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 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 497 442
Rank change year-on-year +218 -55 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 646 145 331
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 0.33% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 455 102 183
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,810 £68,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,000 £76,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.05% -9.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,943 £100,000
90th Percentile - £98,625 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -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 89,779 39,529 68,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 90.54% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 63,178 23,826 46,171
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,519 £95,000 £92,500
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 22 August 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 22 August 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 +126 233 £98,750 +3.95% 35
North of England +56 156 £87,500 +16.67% 8
South East +64 121 £80,000 -5.88% 28
North West +85 119 £80,000 +6.67% 6
Midlands +15 69 £85,000 +2.66% 4
West Midlands +18 57 £86,000 +9.00% 1
South West -43 40 £85,000 +13.33% 10
North East -40 22 £95,000 +27.19%
East of England -9 18 £75,000 -11.76% 3
Yorkshire -35 15 £91,216 +25.81% 2
East Midlands -13 12 £50,000 -41.18% 3
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 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.

1 255 (39.47%) Cybersecurity
2 205 (31.73%) Security Architecture
3 157 (24.30%) Security Cleared
4 122 (18.89%) Microsoft
5 111 (17.18%) Cloud Security
6 109 (16.87%) Azure
7 104 (16.10%) NIST
8 93 (14.40%) Threat Modelling
9 92 (14.24%) SC Cleared
10 91 (14.09%) AWS
11 86 (13.31%) Application Security
12 83 (12.85%) CISSP
12 83 (12.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 73 (11.30%) DevSecOps
14 67 (10.37%) Identity Access Management
15 64 (9.91%) AI
16 56 (8.67%) SIEM
17 55 (8.51%) TOGAF
18 53 (8.20%) CI/CD
18 53 (8.20%) Network Security
19 52 (8.05%) Information Security
20 50 (7.74%) DV Cleared
20 50 (7.74%) SABSA
21 49 (7.59%) SDLC
21 49 (7.59%) Technology Strategy
22 47 (7.28%) CISM
22 47 (7.28%) GRC
23 46 (7.12%) Agile
24 45 (6.97%) GCP
25 42 (6.50%) Zero Trust

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 (0.31%) Apache
Business Applications
1 11 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 109 (16.87%) Azure
2 91 (14.09%) AWS
3 45 (6.97%) GCP
4 41 (6.35%) SaaS
5 33 (5.11%) Serverless
6 13 (2.01%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.24%) OCI
8 7 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (0.93%) PaaS
10 5 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.77%) IaaS
11 3 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.46%) AWS Step Functions
11 3 (0.46%) GitHub
11 3 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.46%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.31%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 53 (8.20%) Network Security
2 29 (4.49%) Firewall
3 26 (4.02%) DNS
4 24 (3.72%) VPN
5 12 (1.86%) DHCP
5 12 (1.86%) WAN
6 11 (1.70%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.55%) BGP
7 10 (1.55%) FTP
7 10 (1.55%) HTTP
7 10 (1.55%) ICMP
7 10 (1.55%) IPsec
7 10 (1.55%) MPLS
7 10 (1.55%) SNMP
7 10 (1.55%) SSH
7 10 (1.55%) SSL
7 10 (1.55%) VLAN
8 6 (0.93%) Broadband
9 5 (0.77%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.46%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.31%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (3.87%) Snyk
2 5 (0.77%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.77%) Yeoman
3 3 (0.46%) GitLab
4 2 (0.31%) Git
General
1 68 (10.53%) Social Skills
2 49 (7.59%) Finance
3 48 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 47 (7.28%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.95%) Law
6 22 (3.41%) Aerospace
6 22 (3.41%) Banking
7 18 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (2.32%) Legal
9 13 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.70%) Games
11 4 (0.62%) Military
11 4 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.46%) Marketing
13 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.15%) French Language
13 1 (0.15%) German Language
13 1 (0.15%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.63%) OAuth
2 16 (2.48%) SAML
3 14 (2.17%) LDAP
3 14 (2.17%) Regular Expression
4 12 (1.86%) XMPP
5 7 (1.08%) OpenID
6 5 (0.77%) ModSecurity
7 4 (0.62%) JWT
8 3 (0.46%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.46%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.46%) Kafka
8 3 (0.46%) Node.js
8 3 (0.46%) Pulumi
8 3 (0.46%) Terraform
9 2 (0.31%) JSON
9 2 (0.31%) JSON Schema
9 2 (0.31%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.18%) Data Centre
2 21 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (3.10%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.32%) Operational Technology
5 14 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
6 13 (2.01%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (1.55%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.55%) Security Posture
8 9 (1.39%) PKI
9 4 (0.62%) CCTV
9 4 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.46%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.46%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.31%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.31%) Web Conferencing
12 1 (0.15%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.41%) Linux
2 20 (3.10%) Windows
3 17 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (39.47%) Cybersecurity
2 205 (31.73%) Security Architecture
3 111 (17.18%) Cloud Security
4 93 (14.40%) Threat Modelling
5 86 (13.31%) Application Security
6 73 (11.30%) DevSecOps
7 67 (10.37%) Identity Access Management
8 64 (9.91%) AI
9 56 (8.67%) SIEM
10 55 (8.51%) TOGAF
11 53 (8.20%) CI/CD
12 52 (8.05%) Information Security
13 50 (7.74%) SABSA
14 49 (7.59%) SDLC
14 49 (7.59%) Technology Strategy
15 46 (7.12%) Agile
16 42 (6.50%) Zero Trust
17 40 (6.19%) Architectural Patterns
18 38 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
19 37 (5.73%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.08%) Python
2 3 (0.46%) Go
2 3 (0.46%) PowerShell
2 3 (0.46%) Rust
2 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
3 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
3 2 (0.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 157 (24.30%) Security Cleared
2 92 (14.24%) SC Cleared
3 83 (12.85%) CISSP
4 50 (7.74%) DV Cleared
5 47 (7.28%) CISM
6 40 (6.19%) Degree
7 26 (4.02%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (3.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 19 (2.94%) CCSP
10 13 (2.01%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.39%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.93%) OSCP
15 5 (0.77%) CCSK
15 5 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.77%) CRISC
15 5 (0.77%) FFIEC
15 5 (0.77%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.62%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (16.10%) NIST
2 83 (12.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (7.28%) GRC
4 34 (5.26%) GDPR
5 28 (4.33%) NCSC
6 19 (2.94%) PCI DSS
7 16 (2.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 14 (2.17%) NIST 800
9 9 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.39%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.08%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.62%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.46%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.31%) COBIT
14 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.31%) HITRUST
14 2 (0.31%) QA
15 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (5.57%) Virtual Machines
2 20 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.32%) vSphere
4 10 (1.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.48%) MOM
2 16 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.32%) CASB
4 10 (1.55%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.31%) Ansible
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 122 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 29 (4.49%) CrowdStrike
4 28 (4.33%) Tenable
5 15 (2.32%) VMware
6 13 (2.01%) Cisco
7 12 (1.86%) McAfee
7 12 (1.86%) Red Hat
8 11 (1.70%) SAP
9 10 (1.55%) Google
10 8 (1.24%) Oracle
11 5 (0.77%) Workday
12 4 (0.62%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.46%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.31%) Barracuda Networks
14 2 (0.31%) Cribl.io
14 2 (0.31%) Databricks
14 2 (0.31%) N-able
14 2 (0.31%) Sophos
14 2 (0.31%) Zscaler