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 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 428 438
Rank change year-on-year -22 +10 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 164 266 230
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.53% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.57% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 114 95 140
10th Percentile £59,095 £62,500 £57,443
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.68% -11.43%
75th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -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 47,143 46,289 42,955
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 92.98% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,526 24,707 33,707
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 -5 55 £105,000 +13.82% 60
North of England +16 33 £85,000 +13.33% 146
South West +39 32 £70,000 -11.11% 76
South East +2 20 £90,000 +5.88% 125
North West +23 14 £87,500 +16.67% 77
Midlands +27 12 £80,000 -15.79% 115
Yorkshire +2 12 £76,463 -12.61% 59
West Midlands +27 8 £72,500 -25.64% 59
North East +10 7 £82,500 +17.86% 10
East of England -10 6 £85,000 +6.25% 94
East Midlands -4 4 £85,000 +3.03% 48
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 73 (44.51%) Security Architecture
2 69 (42.07%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (39.02%) CISSP
4 53 (32.32%) Cloud Security
5 48 (29.27%) CISM
6 47 (28.66%) SABSA
7 44 (26.83%) TOGAF
8 40 (24.39%) Information Security
9 35 (21.34%) Enterprise Architecture
10 34 (20.73%) TOGAF Certification
11 33 (20.12%) Decision-Making
12 32 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 31 (18.90%) Data Protection
13 31 (18.90%) GRC
13 31 (18.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (18.90%) Strategic Thinking
14 30 (18.29%) Security Cleared
15 29 (17.68%) Architecture Governance
16 28 (17.07%) AWS
16 28 (17.07%) Azure
16 28 (17.07%) DBS Check
16 28 (17.07%) Design Patterns
17 26 (15.85%) NIST
18 24 (14.63%) Threat Modelling
19 21 (12.80%) Risk Management
19 21 (12.80%) SC Cleared
20 20 (12.20%) Roadmaps
21 18 (10.98%) NCSC
22 16 (9.76%) GDPR
23 15 (9.15%) Architectural Patterns

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 3 (1.83%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 28 (17.07%) AWS
1 28 (17.07%) Azure
2 7 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (3.66%) GCP
4 5 (3.05%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (1.83%) IaaS
5 3 (1.83%) SaaS
6 2 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.22%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (1.22%) GitHub
6 2 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.22%) Pulumi
6 2 (1.22%) Serverless
7 1 (0.61%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.93%) Network Security
2 11 (6.71%) Firewall
3 4 (2.44%) VPN
4 2 (1.22%) DSL
4 2 (1.22%) LAN
4 2 (1.22%) WAN
5 1 (0.61%) Internet
5 1 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.61%) SSL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.22%) GitLab
3 1 (0.61%) Git
3 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 46 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.46%) Finance
3 12 (7.32%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.49%) Banking
5 7 (4.27%) Law
6 6 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.66%) Legal
7 5 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.83%) Electronics
8 3 (1.83%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.83%) Marketing
8 3 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Games
9 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.22%) AWS CDK
1 2 (1.22%) EDI
1 2 (1.22%) OAuth
2 1 (0.61%) JWT
2 1 (0.61%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.61%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.49%) Hybrid Cloud
1 9 (5.49%) Security Posture
2 7 (4.27%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.66%) PKI
4 5 (3.05%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.44%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.83%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.61%) DataPower
8 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.61%) Linux
1 1 (0.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (44.51%) Security Architecture
2 69 (42.07%) Cybersecurity
3 53 (32.32%) Cloud Security
4 47 (28.66%) SABSA
5 44 (26.83%) TOGAF
6 40 (24.39%) Information Security
7 35 (21.34%) Enterprise Architecture
8 33 (20.12%) Decision-Making
9 31 (18.90%) Data Protection
9 31 (18.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 31 (18.90%) Strategic Thinking
10 29 (17.68%) Architecture Governance
11 28 (17.07%) Design Patterns
12 24 (14.63%) Threat Modelling
13 21 (12.80%) Risk Management
14 20 (12.20%) Roadmaps
15 15 (9.15%) Architectural Patterns
16 14 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 11 (6.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 11 (6.71%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.83%) Python
2 2 (1.22%) Go
2 2 (1.22%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.22%) Rust
3 1 (0.61%) Java
3 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 64 (39.02%) CISSP
2 48 (29.27%) CISM
3 34 (20.73%) TOGAF Certification
4 30 (18.29%) Security Cleared
5 28 (17.07%) DBS Check
6 21 (12.80%) SC Cleared
7 15 (9.15%) DV Cleared
8 14 (8.54%) Degree
9 9 (5.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (4.88%) Azure Certification
11 7 (4.27%) AWS Certification
11 7 (4.27%) SANS
12 5 (3.05%) CCSP
13 4 (2.44%) CISA
13 4 (2.44%) CRISC
13 4 (2.44%) FFIEC
13 4 (2.44%) OSCP
14 3 (1.83%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (18.90%) GRC
3 26 (15.85%) NIST
4 18 (10.98%) NCSC
5 16 (9.76%) GDPR
6 11 (6.71%) PCI DSS
7 5 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (2.44%) NIST 800
9 3 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.61%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.61%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.61%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.66%) Ansible
2 4 (2.44%) Terraform
3 3 (1.83%) CASB
3 3 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.22%) Endace
Vendors
1 15 (9.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.44%) CyberArk
2 4 (2.44%) SAP
3 3 (1.83%) MuleSoft
3 3 (1.83%) Oracle
3 3 (1.83%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.22%) Cisco
4 2 (1.22%) Juniper
4 2 (1.22%) LogRhythm
4 2 (1.22%) Splunk
4 2 (1.22%) Tenable
4 2 (1.22%) Trend Micro
5 1 (0.61%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (0.61%) Centrify
5 1 (0.61%) IBM
5 1 (0.61%) Netskope
5 1 (0.61%) Thycotic
5 1 (0.61%) Varonis