Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 492 446
Rank change year-on-year +215 -46 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 675 147 315
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 0.34% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 461 104 164
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,747 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £78,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,437 £100,000
90th Percentile - £116,250 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,250 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.67% -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 93,357 39,308 65,680
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 90.38% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 66,083 23,655 40,777
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +111 238 £100,000 - 133
North of England +60 158 £87,500 +16.67% 20
South East +90 141 £85,000 - 33
North West +86 120 £75,000 - 20
Midlands +8 67 £86,000 +9.00% 13
West Midlands +16 57 £90,000 +20.00% 6
South West -49 40 £85,000 +9.68% 11
East of England -10 22 £75,000 - 2
North East -50 20 £95,000 +27.19%
Yorkshire -40 18 £91,216 +21.62%
East Midlands -16 10 £50,000 -41.18% 7
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 September 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.

1 262 (38.81%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (33.93%) Security Architecture
3 179 (26.52%) Security Cleared
4 130 (19.26%) Microsoft
5 121 (17.93%) Azure
6 120 (17.78%) Cloud Security
7 116 (17.19%) NIST
8 101 (14.96%) SC Cleared
9 98 (14.52%) CISSP
10 97 (14.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 94 (13.93%) Threat Modelling
12 90 (13.33%) AWS
13 87 (12.89%) Application Security
14 74 (10.96%) Identity Access Management
15 73 (10.81%) DevSecOps
16 71 (10.52%) AI
17 66 (9.78%) Network Security
18 65 (9.63%) DV Cleared
19 62 (9.19%) TOGAF
20 61 (9.04%) SABSA
21 59 (8.74%) Zero Trust
22 58 (8.59%) Information Security
22 58 (8.59%) SIEM
23 55 (8.15%) Architectural Patterns
24 54 (8.00%) CISM
25 53 (7.85%) Technology Strategy
26 52 (7.70%) SDLC
27 48 (7.11%) CI/CD
28 47 (6.96%) Agile
28 47 (6.96%) GRC

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 2 (0.30%) Apache
Business Applications
1 9 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (17.93%) Azure
2 90 (13.33%) AWS
3 46 (6.81%) SaaS
4 45 (6.67%) GCP
5 30 (4.44%) Serverless
6 17 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.78%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.48%) OCI
8 10 (1.48%) PaaS
9 7 (1.04%) IaaS
10 5 (0.74%) Azure AI
10 5 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.44%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.44%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.30%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 66 (9.78%) Network Security
2 33 (4.89%) Firewall
3 25 (3.70%) DNS
4 23 (3.41%) VPN
5 13 (1.93%) WAN
6 12 (1.78%) DHCP
7 11 (1.63%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.48%) BGP
8 10 (1.48%) FTP
8 10 (1.48%) HTTP
8 10 (1.48%) ICMP
8 10 (1.48%) IPsec
8 10 (1.48%) MPLS
8 10 (1.48%) SNMP
8 10 (1.48%) SSH
8 10 (1.48%) SSL
8 10 (1.48%) VLAN
9 6 (0.89%) Broadband
10 5 (0.74%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.30%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (3.70%) Snyk
2 4 (0.59%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.30%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 78 (11.56%) Social Skills
2 52 (7.70%) Finance
3 51 (7.56%) Public Sector
4 50 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (5.33%) Law
6 35 (5.19%) Aerospace
7 23 (3.41%) Banking
8 21 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (3.11%) Legal
9 15 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.78%) Games
11 6 (0.89%) Military
12 4 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.44%) Marketing
14 2 (0.30%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.15%) French Language
15 1 (0.15%) German Language
15 1 (0.15%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.52%) OAuth
2 16 (2.37%) SAML
3 13 (1.93%) LDAP
3 13 (1.93%) Regular Expression
4 12 (1.78%) XMPP
5 9 (1.33%) ModSecurity
6 7 (1.04%) OpenID
7 4 (0.59%) JWT
8 3 (0.44%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.44%) Kafka
8 3 (0.44%) Node.js
9 2 (0.30%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.15%) JSON
10 1 (0.15%) JSON Schema
10 1 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.15%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 19 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 13 (1.93%) Operational Technology
8 10 (1.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 10 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.48%) PKI
9 7 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.59%) CCTV
10 4 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.44%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.30%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.30%) Web Conferencing
13 1 (0.15%) Cloud Security Posture
13 1 (0.15%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.81%) Linux
2 17 (2.52%) Windows
3 14 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (38.81%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (33.93%) Security Architecture
3 120 (17.78%) Cloud Security
4 94 (13.93%) Threat Modelling
5 87 (12.89%) Application Security
6 74 (10.96%) Identity Access Management
7 73 (10.81%) DevSecOps
8 71 (10.52%) AI
9 62 (9.19%) TOGAF
10 61 (9.04%) SABSA
11 59 (8.74%) Zero Trust
12 58 (8.59%) Information Security
12 58 (8.59%) SIEM
13 55 (8.15%) Architectural Patterns
14 53 (7.85%) Technology Strategy
15 52 (7.70%) SDLC
16 48 (7.11%) CI/CD
17 47 (6.96%) Agile
18 44 (6.52%) Vulnerability Management
19 41 (6.07%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.44%) Python
1 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
2 2 (0.30%) SQL
3 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 179 (26.52%) Security Cleared
2 101 (14.96%) SC Cleared
3 98 (14.52%) CISSP
4 65 (9.63%) DV Cleared
5 54 (8.00%) CISM
6 39 (5.78%) Degree
7 31 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 24 (3.56%) CCSP
10 19 (2.81%) AWS Certification
11 15 (2.22%) Azure Certification
12 13 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.19%) CCSK
14 7 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.04%) CESG Certified Professional
14 7 (1.04%) CREST Certified
15 5 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.74%) CRISC
15 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.59%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (17.19%) NIST
2 97 (14.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (6.96%) GRC
4 42 (6.22%) GDPR
5 34 (5.04%) NCSC
6 19 (2.81%) PCI DSS
7 17 (2.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (2.22%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.48%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.19%) JSP 440
12 7 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.59%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.44%) COBIT
15 3 (0.44%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.30%) HITRUST
16 2 (0.30%) QA
17 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (5.48%) Virtual Machines
2 17 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.07%) vSphere
4 10 (1.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.67%) CASB
3 17 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (2.37%) MOM
5 11 (1.63%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.44%) Ansible
7 1 (0.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 130 (19.26%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.07%) Palo Alto
3 27 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (3.85%) Tenable
5 17 (2.52%) Cisco
6 14 (2.07%) VMware
7 12 (1.78%) McAfee
7 12 (1.78%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.48%) Google
8 10 (1.48%) Oracle
9 9 (1.33%) SAP
10 7 (1.04%) Workday
11 4 (0.59%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.59%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.44%) Foundry
12 3 (0.44%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.30%) Barracuda Networks
13 2 (0.30%) Databricks
13 2 (0.30%) N-able
13 2 (0.30%) Sophos