Security Architect Jobs in Bristol

Security Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Security Architect salary in Bristol is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 130 119
Rank change year-on-year +30 -11 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 6 37 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.48% 1.19% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 1.23% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 24 21
10th Percentile £65,500 £47,500 -
25th Percentile £70,000 £56,875 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +1.31% -1.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £120,000 £82,500
90th Percentile - - £97,290
South West median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -9.38% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,198 3,009 2,463
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 97.03% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 812 2,254 1,548
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,905
Median % change year-on-year - -0.70% +9.02%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £73,776
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,125 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Bristol

Security Architect
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 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 across the Bristol region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 5 (83.33%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (50.00%) Application Security
3 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) SANS
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (33.33%) API Integration
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) ISSAP
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Application Security
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) API Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) CISSP
3 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (33.33%) CEH
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) GIAC
4 2 (33.33%) ISSAP
4 2 (33.33%) SANS
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) COBIT
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
1 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
1 2 (33.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Graphcore