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 £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 138 152
Rank change year-on-year +21 +14 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 31 3 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.92% 0.14% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.16% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 16
10th Percentile £66,574 £92,750 £63,125
25th Percentile £74,375 £95,000 £66,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £105,000 £77,421
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +35.62% -18.50%
75th Percentile - £115,000 £98,125
90th Percentile £98,500 £117,250 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £77,421
% change year-on-year -9.52% +35.62% -18.50%

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 3,203 1,914 3,018
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 91.67% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,288 1,460 2,576
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -2.03% -1.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.90% -0.68% -2.67%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 10 (32.26%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Business Continuity
2 6 (19.35%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (19.35%) Resilience Testing
3 5 (16.13%) Cost Reduction
3 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (16.13%) Technology Transformation
4 4 (12.90%) AWS
4 4 (12.90%) Business Strategy
4 4 (12.90%) Cloud Security
4 4 (12.90%) SAP
5 3 (9.68%) PCI DSS
5 3 (9.68%) SAP Security
5 3 (9.68%) Security Architecture
6 2 (6.45%) Business Transformation
6 2 (6.45%) CISSP
6 2 (6.45%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.45%) Customer Service
6 2 (6.45%) Data Management
6 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
6 2 (6.45%) Degree
6 2 (6.45%) DevOps
6 2 (6.45%) DNS
6 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (6.45%) GDPR
6 2 (6.45%) Internet
6 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
6 2 (6.45%) PMO
6 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps

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 10 (32.26%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) GCP
3 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) DNS
1 2 (6.45%) Internet
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.23%) LAN
2 1 (3.23%) Network Security
General
1 3 (9.68%) Finance
2 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Law
2 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Advertising
3 1 (3.23%) Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) PKI
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Business Continuity
1 6 (19.35%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (19.35%) Resilience Testing
2 5 (16.13%) Cost Reduction
2 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (16.13%) Technology Transformation
3 4 (12.90%) Business Strategy
3 4 (12.90%) Cloud Security
4 3 (9.68%) SAP Security
4 3 (9.68%) Security Architecture
5 2 (6.45%) Business Transformation
5 2 (6.45%) Data Management
5 2 (6.45%) DevOps
5 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (6.45%) SIEM
5 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.45%) TOGAF
5 2 (6.45%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) CISSP
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.23%) CISA
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.23%) CISM
2 1 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (3.23%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) PCI DSS
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.45%) GDPR
2 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) PMO
3 1 (3.23%) NIST
3 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) NLBS
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) SAP
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco
3 1 (3.23%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Workday