AWS Security Architect Job Trends in the City of London

Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)
Central London > City of London

The median Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect) salary in the City of London is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Security Architect 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.048% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £88,250 - -
25th Percentile £89,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - -
75th Percentile £94,375 - -
90th Percentile £94,750 - -
Central London median annual salary £92,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,959 1,841 2,996
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.51% 94.36% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,864 1,424 2,442
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £73,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year +9.22% +1.03% -3.00%

AWS Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

AWS Security Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

AWS Security Architect
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for AWS Security Architect job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for AWS Security Architect job vacancies in the City of London

AWS Security Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, AWS 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 City of London region featuring AWS Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) NLBS
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management

AWS Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) NLBS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco