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 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 518 431
Rank change year-on-year +214 -87 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 483 113 453
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 0.29% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.32% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 331 83 287
10th Percentile £63,750 £59,231 £57,224
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 £93,125 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,500 £112,750
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 76,221 35,517 79,971
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 89.91% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,560 21,008 60,702
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,519
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 18 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 18 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 +97 164 £90,000 -5.26% 40
North of England +65 147 £80,000 +14.29% 20
North West +92 106 £80,000 +6.67% 17
South East +43 67 £70,000 +3.96% 27
South West -18 47 £85,000 +21.43% 14
Midlands +5 44 £82,500 -7.20% 9
West Midlands +6 34 £85,000 -10.53% 9
North East -21 22 £95,000 +36.92% 3
Yorkshire -30 19 £80,000 +23.08%
East Midlands -23 10 £45,000 -45.45%
East of England -15 7 £82,500 +11.49% 3
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 226 (46.79%) Cybersecurity
2 132 (27.33%) Security Architecture
3 93 (19.25%) Cloud Security
4 89 (18.43%) Security Cleared
5 83 (17.18%) Azure
6 82 (16.98%) Threat Modelling
7 79 (16.36%) AWS
8 73 (15.11%) CISSP
9 65 (13.46%) Application Security
10 63 (13.04%) NIST
11 58 (12.01%) SC Cleared
12 56 (11.59%) Microsoft
13 55 (11.39%) DevSecOps
13 55 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 47 (9.73%) TOGAF
15 44 (9.11%) CI/CD
16 43 (8.90%) SIEM
17 41 (8.49%) SDLC
18 40 (8.28%) Serverless
19 38 (7.87%) CISM
20 37 (7.66%) AI
21 36 (7.45%) Degree
21 36 (7.45%) SABSA
22 32 (6.63%) GRC
22 32 (6.63%) Identity Access Management
22 32 (6.63%) Technology Strategy
23 31 (6.42%) Information Security
24 30 (6.21%) GCP
24 30 (6.21%) Validation
25 29 (6.00%) IT Strategy

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 9 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (17.18%) Azure
2 79 (16.36%) AWS
3 40 (8.28%) Serverless
4 30 (6.21%) GCP
5 16 (3.31%) SaaS
6 13 (2.69%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.69%) AWS Step Functions
6 13 (2.69%) GitHub
6 13 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (2.69%) Pulumi
7 11 (2.28%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.62%) IaaS
9 3 (0.62%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.62%) PaaS
9 3 (0.62%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.41%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.97%) Network Security
2 20 (4.14%) Firewall
3 14 (2.90%) DNS
4 13 (2.69%) DSL
5 12 (2.48%) VPN
6 6 (1.24%) Broadband
7 4 (0.83%) Internet
8 2 (0.41%) DHCP
8 2 (0.41%) LAN
8 2 (0.41%) SAN
8 2 (0.41%) SSL
8 2 (0.41%) VSAN
9 1 (0.21%) BGP
9 1 (0.21%) FTP
9 1 (0.21%) HTTP
9 1 (0.21%) ICMP
9 1 (0.21%) MPLS
9 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.21%) SNMP
9 1 (0.21%) WAN
Development Applications
1 24 (4.97%) Snyk
2 15 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.69%) GitLab
4 4 (0.83%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 33 (6.83%) Public Sector
2 30 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 30 (6.21%) Social Skills
3 27 (5.59%) Finance
4 25 (5.18%) Law
5 16 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.07%) Banking
8 8 (1.66%) Legal
9 6 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.83%) Games
11 3 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Advertising
12 2 (0.41%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.41%) Retail
13 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.21%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.69%) AWS CDK
2 10 (2.07%) LDAP
2 10 (2.07%) Regular Expression
3 8 (1.66%) XMPP
4 6 (1.24%) OAuth
5 5 (1.04%) OpenID
5 5 (1.04%) SAML
6 3 (0.62%) JWT
7 2 (0.41%) JSON
7 2 (0.41%) JSON Schema
7 2 (0.41%) XML
8 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.59%) Data Centre
2 19 (3.93%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.52%) Operational Technology
4 14 (2.90%) PKI
5 9 (1.86%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (0.83%) CCTV
8 3 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.62%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.41%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.41%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.41%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.41%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.21%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.21%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.21%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.21%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.21%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.73%) Windows
2 17 (3.52%) Linux
3 14 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (46.79%) Cybersecurity
2 132 (27.33%) Security Architecture
3 93 (19.25%) Cloud Security
4 82 (16.98%) Threat Modelling
5 65 (13.46%) Application Security
6 55 (11.39%) DevSecOps
7 47 (9.73%) TOGAF
8 44 (9.11%) CI/CD
9 43 (8.90%) SIEM
10 41 (8.49%) SDLC
11 37 (7.66%) AI
12 36 (7.45%) SABSA
13 32 (6.63%) Identity Access Management
13 32 (6.63%) Technology Strategy
14 31 (6.42%) Information Security
15 30 (6.21%) Validation
16 29 (6.00%) IT Strategy
17 27 (5.59%) Incident Response
17 27 (5.59%) Security Testing
18 23 (4.76%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 15 (3.11%) Python
2 13 (2.69%) Go
2 13 (2.69%) Rust
3 4 (0.83%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.62%) SQL
5 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 73 (15.11%) CISSP
3 58 (12.01%) SC Cleared
4 38 (7.87%) CISM
5 36 (7.45%) Degree
6 28 (5.80%) DV Cleared
7 23 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 18 (3.73%) CCSP
10 15 (3.11%) OSCP
11 14 (2.90%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (1.66%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.66%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.66%) CRISC
13 7 (1.45%) FFIEC
13 7 (1.45%) ISACA
14 4 (0.83%) GCIH
15 3 (0.62%) CCSK
15 3 (0.62%) CEH
15 3 (0.62%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (13.04%) NIST
2 55 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (6.63%) GRC
4 29 (6.00%) PCI DSS
5 23 (4.76%) GDPR
6 20 (4.14%) NCSC
7 12 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 5 (1.04%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.83%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.62%) PMO
13 2 (0.41%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.21%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 28 (5.80%) Virtual Machines
2 19 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.48%) vSphere
4 1 (0.21%) Docker
4 1 (0.21%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 18 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.31%) MOM
3 13 (2.69%) Terraform
4 12 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.41%) Ansible
5 2 (0.41%) CASB
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.41%) VxRail
6 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 56 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.59%) CrowdStrike
3 26 (5.38%) Tenable
4 25 (5.18%) Palo Alto
5 13 (2.69%) SAP
6 12 (2.48%) VMware
7 8 (1.66%) McAfee
7 8 (1.66%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.24%) Google
9 5 (1.04%) Cisco
10 4 (0.83%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.83%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.62%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (0.62%) N-able
11 3 (0.62%) Okta
11 3 (0.62%) Sophos
12 2 (0.41%) Cribl.io
12 2 (0.41%) Dell
13 1 (0.21%) CheckPoint
13 1 (0.21%) Juniper