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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 491 459
Rank change year-on-year +219 -32 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 675 146 314
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 0.34% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 460 103 163
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,541 £100,000
90th Percentile - £117,500 £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 93,551 39,204 65,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 90.37% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 66,181 23,579 40,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -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 12 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 12 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 +126 238 £100,000 - 162
North of England +57 156 £87,500 +16.67% 28
South East +76 142 £85,000 - 37
North West +78 118 £75,000 - 26
Midlands +15 67 £86,000 +9.00% 16
West Midlands +5 57 £90,000 +20.00% 11
South West -49 40 £85,000 +9.68% 12
East of England -9 22 £75,000 - 5
North East -53 20 £95,000 +27.19% 1
Yorkshire -44 18 £91,216 +21.62% 1
East Midlands -27 10 £50,000 -41.18% 5
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 262 (38.81%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (33.93%) Security Architecture
3 179 (26.52%) Security Cleared
4 129 (19.11%) Microsoft
5 121 (17.93%) Azure
5 121 (17.93%) Cloud Security
6 117 (17.33%) NIST
7 100 (14.81%) SC Cleared
8 99 (14.67%) CISSP
9 98 (14.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 94 (13.93%) Threat Modelling
11 91 (13.48%) AWS
12 85 (12.59%) Application Security
13 75 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
14 73 (10.81%) DevSecOps
15 72 (10.67%) AI
16 66 (9.78%) DV Cleared
16 66 (9.78%) Network Security
17 63 (9.33%) TOGAF
18 62 (9.19%) SABSA
19 59 (8.74%) Zero Trust
20 58 (8.59%) Information Security
21 56 (8.30%) Architectural Patterns
21 56 (8.30%) SIEM
22 55 (8.15%) CISM
23 53 (7.85%) Technology Strategy
24 51 (7.56%) SDLC
25 48 (7.11%) CI/CD
26 47 (6.96%) Agile
26 47 (6.96%) GRC

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 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (17.93%) Azure
2 91 (13.48%) AWS
3 46 (6.81%) SaaS
4 45 (6.67%) GCP
5 30 (4.44%) Serverless
6 17 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (1.63%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.48%) OCI
8 10 (1.48%) PaaS
9 7 (1.04%) IaaS
10 5 (0.74%) Azure AI
10 5 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.44%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.44%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 66 (9.78%) Network Security
2 32 (4.74%) Firewall
3 24 (3.56%) DNS
4 23 (3.41%) VPN
5 13 (1.93%) WAN
6 12 (1.78%) DHCP
7 11 (1.63%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.48%) BGP
8 10 (1.48%) FTP
8 10 (1.48%) HTTP
8 10 (1.48%) ICMP
8 10 (1.48%) IPsec
8 10 (1.48%) MPLS
8 10 (1.48%) SNMP
8 10 (1.48%) SSH
8 10 (1.48%) SSL
8 10 (1.48%) VLAN
9 6 (0.89%) Broadband
10 5 (0.74%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.30%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.30%) Metadata
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (3.70%) Snyk
2 4 (0.59%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.30%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) ERwin
4 1 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 78 (11.56%) Social Skills
2 52 (7.70%) Finance
3 51 (7.56%) Public Sector
4 50 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (5.48%) Law
6 36 (5.33%) Aerospace
7 23 (3.41%) Banking
8 22 (3.26%) Legal
9 21 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
10 15 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.78%) Games
12 6 (0.89%) Military
13 4 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.44%) Marketing
15 2 (0.30%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.15%) French Language
16 1 (0.15%) German Language
16 1 (0.15%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.52%) OAuth
2 16 (2.37%) SAML
3 12 (1.78%) LDAP
3 12 (1.78%) Regular Expression
3 12 (1.78%) XMPP
4 9 (1.33%) ModSecurity
5 7 (1.04%) OpenID
6 4 (0.59%) JWT
7 3 (0.44%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.44%) Kafka
7 3 (0.44%) Node.js
8 2 (0.30%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.15%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 19 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 13 (1.93%) Operational Technology
8 10 (1.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 10 (1.48%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.33%) PKI
10 7 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (0.59%) CCTV
11 4 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.44%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.30%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.30%) Web Conferencing
14 1 (0.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.15%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.67%) Linux
2 15 (2.22%) Windows
3 12 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 12 (1.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (38.81%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (33.93%) Security Architecture
3 121 (17.93%) Cloud Security
4 94 (13.93%) Threat Modelling
5 85 (12.59%) Application Security
6 75 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
7 73 (10.81%) DevSecOps
8 72 (10.67%) AI
9 63 (9.33%) TOGAF
10 62 (9.19%) SABSA
11 59 (8.74%) Zero Trust
12 58 (8.59%) Information Security
13 56 (8.30%) Architectural Patterns
13 56 (8.30%) SIEM
14 53 (7.85%) Technology Strategy
15 51 (7.56%) SDLC
16 48 (7.11%) CI/CD
17 47 (6.96%) Agile
18 44 (6.52%) Vulnerability Management
19 42 (6.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.44%) Python
1 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
2 2 (0.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 179 (26.52%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 99 (14.67%) CISSP
4 66 (9.78%) DV Cleared
5 55 (8.15%) CISM
6 40 (5.93%) Degree
7 31 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 24 (3.56%) CCSP
10 19 (2.81%) AWS Certification
11 15 (2.22%) Azure Certification
12 14 (2.07%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.19%) CCSK
14 7 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.04%) CESG Certified Professional
14 7 (1.04%) CREST Certified
15 5 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (0.74%) CRISC
15 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (17.33%) NIST
2 98 (14.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (6.96%) GRC
4 43 (6.37%) GDPR
5 34 (5.04%) NCSC
6 19 (2.81%) PCI DSS
7 17 (2.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (2.22%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.48%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.19%) JSP 440
12 7 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.59%) Data Quality
14 4 (0.59%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.44%) COBIT
15 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.30%) HITRUST
16 2 (0.30%) QA
17 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (5.48%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.78%) vSphere
4 10 (1.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.67%) CASB
3 16 (2.37%) MOM
3 16 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.63%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 129 (19.11%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.07%) Palo Alto
3 27 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (3.85%) Tenable
5 16 (2.37%) Cisco
6 12 (1.78%) McAfee
6 12 (1.78%) Red Hat
6 12 (1.78%) VMware
7 10 (1.48%) Google
7 10 (1.48%) Oracle
8 9 (1.33%) SAP
9 8 (1.19%) Workday
10 4 (0.59%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.59%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.44%) Foundry
11 3 (0.44%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.30%) Barracuda Networks
12 2 (0.30%) Databricks
12 2 (0.30%) N-able
12 2 (0.30%) Sophos