Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £84,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 3 months leading to 6 May 2026.

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

3 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 426 390
Rank change year-on-year +157 -36 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 274 55 216
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.26% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.29% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 202 42 126
10th Percentile £66,250 £59,231 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,063 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £84,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -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 42,341 18,861 37,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 90.70% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 28,899 11,162 26,999
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 3 months to 6 May 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 3 months to 6 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +42 85 £90,000 -2.70% 44
North of England +34 79 £88,000 +25.71% 30
North West +57 63 £75,000 - 26
South East +31 45 £70,000 -14.89% 17
Midlands +20 36 £82,500 -14.29% 8
West Midlands +3 28 £85,000 -11.69% 7
South West -15 23 £85,000 +21.43% 8
North East -31 10 £95,000 +46.15% 4
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 1
Yorkshire -40 6 £95,000 +46.15%
East of England -4 1 £20,000 - 4
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 196 (45.58%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (26.05%) Security Architecture
3 84 (19.53%) Security Cleared
4 75 (17.44%) Cloud Security
5 73 (16.98%) Azure
6 72 (16.74%) AWS
7 68 (15.81%) Threat Modelling
8 67 (15.58%) CISSP
9 57 (13.26%) Application Security
9 57 (13.26%) NIST
10 53 (12.33%) SC Cleared
11 52 (12.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 49 (11.40%) DevSecOps
13 43 (10.00%) SIEM
14 42 (9.77%) TOGAF
15 38 (8.84%) CI/CD
15 38 (8.84%) CISM
16 36 (8.37%) Microsoft
17 35 (8.14%) Degree
18 34 (7.91%) Serverless
19 32 (7.44%) SABSA
19 32 (7.44%) SDLC
20 30 (6.98%) PCI DSS
21 27 (6.28%) AI
22 26 (6.05%) DV Cleared
22 26 (6.05%) Identity Access Management
22 26 (6.05%) Technology Strategy
23 25 (5.81%) GRC
23 25 (5.81%) Information Security
23 25 (5.81%) Validation

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 8 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (16.98%) Azure
2 72 (16.74%) AWS
3 34 (7.91%) Serverless
4 24 (5.58%) GCP
5 13 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
5 13 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
5 13 (3.02%) AWS Step Functions
5 13 (3.02%) GitHub
5 13 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (3.02%) Pulumi
6 11 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.56%) SaaS
7 5 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.70%) IaaS
8 3 (0.70%) Mimecast
8 3 (0.70%) PaaS
8 3 (0.70%) Vertex AI
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.47%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.12%) Network Security
2 20 (4.65%) Firewall
3 13 (3.02%) DSL
4 12 (2.79%) DNS
5 10 (2.33%) VPN
6 4 (0.93%) Internet
7 2 (0.47%) LAN
7 2 (0.47%) SAN
7 2 (0.47%) VSAN
8 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.23%) SSL
8 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 18 (4.19%) Snyk
2 15 (3.49%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.02%) GitLab
4 3 (0.70%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.23%) Git
General
1 32 (7.44%) Public Sector
2 29 (6.74%) Finance
3 26 (6.05%) Social Skills
4 24 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (5.58%) Law
5 12 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (2.56%) Banking
7 7 (1.63%) Legal
8 6 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.16%) Games
10 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.47%) Advertising
11 2 (0.47%) Retail
12 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.02%) AWS CDK
2 10 (2.33%) LDAP
2 10 (2.33%) Regular Expression
3 8 (1.86%) XMPP
4 3 (0.70%) OAuth
5 2 (0.47%) JSON
5 2 (0.47%) JSON Schema
5 2 (0.47%) OpenID
5 2 (0.47%) XML
6 1 (0.23%) JWT
6 1 (0.23%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.88%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.95%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.72%) Operational Technology
4 14 (3.26%) PKI
5 7 (1.63%) Security Posture
6 4 (0.93%) CCTV
7 3 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.70%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.47%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.47%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.47%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.47%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.23%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.23%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.19%) Windows
2 16 (3.72%) Linux
3 14 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (45.58%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (26.05%) Security Architecture
3 75 (17.44%) Cloud Security
4 68 (15.81%) Threat Modelling
5 57 (13.26%) Application Security
6 49 (11.40%) DevSecOps
7 43 (10.00%) SIEM
8 42 (9.77%) TOGAF
9 38 (8.84%) CI/CD
10 32 (7.44%) SABSA
10 32 (7.44%) SDLC
11 27 (6.28%) AI
12 26 (6.05%) Identity Access Management
12 26 (6.05%) Technology Strategy
13 25 (5.81%) Information Security
13 25 (5.81%) Validation
14 24 (5.58%) IT Strategy
15 23 (5.35%) Cryptography
16 22 (5.12%) Microservices
17 21 (4.88%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.72%) Python
2 13 (3.02%) Go
2 13 (3.02%) Rust
3 4 (0.93%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.70%) SQL
5 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.23%) Java
6 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 84 (19.53%) Security Cleared
2 67 (15.58%) CISSP
3 53 (12.33%) SC Cleared
4 38 (8.84%) CISM
5 35 (8.14%) Degree
6 26 (6.05%) DV Cleared
7 20 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (4.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 18 (4.19%) CCSP
10 15 (3.49%) OSCP
11 14 (3.26%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (1.86%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.86%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.63%) FFIEC
14 6 (1.40%) CRISC
15 5 (1.16%) ISACA
16 4 (0.93%) GCIH
17 3 (0.70%) CEH
17 3 (0.70%) CISA
17 3 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (13.26%) NIST
2 52 (12.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (6.98%) PCI DSS
4 25 (5.81%) GRC
5 23 (5.35%) GDPR
6 19 (4.42%) NCSC
7 12 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.93%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.70%) PMO
12 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (5.35%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (4.19%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.79%) vSphere
4 1 (0.23%) Docker
4 1 (0.23%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 16 (3.72%) MOM
2 14 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.26%) Terraform
3 11 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.47%) VxRail
5 1 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 36 (8.37%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
3 20 (4.65%) Tenable
4 18 (4.19%) Palo Alto
5 12 (2.79%) SAP
5 12 (2.79%) VMware
6 8 (1.86%) McAfee
6 8 (1.86%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.16%) Google
8 4 (0.93%) Cisco
8 4 (0.93%) Fortinet
8 4 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.70%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (0.70%) N-able
9 3 (0.70%) Okta
9 3 (0.70%) Sophos
10 2 (0.47%) Cribl.io
10 2 (0.47%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.47%) Dell
11 1 (0.23%) Juniper