Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 October 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 495 472
Rank change year-on-year +213 -23 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 670 142 280
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.33% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.36% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 439 99 140
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £92,188
90th Percentile - £121,500 £120,000
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.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 96,512 39,065 63,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 90.52% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,878 23,017 36,945
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 1 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 1 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 +121 251 £100,000 -4.76% 211
North of England +36 150 £80,000 +6.67% 23
South East +52 137 £85,000 - 64
North West +72 119 £75,000 - 16
Midlands +7 66 £86,000 +14.67% 29
West Midlands -2 56 £90,000 +20.00% 24
South West -50 36 £85,000 +13.33% 38
East of England -11 21 £75,000 - 9
North East -60 17 £100,000 +33.88% 2
Yorkshire -32 14 £80,000 +6.67% 5
East Midlands -26 10 £76,590 -9.89% 5
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 268 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (35.97%) Security Architecture
3 187 (27.91%) Security Cleared
4 125 (18.66%) Cloud Security
5 124 (18.51%) Microsoft
6 121 (18.06%) Azure
7 117 (17.46%) NIST
8 107 (15.97%) SC Cleared
9 105 (15.67%) CISSP
10 98 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 97 (14.48%) Threat Modelling
12 84 (12.54%) AWS
13 82 (12.24%) Identity Access Management
14 78 (11.64%) AI
14 78 (11.64%) Application Security
15 73 (10.90%) DevSecOps
16 69 (10.30%) Network Security
16 69 (10.30%) TOGAF
17 68 (10.15%) DV Cleared
17 68 (10.15%) SABSA
17 68 (10.15%) Zero Trust
18 67 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
19 61 (9.10%) Information Security
20 55 (8.21%) CISM
21 53 (7.91%) Technology Strategy
22 51 (7.61%) SDLC
23 49 (7.31%) CI/CD
23 49 (7.31%) SIEM
24 48 (7.16%) GRC
25 46 (6.87%) GDPR

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 (0.30%) Apache
2 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 121 (18.06%) Azure
2 84 (12.54%) AWS
3 43 (6.42%) GCP
3 43 (6.42%) SaaS
4 30 (4.48%) Serverless
5 18 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (1.79%) PaaS
7 11 (1.64%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.49%) OCI
9 8 (1.19%) Azure AI
10 6 (0.90%) Azure API Management
10 6 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (0.90%) IaaS
11 5 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.45%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.30%) Amazon EMR
13 2 (0.30%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.30%) Network Security
2 30 (4.48%) Firewall
3 23 (3.43%) VPN
4 19 (2.84%) DNS
5 15 (2.24%) WAN
6 12 (1.79%) DHCP
7 11 (1.64%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.49%) BGP
8 10 (1.49%) FTP
8 10 (1.49%) HTTP
8 10 (1.49%) ICMP
8 10 (1.49%) IPsec
8 10 (1.49%) MPLS
8 10 (1.49%) SNMP
8 10 (1.49%) SSH
8 10 (1.49%) SSL
8 10 (1.49%) VLAN
9 6 (0.90%) Broadband
10 5 (0.75%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.45%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (0.45%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.30%) Metadata
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (3.73%) Snyk
2 4 (0.60%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.30%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) ERwin
4 1 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 83 (12.39%) Social Skills
2 54 (8.06%) Finance
2 54 (8.06%) Public Sector
3 48 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (5.97%) Aerospace
5 37 (5.52%) Law
6 25 (3.73%) Legal
7 23 (3.43%) Banking
8 19 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (1.94%) Games
11 6 (0.90%) Military
12 3 (0.45%) Marketing
13 2 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.30%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.15%) French Language
14 1 (0.15%) German Language
14 1 (0.15%) Local Government
14 1 (0.15%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.39%) OAuth
1 16 (2.39%) SAML
2 9 (1.34%) ModSecurity
3 7 (1.04%) LDAP
3 7 (1.04%) Regular Expression
3 7 (1.04%) XMPP
4 6 (0.90%) OpenID
5 4 (0.60%) JWT
6 3 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.45%) Kafka
6 3 (0.45%) Node.js
7 2 (0.30%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.48%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.28%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (2.39%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.39%) Security Posture
5 14 (2.09%) Operational Technology
6 10 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (1.34%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.34%) PKI
8 7 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.75%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.60%) CCTV
12 3 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.15%) Cyberattack
13 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Cloud
13 1 (0.15%) IoT
13 1 (0.15%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.79%) Linux
2 9 (1.34%) Windows
3 7 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (35.97%) Security Architecture
3 125 (18.66%) Cloud Security
4 97 (14.48%) Threat Modelling
5 82 (12.24%) Identity Access Management
6 78 (11.64%) AI
6 78 (11.64%) Application Security
7 73 (10.90%) DevSecOps
8 69 (10.30%) TOGAF
9 68 (10.15%) SABSA
9 68 (10.15%) Zero Trust
10 67 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
11 61 (9.10%) Information Security
12 53 (7.91%) Technology Strategy
13 51 (7.61%) SDLC
14 49 (7.31%) CI/CD
14 49 (7.31%) SIEM
15 44 (6.57%) Agile
16 43 (6.42%) Roadmaps
16 43 (6.42%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (0.75%) Python
2 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 187 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 107 (15.97%) SC Cleared
3 105 (15.67%) CISSP
4 68 (10.15%) DV Cleared
5 55 (8.21%) CISM
6 36 (5.37%) Degree
7 31 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (4.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 26 (3.88%) CCSP
10 20 (2.99%) AWS Certification
11 19 (2.84%) TOGAF Certification
12 18 (2.69%) Azure Certification
13 11 (1.64%) CESG Certified Professional
14 9 (1.34%) CREST Certified
15 8 (1.19%) CCSK
16 7 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
17 5 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (0.75%) CRISC
17 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
18 4 (0.60%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (17.46%) NIST
2 98 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (7.16%) GRC
4 46 (6.87%) GDPR
5 37 (5.52%) NCSC
6 17 (2.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 15 (2.24%) NIST 800
8 12 (1.79%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.49%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.19%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.75%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.60%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.60%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.45%) COBIT
13 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.30%) HITRUST
14 2 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 38 (5.67%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (1.49%) Docker
3 9 (1.34%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (3.13%) CASB
2 19 (2.84%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.94%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.75%) Ansible
5 5 (0.75%) MOM
Vendors
1 124 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.87%) Palo Alto
3 27 (4.03%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (3.88%) Tenable
5 19 (2.84%) Cisco
6 10 (1.49%) Google
6 10 (1.49%) Oracle
6 10 (1.49%) Workday
7 8 (1.19%) SAP
8 7 (1.04%) McAfee
8 7 (1.04%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.04%) VMware
8 7 (1.04%) Zscaler
9 6 (0.90%) Foundry
10 3 (0.45%) F5
10 3 (0.45%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.45%) Thales
11 2 (0.30%) Databricks
12 1 (0.15%) AlgoSec
12 1 (0.15%) Netskope