Security Architect Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Architect salary in Edinburgh is £81,764 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 103 108
Rank change year-on-year +18 +5 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 4 6 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.44% 0.40% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.42% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile £66,957 £68,000 -
25th Percentile £70,630 £72,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,764 £75,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% +26.00% -29.97%
75th Percentile £93,388 £87,500 £71,447
90th Percentile £97,355 - £97,290
Scotland median annual salary £83,132 £75,000 £69,200
% change year-on-year +10.84% +8.38% -18.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 818 1,426 1,921
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 95.90% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 385 1,004 1,139
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,516
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,921 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +6.67%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Security Architect in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in Edinburgh

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Security Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) NCSC
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Observability
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) SABSA
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Security Management
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks
1 1 (25.00%) F5