Lead Security Architect Job Trends in the East Midlands

Lead Security Architect
England > East Midlands

The median Lead Security Architect salary in the East Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.020% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
England median annual salary £100,000 £69,384 £79,842
% change year-on-year +44.13% -13.10% -20.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,862 2,043 4,785
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.28% 94.06% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,089 1,127 3,338
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -3.41% -15.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year +2.68% +6.67% -12.50%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Security Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Lead Security Architect job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Lead Security Architect
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Lead Security Architect job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Security Architect job vacancies in the East Midlands

Lead Security Architect
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Security Architect within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 1 £55,000 -
Lead Security Architect
England

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 July 2026, Lead 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 East Midlands region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS