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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 540 431
Rank change year-on-year +265 -109 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 561 101 491
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 0.26% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.29% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 396 69 306
10th Percentile £66,250 £59,231 £57,500
25th Percentile £73,938 £64,509 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.06% -8.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £120,000
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 77,507 35,371 88,423
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 89.95% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 54,461 20,505 65,670
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +9.52% -12.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
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 12 June 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 June 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 +108 184 £90,000 -2.70% 37
North of England +101 172 £83,716 +19.59% 25
North West +119 127 £83,750 +11.67% 11
South East +46 81 £70,000 +3.96% 27
Midlands +30 58 £85,000 -4.39% 9
West Midlands +18 49 £85,500 -3.83% 8
South West -22 47 £85,000 +21.43% 12
North East -20 26 £95,000 +46.15% 8
Yorkshire -25 19 £80,000 +23.08% 6
East of England -8 10 £82,500 - 1
East Midlands - 9 £50,000 - 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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.

1 247 (44.03%) Cybersecurity
2 156 (27.81%) Security Architecture
3 113 (20.14%) Security Cleared
4 105 (18.72%) Cloud Security
5 97 (17.29%) Microsoft
6 93 (16.58%) Azure
7 92 (16.40%) Threat Modelling
8 89 (15.86%) AWS
9 81 (14.44%) CISSP
10 79 (14.08%) NIST
11 76 (13.55%) SC Cleared
12 70 (12.48%) Application Security
12 70 (12.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 57 (10.16%) DevSecOps
14 55 (9.80%) TOGAF
15 50 (8.91%) SIEM
16 46 (8.20%) CI/CD
16 46 (8.20%) CISM
16 46 (8.20%) SDLC
17 44 (7.84%) AI
18 43 (7.66%) Identity Access Management
18 43 (7.66%) SABSA
19 41 (7.31%) Serverless
20 39 (6.95%) Degree
20 39 (6.95%) Information Security
21 38 (6.77%) GCP
22 35 (6.24%) DV Cleared
22 35 (6.24%) GRC
22 35 (6.24%) Technology Strategy
23 34 (6.06%) Validation

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 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 93 (16.58%) Azure
2 89 (15.86%) AWS
3 41 (7.31%) Serverless
4 38 (6.77%) GCP
5 22 (3.92%) SaaS
6 13 (2.32%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.32%) AWS Step Functions
6 13 (2.32%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.32%) GitHub
6 13 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (2.32%) Pulumi
7 5 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.53%) IaaS
9 3 (0.53%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.53%) PaaS
9 3 (0.53%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.36%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.53%) Network Security
2 24 (4.28%) DNS
2 24 (4.28%) Firewall
3 18 (3.21%) VPN
4 13 (2.32%) DSL
5 8 (1.43%) DHCP
6 7 (1.25%) SSL
7 6 (1.07%) BGP
7 6 (1.07%) Broadband
7 6 (1.07%) FTP
7 6 (1.07%) HTTP
7 6 (1.07%) ICMP
7 6 (1.07%) IPsec
7 6 (1.07%) MPLS
7 6 (1.07%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.07%) SNMP
7 6 (1.07%) SSH
7 6 (1.07%) VLAN
7 6 (1.07%) WAN
8 4 (0.71%) Internet
Development Applications
1 25 (4.46%) Snyk
2 15 (2.67%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.32%) GitLab
4 5 (0.89%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.36%) Git
General
1 38 (6.77%) Public Sector
1 38 (6.77%) Social Skills
2 33 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 28 (4.99%) Finance
4 24 (4.28%) Law
5 20 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.67%) Banking
6 15 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (1.60%) Legal
8 6 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (0.89%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.89%) Games
10 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.36%) Advertising
11 2 (0.36%) Retail
12 1 (0.18%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.18%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.50%) LDAP
1 14 (2.50%) Regular Expression
2 13 (2.32%) AWS CDK
2 13 (2.32%) OAuth
3 12 (2.14%) SAML
3 12 (2.14%) XMPP
4 7 (1.25%) OpenID
5 4 (0.71%) JWT
6 2 (0.36%) JSON
6 2 (0.36%) JSON Schema
6 2 (0.36%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.63%) Data Centre
2 23 (4.10%) Operational Technology
3 20 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.67%) PKI
5 9 (1.60%) Security Posture
6 8 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.07%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.71%) CCTV
8 4 (0.71%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.53%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.36%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.36%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.36%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.18%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.74%) Linux
1 21 (3.74%) Windows
2 18 (3.21%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (44.03%) Cybersecurity
2 156 (27.81%) Security Architecture
3 105 (18.72%) Cloud Security
4 92 (16.40%) Threat Modelling
5 70 (12.48%) Application Security
6 57 (10.16%) DevSecOps
7 55 (9.80%) TOGAF
8 50 (8.91%) SIEM
9 46 (8.20%) CI/CD
9 46 (8.20%) SDLC
10 44 (7.84%) AI
11 43 (7.66%) Identity Access Management
11 43 (7.66%) SABSA
12 39 (6.95%) Information Security
13 35 (6.24%) Technology Strategy
14 34 (6.06%) Validation
15 32 (5.70%) Incident Response
16 29 (5.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 28 (4.99%) IT Strategy
17 28 (4.99%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.67%) Python
2 13 (2.32%) Go
2 13 (2.32%) Rust
3 4 (0.71%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.53%) SQL
5 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (20.14%) Security Cleared
2 81 (14.44%) CISSP
3 76 (13.55%) SC Cleared
4 46 (8.20%) CISM
5 39 (6.95%) Degree
6 35 (6.24%) DV Cleared
7 27 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (3.57%) CCSP
10 14 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 13 (2.32%) OSCP
12 9 (1.60%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.43%) AWS Certification
13 8 (1.43%) CRISC
14 7 (1.25%) FFIEC
14 7 (1.25%) ISACA
15 4 (0.71%) CCSK
16 3 (0.53%) CISA
16 3 (0.53%) Master's Degree
17 2 (0.36%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (14.08%) NIST
2 70 (12.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (6.24%) GRC
4 30 (5.35%) PCI DSS
5 27 (4.81%) GDPR
6 25 (4.46%) NCSC
7 11 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (1.43%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.07%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.71%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.53%) PMO
13 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.36%) QA
14 1 (0.18%) COBIT
14 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (5.35%) Virtual Machines
2 24 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.85%) vSphere
4 2 (0.36%) Docker
5 1 (0.18%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 21 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.85%) MOM
3 13 (2.32%) Terraform
4 12 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.25%) CASB
6 6 (1.07%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.36%) Ansible
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 97 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.53%) Palo Alto
3 28 (4.99%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.81%) Tenable
5 16 (2.85%) VMware
6 14 (2.50%) SAP
7 12 (2.14%) McAfee
7 12 (2.14%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.78%) Cisco
9 7 (1.25%) Google
10 4 (0.71%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.71%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.53%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (0.53%) N-able
11 3 (0.53%) Okta
11 3 (0.53%) Sophos
12 2 (0.36%) Cribl.io
12 2 (0.36%) Dell
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle
13 1 (0.18%) Juniper