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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 503 448
Rank change year-on-year +205 -55 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 587 147 396
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.34% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.37% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 426 104 248
10th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £76,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -10.59% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
90th Percentile - £99,625 £120,000
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 83,969 39,266 76,465
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 90.73% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 59,049 23,709 54,780
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,754 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 23 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 23 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 +120 202 £95,000 - 85
North of England +65 148 £88,000 +17.33% 22
North West +87 114 £87,500 +16.67% 15
South East +59 105 £72,500 -14.71% 45
Midlands +19 63 £85,000 +1.31% 5
West Midlands +11 53 £85,500 +3.26% 4
South West -22 47 £85,000 +13.33% 8
North East -41 23 £95,000 +27.19%
East of England +1 11 £91,250 +7.35% 4
Yorkshire -33 11 £87,431 +20.59% 7
East Midlands -19 10 £50,000 -41.18% 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 233 (39.69%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (29.64%) Security Architecture
3 137 (23.34%) Security Cleared
4 117 (19.93%) Microsoft
5 102 (17.38%) Cloud Security
6 96 (16.35%) Azure
7 90 (15.33%) SC Cleared
7 90 (15.33%) Threat Modelling
8 89 (15.16%) NIST
9 85 (14.48%) AWS
10 78 (13.29%) CISSP
11 74 (12.61%) Application Security
12 73 (12.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 62 (10.56%) DevSecOps
14 56 (9.54%) Identity Access Management
14 56 (9.54%) SIEM
15 51 (8.69%) AI
16 49 (8.35%) CI/CD
17 48 (8.18%) TOGAF
18 47 (8.01%) SDLC
19 44 (7.50%) CISM
19 44 (7.50%) Information Security
20 43 (7.33%) GCP
20 43 (7.33%) SABSA
21 42 (7.16%) Network Security
21 42 (7.16%) Technology Strategy
22 41 (6.98%) GRC
23 39 (6.64%) Degree
23 39 (6.64%) DV Cleared
24 36 (6.13%) Palo Alto

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 1 (0.17%) Apache
Business Applications
1 11 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 96 (16.35%) Azure
2 85 (14.48%) AWS
3 43 (7.33%) GCP
4 36 (6.13%) Serverless
5 35 (5.96%) SaaS
6 14 (2.39%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (1.36%) AWS Step Functions
8 8 (1.36%) GitHub
8 8 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (1.36%) Pulumi
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%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 42 (7.16%) Network Security
2 26 (4.43%) DNS
2 26 (4.43%) Firewall
3 24 (4.09%) VPN
4 12 (2.04%) DHCP
4 12 (2.04%) WAN
5 11 (1.87%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.70%) BGP
6 10 (1.70%) FTP
6 10 (1.70%) HTTP
6 10 (1.70%) ICMP
6 10 (1.70%) IPsec
6 10 (1.70%) MPLS
6 10 (1.70%) SNMP
6 10 (1.70%) SSH
6 10 (1.70%) SSL
6 10 (1.70%) VLAN
7 8 (1.36%) DSL
8 6 (1.02%) Broadband
9 3 (0.51%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (4.26%) Snyk
2 10 (1.70%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.36%) GitLab
4 5 (0.85%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.34%) Git
General
1 49 (8.35%) Social Skills
2 46 (7.84%) Public Sector
3 40 (6.81%) Finance
4 37 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.09%) Law
6 19 (3.24%) Banking
7 15 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.70%) Legal
9 9 (1.53%) Games
10 7 (1.19%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.34%) Advertising
12 2 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.34%) Retail
13 1 (0.17%) French Language
13 1 (0.17%) German Language
13 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.17%) Military
13 1 (0.17%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.90%) OAuth
2 16 (2.73%) SAML
3 14 (2.39%) LDAP
3 14 (2.39%) Regular Expression
4 12 (2.04%) XMPP
5 8 (1.36%) AWS CDK
6 7 (1.19%) OpenID
7 4 (0.68%) JWT
8 2 (0.34%) Apache NiFi
8 2 (0.34%) JSON
8 2 (0.34%) JSON Schema
8 2 (0.34%) Kafka
8 2 (0.34%) Node.js
8 2 (0.34%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.34%) XML
9 1 (0.17%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.60%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.41%) Cloud Native
3 15 (2.56%) Operational Technology
4 12 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (1.53%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.36%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.36%) PKI
9 7 (1.19%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.68%) CCTV
10 4 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.34%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.34%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.17%) Cyberattack
13 1 (0.17%) Insider Threat
13 1 (0.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.92%) Linux
2 22 (3.75%) Windows
3 18 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (39.69%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (29.64%) Security Architecture
3 102 (17.38%) Cloud Security
4 90 (15.33%) Threat Modelling
5 74 (12.61%) Application Security
6 62 (10.56%) DevSecOps
7 56 (9.54%) Identity Access Management
7 56 (9.54%) SIEM
8 51 (8.69%) AI
9 49 (8.35%) CI/CD
10 48 (8.18%) TOGAF
11 47 (8.01%) SDLC
12 44 (7.50%) Information Security
13 43 (7.33%) SABSA
14 42 (7.16%) Technology Strategy
15 35 (5.96%) Validation
16 34 (5.79%) Agile
17 33 (5.62%) Zero Trust
18 31 (5.28%) Incident Response
18 31 (5.28%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.04%) Python
2 8 (1.36%) Go
2 8 (1.36%) Rust
3 4 (0.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.51%) SQL
5 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 137 (23.34%) Security Cleared
2 90 (15.33%) SC Cleared
3 78 (13.29%) CISSP
4 44 (7.50%) CISM
5 39 (6.64%) Degree
5 39 (6.64%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (4.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 20 (3.41%) CCSP
9 8 (1.36%) OSCP
9 8 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.85%) CRISC
11 5 (0.85%) FFIEC
11 5 (0.85%) ISACA
12 4 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.68%) CCSK
12 4 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (15.16%) NIST
2 73 (12.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (6.98%) GRC
4 25 (4.26%) GDPR
5 21 (3.58%) NCSC
6 20 (3.41%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 12 (2.04%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (1.36%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.68%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.34%) HITRUST
14 2 (0.34%) QA
15 1 (0.17%) COBIT
15 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
2 22 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.73%) vSphere
4 9 (1.53%) Docker
5 1 (0.17%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 25 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.73%) MOM
3 15 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (2.21%) CASB
5 10 (1.70%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.36%) Terraform
7 2 (0.34%) Ansible
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 117 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.13%) Palo Alto
3 28 (4.77%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.60%) Tenable
5 16 (2.73%) VMware
6 15 (2.56%) Cisco
7 12 (2.04%) McAfee
7 12 (2.04%) Red Hat
7 12 (2.04%) SAP
8 7 (1.19%) Google
9 6 (1.02%) Oracle
10 5 (0.85%) 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