AWS Security Architect Jobs in England

Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)
UK > England

The median Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect) salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 832 924
Rank change year-on-year +158 +92 +212
Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Security Architect 3 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.006% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.002% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £77,000
25th Percentile £77,500 - £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.70%
75th Percentile £100,625 - £95,000
90th Percentile £111,500 - £98,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 - £90,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 43,278 80,816 83,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.49% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 24,456 60,386 53,004
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,501 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

AWS Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for AWS Security Architect in England

AWS Security Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for AWS Security Architect in England

AWS Security Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for AWS Security Architect in England

AWS Security Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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
South West - 2 £80,000 -
London +105 1 £112,500 - 4
AWS Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, AWS 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 England region featuring AWS Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) SANS
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) SOC 2
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills

AWS Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon Macie
3 1 (33.33%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (33.33%) AWS KMS
3 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
1 2 (66.67%) ISSAP
1 2 (66.67%) SANS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) COBIT
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
1 2 (66.67%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes