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 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 514 428
Rank change year-on-year +180 -86 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 416 103 442
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 0.27% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.31% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 286 75 284
10th Percentile £63,125 £58,942 £57,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £68,744 £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 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,875
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 73,857 33,630 78,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 88.90% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 48,471 21,358 59,868
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.06%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +96 145 £90,000 -5.26% 24
North of England +24 112 £80,000 +6.67% 15
North West +27 75 £80,000 +6.67% 14
South East +8 58 £70,000 +3.96% 16
South West -4 52 £85,000 +21.43% 5
Midlands -5 38 £82,500 -13.16% 6
West Midlands +2 28 £85,000 -10.53% 5
Yorkshire -50 19 £80,000 +23.08%
North East -26 18 £87,500 +25.00% 1
East Midlands -35 10 £45,000 -45.45% 1
East of England -23 5 £100,000 +35.14% 5
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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.

1 191 (45.91%) Cybersecurity
2 109 (26.20%) Security Architecture
3 81 (19.47%) Security Cleared
4 71 (17.07%) Azure
5 70 (16.83%) AWS
5 70 (16.83%) Cloud Security
6 65 (15.63%) CISSP
7 64 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
8 54 (12.98%) Application Security
8 54 (12.98%) NIST
9 52 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 51 (12.26%) SC Cleared
11 47 (11.30%) DevSecOps
12 41 (9.86%) SIEM
13 39 (9.38%) TOGAF
14 37 (8.89%) Microsoft
15 36 (8.65%) CI/CD
15 36 (8.65%) CISM
16 34 (8.17%) Degree
17 32 (7.69%) Serverless
18 30 (7.21%) PCI DSS
18 30 (7.21%) SDLC
19 29 (6.97%) SABSA
20 26 (6.25%) DV Cleared
20 26 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
21 25 (6.01%) AI
21 25 (6.01%) IT Strategy
22 24 (5.77%) Identity Access Management
23 23 (5.53%) Cryptography
23 23 (5.53%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.48%) Oracle Coherence
Business Applications
1 7 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 71 (17.07%) Azure
2 70 (16.83%) AWS
3 32 (7.69%) Serverless
4 22 (5.29%) GCP
5 13 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
5 13 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
5 13 (3.13%) AWS Step Functions
5 13 (3.13%) GitHub
5 13 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (3.13%) Pulumi
6 11 (2.64%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.64%) SaaS
7 5 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.72%) IaaS
9 3 (0.72%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.72%) PaaS
9 3 (0.72%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.48%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.81%) Firewall
1 20 (4.81%) Network Security
2 13 (3.13%) DSL
3 11 (2.64%) DNS
4 9 (2.16%) VPN
5 4 (0.96%) Internet
6 3 (0.72%) LAN
7 2 (0.48%) SAN
7 2 (0.48%) VSAN
8 1 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.24%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 16 (3.85%) Snyk
2 15 (3.61%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.13%) GitLab
4 2 (0.48%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.24%) Git
General
1 33 (7.93%) Finance
2 29 (6.97%) Public Sector
3 26 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 22 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (5.05%) Law
6 12 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (2.64%) Banking
8 7 (1.68%) Legal
9 6 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.20%) Games
11 3 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Advertising
12 2 (0.48%) Retail
13 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.24%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.13%) AWS CDK
2 9 (2.16%) LDAP
2 9 (2.16%) Regular Expression
3 7 (1.68%) XMPP
4 3 (0.72%) OAuth
5 2 (0.48%) JSON
5 2 (0.48%) JSON Schema
5 2 (0.48%) OpenID
5 2 (0.48%) XML
6 1 (0.24%) JWT
6 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.05%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.09%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.37%) Operational Technology
3 14 (3.37%) PKI
4 7 (1.68%) Security Posture
5 3 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (0.48%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.48%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.48%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.48%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.48%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.48%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.48%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.24%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.24%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.85%) Windows
2 14 (3.37%) Linux
3 13 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (45.91%) Cybersecurity
2 109 (26.20%) Security Architecture
3 70 (16.83%) Cloud Security
4 64 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
5 54 (12.98%) Application Security
6 47 (11.30%) DevSecOps
7 41 (9.86%) SIEM
8 39 (9.38%) TOGAF
9 36 (8.65%) CI/CD
10 30 (7.21%) SDLC
11 29 (6.97%) SABSA
12 26 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
13 25 (6.01%) AI
13 25 (6.01%) IT Strategy
14 24 (5.77%) Identity Access Management
15 23 (5.53%) Cryptography
15 23 (5.53%) Validation
16 21 (5.05%) Information Security
17 20 (4.81%) Incident Response
17 20 (4.81%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.85%) Python
2 13 (3.13%) Go
2 13 (3.13%) Rust
3 6 (1.44%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.48%) SQL
5 1 (0.24%) Java
5 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 81 (19.47%) Security Cleared
2 65 (15.63%) CISSP
3 51 (12.26%) SC Cleared
4 36 (8.65%) CISM
5 34 (8.17%) Degree
6 26 (6.25%) DV Cleared
7 21 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (4.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 17 (4.09%) CCSP
10 15 (3.61%) OSCP
11 14 (3.37%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (2.40%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.92%) AWS Certification
14 7 (1.68%) FFIEC
15 6 (1.44%) CRISC
16 5 (1.20%) ISACA
17 4 (0.96%) GCIH
18 3 (0.72%) CEH
18 3 (0.72%) CISA
18 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (12.98%) NIST
2 52 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (7.21%) PCI DSS
4 22 (5.29%) GDPR
4 22 (5.29%) GRC
5 18 (4.33%) NCSC
6 10 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.72%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.72%) PMO
10 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (5.05%) Virtual Machines
2 17 (4.09%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.64%) vSphere
4 1 (0.24%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 16 (3.85%) MOM
2 14 (3.37%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.37%) Terraform
3 9 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.48%) Ansible
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.48%) VxRail
5 1 (0.24%) CASB
5 1 (0.24%) Endace
Vendors
1 37 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.57%) CrowdStrike
3 18 (4.33%) Tenable
4 16 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 11 (2.64%) SAP
5 11 (2.64%) VMware
6 7 (1.68%) McAfee
6 7 (1.68%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.44%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.20%) Cisco
9 4 (0.96%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.96%) Google
10 3 (0.72%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (0.72%) N-able
10 3 (0.72%) Okta
10 3 (0.72%) Oracle
10 3 (0.72%) Sophos
11 2 (0.48%) Cribl.io
11 2 (0.48%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.48%) MuleSoft