Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £86,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.

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

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	283	487	408
Rank change year-on-year	+204	-79	-4
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect	689	136	344
As % of all permanent jobs in England	0.65%	0.32%	0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.70%	0.35%	0.58%
Number of salaries quoted	437	96	129
10^th Percentile	£70,000	£62,500	£61,000
25^th Percentile	£75,000	£67,500	£72,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£86,000	£77,500	£85,000
Median % change year-on-year	+10.97%	-8.82%	-
75^th Percentile	£100,000	£88,333	£91,250
90^th Percentile	-	£110,625	£116,250
UK median annual salary	£85,000	£75,000	£85,000
% change year-on-year	+13.33%	-11.76%	-

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.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title	98,016	38,796	58,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	92.25%	90.57%	95.22%
Number of salaries quoted	68,042	23,466	33,680
10^th Percentile	£30,500	£28,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,750	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,999	£54,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-6.09%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£95,000
UK median annual salary	£59,000	£52,500	£56,252
% change year-on-year	+12.38%	-6.67%	-6.25%

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 Salary Trend 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 23 October 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 23 October 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	278	£100,000	-4.76%	229
South East	+54	149	£85,000	-	59
North of England	+29	137	£80,000	+6.67%	29
North West	+62	107	£75,000	-	14
Midlands	-16	61	£86,000	+10.97%	31
West Midlands	-8	48	£95,000	+26.67%	27
South West	-53	36	£85,000	+21.43%	27
East of England	-21	21	£75,000	-	11
Yorkshire	-30	17	£80,000	+6.67%	14
East Midlands	-29	13	£80,000	-5.88%	4
North East	-59	13	£100,000	+33.88%	1
Security Architect UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 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.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	41.4%	285
2	Security Architecture	35.3%	243
3	Security Cleared	28.2%	194
4	Microsoft	18.7%	129
5	Azure	18.6%	128
6	NIST	18.0%	124
7	Cloud Security	17.4%	120
8	SC Cleared	16.7%	115
9	CISSP	15.7%	108
10	ISO/IEC 27001	15.1%	104
11	Identity Access Management	12.6%	87
12	Threat Modelling	12.0%	83
13	AWS	11.9%	82
13	Zero Trust	11.9%	82
15	SABSA	11.6%	80
16	TOGAF	11.2%	77
17	Architectural Patterns	11.0%	76
18	AI	10.7%	74
19	DV Cleared	10.0%	69
20	Network Security	9.6%	66
21	Application Security	9.3%	64
21	Information Security	9.3%	64
23	DevSecOps	8.9%	61
24	CISM	8.7%	60
25	GDPR	7.5%	52
26	Roadmaps	7.1%	49
27	Network Segmentation	6.5%	45
28	SaaS	6.2%	43
28	Stakeholder Management	6.2%	43
30	Incident Response	6.1%	42

Security Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Senior Security Architect	14.8%	102
2	Cybersecurity Architect	12.5%	86
3	Lead Security Architect	11.9%	82
4	Enterprise Security Architect	7.0%	48
5	Enterprise Architect	6.4%	44
6	Security Solutions Architect	6.2%	43
7	Solutions Architect	6.1%	42
8	Cloud Architect	5.5%	38
9	Cloud Security Architect	5.2%	36
10	Information Security Architect	3.3%	23
11	Network Security Architect	2.8%	19
11	Principal Security Architect	2.8%	19
13	IT Security Architect	2.6%	18
13	Network Architect	2.6%	18
15	Senior Cloud Architect	2.5%	17
16	Security Manager	2.0%	14
17	Azure Architect	1.7%	12
18	Principal Enterprise Architect	1.6%	11
18	SOC Architect	1.6%	11
20	Security Technical Architect	1.3%	9