Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 November 2026.

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

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	288	495	423
Rank change year-on-year	+207	-72	-11
Permanent Security Architect jobs	699	136	324
As % of all permanent jobs in England	0.65%	0.31%	0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.71%	0.34%	0.56%
Number of salaries quoted	430	97	118
10^th Percentile	£70,000	£62,500	£61,250
25^th Percentile	£75,000	£68,750	£72,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£87,500	£76,500	£85,000
Median % change year-on-year	+14.38%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£100,000	£88,333	£91,250
90^th Percentile	-	£110,500	£121,250
UK median annual salary	£85,000	£75,000	£85,000
% change year-on-year	+13.33%	-11.76%	+3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title	99,008	39,863	57,878
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	91.95%	91.06%	94.94%
Number of salaries quoted	68,068	24,591	32,870
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£28,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,750	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,457	£53,500	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+11.13%	-6.96%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£76,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£95,000
UK median annual salary	£59,000	£52,500	£57,000
% change year-on-year	+12.38%	-7.89%	-5.00%

Security Architect Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Security Architect job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Security Architect Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in England.

Security Architect Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for Security Architect jobs in England over the 6 months to 1 November 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 Security Architect jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 1 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
London	+146	289	£100,000	-6.98%	73
South East	+52	156	£85,000	-	29
North of England	+26	127	£82,000	+9.33%	14
North West	+33	97	£80,000	+6.67%	8
Midlands	-25	61	£82,500	+3.13%	15
West Midlands	-18	48	£100,000	+29.03%	12
South West	-52	39	£83,750	+19.64%	20
East of England	-32	21	£75,000	-	5
Yorkshire	-36	17	£80,000	+6.67%	4
East Midlands	-29	13	£80,000	-5.88%	3
North East	-66	13	£100,000	+33.88%	2
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Security Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, Security Architect job ads cited 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 Security Architect job ads across the England region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	41.3%	289
2	Security Architecture	33.9%	237
3	Security Cleared	28.8%	201
4	Azure	17.6%	123
4	Microsoft	17.6%	123
6	NIST	17.2%	120
7	SC Cleared	16.9%	118
8	Cloud Security	16.3%	114
9	CISSP	15.5%	108
10	ISO/IEC 27001	14.7%	103
11	Zero Trust	12.6%	88
12	Identity Access Management	12.4%	87
13	SABSA	11.9%	83
14	AWS	11.6%	81
15	Threat Modelling	11.4%	80
15	TOGAF	11.4%	80
17	Architectural Patterns	11.0%	77
18	AI	10.3%	72
19	DV Cleared	9.9%	69
20	Network Security	9.2%	64
21	Application Security	9.0%	63
22	CISM	8.9%	62
22	Information Security	8.9%	62
24	DevSecOps	8.4%	59
25	GDPR	7.6%	53
26	Roadmaps	7.0%	49
27	Network Segmentation	6.6%	46
27	Stakeholder Management	6.6%	46
29	Risk Management	6.3%	44
30	Incident Response	6.2%	43

Security Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Senior Security Architect	15.7%	110
2	Cybersecurity Architect	11.9%	83
2	Lead Security Architect	11.9%	83
4	Enterprise Security Architect	6.2%	43
5	Enterprise Architect	5.6%	39
5	Security Solutions Architect	5.6%	39
7	Solutions Architect	5.4%	38
8	Cloud Architect	4.7%	33
9	Cloud Security Architect	4.4%	31
10	Information Security Architect	3.0%	21
11	Network Security Architect	2.7%	19
12	Network Architect	2.6%	18
13	IT Security Architect	2.3%	16
13	Principal Security Architect	2.3%	16
15	Security Manager	2.1%	15
16	Security Technical Architect	2.0%	14
17	Senior Cloud Architect	1.9%	13
18	Azure Architect	1.6%	11
18	SOC Architect	1.6%	11
20	DevSecOps Architect	1.4%	10