Security Architect Job Trends in the City of London

Security Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Security Architect salary in the City of London is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 138 139
Rank change year-on-year +26 +1 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 27 2 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.81% 0.11% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.12% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 13
10th Percentile £86,775 - £72,500
25th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £77,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.81% -22.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 -
90th Percentile £101,750 - -
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
% change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% +5.26%

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 3,192 1,702 2,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 94.77% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,299 1,345 1,962
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,000 £42,500
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 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +3.57% -4.11%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the City of London

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 31 August 2026, 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (25.93%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 5 (18.52%) Zero Trust
4 4 (14.81%) Business Continuity
4 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
4 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (14.81%) Resilience Testing
5 3 (11.11%) CISSP
5 3 (11.11%) Salesforce
5 3 (11.11%) Security Architecture
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
6 2 (7.41%) Roadmaps
6 2 (7.41%) SIEM
6 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
7 1 (3.70%) Agile
7 1 (3.70%) Analytics
7 1 (3.70%) Ansible
7 1 (3.70%) Application Security
7 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.70%) Business Strategy
7 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.70%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+

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 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DHCP
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (7.41%) Finance
1 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Banking
2 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) OpenID
1 1 (3.70%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (25.93%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (18.52%) Zero Trust
3 4 (14.81%) Business Continuity
3 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
3 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (14.81%) Resilience Testing
4 3 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 2 (7.41%) Roadmaps
5 2 (7.41%) SIEM
5 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (3.70%) Application Security
6 1 (3.70%) Business Strategy
6 1 (3.70%) Containerisation
6 1 (3.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (3.70%) RBAC
6 1 (3.70%) Security Analytics
6 1 (3.70%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (3.70%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) CISSP
2 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.70%) GCIH
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.70%) Google