Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 534 430
Rank change year-on-year +249 -104 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 531 103 471
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.26% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.29% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 372 69 295
10th Percentile £66,250 £59,231 £57,085
25th Percentile £73,750 £64,509 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.06% -11.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £79,842
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.06% -8.75%

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 77,858 35,114 83,911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 89.72% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,086 20,250 63,132
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,875 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +9.52% -13.22%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
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%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in England

Security Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in England

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in England

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 Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +101 175 £90,000 -5.26% 69
North of England +87 163 £87,500 +25.00% 40
North West +93 119 £83,750 +11.67% 21
South East +51 76 £70,000 +3.96% 37
Midlands +12 51 £85,000 -4.39% 17
South West -12 48 £85,000 +21.43% 26
West Midlands +9 43 £85,500 -3.83% 17
North East -25 25 £95,000 +46.15% 9
Yorkshire -39 19 £80,000 +23.08% 10
East of England -11 9 £82,500 - 10
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 -
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2026, Security 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 245 (46.14%) Cybersecurity
2 147 (27.68%) Security Architecture
3 102 (19.21%) Cloud Security
3 102 (19.21%) Security Cleared
4 91 (17.14%) Azure
5 90 (16.95%) Threat Modelling
6 88 (16.57%) AWS
7 79 (14.88%) Microsoft
8 78 (14.69%) CISSP
9 74 (13.94%) NIST
10 69 (12.99%) Application Security
11 68 (12.81%) SC Cleared
12 65 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 57 (10.73%) DevSecOps
14 53 (9.98%) TOGAF
15 47 (8.85%) SIEM
16 46 (8.66%) CI/CD
17 45 (8.47%) SDLC
18 42 (7.91%) CISM
19 41 (7.72%) AI
19 41 (7.72%) SABSA
19 41 (7.72%) Serverless
20 39 (7.34%) Identity Access Management
21 38 (7.16%) Degree
22 37 (6.97%) GCP
22 37 (6.97%) Information Security
23 34 (6.40%) GRC
23 34 (6.40%) Technology Strategy
24 32 (6.03%) DV Cleared
24 32 (6.03%) Validation

Security 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 11 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 91 (17.14%) Azure
2 88 (16.57%) AWS
3 41 (7.72%) Serverless
4 37 (6.97%) GCP
5 19 (3.58%) SaaS
6 13 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.45%) AWS Step Functions
6 13 (2.45%) GitHub
6 13 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (2.45%) Pulumi
7 12 (2.26%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.56%) IaaS
9 3 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.56%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.56%) PaaS
9 3 (0.56%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.38%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.46%) Network Security
2 23 (4.33%) Firewall
3 20 (3.77%) DNS
4 16 (3.01%) VPN
5 13 (2.45%) DSL
6 6 (1.13%) Broadband
6 6 (1.13%) DHCP
7 5 (0.94%) SSL
8 4 (0.75%) BGP
8 4 (0.75%) FTP
8 4 (0.75%) HTTP
8 4 (0.75%) ICMP
8 4 (0.75%) Internet
8 4 (0.75%) IPsec
8 4 (0.75%) MPLS
8 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.75%) SNMP
8 4 (0.75%) SSH
8 4 (0.75%) VLAN
8 4 (0.75%) WAN
Development Applications
1 25 (4.71%) Snyk
2 16 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.45%) GitLab
4 5 (0.94%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.38%) Git
General
1 37 (6.97%) Public Sector
2 34 (6.40%) Social Skills
3 32 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (5.08%) Finance
5 25 (4.71%) Law
6 18 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (2.26%) Banking
9 9 (1.69%) Legal
10 6 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.75%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.75%) Games
12 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.38%) Advertising
13 2 (0.38%) Retail
14 1 (0.19%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.19%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.45%) AWS CDK
2 12 (2.26%) LDAP
2 12 (2.26%) Regular Expression
3 11 (2.07%) OAuth
4 10 (1.88%) SAML
4 10 (1.88%) XMPP
5 7 (1.32%) OpenID
6 4 (0.75%) JWT
7 2 (0.38%) JSON
7 2 (0.38%) JSON Schema
7 2 (0.38%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.08%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.77%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.77%) Operational Technology
3 14 (2.64%) PKI
4 9 (1.69%) Security Posture
5 8 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (0.75%) CCTV
6 4 (0.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (0.75%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.75%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.56%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.38%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.38%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.38%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.19%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.19%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.77%) Linux
1 20 (3.77%) Windows
2 16 (3.01%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (46.14%) Cybersecurity
2 147 (27.68%) Security Architecture
3 102 (19.21%) Cloud Security
4 90 (16.95%) Threat Modelling
5 69 (12.99%) Application Security
6 57 (10.73%) DevSecOps
7 53 (9.98%) TOGAF
8 47 (8.85%) SIEM
9 46 (8.66%) CI/CD
10 45 (8.47%) SDLC
11 41 (7.72%) AI
11 41 (7.72%) SABSA
12 39 (7.34%) Identity Access Management
13 37 (6.97%) Information Security
14 34 (6.40%) Technology Strategy
15 32 (6.03%) Validation
16 29 (5.46%) Incident Response
16 29 (5.46%) IT Strategy
17 28 (5.27%) Security Testing
17 28 (5.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.82%) Python
2 13 (2.45%) Go
2 13 (2.45%) Rust
3 4 (0.75%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.56%) SQL
5 2 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.69%) CISSP
3 68 (12.81%) SC Cleared
4 42 (7.91%) CISM
5 38 (7.16%) Degree
6 32 (6.03%) DV Cleared
7 26 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (3.77%) CCSP
10 14 (2.64%) TOGAF Certification
11 13 (2.45%) OSCP
12 8 (1.51%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.51%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.51%) CRISC
13 7 (1.32%) FFIEC
13 7 (1.32%) ISACA
14 4 (0.75%) CCSK
15 3 (0.56%) CISA
15 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
16 2 (0.38%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (13.94%) NIST
2 65 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (6.40%) GRC
4 29 (5.46%) PCI DSS
5 25 (4.71%) GDPR
6 24 (4.52%) NCSC
7 12 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (1.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (1.32%) NIST 800
11 6 (1.13%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.56%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.56%) PMO
13 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.38%) QA
14 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 29 (5.46%) Virtual Machines
2 22 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.64%) vSphere
4 2 (0.38%) Docker
5 1 (0.19%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 21 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.01%) MOM
3 13 (2.45%) Terraform
4 12 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.94%) CASB
6 4 (0.75%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.56%) Ansible
8 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 79 (14.88%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.46%) Palo Alto
3 28 (5.27%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (5.08%) Tenable
5 15 (2.82%) SAP
6 14 (2.64%) VMware
7 10 (1.88%) McAfee
7 10 (1.88%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.51%) Cisco
9 7 (1.32%) Google
10 4 (0.75%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.75%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.56%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (0.56%) N-able
11 3 (0.56%) Okta
11 3 (0.56%) Sophos
12 2 (0.38%) Cribl.io
12 2 (0.38%) Dell
13 1 (0.19%) Juniper
13 1 (0.19%) Oracle