Security Solutions Architect Job Trends in the City of London

Security Solution Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Security Solution Architect salary in the City of London is £120,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.027% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £115,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 - -
75th Percentile £125,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £120,000 - -

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 3,539 1,784 2,623
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.60% 94.89% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,558 1,377 2,072
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £53,750
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 - £118,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £71,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +2.11% -5.33%

Security Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Security Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

Security Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

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

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) VPN

Security Solutions 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft