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 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 421 430
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 221 233 347
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.53% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.58% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 146 77 233
10th Percentile £59,900 £61,250 £58,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.06% -8.75%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £78,273
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.18% -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 55,009 40,180 62,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 91.31% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 35,530 21,389 49,945
10th Percentile £29,250 £33,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
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 19 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 19 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 +7 92 £92,500 -2.63% 52
North of England -5 49 £80,000 +6.67% 12
South West +35 45 £73,750 -7.81% 7
North West +1 24 £82,500 +10.00% 8
South East -10 18 £95,000 +26.67% 37
Yorkshire -17 16 £80,000 -8.57% 1
North East -4 9 £80,000 +14.29% 3
Midlands -6 6 £82,500 -2.94% 14
East of England -6 6 £87,500 +17.45%
West Midlands +10 4 £82,500 -8.33% 13
East Midlands -20 2 - - 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 110 (49.77%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (24.89%) Security Architecture
3 47 (21.27%) CISSP
4 46 (20.81%) AWS
4 46 (20.81%) Security Cleared
5 43 (19.46%) Azure
6 38 (17.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 36 (16.29%) Threat Modelling
8 35 (15.84%) Cloud Security
9 34 (15.38%) SC Cleared
10 30 (13.57%) NIST
11 27 (12.22%) CISM
12 26 (11.76%) TOGAF
13 21 (9.50%) SABSA
14 20 (9.05%) Degree
14 20 (9.05%) GDPR
14 20 (9.05%) NCSC
14 20 (9.05%) Roadmaps
15 19 (8.60%) Cryptography
15 19 (8.60%) SIEM
16 18 (8.14%) Microsoft
16 18 (8.14%) PCI DSS
17 17 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
17 17 (7.69%) DevSecOps
17 17 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 17 (7.69%) Zero Trust
18 16 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
18 16 (7.24%) Risk Management
19 15 (6.79%) Application Security
19 15 (6.79%) Architectural Patterns

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 (1.36%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 46 (20.81%) AWS
2 43 (19.46%) Azure
3 10 (4.52%) GCP
4 9 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
4 9 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
4 9 (4.07%) AWS Step Functions
4 9 (4.07%) GitHub
4 9 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
4 9 (4.07%) Pulumi
4 9 (4.07%) Serverless
5 7 (3.17%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon Cognito
8 1 (0.45%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.88%) Network Security
2 11 (4.98%) Firewall
3 9 (4.07%) DSL
4 3 (1.36%) Internet
4 3 (1.36%) VPN
5 2 (0.90%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.90%) LAN
6 1 (0.45%) SSL
6 1 (0.45%) WAN
Development Applications
1 15 (6.79%) Jenkins
2 9 (4.07%) GitLab
3 1 (0.45%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 32 (14.48%) Finance
2 23 (10.41%) Social Skills
3 20 (9.05%) Public Sector
4 12 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (4.98%) Law
6 10 (4.52%) Banking
7 8 (3.62%) Legal
8 7 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.81%) Games
10 3 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.36%) Electronics
10 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.36%) Marketing
10 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.90%) Advertising
11 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Retail
12 1 (0.45%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.07%) AWS CDK
2 2 (0.90%) OAuth
3 1 (0.45%) JWT
3 1 (0.45%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.45%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.43%) PKI
2 11 (4.98%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.98%) Operational Technology
3 7 (3.17%) Security Posture
4 6 (2.71%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.26%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.36%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.36%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.45%) DataPower
8 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.90%) Linux
1 2 (0.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (49.77%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (24.89%) Security Architecture
3 36 (16.29%) Threat Modelling
4 35 (15.84%) Cloud Security
5 26 (11.76%) TOGAF
6 21 (9.50%) SABSA
7 20 (9.05%) Roadmaps
8 19 (8.60%) Cryptography
8 19 (8.60%) SIEM
9 17 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (7.69%) DevSecOps
9 17 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (7.69%) Zero Trust
10 16 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (7.24%) Risk Management
11 15 (6.79%) Application Security
11 15 (6.79%) Architectural Patterns
12 12 (5.43%) Identity Access Management
12 12 (5.43%) Privileged Access Management
12 12 (5.43%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.52%) Python
2 9 (4.07%) Go
2 9 (4.07%) Rust
3 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.45%) Java
4 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (21.27%) CISSP
2 46 (20.81%) Security Cleared
3 34 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 27 (12.22%) CISM
5 20 (9.05%) Degree
6 15 (6.79%) DV Cleared
7 14 (6.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (5.43%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (4.98%) Azure Certification
9 11 (4.98%) OSCP
10 10 (4.52%) AWS Certification
10 10 (4.52%) CCSP
11 6 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.26%) CRISC
13 4 (1.81%) CISA
13 4 (1.81%) SANS
14 3 (1.36%) GIAC
14 3 (1.36%) ISACA
15 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (13.57%) NIST
3 20 (9.05%) GDPR
3 20 (9.05%) NCSC
4 18 (8.14%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.26%) GRC
7 4 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.36%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.90%) PMO
10 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.45%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 10 (4.52%) Kubernetes
1 10 (4.52%) Terraform
2 6 (2.71%) Ansible
3 4 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.36%) CASB
5 1 (0.45%) Endace
Vendors
1 18 (8.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.17%) SAP
3 4 (1.81%) CyberArk
3 4 (1.81%) Oracle
3 4 (1.81%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.36%) Google
4 3 (1.36%) MuleSoft
5 2 (0.90%) Cisco
5 2 (0.90%) LogRhythm
5 2 (0.90%) Okta
5 2 (0.90%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.45%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.45%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.45%) IBM
6 1 (0.45%) Juniper
6 1 (0.45%) Splunk
6 1 (0.45%) Tenable
6 1 (0.45%) Thycotic
6 1 (0.45%) Workday