Principal Security Architect Job Trends in Berkshire

Principal Security Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Principal Security Architect salary in Berkshire is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Architect 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.051% 0.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.15% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 £107,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £115,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £95,000 £115,000 -
% change year-on-year -17.39% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,817 1,350 1,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 82.52% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 912 695 1,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £70,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Principal Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Security Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Principal Security Architect job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Principal Security Architect
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Principal Security Architect job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Security Architect job vacancies in Berkshire

Principal Security Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Principal Security Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Principal Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF

Principal Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST