Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £75,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 473 423 431
Rank change year-on-year -50 +8 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 141 308 270
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.51% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.54% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 96 110 153
10th Percentile £61,688 £61,250 £65,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,813 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,750 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% +3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £87,708 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £121,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +9.68% -6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 41,414 56,629 44,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 94.37% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 26,473 31,660 34,741
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,063 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -24 43 £107,500 +13.16% 41
North of England +44 26 £75,000 -14.29% 12
South West +48 24 £70,000 -12.50% 9
South East +3 21 £85,000 +18.06% 28
Midlands +38 12 £80,000 -13.51% 3
Yorkshire +11 11 £75,000 -14.29% 4
West Midlands +41 10 £77,500 -16.22% 3
North West +40 10 £75,000 -3.23% 8
North East +6 5 £80,000 -
East of England -30 4 £75,000 -11.76% 1
East Midlands - 2 £85,000 -
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, 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 75 (53.19%) Security Architecture
2 61 (43.26%) CISSP
3 60 (42.55%) Enterprise Architecture
4 49 (34.75%) Cloud Security
5 48 (34.04%) CISM
5 48 (34.04%) SABSA
6 43 (30.50%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (29.79%) Information Security
8 41 (29.08%) TOGAF
9 35 (24.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 32 (22.70%) Data Protection
10 32 (22.70%) Decision-Making
11 31 (21.99%) NIST
11 31 (21.99%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (21.99%) TOGAF Certification
12 30 (21.28%) Architecture Governance
12 30 (21.28%) Design Patterns
12 30 (21.28%) GRC
13 29 (20.57%) Roadmaps
13 29 (20.57%) Security Cleared
14 28 (19.86%) DBS Check
14 28 (19.86%) Strategic Thinking
15 26 (18.44%) Azure
16 21 (14.89%) AWS
16 21 (14.89%) SC Cleared
17 20 (14.18%) Threat Modelling
18 18 (12.77%) Risk Management
19 17 (12.06%) DV Cleared
19 17 (12.06%) Microsoft
19 17 (12.06%) NCSC

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 (2.13%) Oracle Coherence
2 2 (1.42%) nginx
3 1 (0.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.44%) Azure
2 21 (14.89%) AWS
3 11 (7.80%) SaaS
4 10 (7.09%) IaaS
5 8 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.96%) GCP
7 5 (3.55%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.84%) PaaS
9 2 (1.42%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.42%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.42%) OCI
9 2 (1.42%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.71%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.93%) Network Security
2 10 (7.09%) Firewall
3 6 (4.26%) VPN
4 2 (1.42%) DNS
4 2 (1.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (1.42%) LAN
4 2 (1.42%) S/MIME
4 2 (1.42%) SSL
4 2 (1.42%) WAN
4 2 (1.42%) X.509
5 1 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 5 (3.55%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.71%) Git
3 1 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 49 (34.75%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.57%) Finance
3 11 (7.80%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.38%) Banking
5 6 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.84%) Legal
8 3 (2.13%) Back Office
8 3 (2.13%) Electronics
8 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.13%) Law
8 3 (2.13%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.13%) Marketing
8 3 (2.13%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.42%) Games
9 2 (1.42%) Military
10 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.42%) EDI
1 2 (1.42%) EJB
1 2 (1.42%) OAuth
2 1 (0.71%) JWT
2 1 (0.71%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.71%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.80%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (6.38%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.67%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.96%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.26%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.84%) PKI
6 4 (2.84%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.13%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.42%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.71%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.71%) Windows
1 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (53.19%) Security Architecture
2 60 (42.55%) Enterprise Architecture
3 49 (34.75%) Cloud Security
4 48 (34.04%) SABSA
5 43 (30.50%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (29.79%) Information Security
7 41 (29.08%) TOGAF
8 32 (22.70%) Data Protection
8 32 (22.70%) Decision-Making
9 31 (21.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (21.28%) Architecture Governance
10 30 (21.28%) Design Patterns
11 29 (20.57%) Roadmaps
12 28 (19.86%) Strategic Thinking
13 20 (14.18%) Threat Modelling
14 18 (12.77%) Risk Management
15 15 (10.64%) Strategic Roadmap
16 14 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 12 (8.51%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.71%) Java
2 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 61 (43.26%) CISSP
2 48 (34.04%) CISM
3 31 (21.99%) TOGAF Certification
4 29 (20.57%) Security Cleared
5 28 (19.86%) DBS Check
6 21 (14.89%) SC Cleared
7 17 (12.06%) DV Cleared
8 14 (9.93%) Degree
9 13 (9.22%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (7.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (5.67%) SANS
13 6 (4.26%) Azure Certification
13 6 (4.26%) CISA
13 6 (4.26%) CRISC
14 5 (3.55%) CCSP
14 5 (3.55%) GIAC
15 4 (2.84%) AWS Certification
15 4 (2.84%) FFIEC
16 2 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (24.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (21.99%) NIST
3 30 (21.28%) GRC
4 17 (12.06%) NCSC
5 16 (11.35%) GDPR
6 6 (4.26%) NIST 800
7 5 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (3.55%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.71%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.71%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.71%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.71%) QA
10 1 (0.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.26%) Terraform
2 5 (3.55%) Ansible
3 3 (2.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.42%) CASB
4 2 (1.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.42%) Endace
4 2 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.13%) CyberArk
2 3 (2.13%) MuleSoft
2 3 (2.13%) Oracle
2 3 (2.13%) Salesforce
2 3 (2.13%) SAP
2 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.42%) Cisco
3 2 (1.42%) F5
3 2 (1.42%) Juniper
3 2 (1.42%) LogRhythm
3 2 (1.42%) Tenable
3 2 (1.42%) Thales
3 2 (1.42%) Trend Micro
4 1 (0.71%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (0.71%) Centrify
4 1 (0.71%) IBM
4 1 (0.71%) Splunk
4 1 (0.71%) Thycotic
4 1 (0.71%) Varonis