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 9 September 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 498 450
Rank change year-on-year +224 -48 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 679 146 314
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 0.34% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 468 103 164
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,744 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.81% -8.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £100,000
90th Percentile - £117,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% -2.86%

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 93,097 39,217 65,600
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 90.35% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 65,832 23,570 40,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +116 240 £100,000 +5.26% 192
North of England +52 159 £87,500 +16.67% 38
South East +79 139 £85,000 - 44
North West +81 121 £75,000 - 35
Midlands +7 70 £86,000 +9.00% 17
West Midlands +12 58 £90,000 +20.00% 10
South West -40 40 £85,000 +9.68% 22
East of England -17 22 £75,000 - 4
North East -55 20 £95,000 +27.19% 1
Yorkshire -41 18 £91,216 +21.62% 2
East Midlands -23 12 £50,000 -41.18% 7
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 September 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.

1 264 (38.88%) Cybersecurity
2 228 (33.58%) Security Architecture
3 178 (26.22%) Security Cleared
4 130 (19.15%) Microsoft
5 121 (17.82%) Azure
5 121 (17.82%) Cloud Security
6 114 (16.79%) NIST
7 100 (14.73%) SC Cleared
8 96 (14.14%) CISSP
8 96 (14.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 94 (13.84%) Threat Modelling
10 91 (13.40%) AWS
11 88 (12.96%) Application Security
12 75 (11.05%) DevSecOps
13 73 (10.75%) Identity Access Management
14 71 (10.46%) AI
15 64 (9.43%) DV Cleared
15 64 (9.43%) Network Security
16 63 (9.28%) TOGAF
17 61 (8.98%) SABSA
18 58 (8.54%) Zero Trust
19 57 (8.39%) Information Security
20 56 (8.25%) SIEM
21 54 (7.95%) Architectural Patterns
22 53 (7.81%) Technology Strategy
23 52 (7.66%) CISM
24 51 (7.51%) SDLC
25 50 (7.36%) CI/CD
26 47 (6.92%) Agile
26 47 (6.92%) GRC

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 (0.29%) Apache
Business Applications
1 9 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (17.82%) Azure
2 91 (13.40%) AWS
3 46 (6.77%) SaaS
4 45 (6.63%) GCP
5 31 (4.57%) Serverless
6 17 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.77%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.47%) OCI
8 10 (1.47%) PaaS
9 7 (1.03%) IaaS
10 5 (0.74%) Azure AI
10 5 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.44%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.44%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.29%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 64 (9.43%) Network Security
2 31 (4.57%) Firewall
3 25 (3.68%) DNS
4 22 (3.24%) VPN
5 13 (1.91%) WAN
6 12 (1.77%) DHCP
7 11 (1.62%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.47%) BGP
8 10 (1.47%) FTP
8 10 (1.47%) HTTP
8 10 (1.47%) ICMP
8 10 (1.47%) IPsec
8 10 (1.47%) MPLS
8 10 (1.47%) SNMP
8 10 (1.47%) SSH
8 10 (1.47%) SSL
8 10 (1.47%) VLAN
9 6 (0.88%) Broadband
10 5 (0.74%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.29%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (3.68%) Snyk
2 4 (0.59%) Yeoman
3 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.29%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
General
1 76 (11.19%) Social Skills
2 53 (7.81%) Finance
3 51 (7.51%) Public Sector
4 49 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (5.30%) Law
6 32 (4.71%) Aerospace
7 23 (3.39%) Banking
8 20 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (2.95%) Legal
9 15 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.77%) Games
11 5 (0.74%) Military
12 4 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.44%) Marketing
14 2 (0.29%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.15%) French Language
15 1 (0.15%) German Language
15 1 (0.15%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.50%) OAuth
2 16 (2.36%) SAML
3 13 (1.91%) LDAP
3 13 (1.91%) Regular Expression
4 12 (1.77%) XMPP
5 7 (1.03%) ModSecurity
5 7 (1.03%) OpenID
6 4 (0.59%) JWT
7 3 (0.44%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.44%) Kafka
7 3 (0.44%) Node.js
8 2 (0.29%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.15%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.15%) JSON
9 1 (0.15%) JSON Schema
9 1 (0.15%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.15%) Terraform
9 1 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.12%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 17 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.06%) Operational Technology
6 14 (2.06%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (1.47%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.47%) PKI
8 6 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (0.59%) CCTV
9 4 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.44%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.29%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.29%) Web Conferencing
12 1 (0.15%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (0.15%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.80%) Linux
2 17 (2.50%) Windows
3 14 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (38.88%) Cybersecurity
2 228 (33.58%) Security Architecture
3 121 (17.82%) Cloud Security
4 94 (13.84%) Threat Modelling
5 88 (12.96%) Application Security
6 75 (11.05%) DevSecOps
7 73 (10.75%) Identity Access Management
8 71 (10.46%) AI
9 63 (9.28%) TOGAF
10 61 (8.98%) SABSA
11 58 (8.54%) Zero Trust
12 57 (8.39%) Information Security
13 56 (8.25%) SIEM
14 54 (7.95%) Architectural Patterns
15 53 (7.81%) Technology Strategy
16 51 (7.51%) SDLC
17 50 (7.36%) CI/CD
18 47 (6.92%) Agile
19 43 (6.33%) Vulnerability Management
20 41 (6.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.59%) Python
2 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
3 2 (0.29%) SQL
4 1 (0.15%) Go
4 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.15%) Rust
4 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 178 (26.22%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.73%) SC Cleared
3 96 (14.14%) CISSP
4 64 (9.43%) DV Cleared
5 52 (7.66%) CISM
6 40 (5.89%) Degree
7 31 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 24 (3.53%) CCSP
10 18 (2.65%) AWS Certification
11 14 (2.06%) Azure Certification
11 14 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.03%) CCSK
12 7 (1.03%) CREST Certified
13 5 (0.74%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.74%) CRISC
13 5 (0.74%) FFIEC
13 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (16.79%) NIST
2 96 (14.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (6.92%) GRC
4 41 (6.04%) GDPR
5 33 (4.86%) NCSC
6 20 (2.95%) PCI DSS
7 17 (2.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (2.21%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.47%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (1.03%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.59%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.59%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.44%) COBIT
14 3 (0.44%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.29%) HITRUST
15 2 (0.29%) QA
16 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
2 17 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.06%) vSphere
4 10 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (2.95%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.65%) CASB
3 17 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (2.36%) MOM
5 11 (1.62%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.44%) Ansible
7 1 (0.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 130 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.04%) Palo Alto
3 27 (3.98%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (3.83%) Tenable
5 16 (2.36%) Cisco
6 14 (2.06%) VMware
7 12 (1.77%) McAfee
7 12 (1.77%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.47%) Google
8 10 (1.47%) Oracle
9 9 (1.33%) SAP
10 7 (1.03%) Workday
11 4 (0.59%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.59%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.44%) Foundry
12 3 (0.44%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.29%) Barracuda Networks
13 2 (0.29%) Databricks
13 2 (0.29%) N-able
13 2 (0.29%) Sophos