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 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 530 432
Rank change year-on-year +224 -98 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 460 111 450
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 0.29% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.32% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 314 80 287
10th Percentile £60,750 £59,182 £57,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £68,747 £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 £94,063 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,500
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 75,267 34,765 79,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 89.48% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 50,698 20,835 60,281
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +88 157 £90,000 -5.26% 28
North of England +74 138 £80,000 +6.67% 21
North West +76 99 £80,000 +6.67% 19
South East +39 63 £70,000 +3.96% 20
South West -3 47 £85,000 +21.43% 11
Midlands +1 42 £82,500 -13.16% 10
West Midlands +2 32 £85,000 -10.53% 10
North East -20 20 £95,000 +35.71% 2
Yorkshire -50 19 £80,000 +23.08%
East Midlands -16 10 £45,000 -45.45%
East of England -14 6 £91,250 +23.31% 5
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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.

1 217 (47.17%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (28.26%) Security Architecture
3 90 (19.57%) Cloud Security
4 87 (18.91%) Security Cleared
5 82 (17.83%) Threat Modelling
6 80 (17.39%) Azure
7 76 (16.52%) AWS
8 71 (15.43%) CISSP
9 64 (13.91%) Application Security
10 61 (13.26%) NIST
11 56 (12.17%) SC Cleared
12 55 (11.96%) DevSecOps
13 54 (11.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 46 (10.00%) TOGAF
15 45 (9.78%) Microsoft
16 44 (9.57%) CI/CD
17 42 (9.13%) SIEM
18 41 (8.91%) SDLC
19 40 (8.70%) Serverless
20 38 (8.26%) CISM
21 36 (7.83%) AI
21 36 (7.83%) Degree
22 35 (7.61%) SABSA
23 32 (6.96%) GRC
23 32 (6.96%) Technology Strategy
24 30 (6.52%) Validation
25 29 (6.30%) IT Strategy
25 29 (6.30%) PCI DSS
26 28 (6.09%) GCP
26 28 (6.09%) Identity Access Management

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 9 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (17.39%) Azure
2 76 (16.52%) AWS
3 40 (8.70%) Serverless
4 28 (6.09%) GCP
5 14 (3.04%) SaaS
6 13 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.83%) AWS Step Functions
6 13 (2.83%) GitHub
6 13 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (2.83%) Pulumi
7 10 (2.17%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.65%) IaaS
9 3 (0.65%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.65%) PaaS
9 3 (0.65%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.43%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.43%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.00%) Network Security
2 20 (4.35%) Firewall
3 13 (2.83%) DSL
4 12 (2.61%) DNS
5 11 (2.39%) VPN
6 6 (1.30%) Broadband
7 4 (0.87%) Internet
8 2 (0.43%) LAN
8 2 (0.43%) SAN
8 2 (0.43%) VSAN
9 1 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.22%) SSL
9 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 24 (5.22%) Snyk
2 14 (3.04%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.83%) GitLab
4 4 (0.87%) Yeoman
General
1 32 (6.96%) Public Sector
2 30 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 28 (6.09%) Social Skills
4 27 (5.87%) Finance
5 24 (5.22%) Law
6 15 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.04%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.17%) Banking
9 7 (1.52%) Legal
10 6 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.87%) Games
12 3 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.43%) Advertising
13 2 (0.43%) Retail
14 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.22%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.22%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.83%) AWS CDK
2 10 (2.17%) LDAP
2 10 (2.17%) Regular Expression
3 8 (1.74%) XMPP
4 3 (0.65%) OAuth
4 3 (0.65%) OpenID
5 2 (0.43%) JSON
5 2 (0.43%) JSON Schema
5 2 (0.43%) JWT
5 2 (0.43%) SAML
5 2 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.87%) Data Centre
2 18 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 14 (3.04%) PKI
5 8 (1.74%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (0.87%) CCTV
8 3 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.65%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.43%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.43%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.43%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.43%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.22%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.22%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.22%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.22%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Licensing
10 1 (0.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.91%) Windows
2 16 (3.48%) Linux
3 14 (3.04%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (47.17%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (28.26%) Security Architecture
3 90 (19.57%) Cloud Security
4 82 (17.83%) Threat Modelling
5 64 (13.91%) Application Security
6 55 (11.96%) DevSecOps
7 46 (10.00%) TOGAF
8 44 (9.57%) CI/CD
9 42 (9.13%) SIEM
10 41 (8.91%) SDLC
11 36 (7.83%) AI
12 35 (7.61%) SABSA
13 32 (6.96%) Technology Strategy
14 30 (6.52%) Validation
15 29 (6.30%) IT Strategy
16 28 (6.09%) Identity Access Management
17 27 (5.87%) Incident Response
17 27 (5.87%) Information Security
17 27 (5.87%) Security Testing
18 22 (4.78%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 15 (3.26%) Python
2 13 (2.83%) Go
2 13 (2.83%) Rust
3 4 (0.87%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.65%) SQL
5 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (18.91%) Security Cleared
2 71 (15.43%) CISSP
3 56 (12.17%) SC Cleared
4 38 (8.26%) CISM
5 36 (7.83%) Degree
6 27 (5.87%) DV Cleared
7 22 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 18 (3.91%) CCSP
10 15 (3.26%) OSCP
11 14 (3.04%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (1.74%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.74%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.74%) CRISC
13 7 (1.52%) FFIEC
13 7 (1.52%) ISACA
14 4 (0.87%) GCIH
15 3 (0.65%) CEH
15 3 (0.65%) CISA
15 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (13.26%) NIST
2 54 (11.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (6.96%) GRC
4 29 (6.30%) PCI DSS
5 23 (5.00%) GDPR
6 19 (4.13%) NCSC
7 12 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 5 (1.09%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.65%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.65%) PMO
12 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.22%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 28 (6.09%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.61%) vSphere
4 1 (0.22%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 16 (3.48%) Kubernetes
1 16 (3.48%) MOM
2 13 (2.83%) Terraform
3 12 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.43%) VxRail
5 1 (0.22%) Ansible
5 1 (0.22%) CASB
Vendors
1 45 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.87%) CrowdStrike
3 26 (5.65%) Tenable
4 24 (5.22%) Palo Alto
5 13 (2.83%) SAP
6 12 (2.61%) VMware
7 8 (1.74%) McAfee
7 8 (1.74%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.09%) Google
9 4 (0.87%) Cisco
9 4 (0.87%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.87%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.65%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (0.65%) N-able
10 3 (0.65%) Okta
10 3 (0.65%) Sophos
11 2 (0.43%) Cribl.io
11 2 (0.43%) Dell
12 1 (0.22%) Juniper
12 1 (0.22%) Oracle