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 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 491 468
Rank change year-on-year +205 -23 -86
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 652 143 275
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.63% 0.33% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.37% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 423 100 141
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,438 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile - £120,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% -

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 96,039 39,178 62,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 90.48% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,339 23,090 36,055
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,020
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.34% -0.91% -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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +122 256 £100,000 -4.76% 246
South East +63 140 £85,000 - 56
North of England +31 135 £80,000 +6.67% 26
North West +72 108 £75,000 - 20
Midlands +4 58 £88,000 +17.33% 25
West Midlands -3 48 £95,000 +26.67% 22
South West -46 35 £85,000 +13.33% 31
East of England -14 21 £75,000 - 10
North East -56 15 £100,000 +33.88% 2
Yorkshire -35 12 £80,000 +6.67% 4
East Midlands -23 10 £76,590 -9.89% 3
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 October 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.

1 255 (39.11%) Cybersecurity
2 231 (35.43%) Security Architecture
3 184 (28.22%) Security Cleared
4 129 (19.79%) Microsoft
5 122 (18.71%) Azure
6 120 (18.40%) Cloud Security
7 115 (17.64%) NIST
8 106 (16.26%) SC Cleared
9 102 (15.64%) CISSP
10 96 (14.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 88 (13.50%) Threat Modelling
12 81 (12.42%) Identity Access Management
13 80 (12.27%) AWS
14 76 (11.66%) AI
15 73 (11.20%) Zero Trust
16 70 (10.74%) SABSA
16 70 (10.74%) TOGAF
17 69 (10.58%) Application Security
17 69 (10.58%) Architectural Patterns
18 68 (10.43%) DV Cleared
18 68 (10.43%) Network Security
19 67 (10.28%) DevSecOps
20 62 (9.51%) Information Security
21 55 (8.44%) CISM
22 47 (7.21%) GDPR
23 46 (7.06%) SIEM
24 45 (6.90%) Technology Strategy
25 42 (6.44%) Roadmaps
25 42 (6.44%) SDLC
25 42 (6.44%) Vulnerability Management

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 (0.31%) Apache
2 1 (0.15%) Confluence
2 1 (0.15%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 122 (18.71%) Azure
2 80 (12.27%) AWS
3 41 (6.29%) SaaS
4 40 (6.13%) GCP
5 23 (3.53%) Serverless
6 22 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (1.99%) PaaS
8 12 (1.84%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.53%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.53%) OCI
10 8 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (1.07%) Azure API Management
11 7 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.92%) IaaS
13 5 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.46%) Azure Functions
15 2 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
15 2 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 68 (10.43%) Network Security
2 32 (4.91%) Firewall
3 23 (3.53%) VPN
4 19 (2.91%) DNS
5 15 (2.30%) WAN
6 12 (1.84%) DHCP
7 11 (1.69%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.53%) BGP
8 10 (1.53%) FTP
8 10 (1.53%) HTTP
8 10 (1.53%) ICMP
8 10 (1.53%) IPsec
8 10 (1.53%) MPLS
8 10 (1.53%) SNMP
8 10 (1.53%) SSH
8 10 (1.53%) SSL
8 10 (1.53%) VLAN
9 6 (0.92%) Broadband
10 5 (0.77%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.46%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.31%) Metadata
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (2.76%) Snyk
2 4 (0.61%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.31%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) ERwin
4 1 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 82 (12.58%) Social Skills
2 53 (8.13%) Finance
3 52 (7.98%) Public Sector
4 40 (6.13%) Aerospace
4 40 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (5.52%) Law
6 27 (4.14%) Legal
7 21 (3.22%) Banking
8 19 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.84%) Games
11 6 (0.92%) Military
12 3 (0.46%) Marketing
13 2 (0.31%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.31%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.15%) French Language
14 1 (0.15%) German Language
14 1 (0.15%) Local Government
14 1 (0.15%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.45%) OAuth
1 16 (2.45%) SAML
2 9 (1.38%) ModSecurity
3 7 (1.07%) LDAP
3 7 (1.07%) Regular Expression
3 7 (1.07%) XMPP
4 6 (0.92%) OpenID
5 4 (0.61%) JWT
6 3 (0.46%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.46%) Kafka
6 3 (0.46%) Node.js
7 2 (0.31%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.15%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.14%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
4 21 (3.22%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.61%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.45%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.15%) Operational Technology
8 10 (1.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 9 (1.38%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.38%) PKI
10 7 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (0.77%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.61%) CCTV
13 4 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
15 1 (0.15%) AI Agents
15 1 (0.15%) Analytical Mindset
15 1 (0.15%) Cloud Security Posture
15 1 (0.15%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.84%) Linux
2 9 (1.38%) Windows
3 7 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.07%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (39.11%) Cybersecurity
2 231 (35.43%) Security Architecture
3 120 (18.40%) Cloud Security
4 88 (13.50%) Threat Modelling
5 81 (12.42%) Identity Access Management
6 76 (11.66%) AI
7 73 (11.20%) Zero Trust
8 70 (10.74%) SABSA
8 70 (10.74%) TOGAF
9 69 (10.58%) Application Security
9 69 (10.58%) Architectural Patterns
10 67 (10.28%) DevSecOps
11 62 (9.51%) Information Security
12 46 (7.06%) SIEM
13 45 (6.90%) Technology Strategy
14 42 (6.44%) Roadmaps
14 42 (6.44%) SDLC
14 42 (6.44%) Vulnerability Management
15 41 (6.29%) Agile
15 41 (6.29%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 6 (0.92%) Python
2 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 184 (28.22%) Security Cleared
2 106 (16.26%) SC Cleared
3 102 (15.64%) CISSP
4 68 (10.43%) DV Cleared
5 55 (8.44%) CISM
6 31 (4.75%) Degree
7 30 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (3.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 25 (3.83%) CCSP
10 20 (3.07%) AWS Certification
10 20 (3.07%) TOGAF Certification
11 18 (2.76%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.84%) CESG Certified Professional
13 9 (1.38%) CREST Certified
14 8 (1.23%) CCSK
15 7 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (0.77%) CRISC
17 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 4 (0.61%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (17.64%) NIST
2 96 (14.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (7.21%) GDPR
4 41 (6.29%) GRC
5 36 (5.52%) NCSC
6 16 (2.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 15 (2.30%) NIST 800
8 11 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.53%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.38%) PCI DSS
11 8 (1.23%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.77%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.61%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.61%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.46%) COBIT
14 3 (0.46%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.31%) HITRUST
15 2 (0.31%) QA
16 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 30 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (1.53%) Docker
3 9 (1.38%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.07%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (3.53%) CASB
2 19 (2.91%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.99%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.77%) Ansible
Vendors
1 129 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.29%) Palo Alto
3 20 (3.07%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (2.91%) Cisco
4 19 (2.91%) Tenable
5 10 (1.53%) Google
5 10 (1.53%) Oracle
5 10 (1.53%) Workday
5 10 (1.53%) Zscaler
6 7 (1.07%) Foundry
6 7 (1.07%) McAfee
6 7 (1.07%) Red Hat
6 7 (1.07%) SAP
6 7 (1.07%) VMware
7 3 (0.46%) F5
7 3 (0.46%) Thales
8 2 (0.31%) Databricks
8 2 (0.31%) Netskope
8 2 (0.31%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.15%) Informatica