Lead Security Architect Jobs in England

Lead Security Architect
UK > England

The median Lead Security Architect salary in England is £78,835 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 798 916
Rank change year-on-year +109 +118 +210
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 6 49 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.057% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.060% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 6 44 7
10th Percentile £51,710 £50,000 £64,410
25th Percentile £57,670 £74,766 £64,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,835 £79,842 £69,805
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% +14.38% +3.29%
75th Percentile £106,875 £84,919 £89,426
90th Percentile £116,250 £89,375 £116,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £79,842 £69,805
% change year-on-year +25.25% +14.38% +26.53%

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 44,533 81,192 82,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.49% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,433 60,582 52,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,355 £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 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Architect in England

Lead Security Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Security Architect in England

Lead Security Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Security Architect in England

Lead 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 Lead Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +94 3 £105,000 +31.51% 3
South East +100 2 £57,670 -49.85%
Yorkshire +61 1 £46,500 -41.76%
North of England +25 1 £46,500 -41.76% 4
Lead Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Application Security
3 2 (33.33%) Zero Trust
3 2 (33.33%) SFIA
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (33.33%) GDPR
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Security
3 2 (33.33%) Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CISMP
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) Leaflet
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001

Lead 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Application Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Data Security
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (33.33%) Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) SFIA
3 2 (33.33%) Zero Trust
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (33.33%) CISMP
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS