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 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 517 456
Rank change year-on-year +233 -61 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 608 148 342
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.34% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.37% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 436 106 196
10th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £59,875
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £76,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -10.59% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £97,500
90th Percentile - £99,375 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% -2.86%

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 86,690 39,662 68,645
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 90.71% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 60,890 24,081 47,610
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,075 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +117 217 £95,000 - 106
North of England +61 150 £87,750 +17.00% 26
North West +89 116 £80,000 +6.67% 14
South East +62 107 £72,500 -14.71% 51
Midlands +22 64 £85,000 +2.66% 5
West Midlands +10 53 £85,500 +8.36% 4
South West -34 47 £85,000 +13.33% 8
North East -42 23 £95,000 +27.19%
East of England -15 12 £82,500 -2.94% 5
East Midlands -11 11 £50,000 -41.18% 1
Yorkshire -39 11 £87,431 +20.59% 12
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 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.

1 242 (39.80%) Cybersecurity
2 186 (30.59%) Security Architecture
3 145 (23.85%) Security Cleared
4 120 (19.74%) Microsoft
5 108 (17.76%) Cloud Security
6 102 (16.78%) Azure
7 96 (15.79%) NIST
8 94 (15.46%) SC Cleared
9 91 (14.97%) Threat Modelling
10 90 (14.80%) AWS
11 78 (12.83%) CISSP
12 77 (12.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 76 (12.50%) Application Security
14 67 (11.02%) DevSecOps
15 58 (9.54%) Identity Access Management
16 57 (9.38%) SIEM
17 55 (9.05%) AI
18 52 (8.55%) CI/CD
19 48 (7.89%) TOGAF
20 47 (7.73%) SDLC
21 46 (7.57%) GRC
21 46 (7.57%) Information Security
22 45 (7.40%) GCP
22 45 (7.40%) Network Security
23 44 (7.24%) CISM
24 43 (7.07%) SABSA
24 43 (7.07%) Technology Strategy
25 40 (6.58%) DV Cleared
26 39 (6.41%) Agile
26 39 (6.41%) Degree

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.16%) Apache
Business Applications
1 11 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (16.78%) Azure
2 90 (14.80%) AWS
3 45 (7.40%) GCP
4 38 (6.25%) SaaS
5 35 (5.76%) Serverless
6 14 (2.30%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (0.99%) AWS Step Functions
9 6 (0.99%) GitHub
9 6 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (0.99%) OCI
9 6 (0.99%) Pulumi
10 4 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.66%) IaaS
10 4 (0.66%) PaaS
11 3 (0.49%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.49%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.40%) Network Security
2 26 (4.28%) DNS
2 26 (4.28%) Firewall
3 24 (3.95%) VPN
4 12 (1.97%) DHCP
4 12 (1.97%) WAN
5 11 (1.81%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.64%) BGP
6 10 (1.64%) FTP
6 10 (1.64%) HTTP
6 10 (1.64%) ICMP
6 10 (1.64%) IPsec
6 10 (1.64%) MPLS
6 10 (1.64%) SNMP
6 10 (1.64%) SSH
6 10 (1.64%) SSL
6 10 (1.64%) VLAN
7 6 (0.99%) Broadband
7 6 (0.99%) DSL
8 3 (0.49%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.16%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (4.11%) Snyk
2 8 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.99%) GitLab
4 5 (0.82%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.33%) Git
General
1 57 (9.38%) Social Skills
2 46 (7.57%) Public Sector
3 42 (6.91%) Finance
3 42 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (4.28%) Law
5 19 (3.13%) Banking
6 15 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (1.97%) Legal
8 11 (1.81%) Aerospace
8 11 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.48%) Games
10 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.33%) Advertising
11 2 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.33%) Marketing
11 2 (0.33%) Military
11 2 (0.33%) Retail
12 1 (0.16%) French Language
12 1 (0.16%) German Language
12 1 (0.16%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.80%) OAuth
2 16 (2.63%) SAML
3 14 (2.30%) LDAP
3 14 (2.30%) Regular Expression
4 12 (1.97%) XMPP
5 7 (1.15%) OpenID
6 6 (0.99%) AWS CDK
7 4 (0.66%) JWT
8 2 (0.33%) Apache NiFi
8 2 (0.33%) JSON
8 2 (0.33%) JSON Schema
8 2 (0.33%) Kafka
8 2 (0.33%) Node.js
8 2 (0.33%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.33%) XML
9 1 (0.16%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.44%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.29%) Cloud Native
3 15 (2.47%) Operational Technology
4 14 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (1.81%) PKI
6 10 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (1.64%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.48%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.48%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.66%) CCTV
8 4 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.49%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.33%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.33%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.16%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.16%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.16%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.78%) Linux
2 22 (3.62%) Windows
3 18 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (39.80%) Cybersecurity
2 186 (30.59%) Security Architecture
3 108 (17.76%) Cloud Security
4 91 (14.97%) Threat Modelling
5 76 (12.50%) Application Security
6 67 (11.02%) DevSecOps
7 58 (9.54%) Identity Access Management
8 57 (9.38%) SIEM
9 55 (9.05%) AI
10 52 (8.55%) CI/CD
11 48 (7.89%) TOGAF
12 47 (7.73%) SDLC
13 46 (7.57%) Information Security
14 43 (7.07%) SABSA
14 43 (7.07%) Technology Strategy
15 39 (6.41%) Agile
16 36 (5.92%) Validation
17 34 (5.59%) Roadmaps
17 34 (5.59%) Zero Trust
18 32 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (1.64%) Python
2 6 (0.99%) Go
2 6 (0.99%) Rust
3 4 (0.66%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.49%) SQL
5 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 145 (23.85%) Security Cleared
2 94 (15.46%) SC Cleared
3 78 (12.83%) CISSP
4 44 (7.24%) CISM
5 40 (6.58%) DV Cleared
6 39 (6.41%) Degree
7 28 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (4.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 21 (3.45%) CCSP
10 9 (1.48%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.32%) OSCP
12 7 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.99%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.82%) CRISC
14 5 (0.82%) FFIEC
14 5 (0.82%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.66%) CISA
15 4 (0.66%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (15.79%) NIST
2 77 (12.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (7.57%) GRC
4 29 (4.77%) GDPR
5 24 (3.95%) NCSC
6 21 (3.45%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 12 (1.97%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (1.48%) JSP 440
11 8 (1.32%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.66%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.33%) COBIT
13 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.33%) HITRUST
13 2 (0.33%) QA
14 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 34 (5.59%) Virtual Machines
2 21 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.63%) vSphere
4 9 (1.48%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 23 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.63%) MOM
3 15 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (2.14%) CASB
5 10 (1.64%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.99%) Terraform
7 2 (0.33%) Ansible
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 120 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.09%) Palo Alto
3 29 (4.77%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.44%) Tenable
5 16 (2.63%) VMware
6 15 (2.47%) Cisco
7 12 (1.97%) McAfee
7 12 (1.97%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.97%) SAP
8 10 (1.64%) Google
9 7 (1.15%) Oracle
10 5 (0.82%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.66%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.66%) Workday
12 3 (0.49%) Barracuda Networks
12 3 (0.49%) N-able
12 3 (0.49%) Okta
12 3 (0.49%) Sophos
13 2 (0.33%) Cribl.io
13 2 (0.33%) Dell