Security Architect Job Trends in the City of London

Security Architect
Central London > City of London

As of 4 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Architect salary in the City of London.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 152 159
Rank change year-on-year +27 +7 +114
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 4 18 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.25% 0.66% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.70% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 14
10th Percentile - - £69,750
25th Percentile - £61,250 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £67,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - -28.95% -5.00%
75th Percentile - £84,063 £97,500
90th Percentile - £87,500 -
Central London median annual salary £130,000 £67,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year +92.59% -28.95% -5.00%

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 1,529 2,559 2,941
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 93.22% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,208 1,698 2,642
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,430 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% +1.28% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -

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 Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, 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 3 (75.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) SOAR
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server

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 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) SOAR
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft