Security Solutions Architect Job Trends in Birmingham

Security Solution Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Solution Architect salary in Birmingham is £94,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
12 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 107 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Solutions Architect 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.076% 0.077% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.081% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,000 £82,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £94,000 £85,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% - -
75th Percentile £96,000 £87,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £94,000 £85,000 -
% change year-on-year +10.59% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,446 1,227 2,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 93.88% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,850 794 2,047
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,425 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%

Security Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Security Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Security Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Security Solutions Architect job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Security Solutions Architect job vacancies in Birmingham

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 12 April 2026, Security Solutions 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 Birmingham region featuring Security Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Okta
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Okta
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