Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £86,716 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 513 463
Rank change year-on-year +229 -50 -75
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 635 142 328
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 0.32% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.36% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 450 100 183
10th Percentile £69,750 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,429 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,716 £77,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.25% -9.12% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £100,000
90th Percentile - £98,875 £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 88,788 39,586 68,659
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.58% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 62,342 23,878 46,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,076 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.96% - -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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +125 232 £95,000 - 142
North of England +67 156 £87,500 +16.67% 34
North West +88 119 £80,000 +6.67% 22
South East +61 116 £80,000 -5.88% 53
Midlands +20 66 £85,000 +2.66% 14
West Midlands +14 54 £85,500 +8.36% 13
South West -43 42 £85,000 +13.33% 23
North East -47 23 £95,000 +27.19%
East of England -7 14 £82,500 -2.94% 11
Yorkshire -29 14 £91,216 +25.81% 12
East Midlands -13 12 £50,000 -41.18% 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 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.

1 254 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 199 (31.34%) Security Architecture
3 150 (23.62%) Security Cleared
4 123 (19.37%) Microsoft
5 111 (17.48%) Cloud Security
6 106 (16.69%) Azure
7 100 (15.75%) NIST
8 93 (14.65%) Threat Modelling
9 91 (14.33%) AWS
9 91 (14.33%) SC Cleared
10 83 (13.07%) Application Security
11 79 (12.44%) CISSP
12 78 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 72 (11.34%) DevSecOps
14 65 (10.24%) Identity Access Management
15 64 (10.08%) AI
16 57 (8.98%) SIEM
17 55 (8.66%) CI/CD
18 52 (8.19%) TOGAF
19 51 (8.03%) Information Security
19 51 (8.03%) Network Security
20 49 (7.72%) SDLC
21 47 (7.40%) GRC
21 47 (7.40%) SABSA
21 47 (7.40%) Technology Strategy
22 45 (7.09%) Agile
22 45 (7.09%) DV Cleared
22 45 (7.09%) GCP
23 44 (6.93%) CISM
24 41 (6.46%) Degree

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
Business Applications
1 11 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (16.69%) Azure
2 91 (14.33%) AWS
3 45 (7.09%) GCP
4 40 (6.30%) SaaS
5 35 (5.51%) Serverless
6 13 (2.05%) Entra ID
7 11 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (0.94%) OCI
9 6 (0.94%) PaaS
10 5 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (0.79%) AWS Step Functions
10 5 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.79%) GitHub
10 5 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (0.79%) IaaS
10 5 (0.79%) Pulumi
11 3 (0.47%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.47%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 51 (8.03%) Network Security
2 27 (4.25%) Firewall
3 26 (4.09%) DNS
4 24 (3.78%) VPN
5 12 (1.89%) DHCP
5 12 (1.89%) WAN
6 11 (1.73%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.57%) BGP
7 10 (1.57%) FTP
7 10 (1.57%) HTTP
7 10 (1.57%) ICMP
7 10 (1.57%) IPsec
7 10 (1.57%) MPLS
7 10 (1.57%) SNMP
7 10 (1.57%) SSH
7 10 (1.57%) SSL
7 10 (1.57%) VLAN
8 6 (0.94%) Broadband
9 5 (0.79%) DSL
9 5 (0.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.31%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (3.94%) Snyk
2 7 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.79%) GitLab
3 5 (0.79%) Yeoman
4 2 (0.31%) Git
General
1 66 (10.39%) Social Skills
2 49 (7.72%) Finance
3 47 (7.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 45 (7.09%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.88%) Law
6 22 (3.46%) Banking
7 16 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (2.36%) Legal
9 13 (2.05%) Aerospace
9 13 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.73%) Games
11 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.47%) Marketing
12 3 (0.47%) Military
13 2 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.16%) French Language
14 1 (0.16%) German Language
14 1 (0.16%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.16%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.68%) OAuth
2 16 (2.52%) SAML
3 14 (2.20%) LDAP
3 14 (2.20%) Regular Expression
4 12 (1.89%) XMPP
5 7 (1.10%) OpenID
6 5 (0.79%) AWS CDK
7 4 (0.63%) JWT
8 3 (0.47%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.47%) Kafka
8 3 (0.47%) ModSecurity
8 3 (0.47%) Node.js
9 2 (0.31%) JSON
9 2 (0.31%) JSON Schema
9 2 (0.31%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.25%) Data Centre
2 22 (3.46%) Cloud Native
3 18 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.36%) Operational Technology
5 12 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.73%) PKI
7 10 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.57%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.63%) CCTV
8 4 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.47%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.47%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.31%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.31%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.16%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.46%) Linux
2 21 (3.31%) Windows
3 18 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 199 (31.34%) Security Architecture
3 111 (17.48%) Cloud Security
4 93 (14.65%) Threat Modelling
5 83 (13.07%) Application Security
6 72 (11.34%) DevSecOps
7 65 (10.24%) Identity Access Management
8 64 (10.08%) AI
9 57 (8.98%) SIEM
10 55 (8.66%) CI/CD
11 52 (8.19%) TOGAF
12 51 (8.03%) Information Security
13 49 (7.72%) SDLC
14 47 (7.40%) SABSA
14 47 (7.40%) Technology Strategy
15 45 (7.09%) Agile
16 38 (5.98%) Zero Trust
17 37 (5.83%) Validation
18 36 (5.67%) Architectural Patterns
18 36 (5.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.42%) Python
2 5 (0.79%) Go
2 5 (0.79%) Rust
3 4 (0.63%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (23.62%) Security Cleared
2 91 (14.33%) SC Cleared
3 79 (12.44%) CISSP
4 45 (7.09%) DV Cleared
5 44 (6.93%) CISM
6 41 (6.46%) Degree
7 26 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (3.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 19 (2.99%) CCSP
10 11 (1.73%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (1.26%) OSCP
12 7 (1.10%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.79%) CRISC
13 5 (0.79%) FFIEC
13 5 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.63%) CCSK
14 4 (0.63%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (15.75%) NIST
2 78 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (7.40%) GRC
4 32 (5.04%) GDPR
5 26 (4.09%) NCSC
6 19 (2.99%) PCI DSS
7 15 (2.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 14 (2.20%) NIST 800
9 9 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.42%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.10%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.63%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.47%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.31%) COBIT
14 2 (0.31%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.31%) HITRUST
14 2 (0.31%) QA
15 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (5.67%) Virtual Machines
2 21 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.52%) vSphere
4 10 (1.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.52%) MOM
2 16 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (2.20%) CASB
4 10 (1.57%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.79%) Terraform
6 2 (0.31%) Ansible
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 123 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.98%) Palo Alto
3 29 (4.57%) CrowdStrike
4 28 (4.41%) Tenable
5 16 (2.52%) VMware
6 14 (2.20%) Cisco
7 12 (1.89%) McAfee
7 12 (1.89%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.89%) SAP
8 11 (1.73%) Google
9 7 (1.10%) Oracle
10 6 (0.94%) Workday
11 5 (0.79%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.63%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.47%) Barracuda Networks
13 3 (0.47%) N-able
13 3 (0.47%) Okta
13 3 (0.47%) Sophos
14 2 (0.31%) Cribl.io
14 2 (0.31%) Zscaler