IT Security Architect Jobs in the City of London

IT Security Architect
Central London > City of London

The median IT Security Architect salary in the City of London is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 170 223
Rank change year-on-year +23 +53 +54
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Architect 1 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.048% 0.30% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.31% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91,250 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +17.65% -19.05%
75th Percentile £103,750 - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £97,500 £100,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +17.65% -19.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,922 3,219 4,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.86% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 2,556 3,735
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,372
% change year-on-year - -2.52% +2.58%

IT Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Architect in the City of London

IT Security Architect
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Architect in the City of London.

Salary trend for IT Security Architect in the City of London

IT Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, IT 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 City of London region featuring IT Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) ACSA
1 1 (100.00%) ISSAP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) ACSP
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Akamai
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Netskope
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler
1 1 (100.00%) Okta

IT Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (100.00%) Akamai
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACSA
1 1 (100.00%) ACSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSK
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Netskope
1 1 (100.00%) Okta
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler