Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 508 422
Rank change year-on-year +206 -86 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 509 106 453
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 0.28% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.31% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 353 75 288
10th Percentile £65,334 £60,538 £57,293
25th Percentile £73,750 £66,004 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.06% -11.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £89,375 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £79,842
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.06% -8.75%

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 77,206 34,110 80,229
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.54% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 52,341 19,540 60,827
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,457 £57,560 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% +8.09% -12.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,349 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 6 months to 23 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 6 months to 23 May 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 +96 170 £90,000 -5.26% 41
North of England +61 153 £80,000 +6.67% 19
North West +83 112 £80,000 +6.67% 13
South East +39 70 £70,000 +3.96% 21
Midlands +13 51 £83,750 -5.79% 7
South West -11 48 £85,000 +21.43% 11
West Midlands 0 41 £85,000 -4.39% 7
North East -25 22 £95,000 +41.39% 4
Yorkshire -29 19 £80,000 +23.08% 2
East Midlands - 10 £45,000 -
East of England -2 8 £82,500 - 5
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 239 (46.95%) Cybersecurity
2 143 (28.09%) Security Architecture
3 98 (19.25%) Cloud Security
4 95 (18.66%) Security Cleared
5 88 (17.29%) Azure
5 88 (17.29%) Threat Modelling
6 83 (16.31%) AWS
7 77 (15.13%) CISSP
8 69 (13.56%) NIST
9 66 (12.97%) Application Security
10 65 (12.77%) Microsoft
11 63 (12.38%) SC Cleared
12 61 (11.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 58 (11.39%) DevSecOps
14 51 (10.02%) TOGAF
15 46 (9.04%) CI/CD
16 44 (8.64%) SIEM
17 43 (8.45%) SDLC
18 41 (8.06%) CISM
18 41 (8.06%) Serverless
19 39 (7.66%) SABSA
20 38 (7.47%) AI
21 37 (7.27%) Degree
21 37 (7.27%) Identity Access Management
22 34 (6.68%) GCP
22 34 (6.68%) GRC
22 34 (6.68%) Information Security
23 33 (6.48%) Technology Strategy
24 30 (5.89%) Validation
25 29 (5.70%) DV Cleared

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 11 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (17.29%) Azure
2 83 (16.31%) AWS
3 41 (8.06%) Serverless
4 34 (6.68%) GCP
5 17 (3.34%) SaaS
6 13 (2.55%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.55%) AWS Step Functions
6 13 (2.55%) GitHub
6 13 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (2.55%) Pulumi
7 12 (2.36%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.59%) IaaS
9 3 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.59%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.59%) PaaS
9 3 (0.59%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.39%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.11%) Network Security
2 20 (3.93%) Firewall
3 16 (3.14%) DNS
4 13 (2.55%) DSL
4 13 (2.55%) VPN
5 6 (1.18%) Broadband
6 4 (0.79%) DHCP
6 4 (0.79%) Internet
7 3 (0.59%) SSL
8 2 (0.39%) BGP
8 2 (0.39%) FTP
8 2 (0.39%) HTTP
8 2 (0.39%) ICMP
8 2 (0.39%) IPsec
8 2 (0.39%) LAN
8 2 (0.39%) MPLS
8 2 (0.39%) SAN
8 2 (0.39%) SNMP
8 2 (0.39%) VLAN
8 2 (0.39%) WAN
Development Applications
1 25 (4.91%) Snyk
2 16 (3.14%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.55%) GitLab
4 5 (0.98%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.39%) Git
General
1 37 (7.27%) Public Sector
2 33 (6.48%) Social Skills
3 31 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (5.30%) Finance
5 26 (5.11%) Law
6 16 (3.14%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (1.96%) Banking
8 8 (1.57%) Legal
9 6 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.79%) Games
11 3 (0.59%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.39%) Advertising
12 2 (0.39%) Retail
13 1 (0.20%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.20%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.55%) AWS CDK
2 10 (1.96%) LDAP
2 10 (1.96%) Regular Expression
3 8 (1.57%) OAuth
3 8 (1.57%) XMPP
4 7 (1.38%) SAML
5 6 (1.18%) OpenID
6 3 (0.59%) JWT
7 2 (0.39%) JSON
7 2 (0.39%) JSON Schema
7 2 (0.39%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.30%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.93%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.73%) Operational Technology
4 14 (2.75%) PKI
5 9 (1.77%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (0.79%) CCTV
7 4 (0.79%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.59%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.59%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.39%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.39%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.39%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.20%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.20%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.54%) Linux
1 18 (3.54%) Windows
2 14 (2.75%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (46.95%) Cybersecurity
2 143 (28.09%) Security Architecture
3 98 (19.25%) Cloud Security
4 88 (17.29%) Threat Modelling
5 66 (12.97%) Application Security
6 58 (11.39%) DevSecOps
7 51 (10.02%) TOGAF
8 46 (9.04%) CI/CD
9 44 (8.64%) SIEM
10 43 (8.45%) SDLC
11 39 (7.66%) SABSA
12 38 (7.47%) AI
13 37 (7.27%) Identity Access Management
14 34 (6.68%) Information Security
15 33 (6.48%) Technology Strategy
16 30 (5.89%) Validation
17 29 (5.70%) IT Strategy
18 28 (5.50%) Incident Response
18 28 (5.50%) Security Testing
19 26 (5.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.95%) Python
2 13 (2.55%) Go
2 13 (2.55%) Rust
3 4 (0.79%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.59%) SQL
5 2 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (18.66%) Security Cleared
2 77 (15.13%) CISSP
3 63 (12.38%) SC Cleared
4 41 (8.06%) CISM
5 37 (7.27%) Degree
6 29 (5.70%) DV Cleared
7 25 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (4.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (3.93%) CCSP
10 15 (2.95%) OSCP
11 14 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (1.57%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.57%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.57%) CRISC
13 7 (1.38%) FFIEC
13 7 (1.38%) ISACA
14 4 (0.79%) GCIH
15 3 (0.59%) CCSK
15 3 (0.59%) CEH
15 3 (0.59%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (13.56%) NIST
2 61 (11.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (6.68%) GRC
4 29 (5.70%) PCI DSS
5 25 (4.91%) GDPR
6 22 (4.32%) NCSC
7 12 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 6 (1.18%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.98%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.59%) PMO
13 2 (0.39%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.39%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.39%) QA
14 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 29 (5.70%) Virtual Machines
2 20 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.36%) vSphere
4 2 (0.39%) Docker
5 1 (0.20%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 20 (3.93%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.14%) MOM
3 13 (2.55%) Terraform
4 12 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.59%) Ansible
5 3 (0.59%) CASB
6 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 65 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.50%) CrowdStrike
3 27 (5.30%) Palo Alto
3 27 (5.30%) Tenable
4 15 (2.95%) SAP
5 12 (2.36%) VMware
6 8 (1.57%) McAfee
6 8 (1.57%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.38%) Google
8 6 (1.18%) Cisco
9 4 (0.79%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.79%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.59%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (0.59%) N-able
10 3 (0.59%) Okta
10 3 (0.59%) Sophos
11 2 (0.39%) Cribl.io
11 2 (0.39%) Dell
12 1 (0.20%) Juniper
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle