Security Architect Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Architect salary in Edinburgh is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 111 116
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 7 43 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.45% 1.97% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 2.06% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6 15 15
10th Percentile £68,750 - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £56,219 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £59,526 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.40% -29.97% +6.25%
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,290 £90,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - -
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £69,503 £85,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% -18.23% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,478 2,083 2,236
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.79% 95.55% 97.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 1,223 1,396
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,331 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,597 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 2024, 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 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 5 (71.43%) Cryptography
3 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (57.14%) CISA
3 4 (57.14%) CISSP
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (57.14%) Fintech
3 4 (57.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (57.14%) Internal Audit
4 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) OpenID
5 2 (28.57%) OAuth
5 2 (28.57%) Azure
5 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (28.57%) ForgeRock
5 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
5 2 (28.57%) PMI
5 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
5 2 (28.57%) SAML
5 2 (28.57%) CCSP
5 2 (28.57%) Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security
5 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (28.57%) GDPR
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (28.57%) NIST

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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
General
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) OAuth
1 2 (28.57%) OpenID
1 2 (28.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) PMI
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cryptography
2 4 (57.14%) Fintech
2 4 (57.14%) Internal Audit
3 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (28.57%) Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (57.14%) CISA
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) CCSP
2 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ForgeRock
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft