Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 500 480
Rank change year-on-year +217 -20 -88
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 672 145 293
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.34% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.37% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 447 102 149
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £89,583 £96,750
90th Percentile - £119,000 £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 96,021 38,933 64,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 90.43% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,503 23,350 38,276
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +120 249 £100,000 -4.76% 238
North of England +48 153 £80,000 +6.67% 21
South East +54 137 £85,000 - 73
North West +74 119 £75,000 - 16
Midlands +3 66 £86,000 +14.67% 36
West Midlands 0 57 £90,000 +20.00% 32
South West -50 37 £85,000 +9.68% 37
East of England -16 21 £75,000 - 9
North East -58 18 £100,000 +33.88% 2
Yorkshire -36 16 £83,716 +11.62% 3
East Midlands -20 9 £76,590 -9.89% 4
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 September 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.

1 269 (40.03%) Cybersecurity
2 237 (35.27%) Security Architecture
3 188 (27.98%) Security Cleared
4 125 (18.60%) Microsoft
5 123 (18.30%) Cloud Security
6 119 (17.71%) Azure
7 116 (17.26%) NIST
8 107 (15.92%) SC Cleared
9 103 (15.33%) CISSP
10 98 (14.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 96 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
12 84 (12.50%) AWS
13 81 (12.05%) Application Security
13 81 (12.05%) Identity Access Management
14 75 (11.16%) AI
15 73 (10.86%) DevSecOps
16 69 (10.27%) DV Cleared
17 68 (10.12%) TOGAF
18 67 (9.97%) Network Security
18 67 (9.97%) SABSA
19 65 (9.67%) Zero Trust
20 64 (9.52%) Architectural Patterns
21 59 (8.78%) Information Security
22 55 (8.18%) CISM
23 53 (7.89%) Technology Strategy
24 51 (7.59%) SDLC
24 51 (7.59%) SIEM
25 49 (7.29%) CI/CD
26 48 (7.14%) GRC
27 45 (6.70%) Agile

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 (0.30%) Apache
2 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 119 (17.71%) Azure
2 84 (12.50%) AWS
3 45 (6.70%) SaaS
4 43 (6.40%) GCP
5 30 (4.46%) Serverless
6 17 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.79%) PaaS
8 10 (1.49%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.49%) OCI
9 7 (1.04%) Azure AI
9 7 (1.04%) IaaS
10 5 (0.74%) Azure API Management
10 5 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.45%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.30%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 67 (9.97%) Network Security
2 30 (4.46%) Firewall
3 23 (3.42%) VPN
4 21 (3.13%) DNS
5 14 (2.08%) WAN
6 12 (1.79%) DHCP
7 11 (1.64%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.49%) BGP
8 10 (1.49%) FTP
8 10 (1.49%) HTTP
8 10 (1.49%) ICMP
8 10 (1.49%) IPsec
8 10 (1.49%) MPLS
8 10 (1.49%) SNMP
8 10 (1.49%) SSH
8 10 (1.49%) SSL
8 10 (1.49%) VLAN
9 6 (0.89%) Broadband
10 5 (0.74%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (0.45%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.30%) Metadata
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (3.72%) Snyk
2 4 (0.60%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.30%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) ERwin
4 1 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 82 (12.20%) Social Skills
2 53 (7.89%) Public Sector
3 52 (7.74%) Finance
4 48 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (5.80%) Aerospace
6 37 (5.51%) Law
7 24 (3.57%) Legal
8 23 (3.42%) Banking
9 19 (2.83%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (1.93%) Games
12 6 (0.89%) Military
13 3 (0.45%) Marketing
14 2 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.30%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.15%) French Language
15 1 (0.15%) German Language
15 1 (0.15%) Local Government
15 1 (0.15%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.38%) OAuth
1 16 (2.38%) SAML
2 9 (1.34%) LDAP
2 9 (1.34%) ModSecurity
2 9 (1.34%) Regular Expression
2 9 (1.34%) XMPP
3 6 (0.89%) OpenID
4 4 (0.60%) JWT
5 3 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.45%) Kafka
5 3 (0.45%) Node.js
6 2 (0.30%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.32%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.27%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.23%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.08%) Operational Technology
8 10 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 9 (1.34%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.34%) PKI
10 7 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.74%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.60%) CCTV
13 4 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.15%) Cyberattack
14 1 (0.15%) Insider Threat
14 1 (0.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.08%) Linux
2 11 (1.64%) Windows
3 9 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (1.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (40.03%) Cybersecurity
2 237 (35.27%) Security Architecture
3 123 (18.30%) Cloud Security
4 96 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
5 81 (12.05%) Application Security
5 81 (12.05%) Identity Access Management
6 75 (11.16%) AI
7 73 (10.86%) DevSecOps
8 68 (10.12%) TOGAF
9 67 (9.97%) SABSA
10 65 (9.67%) Zero Trust
11 64 (9.52%) Architectural Patterns
12 59 (8.78%) Information Security
13 53 (7.89%) Technology Strategy
14 51 (7.59%) SDLC
14 51 (7.59%) SIEM
15 49 (7.29%) CI/CD
16 45 (6.70%) Agile
17 43 (6.40%) Vulnerability Management
18 42 (6.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.60%) Python
2 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 188 (27.98%) Security Cleared
2 107 (15.92%) SC Cleared
3 103 (15.33%) CISSP
4 69 (10.27%) DV Cleared
5 55 (8.18%) CISM
6 36 (5.36%) Degree
7 31 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 26 (3.87%) CCSP
10 20 (2.98%) AWS Certification
11 18 (2.68%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (2.53%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.49%) CESG Certified Professional
14 9 (1.34%) CREST Certified
15 8 (1.19%) CCSK
16 7 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
17 5 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (0.74%) CRISC
17 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
18 4 (0.60%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (17.26%) NIST
2 98 (14.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (7.14%) GRC
4 45 (6.70%) GDPR
5 37 (5.51%) NCSC
6 17 (2.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 15 (2.23%) NIST 800
8 13 (1.93%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.49%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.19%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.60%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.60%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.45%) COBIT
13 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.30%) HITRUST
14 2 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 38 (5.65%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.49%) Docker
4 9 (1.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (2.98%) CASB
2 19 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (1.79%) FortiGate
5 10 (1.49%) MOM
6 4 (0.60%) Ansible
Vendors
1 125 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.55%) Palo Alto
3 27 (4.02%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (3.87%) Tenable
5 17 (2.53%) Cisco
6 10 (1.49%) Google
6 10 (1.49%) Oracle
7 9 (1.34%) McAfee
7 9 (1.34%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.34%) SAP
7 9 (1.34%) VMware
7 9 (1.34%) Workday
8 6 (0.89%) Zscaler
9 5 (0.74%) Foundry
10 3 (0.45%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.30%) Databricks
11 2 (0.30%) F5
11 2 (0.30%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.30%) Thales
12 1 (0.15%) Netskope