Azure Service Fabric
10 5 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.77%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.39%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.39%) GitHub
12 2 (0.39%) Kong
12 2 (0.39%) OCI
12 2 (0.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 86 (16.60%) Network Security
2 58 (11.20%) Firewall
3 36 (6.95%) WAN
4 33 (6.37%) SD-WAN
5 28 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 26 (5.02%) TCP/IP
7 20 (3.86%) LAN
8 10 (1.93%) Internet
9 9 (1.74%) Wireless
10 7 (1.35%) SSL
10 7 (1.35%) VPN
11 5 (0.97%) IPsec
12 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.39%) DHCP
13 2 (0.39%) DNS
13 2 (0.39%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.19%) HTTP
14 1 (0.19%) NAS
14 1 (0.19%) SAN
14 1 (0.19%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.90%) Data Lake
2 8 (1.54%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.58%) MySQL
6 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.39%) Big Data
6 2 (0.39%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.19%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 12 (2.32%) GitLab
2 4 (0.77%) Git
2 4 (0.77%) JIRA
3 3 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 149 (28.76%) Social Skills
2 120 (23.17%) Finance
3 68 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (9.65%) Law
5 48 (9.27%) Public Sector
6 45 (8.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (7.72%) Legal
8 34 (6.56%) Military
9 29 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (5.41%) Aerospace
11 26 (5.02%) Banking
12 18 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (3.09%) Telecoms
14 15 (2.90%) Marketing
15 9 (1.74%) Retail
16 8 (1.54%) Retail Banking
17 7 (1.35%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
19 5 (0.97%) Police
Job Titles
1 252 (48.65%) Architect
2 200 (38.61%) Security Architect
3 78 (15.06%) Senior
4 72 (13.90%) Lead
5 69 (13.32%) Consultant
6 68 (13.13%) Security Consultant
7 59 (11.39%) Analyst
8 45 (8.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 42 (8.11%) Security Analyst
10 39 (7.53%) Lead Architect
11 37 (7.14%) Security Engineer
12 34 (6.56%) Lead Security Architect
12 34 (6.56%) Senior Architect
13 31 (5.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 28 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 28 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
15 27 (5.21%) Technical Architect
16 23 (4.44%) Principal Architect
16 23 (4.44%) Principal Security Architect
17 21 (4.05%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.47%) Web Services
2 15 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (1.54%) Middleware
4 7 (1.35%) OAuth
5 6 (1.16%) Kafka
5 6 (1.16%) REST
5 6 (1.16%) SOAP
6 4 (0.77%) JWT
7 3 (0.58%) .NET
7 3 (0.58%) Node.js
7 3 (0.58%) OpenID
8 2 (0.39%) Laravel
8 2 (0.39%) Pandas
8 2 (0.39%) pytest
8 2 (0.39%) SAML
8 2 (0.39%) Smart Contracts
9 1 (0.19%) EDI
9 1 (0.19%) HTML
9 1 (0.19%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (0.19%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 121 (23.36%) Management Information System
2 76 (14.67%) Security Posture
3 45 (8.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 44 (8.49%) Public Cloud
5 39 (7.53%) Cyber Threat
6 37 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
6 37 (7.14%) Cyberattack
7 35 (6.76%) Security Operations Centre
8 29 (5.60%) Data Centre
9 27 (5.21%) Operational Technology
10 26 (5.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 25 (4.83%) Cloud Native
12 18 (3.47%) Legacy Applications
13 14 (2.70%) PKI
14 12 (2.32%) iPhone
14 12 (2.32%) Onboarding
14 12 (2.32%) Private Cloud
15 11 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.74%) IoT
16 9 (1.74%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.60%) Linux
2 15 (2.90%) Windows
3 11 (2.12%) Unix
4 5 (0.97%) CentOS
4 5 (0.97%) Kali Linux
4 5 (0.97%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.77%) Mac OS X
5 4 (0.77%) Solaris
5 4 (0.77%) zOS
6 3 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.39%) AIX
7 2 (0.39%) Android
7 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (61.00%) Cybersecurity
2 231 (44.59%) Information Security
3 117 (22.59%) Agile
4 110 (21.24%) Roadmaps
5 96 (18.53%) Coaching
6 92 (17.76%) Cloud Security
7 86 (16.60%) SIEM
8 85 (16.41%) Application Security
9 84 (16.22%) Incident Response
9 84 (16.22%) Mentoring
10 78 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
11 75 (14.48%) Security Operations
12 72 (13.90%) Risk Management
13 65 (12.55%) Incident Management
14 61 (11.78%) Identity Management
15 59 (11.39%) OWASP
16 56 (10.81%) TOGAF
17 53 (10.23%) Security Management
18 50 (9.65%) Risk Assessment
19 48 (9.27%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.18%) Python
2 22 (4.25%) Java
3 14 (2.70%) SQL
4 10 (1.93%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.35%) C
5 7 (1.35%) C++
6 6 (1.16%) C#
6 6 (1.16%) Go
6 6 (1.16%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.97%) R
7 5 (0.97%) Scala
8 4 (0.77%) Lua
8 4 (0.77%) PHP
8 4 (0.77%) Ruby
8 4 (0.77%) Rust
9 2 (0.39%) Bash
9 2 (0.39%) Dart
9 2 (0.39%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.39%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.39%) Swift
Qualifications
1 196 (37.84%) CISSP
2 131 (25.29%) CISM
3 122 (23.55%) Degree
4 116 (22.39%) Security Cleared
5 70 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
6 67 (12.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 67 (12.93%) Azure Certification
7 66 (12.74%) AWS Certification
8 65 (12.55%) CCSP
9 51 (9.85%) DV Cleared
10 48 (9.27%) SC Cleared
11 46 (8.88%) CCSK
12 38 (7.34%) CRISC
13 35 (6.76%) BPSS Clearance
14 34 (6.56%) Master's Degree
15 33 (6.37%) CEH
16 29 (5.60%) CISA
17 27 (5.21%) GIAC
18 26 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
19 23 (4.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (35.33%) NIST
2 119 (22.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (8.69%) GDPR
4 36 (6.95%) NCSC
4 36 (6.95%) NIST 800
5 28 (5.41%) PCI DSS
6 26 (5.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 25 (4.83%) GRC
8 22 (4.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (3.86%) COBIT
10 13 (2.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 10 (1.93%) QA
12 6 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (1.16%) HIPAA
12 6 (1.16%) JSP 440
12 6 (1.16%) Web Application Security Consortium
13 5 (0.97%) IASME
13 5 (0.97%) ISO 31000
14 4 (0.77%) RMADS
System Software
1 40 (7.72%) Docker
2 30 (5.79%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.90%) vSphere
4 4 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.58%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) LXC
6 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (7.92%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.53%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (4.25%) Terraform
4 10 (1.93%) QRadar
5 6 (1.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (0.97%) Suricata
7 3 (0.58%) Ansible
8 2 (0.39%) CASB
8 2 (0.39%) DatAdvantage
8 2 (0.39%) Istio
8 2 (0.39%) SCCM
8 2 (0.39%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.19%) Grafana
9 1 (0.19%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.19%) Icinga
9 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.19%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 102 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.21%) Splunk
3 18 (3.47%) Tripwire
4 17 (3.28%) SolarWinds
5 15 (2.90%) Tanium
6 11 (2.12%) Cisco
7 10 (1.93%) IBM
8 9 (1.74%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.54%) Qualys
10 7 (1.35%) Google
11 5 (0.97%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.97%) Juniper
11 5 (0.97%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.77%) iManage
12 4 (0.77%) Rapid7
13 3 (0.58%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.58%) LogRhythm
13 3 (0.58%) New Relic
14 2 (0.39%) ForgeRock
14 2 (0.39%) Varonis