Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £77,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 434 435
Rank change year-on-year -37 +1 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 140 308 253
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.51% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.54% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 96 111 150
10th Percentile £61,688 £62,500 £65,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £88,749 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £121,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +9.68% -6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 42,027 56,965 44,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 94.37% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 26,978 31,944 34,350
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 -17 43 £107,500 +13.16% 34
North of England +32 26 £75,000 -14.29% 18
South West +43 24 £70,000 -12.50% 10
South East +11 21 £85,000 +11.84% 22
Midlands +48 12 £80,000 -15.79% 5
Yorkshire +9 11 £75,000 -14.29% 4
North West +38 10 £75,000 -3.23% 10
West Midlands +36 10 £77,500 -18.42% 5
North East +9 5 £80,000 - 4
East of England -25 4 £75,000 -11.76% 1
East Midlands - 2 £85,000 -
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, 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 74 (52.86%) Security Architecture
2 60 (42.86%) CISSP
2 60 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 49 (35.00%) Cloud Security
4 48 (34.29%) SABSA
5 47 (33.57%) CISM
6 44 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (30.00%) Information Security
8 41 (29.29%) TOGAF
9 34 (24.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 32 (22.86%) Decision-Making
11 31 (22.14%) Data Protection
11 31 (22.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (22.14%) TOGAF Certification
12 30 (21.43%) Architecture Governance
12 30 (21.43%) GRC
13 29 (20.71%) Design Patterns
13 29 (20.71%) NIST
13 29 (20.71%) Roadmaps
14 28 (20.00%) DBS Check
14 28 (20.00%) Security Cleared
14 28 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
15 24 (17.14%) Azure
16 20 (14.29%) AWS
16 20 (14.29%) SC Cleared
16 20 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
17 18 (12.86%) Risk Management
18 17 (12.14%) NCSC
19 16 (11.43%) DV Cleared
20 15 (10.71%) Microsoft

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 3 (2.14%) Oracle Coherence
2 2 (1.43%) nginx
3 1 (0.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.14%) Azure
2 20 (14.29%) AWS
3 11 (7.86%) SaaS
4 10 (7.14%) IaaS
5 7 (5.00%) GCP
5 7 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.86%) PaaS
8 3 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.43%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.43%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.43%) OCI
9 2 (1.43%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.71%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (0.71%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.00%) Network Security
2 10 (7.14%) Firewall
3 6 (4.29%) VPN
4 2 (1.43%) DNS
4 2 (1.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (1.43%) LAN
4 2 (1.43%) WAN
5 1 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.71%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.71%) SSL
5 1 (0.71%) X.509
Development Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.43%) GitLab
3 1 (0.71%) Git
3 1 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 48 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.71%) Finance
3 11 (7.86%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.43%) Banking
5 6 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.86%) Legal
8 3 (2.14%) Back Office
8 3 (2.14%) Electronics
8 3 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.14%) Law
8 3 (2.14%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.14%) Marketing
8 3 (2.14%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.43%) Games
9 2 (1.43%) Military
10 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.43%) EDI
1 2 (1.43%) OAuth
2 1 (0.71%) EJB
2 1 (0.71%) JWT
2 1 (0.71%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.71%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (6.43%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.71%) Public Cloud
4 7 (5.00%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.29%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.29%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.86%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.14%) PKI
7 3 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.14%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.43%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.43%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.71%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (52.86%) Security Architecture
2 60 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 49 (35.00%) Cloud Security
4 48 (34.29%) SABSA
5 44 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (30.00%) Information Security
7 41 (29.29%) TOGAF
8 32 (22.86%) Decision-Making
9 31 (22.14%) Data Protection
9 31 (22.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (21.43%) Architecture Governance
11 29 (20.71%) Design Patterns
11 29 (20.71%) Roadmaps
12 28 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
13 20 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
14 18 (12.86%) Risk Management
15 15 (10.71%) Strategic Roadmap
16 14 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
17 13 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 12 (8.57%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.71%) Java
2 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 60 (42.86%) CISSP
2 47 (33.57%) CISM
3 31 (22.14%) TOGAF Certification
4 28 (20.00%) DBS Check
4 28 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 20 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 16 (11.43%) DV Cleared
7 13 (9.29%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (9.29%) Degree
8 11 (7.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (6.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (5.71%) SANS
11 6 (4.29%) Azure Certification
11 6 (4.29%) CISA
11 6 (4.29%) CRISC
12 5 (3.57%) CCSP
12 5 (3.57%) GIAC
13 4 (2.86%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.86%) FFIEC
14 2 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (24.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (21.43%) GRC
3 29 (20.71%) NIST
4 17 (12.14%) NCSC
5 14 (10.00%) GDPR
6 6 (4.29%) NIST 800
7 5 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (3.57%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.71%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.71%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.71%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.71%) QA
10 1 (0.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.29%) Terraform
2 5 (3.57%) Ansible
3 3 (2.14%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.43%) CASB
4 2 (1.43%) Endace
4 2 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 15 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.14%) CyberArk
2 3 (2.14%) MuleSoft
2 3 (2.14%) Oracle
2 3 (2.14%) Salesforce
2 3 (2.14%) SAP
2 3 (2.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.43%) Cisco
3 2 (1.43%) F5
3 2 (1.43%) Juniper
3 2 (1.43%) LogRhythm
3 2 (1.43%) Tenable
3 2 (1.43%) Trend Micro
4 1 (0.71%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (0.71%) Centrify
4 1 (0.71%) IBM
4 1 (0.71%) Splunk
4 1 (0.71%) Thales
4 1 (0.71%) Thycotic
4 1 (0.71%) Varonis