Cybersecurity Architect Job Trends in England

Cybersecurity Architect
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 619 777
Rank change year-on-year +17 +158 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 91 14 74
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.036% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.040% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 59 7 27
10th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £60,000
25th Percentile £78,125 £73,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - - £108,750
UK median annual salary £100,000 £87,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 77,585 35,393 86,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 89.77% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,718 20,425 64,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in England

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in England

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in England

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
North of England - 39 £87,500 - 9
North West - 32 £75,000 - 6
London -4 22 £100,000 +25.00% 13
South East -13 12 £95,000 - 6
West Midlands -14 10 £85,000 - 1
Midlands -27 10 £85,000 - 1
North East - 5 £100,000 - 3
South West - 5 £100,000 - 1
East of England - 2 £100,000 -
Yorkshire - 2 £100,000 -
Cybersecurity Architect
UK

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 June 2026, Cybersecurity 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 England region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 91 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (34.07%) Security Architecture
3 19 (20.88%) Microsoft
4 16 (17.58%) Enterprise Architecture
5 15 (16.48%) Azure
6 14 (15.38%) CISSP
6 14 (15.38%) NIST
7 12 (13.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (12.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (12.09%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (10.99%) CCSP
9 10 (10.99%) Threat Modelling
9 10 (10.99%) TOGAF
10 9 (9.89%) CISM
11 7 (7.69%) AWS
11 7 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (6.59%) GDPR
12 6 (6.59%) GRC
12 6 (6.59%) Identity Access Management
12 6 (6.59%) Mentoring
12 6 (6.59%) Microservices
12 6 (6.59%) Roadmaps
13 5 (5.49%) Business Strategy
13 5 (5.49%) Remediation Plan
13 5 (5.49%) SABSA
13 5 (5.49%) SAP
13 5 (5.49%) SAP S/4HANA
13 5 (5.49%) Technical Architecture
13 5 (5.49%) Yeoman
14 4 (4.40%) Analytics

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (5.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (16.48%) Azure
2 7 (7.69%) AWS
3 3 (3.30%) IaaS
3 3 (3.30%) PaaS
3 3 (3.30%) SaaS
4 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.10%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.30%) VPN
2 1 (1.10%) Broadband
2 1 (1.10%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Yeoman
General
1 11 (12.09%) Finance
2 3 (3.30%) Law
3 2 (2.20%) Banking
3 2 (2.20%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.19%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (34.07%) Security Architecture
3 16 (17.58%) Enterprise Architecture
4 10 (10.99%) Threat Modelling
4 10 (10.99%) TOGAF
5 7 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (6.59%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (6.59%) Mentoring
6 6 (6.59%) Microservices
6 6 (6.59%) Roadmaps
7 5 (5.49%) Business Strategy
7 5 (5.49%) Remediation Plan
7 5 (5.49%) SABSA
7 5 (5.49%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (4.40%) Analytics
8 4 (4.40%) Application Security
8 4 (4.40%) Data Security
8 4 (4.40%) OWASP
8 4 (4.40%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (4.40%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 14 (15.38%) CISSP
2 11 (12.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 11 (12.09%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (10.99%) CCSP
4 9 (9.89%) CISM
5 4 (4.40%) Degree
6 2 (2.20%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.20%) GCIH
6 2 (2.20%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.20%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.10%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.10%) CASP
7 1 (1.10%) CEH
7 1 (1.10%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.38%) NIST
2 12 (13.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.59%) GDPR
3 6 (6.59%) GRC
4 3 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.10%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.10%) PMO
5 1 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.49%) SAP
3 3 (3.30%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.10%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.10%) Splunk