Security Architect Job Trends in Coventry

Security Architect
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Security Architect salary in Coventry is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 0.33% - 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £74,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £78,273
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.16%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £81,786
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £80,000 £95,000 £76,636
% change year-on-year -15.79% +23.96% -12.83%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 276 149 253
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 87.13% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 141 80 228
10th Percentile £26,000 £42,200 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,048 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.59% +20.00% -4.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £48,500
% change year-on-year -6.87% +10.70% -7.62%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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 Coventry.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Coventry

Security Architect
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Coventry.

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Coventry

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 4 February 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 Coventry region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Netskope
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Netskope