Security Architecture Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Architecture
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 237 227
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 -39
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 22 41 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.30% 0.62% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.64% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 21 19 24
10th Percentile £40,750 £67,500 £52,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £73,000 £59,548
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £84,919 £92,770 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £88,500
England median annual salary £78,273 £85,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -7.91% +3.03% +13.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,016 6,455 6,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.09% 96.85% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,532 3,272 4,743
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,510 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the West Midlands

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the West Midlands

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the West Midlands

Security Architecture
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Birmingham -13 16 £75,000 -16.67% 1
Coventry +32 2 £71,636 -4.80% 2
Solihull 0 1 £70,000 -17.40%
Shropshire - 1 £78,273 -
Worcestershire - 1 £105,000 -
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (4.55%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) WAN
2 3 (13.64%) SD-WAN
3 2 (9.09%) Network Security
4 1 (4.55%) LAN
4 1 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) GitLab
General
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.55%) Legal
2 1 (4.55%) Local Government
2 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Retail
2 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Architect
2 10 (45.45%) Security Architect
3 7 (31.82%) Lead
3 7 (31.82%) Lead Architect
3 7 (31.82%) Lead Security Architect
4 5 (22.73%) Security Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Azure Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Consultant
6 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Principal Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Principal Security Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Information Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Public Cloud
2 3 (13.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (13.64%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.09%) Private Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (27.27%) Information Security
3 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
4 4 (18.18%) Agile
4 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 4 (18.18%) Coaching
4 4 (18.18%) ITIL
4 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 3 (13.64%) Application Security
5 3 (13.64%) Identity Management
5 3 (13.64%) OWASP
5 3 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (13.64%) Secure Coding
6 2 (9.09%) Architectural Design
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (9.09%) Operational Stability
6 2 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
2 3 (13.64%) CCSK
2 3 (13.64%) CCSP
2 3 (13.64%) CISM
2 3 (13.64%) CISSP
3 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.55%) CCNP
4 1 (4.55%) CISA
4 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) NIST
2 6 (27.27%) NCSC
3 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.55%) GDPR
4 1 (4.55%) ISO 22301
4 1 (4.55%) ISO 9001
4 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.55%) RMADS
4 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco