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 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 528 442
Rank change year-on-year +234 -86 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 584 119 421
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.28% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.30% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 420 90 265
10th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,810 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% -2.86%
75th Percentile £97,500 £89,688 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -8.57%

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 83,046 39,108 80,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 90.47% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 58,488 23,588 58,616
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £39,477
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,806
% change year-on-year - +4.15% -11.99%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +129 201 £92,500 -2.63% 45
North of England +57 149 £88,000 +17.33% 12
North West +91 115 £87,500 +16.67% 9
South East +61 102 £72,500 -17.14% 34
Midlands +21 63 £85,000 +7.73% 4
West Midlands +22 53 £85,500 +8.36% 3
South West -20 47 £85,000 +13.33% 5
North East -39 23 £95,000 +36.92%
East of England -1 11 £91,250 - 4
Yorkshire -32 11 £87,431 +24.90% 3
East Midlands - 10 £50,000 - 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 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.

1 239 (40.92%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (29.79%) Security Architecture
3 135 (23.12%) Security Cleared
4 118 (20.21%) Microsoft
5 104 (17.81%) Cloud Security
6 97 (16.61%) Azure
7 93 (15.92%) Threat Modelling
8 90 (15.41%) NIST
8 90 (15.41%) SC Cleared
9 86 (14.73%) AWS
10 82 (14.04%) CISSP
11 75 (12.84%) Application Security
11 75 (12.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 60 (10.27%) DevSecOps
13 58 (9.93%) Identity Access Management
13 58 (9.93%) SIEM
14 53 (9.08%) TOGAF
15 51 (8.73%) AI
16 48 (8.22%) CI/CD
17 47 (8.05%) SDLC
18 46 (7.88%) CISM
18 46 (7.88%) SABSA
19 44 (7.53%) Information Security
20 42 (7.19%) GCP
20 42 (7.19%) Technology Strategy
21 41 (7.02%) DV Cleared
21 41 (7.02%) Network Security
22 40 (6.85%) Degree
22 40 (6.85%) GRC
23 37 (6.34%) Serverless

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:

Business Applications
1 11 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (16.61%) Azure
2 86 (14.73%) AWS
3 42 (7.19%) GCP
4 37 (6.34%) Serverless
5 34 (5.82%) SaaS
6 15 (2.57%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (1.54%) AWS Step Functions
7 9 (1.54%) GitHub
7 9 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (1.54%) Pulumi
8 8 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.86%) OCI
11 3 (0.51%) IaaS
11 3 (0.51%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.51%) PaaS
11 3 (0.51%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.02%) Network Security
2 26 (4.45%) DNS
3 25 (4.28%) Firewall
4 24 (4.11%) VPN
5 12 (2.05%) DHCP
6 11 (1.88%) WAN
7 10 (1.71%) BGP
7 10 (1.71%) FTP
7 10 (1.71%) HTTP
7 10 (1.71%) ICMP
7 10 (1.71%) IPsec
7 10 (1.71%) MPLS
7 10 (1.71%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.71%) SNMP
7 10 (1.71%) SSH
7 10 (1.71%) SSL
7 10 (1.71%) VLAN
8 9 (1.54%) DSL
9 6 (1.03%) Broadband
10 3 (0.51%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (4.28%) Snyk
2 11 (1.88%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.54%) GitLab
4 5 (0.86%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.34%) Git
General
1 51 (8.73%) Social Skills
2 45 (7.71%) Public Sector
3 41 (7.02%) Finance
4 37 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.11%) Law
6 20 (3.42%) Banking
7 17 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.88%) Legal
10 10 (1.71%) Games
11 7 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.34%) Advertising
13 2 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.34%) Retail
14 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.17%) Military
14 1 (0.17%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.91%) OAuth
2 16 (2.74%) SAML
3 14 (2.40%) LDAP
3 14 (2.40%) Regular Expression
4 12 (2.05%) XMPP
5 9 (1.54%) AWS CDK
6 7 (1.20%) OpenID
7 4 (0.68%) JWT
8 2 (0.34%) JSON
8 2 (0.34%) JSON Schema
8 2 (0.34%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.34%) XML
9 1 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.17%) Kafka
9 1 (0.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.62%) Data Centre
2 19 (3.25%) Cloud Native
3 16 (2.74%) Operational Technology
4 11 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (1.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (1.71%) PKI
6 9 (1.54%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.37%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.68%) CCTV
8 4 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.34%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.34%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.34%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.17%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.17%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.94%) Linux
2 22 (3.77%) Windows
3 18 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (40.92%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (29.79%) Security Architecture
3 104 (17.81%) Cloud Security
4 93 (15.92%) Threat Modelling
5 75 (12.84%) Application Security
6 60 (10.27%) DevSecOps
7 58 (9.93%) Identity Access Management
7 58 (9.93%) SIEM
8 53 (9.08%) TOGAF
9 51 (8.73%) AI
10 48 (8.22%) CI/CD
11 47 (8.05%) SDLC
12 46 (7.88%) SABSA
13 44 (7.53%) Information Security
14 42 (7.19%) Technology Strategy
15 35 (5.99%) Validation
16 33 (5.65%) Agile
17 32 (5.48%) Incident Response
17 32 (5.48%) Vulnerability Management
18 31 (5.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.05%) Python
2 9 (1.54%) Go
2 9 (1.54%) Rust
3 4 (0.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.51%) SQL
5 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 135 (23.12%) Security Cleared
2 90 (15.41%) SC Cleared
3 82 (14.04%) CISSP
4 46 (7.88%) CISM
5 41 (7.02%) DV Cleared
6 40 (6.85%) Degree
7 27 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (3.42%) CCSP
10 11 (1.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.54%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.54%) OSCP
12 7 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.03%) CRISC
13 6 (1.03%) ISACA
14 5 (0.86%) FFIEC
15 4 (0.68%) CCSK
15 4 (0.68%) CISA
15 4 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (15.41%) NIST
2 75 (12.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (6.85%) GRC
4 26 (4.45%) GDPR
5 23 (3.94%) NCSC
6 21 (3.60%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 11 (1.88%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.20%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.86%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.68%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.34%) HITRUST
14 2 (0.34%) QA
15 1 (0.17%) COBIT
15 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (5.99%) Virtual Machines
2 23 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.74%) vSphere
4 7 (1.20%) Docker
5 1 (0.17%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 23 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.74%) MOM
3 15 (2.57%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.88%) CASB
5 10 (1.71%) FortiGate
6 9 (1.54%) Terraform
7 2 (0.34%) Ansible
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 118 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.16%) Palo Alto
3 29 (4.97%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.62%) Tenable
5 16 (2.74%) VMware
6 14 (2.40%) Cisco
7 12 (2.05%) McAfee
7 12 (2.05%) Red Hat
7 12 (2.05%) SAP
8 8 (1.37%) Google
9 6 (1.03%) Oracle
10 4 (0.68%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.68%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.51%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (0.51%) N-able
11 3 (0.51%) Okta
11 3 (0.51%) Sophos
12 2 (0.34%) Cribl.io
12 2 (0.34%) Dell
13 1 (0.17%) Juniper