Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £84,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 414 436
Rank change year-on-year +37 +22 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 302 196 389
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.53% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.59% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 217 72 259
10th Percentile £54,500 £59,432 £57,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £69,310 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,000 £75,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -6.06% -8.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,625 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £84,000 £75,000 £79,842
% change year-on-year +12.00% -6.06% -6.07%

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 62,550 33,359 72,252
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 90.12% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 40,855 20,991 56,654
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +17 112 £90,000 -7.69% 44
North of England +1 70 £80,000 +6.67% 24
South West +16 50 £77,500 +10.71% 13
South East -10 41 £70,000 +7.69% 21
North West +1 40 £85,000 +13.33% 16
Midlands -17 19 £65,000 -31.58% 9
Yorkshire -33 17 £80,000 +23.08% 5
North East -11 13 £80,000 +14.29% 3
East Midlands -30 10 £45,000 -45.45%
West Midlands -2 9 £85,000 -10.53% 9
East of England -30 5 £100,000 +35.14% 2
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 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.

1 132 (43.71%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (20.20%) Security Architecture
3 58 (19.21%) AWS
3 58 (19.21%) Security Cleared
4 56 (18.54%) Azure
5 48 (15.89%) CISSP
6 40 (13.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (13.25%) Threat Modelling
7 39 (12.91%) Cloud Security
8 36 (11.92%) NIST
8 36 (11.92%) SC Cleared
9 30 (9.93%) TOGAF
10 29 (9.60%) SIEM
11 28 (9.27%) Degree
11 28 (9.27%) Microsoft
12 27 (8.94%) CISM
13 26 (8.61%) Application Security
14 25 (8.28%) DevSecOps
14 25 (8.28%) PCI DSS
15 24 (7.95%) Cryptography
16 22 (7.28%) SABSA
17 20 (6.62%) DV Cleared
17 20 (6.62%) GDPR
17 20 (6.62%) Incident Response
18 19 (6.29%) Roadmaps
19 18 (5.96%) Risk Management
19 18 (5.96%) Zero Trust
20 17 (5.63%) Firewall
20 17 (5.63%) NCSC
21 16 (5.30%) CI/CD

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 (0.99%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (19.21%) AWS
2 56 (18.54%) Azure
3 14 (4.64%) GCP
4 13 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
4 13 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
4 13 (4.30%) AWS Step Functions
4 13 (4.30%) GitHub
4 13 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
4 13 (4.30%) Pulumi
4 13 (4.30%) Serverless
5 12 (3.97%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.99%) SaaS
7 5 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.66%) IaaS
9 2 (0.66%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.66%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.66%) PaaS
10 1 (0.33%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.63%) Firewall
2 13 (4.30%) DSL
3 10 (3.31%) Network Security
4 7 (2.32%) DNS
5 4 (1.32%) Internet
5 4 (1.32%) VPN
6 3 (0.99%) LAN
7 2 (0.66%) SAN
7 2 (0.66%) VSAN
8 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.33%) SSL
8 1 (0.33%) WAN
8 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 15 (4.97%) Jenkins
2 13 (4.30%) GitLab
3 1 (0.33%) Git
3 1 (0.33%) JIRA
3 1 (0.33%) Yeoman
General
1 29 (9.60%) Finance
2 27 (8.94%) Social Skills
3 18 (5.96%) Public Sector
4 12 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
4 12 (3.97%) Law
5 11 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.32%) Banking
6 7 (2.32%) Legal
7 5 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.32%) Games
9 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.66%) Advertising
10 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.66%) Retail
11 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.30%) AWS CDK
2 5 (1.66%) LDAP
2 5 (1.66%) Regular Expression
3 3 (0.99%) OAuth
3 3 (0.99%) XMPP
4 2 (0.66%) JSON
4 2 (0.66%) JSON Schema
4 2 (0.66%) OpenID
4 2 (0.66%) XML
5 1 (0.33%) JWT
5 1 (0.33%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.97%) PKI
2 14 (4.64%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.97%) Operational Technology
4 9 (2.98%) Security Posture
5 3 (0.99%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.99%) Onboarding
5 3 (0.99%) Product Ownership
5 3 (0.99%) Taxonomies
6 2 (0.66%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (0.66%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.66%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.33%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.33%) DataPower
7 1 (0.33%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.97%) Windows
2 10 (3.31%) Linux
3 9 (2.98%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (43.71%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (20.20%) Security Architecture
3 40 (13.25%) Threat Modelling
4 39 (12.91%) Cloud Security
5 30 (9.93%) TOGAF
6 29 (9.60%) SIEM
7 26 (8.61%) Application Security
8 25 (8.28%) DevSecOps
9 24 (7.95%) Cryptography
10 22 (7.28%) SABSA
11 20 (6.62%) Incident Response
12 19 (6.29%) Roadmaps
13 18 (5.96%) Risk Management
13 18 (5.96%) Zero Trust
14 16 (5.30%) CI/CD
14 16 (5.30%) Information Security
14 16 (5.30%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (5.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (4.97%) Architectural Patterns
15 15 (4.97%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.30%) Python
2 13 (4.30%) Go
2 13 (4.30%) Rust
3 6 (1.99%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.66%) SQL
5 1 (0.33%) Java
5 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 58 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 48 (15.89%) CISSP
3 36 (11.92%) SC Cleared
4 28 (9.27%) Degree
5 27 (8.94%) CISM
6 20 (6.62%) DV Cleared
7 16 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (4.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (4.97%) OSCP
9 14 (4.64%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (3.97%) CCSP
11 11 (3.64%) Azure Certification
12 9 (2.98%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.66%) FFIEC
14 4 (1.32%) CRISC
14 4 (1.32%) GCIH
15 3 (0.99%) CEH
15 3 (0.99%) CISA
15 3 (0.99%) ISACA
15 3 (0.99%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (13.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (11.92%) NIST
3 25 (8.28%) PCI DSS
4 20 (6.62%) GDPR
5 17 (5.63%) NCSC
6 7 (2.32%) GRC
6 7 (2.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.99%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.99%) PMO
9 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.32%) vSphere
3 4 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.33%) Docker
4 1 (0.33%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 14 (4.64%) Kubernetes
1 14 (4.64%) Terraform
2 6 (1.99%) MOM
2 6 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.99%) CASB
4 2 (0.66%) Ansible
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.66%) VxRail
5 1 (0.33%) Endace
Vendors
1 28 (9.27%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.32%) VMware
3 6 (1.99%) SAP
4 5 (1.66%) Cisco
5 4 (1.32%) CyberArk
5 4 (1.32%) Google
5 4 (1.32%) Oracle
5 4 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (0.99%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.99%) McAfee
6 3 (0.99%) MuleSoft
6 3 (0.99%) Okta
6 3 (0.99%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.66%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (0.66%) Dell
7 2 (0.66%) Juniper
7 2 (0.66%) N-able
7 2 (0.66%) Sophos
7 2 (0.66%) Trend Micro