Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £86,716 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 485 465
Rank change year-on-year +202 -20 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 674 141 284
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.33% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.36% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 446 98 141
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,716 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile - £122,250 £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 96,354 38,754 63,738
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 90.47% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,687 22,906 37,121
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,750
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 £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 29 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 29 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 +118 250 £100,000 -4.76% 215
North of England +41 153 £80,000 +6.67% 15
South East +55 137 £85,000 - 65
North West +77 120 £75,000 - 12
Midlands +2 68 £86,000 +14.67% 29
West Midlands +2 58 £90,000 +20.00% 25
South West -55 36 £85,000 +13.33% 37
East of England -14 21 £75,000 - 9
North East -61 18 £100,000 +33.88% 2
Yorkshire -30 15 £80,000 +6.67% 1
East Midlands -34 10 £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 29 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 (39.91%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (35.76%) Security Architecture
3 186 (27.60%) Security Cleared
4 126 (18.69%) Microsoft
5 124 (18.40%) Cloud Security
6 120 (17.80%) Azure
7 117 (17.36%) NIST
8 106 (15.73%) SC Cleared
9 104 (15.43%) CISSP
10 99 (14.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 97 (14.39%) Threat Modelling
12 84 (12.46%) AWS
13 81 (12.02%) Identity Access Management
14 79 (11.72%) Application Security
15 77 (11.42%) AI
16 73 (10.83%) DevSecOps
17 69 (10.24%) TOGAF
18 68 (10.09%) DV Cleared
18 68 (10.09%) Network Security
18 68 (10.09%) SABSA
19 67 (9.94%) Zero Trust
20 66 (9.79%) Architectural Patterns
21 60 (8.90%) Information Security
22 55 (8.16%) CISM
23 54 (8.01%) Technology Strategy
24 51 (7.57%) SDLC
25 50 (7.42%) SIEM
26 49 (7.27%) CI/CD
27 48 (7.12%) GRC
28 46 (6.82%) GDPR

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 2 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 120 (17.80%) Azure
2 84 (12.46%) AWS
3 44 (6.53%) SaaS
4 43 (6.38%) GCP
5 30 (4.45%) Serverless
6 18 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.78%) PaaS
8 11 (1.63%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.48%) OCI
10 7 (1.04%) Azure AI
10 7 (1.04%) IaaS
11 6 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.74%) Azure API Management
12 5 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.45%) Vertex AI
14 2 (0.30%) Amazon EMR
14 2 (0.30%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (0.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 68 (10.09%) Network Security
2 30 (4.45%) Firewall
3 23 (3.41%) VPN
4 20 (2.97%) DNS
5 15 (2.23%) 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 3 (0.45%) BIG-IP
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 (3.71%) 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 83 (12.31%) Social Skills
2 54 (8.01%) Finance
2 54 (8.01%) Public Sector
3 48 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 39 (5.79%) Aerospace
5 37 (5.49%) Law
6 24 (3.56%) Legal
7 23 (3.41%) Banking
8 20 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (1.93%) Games
11 6 (0.89%) Military
12 3 (0.45%) Marketing
13 2 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.30%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.15%) French Language
14 1 (0.15%) German Language
14 1 (0.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.37%) OAuth
1 16 (2.37%) SAML
2 9 (1.34%) ModSecurity
3 8 (1.19%) LDAP
3 8 (1.19%) Regular Expression
3 8 (1.19%) XMPP
4 6 (0.89%) OpenID
5 4 (0.59%) JWT
6 3 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.45%) Kafka
6 3 (0.45%) Node.js
7 2 (0.30%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.45%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.26%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (2.37%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.37%) Security Posture
5 14 (2.08%) Operational Technology
6 10 (1.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (1.34%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.34%) PKI
8 7 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.74%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.59%) CCTV
12 3 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.15%) CESG
13 1 (0.15%) Cyberattack
13 1 (0.15%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.93%) Linux
2 10 (1.48%) Windows
3 8 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (39.91%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (35.76%) Security Architecture
3 124 (18.40%) Cloud Security
4 97 (14.39%) Threat Modelling
5 81 (12.02%) Identity Access Management
6 79 (11.72%) Application Security
7 77 (11.42%) AI
8 73 (10.83%) DevSecOps
9 69 (10.24%) TOGAF
10 68 (10.09%) SABSA
11 67 (9.94%) Zero Trust
12 66 (9.79%) Architectural Patterns
13 60 (8.90%) Information Security
14 54 (8.01%) Technology Strategy
15 51 (7.57%) SDLC
16 50 (7.42%) SIEM
17 49 (7.27%) CI/CD
18 45 (6.68%) Agile
19 44 (6.53%) Vulnerability Management
20 43 (6.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (0.74%) Python
2 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (27.60%) Security Cleared
2 106 (15.73%) SC Cleared
3 104 (15.43%) CISSP
4 68 (10.09%) DV Cleared
5 55 (8.16%) CISM
6 38 (5.64%) Degree
7 32 (4.75%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (4.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (4.01%) CCSP
10 20 (2.97%) AWS Certification
11 18 (2.67%) Azure Certification
11 18 (2.67%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (1.48%) CESG Certified Professional
13 9 (1.34%) CREST Certified
14 8 (1.19%) CCSK
15 7 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (0.74%) CRISC
16 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
17 4 (0.59%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (17.36%) NIST
2 99 (14.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (7.12%) GRC
4 46 (6.82%) GDPR
5 37 (5.49%) NCSC
6 17 (2.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 15 (2.23%) NIST 800
8 13 (1.93%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.48%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.19%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.59%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.59%) 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 (5.64%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.48%) Docker
3 8 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (2.97%) CASB
2 19 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.93%) FortiGate
5 9 (1.34%) MOM
6 5 (0.74%) Ansible
Vendors
1 126 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.68%) Palo Alto
3 27 (4.01%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (3.86%) Tenable
5 18 (2.67%) Cisco
6 10 (1.48%) Google
6 10 (1.48%) Oracle
6 10 (1.48%) Workday
7 9 (1.34%) SAP
8 8 (1.19%) McAfee
8 8 (1.19%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.19%) VMware
9 6 (0.89%) Zscaler
10 5 (0.74%) Foundry
11 3 (0.45%) F5
11 3 (0.45%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.30%) Databricks
12 2 (0.30%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.30%) Thales
13 1 (0.15%) Netskope