Principal Security Architect Jobs in England

Principal Security Architect
UK > England

The median Principal Security Architect salary in England is £82,282 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 682 803 911
Rank change year-on-year +121 +108 +238
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Architect 9 40 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.047% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.049% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 8 30 3
10th Percentile £59,231 £70,000 -
25th Percentile £61,683 £74,759 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,282 £78,273 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% +1.00% -38.00%
75th Percentile £88,333 £81,786 £106,875
90th Percentile - £135,000 £122,250
UK median annual salary £81,764 £78,273 £77,500
% change year-on-year +4.46% +1.00% -38.00%

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 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Principal Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Security Architect in England

Principal Security Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Principal Security Architect in England

Principal Security Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal Security Architect in England

Principal 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 Principal Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +105 3 £61,164 -21.86%
North of England +43 3 £82,801 +5.79% 2
London +98 2 £82,801 -36.31% 3
North West +4 2 £83,401 +12.50% 1
Midlands +56 1 £82,801 +5.79% 2
West Midlands +54 1 £82,801 +5.79% 1
North East +45 1 £81,764 +4.46% 1
Principal Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Principal 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 Principal Security Architect in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Security Architecture
2 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) TOGAF
3 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 5 (55.56%) NCSC
3 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
4 4 (44.44%) NIST
4 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 4 (44.44%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (44.44%) SABSA
4 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security Management
4 4 (44.44%) Security Management
4 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
4 4 (44.44%) Legal
4 4 (44.44%) QA
4 4 (44.44%) Information Assurance
4 4 (44.44%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (44.44%) Network Security
4 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
6 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 2 (22.22%) ITIL
6 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture

Principal 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 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
General
1 4 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (44.44%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Legal
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Security Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
2 5 (55.56%) TOGAF
3 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (44.44%) Information Assurance
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security Management
3 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) SABSA
3 4 (44.44%) Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 1 (11.11%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) NCSC
2 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 4 (44.44%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Graphcore
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow