Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 433 435
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 202 245 338
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.53% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.58% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 130 80 224
10th Percentile £58,625 £61,250 £57,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £78,273
Median % change year-on-year - +2.21% -10.55%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £78,273
% change year-on-year - +2.21% -7.91%

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 51,818 42,197 61,693
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 91.73% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 33,087 22,090 49,388
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +6 83 £100,000 +5.82% 49
North of England +16 47 £80,000 +6.67% 4
South West +35 40 £70,000 -9.68% 9
North West +20 23 £80,000 +6.67% 2
Yorkshire -4 16 £80,000 -8.57% 1
South East -7 16 £95,000 +11.76% 27
North East -4 8 £80,000 +14.29% 1
Midlands +4 6 £80,000 -11.11% 11
East of England -2 6 £87,500 +17.45% 2
West Midlands +23 4 £80,000 -15.79% 11
East Midlands -1 2 - -
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 February 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.

1 105 (51.98%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (24.26%) Security Architecture
3 43 (21.29%) CISSP
4 40 (19.80%) Security Cleared
5 39 (19.31%) AWS
6 37 (18.32%) Azure
7 34 (16.83%) Threat Modelling
8 32 (15.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 29 (14.36%) SC Cleared
10 28 (13.86%) Cloud Security
11 25 (12.38%) TOGAF
12 24 (11.88%) NIST
13 22 (10.89%) CISM
14 21 (10.40%) NCSC
15 20 (9.90%) SABSA
16 19 (9.41%) Degree
17 18 (8.91%) GDPR
17 18 (8.91%) Roadmaps
18 17 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
18 17 (8.42%) Cryptography
18 17 (8.42%) Microsoft
18 17 (8.42%) Risk Management
19 16 (7.92%) Architectural Patterns
19 16 (7.92%) PCI DSS
20 15 (7.43%) DV Cleared
20 15 (7.43%) Zero Trust
21 14 (6.93%) Infrastructure as Code
21 14 (6.93%) SIEM
21 14 (6.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 13 (6.44%) DevSecOps

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 (1.49%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.31%) AWS
2 37 (18.32%) Azure
3 7 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
3 7 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (3.47%) AWS Step Functions
3 7 (3.47%) GitHub
3 7 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
3 7 (3.47%) Pulumi
3 7 (3.47%) Serverless
4 6 (2.97%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.97%) GCP
4 6 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.50%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.50%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.45%) Firewall
1 11 (5.45%) Network Security
2 7 (3.47%) DSL
3 4 (1.98%) VPN
4 3 (1.49%) Internet
5 2 (0.99%) DNS
5 2 (0.99%) LAN
5 2 (0.99%) WAN
6 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.50%) SSL
Development Applications
1 13 (6.44%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.50%) Git
3 1 (0.50%) JIRA
General
1 32 (15.84%) Finance
2 23 (11.39%) Social Skills
3 17 (8.42%) Public Sector
4 12 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (5.45%) Law
6 10 (4.95%) Banking
7 8 (3.96%) Legal
8 7 (3.47%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.98%) Games
10 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.49%) Electronics
10 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.49%) Marketing
10 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.47%) AWS CDK
2 2 (0.99%) OAuth
3 1 (0.50%) JWT
3 1 (0.50%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.50%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.94%) Operational Technology
2 9 (4.46%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.46%) PKI
3 8 (3.96%) Security Posture
4 7 (3.47%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.48%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.98%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.49%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.99%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.99%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.50%) DataPower
9 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.50%) Linux
1 1 (0.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (51.98%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (24.26%) Security Architecture
3 34 (16.83%) Threat Modelling
4 28 (13.86%) Cloud Security
5 25 (12.38%) TOGAF
6 20 (9.90%) SABSA
7 18 (8.91%) Roadmaps
8 17 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (8.42%) Cryptography
8 17 (8.42%) Risk Management
9 16 (7.92%) Architectural Patterns
10 15 (7.43%) Zero Trust
11 14 (6.93%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (6.93%) SIEM
11 14 (6.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (6.44%) DevSecOps
13 12 (5.94%) Application Security
14 11 (5.45%) Identity Access Management
14 11 (5.45%) IT Strategy
14 11 (5.45%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.96%) Python
2 7 (3.47%) Go
2 7 (3.47%) Rust
3 2 (0.99%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.50%) Java
4 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 43 (21.29%) CISSP
2 40 (19.80%) Security Cleared
3 29 (14.36%) SC Cleared
4 22 (10.89%) CISM
5 19 (9.41%) Degree
6 15 (7.43%) DV Cleared
7 12 (5.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (5.94%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (5.45%) Azure Certification
9 10 (4.95%) AWS Certification
10 9 (4.46%) OSCP
11 8 (3.96%) CCSP
12 7 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (2.48%) CRISC
14 4 (1.98%) SANS
15 3 (1.49%) GIAC
15 3 (1.49%) ISACA
16 2 (0.99%) CISA
16 2 (0.99%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (11.88%) NIST
3 21 (10.40%) NCSC
4 18 (8.91%) GDPR
5 16 (7.92%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.98%) GRC
8 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.99%) PMO
8 2 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.50%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.96%) Kubernetes
1 8 (3.96%) Terraform
2 6 (2.97%) Ansible
3 3 (1.49%) CASB
3 3 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.99%) Endace
Vendors
1 17 (8.42%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.97%) SAP
3 4 (1.98%) CyberArk
4 3 (1.49%) MuleSoft
4 3 (1.49%) Oracle
4 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.99%) Cisco
5 2 (0.99%) Juniper
5 2 (0.99%) LogRhythm
5 2 (0.99%) Splunk
5 2 (0.99%) Tenable
5 2 (0.99%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.50%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.50%) Centrify
6 1 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.50%) Google
6 1 (0.50%) IBM
6 1 (0.50%) Netskope
6 1 (0.50%) Thycotic
6 1 (0.50%) Varonis