Lead Security Architect Job Trends in Central London

Lead Security Architect
London > Central London

The median Lead Security Architect salary in Central London is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 193 -
Rank change year-on-year +56 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.11% 0.031% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.033% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 - -
London median annual salary £127,500 £50,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +155.00% -54.55% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,785 3,040 3,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.47% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,991 2,997
10th Percentile £36,900 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £113,750 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.03% -1.33% +7.14%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Lead Security Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

Lead Security Architect
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Security Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Security Architect job vacancies in Central London

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, Lead 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 Central London region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Tenable

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Tenable