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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 529 436
Rank change year-on-year +247 -93 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 591 118 450
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 0.27% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.30% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 424 89 281
10th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,738 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £96,563 £88,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -8.57%

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 82,278 39,084 83,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.38% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57,869 23,488 61,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,246 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +132 202 £90,000 -5.26% 58
North of England +79 155 £87,500 +16.67% 12
North West +88 116 £87,500 +16.67% 8
South East +53 102 £72,500 -17.14% 29
Midlands +22 63 £85,000 +2.66% 3
West Midlands +26 53 £85,500 +3.26% 3
South West -23 47 £85,000 +13.33% 10
North East -33 25 £95,000 +36.92%
Yorkshire -22 14 £80,000 +14.29% 4
East of England -4 11 £91,250 - 2
East Midlands - 10 £50,000 -
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 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.

1 242 (40.95%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (29.44%) Security Architecture
3 133 (22.50%) Security Cleared
4 117 (19.80%) Microsoft
5 103 (17.43%) Cloud Security
6 97 (16.41%) Azure
7 92 (15.57%) Threat Modelling
8 90 (15.23%) NIST
9 87 (14.72%) SC Cleared
10 85 (14.38%) AWS
11 82 (13.87%) CISSP
12 76 (12.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 74 (12.52%) Application Security
14 60 (10.15%) DevSecOps
15 58 (9.81%) Identity Access Management
15 58 (9.81%) SIEM
16 56 (9.48%) TOGAF
17 51 (8.63%) AI
18 49 (8.29%) CI/CD
19 47 (7.95%) CISM
19 47 (7.95%) SDLC
20 45 (7.61%) SABSA
21 43 (7.28%) Degree
21 43 (7.28%) Information Security
22 42 (7.11%) DV Cleared
22 42 (7.11%) Technology Strategy
23 41 (6.94%) GCP
24 39 (6.60%) GRC
24 39 (6.60%) Network Security
25 38 (6.43%) Serverless

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 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (16.41%) Azure
2 85 (14.38%) AWS
3 41 (6.94%) GCP
4 38 (6.43%) Serverless
5 32 (5.41%) SaaS
6 16 (2.71%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (1.69%) AWS Step Functions
7 10 (1.69%) GitHub
7 10 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (1.69%) Pulumi
8 8 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.85%) OCI
11 3 (0.51%) IaaS
11 3 (0.51%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.51%) PaaS
11 3 (0.51%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.34%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.60%) Network Security
2 28 (4.74%) DNS
3 24 (4.06%) Firewall
4 22 (3.72%) VPN
5 12 (2.03%) DHCP
6 10 (1.69%) BGP
6 10 (1.69%) DSL
6 10 (1.69%) FTP
6 10 (1.69%) HTTP
6 10 (1.69%) ICMP
6 10 (1.69%) IPsec
6 10 (1.69%) MPLS
6 10 (1.69%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.69%) SNMP
6 10 (1.69%) SSH
6 10 (1.69%) SSL
6 10 (1.69%) VLAN
6 10 (1.69%) WAN
7 6 (1.02%) Broadband
8 3 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (4.23%) Snyk
2 12 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.69%) GitLab
4 5 (0.85%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.34%) Git
General
1 52 (8.80%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.95%) Public Sector
3 40 (6.77%) Finance
4 37 (6.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (4.74%) Law
6 21 (3.55%) Banking
7 17 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.86%) Legal
10 10 (1.69%) Games
11 7 (1.18%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.34%) Advertising
13 2 (0.34%) Retail
14 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.17%) Military
14 1 (0.17%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.88%) OAuth
2 16 (2.71%) SAML
3 14 (2.37%) LDAP
3 14 (2.37%) Regular Expression
4 12 (2.03%) XMPP
5 10 (1.69%) AWS CDK
6 7 (1.18%) OpenID
7 4 (0.68%) JWT
8 2 (0.34%) JSON
8 2 (0.34%) JSON Schema
8 2 (0.34%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.34%) XML
9 1 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.17%) Kafka
9 1 (0.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.57%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.38%) Cloud Native
3 17 (2.88%) Operational Technology
4 10 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 10 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (1.69%) PKI
5 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.35%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.18%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.68%) CCTV
7 4 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.34%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.34%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.17%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.89%) Linux
2 22 (3.72%) Windows
3 18 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (40.95%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (29.44%) Security Architecture
3 103 (17.43%) Cloud Security
4 92 (15.57%) Threat Modelling
5 74 (12.52%) Application Security
6 60 (10.15%) DevSecOps
7 58 (9.81%) Identity Access Management
7 58 (9.81%) SIEM
8 56 (9.48%) TOGAF
9 51 (8.63%) AI
10 49 (8.29%) CI/CD
11 47 (7.95%) SDLC
12 45 (7.61%) SABSA
13 43 (7.28%) Information Security
14 42 (7.11%) Technology Strategy
15 35 (5.92%) Validation
16 32 (5.41%) Incident Response
17 31 (5.25%) Agile
17 31 (5.25%) Architectural Patterns
17 31 (5.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.03%) Python
2 10 (1.69%) Go
2 10 (1.69%) Rust
3 4 (0.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.51%) SQL
5 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 133 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 87 (14.72%) SC Cleared
3 82 (13.87%) CISSP
4 47 (7.95%) CISM
5 43 (7.28%) Degree
6 42 (7.11%) DV Cleared
7 27 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (3.38%) CCSP
10 12 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
11 10 (1.69%) OSCP
12 8 (1.35%) CRISC
13 7 (1.18%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.18%) ISACA
14 6 (1.02%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.02%) FFIEC
15 4 (0.68%) CCSK
15 4 (0.68%) CISA
15 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.51%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (15.23%) NIST
2 76 (12.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (6.60%) GRC
4 27 (4.57%) GDPR
5 24 (4.06%) PCI DSS
6 23 (3.89%) NCSC
7 13 (2.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.69%) NIST 800
9 9 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.18%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.68%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.51%) PMO
14 2 (0.34%) QA
15 1 (0.17%) COBIT
15 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.17%) HITRUST
15 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 35 (5.92%) Virtual Machines
2 24 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.71%) vSphere
4 6 (1.02%) Docker
5 1 (0.17%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 23 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.71%) MOM
3 14 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (1.69%) CASB
4 10 (1.69%) FortiGate
4 10 (1.69%) Terraform
5 2 (0.34%) Ansible
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 117 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.09%) Palo Alto
3 29 (4.91%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.57%) Tenable
5 16 (2.71%) VMware
6 14 (2.37%) Cisco
7 13 (2.20%) SAP
8 12 (2.03%) McAfee
8 12 (2.03%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.35%) Google
10 6 (1.02%) Oracle
11 4 (0.68%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.68%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.51%) Barracuda Networks
12 3 (0.51%) N-able
12 3 (0.51%) Okta
12 3 (0.51%) Sophos
13 2 (0.34%) Cribl.io
13 2 (0.34%) Dell
14 1 (0.17%) Juniper