Senior Security Architect Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Security Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Security Architect salary in the City of London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - 170
Rank change year-on-year - - +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.033% - 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% - 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £100,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £95,000 - £100,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 2,863 2,057 3,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 91.30% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,076 1,477 2,612
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £114,875
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £72,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year +5.52% -1.69% -1.67%

Senior Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Senior Security Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Security Architect
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

Senior Security Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, Senior 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 Senior Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Workday

Senior 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday