Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 493 411
Rank change year-on-year +198 -82 +3
Permanent Security Architect jobs 686 134 335
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.31% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.34% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 433 93 124
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,375
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -8.82% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £91,250
90th Percentile - £111,000 £119,375
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 adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,106 39,073 58,552
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.21% 91.00% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 67,960 23,707 33,387
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,536 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,999 £53,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -6.96% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £52,500 £56,509
% change year-on-year +12.86% -7.09% -5.82%

Security Architect Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Security Architect job postings 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 Security Architect jobs in England over the 6 months to 25 October 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 Security Architect jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 25 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London +134 277 £100,000 -4.76% 220
South East +60 148 £85,000 - 60
North of England +21 134 £80,000 +6.67% 40
North West +54 104 £77,500 +3.33% 20
Midlands -6 63 £86,000 +10.97% 26
West Midlands -6 50 £90,000 +20.00% 22
South West -64 36 £85,000 +21.43% 26
East of England -21 21 £75,000 - 10
Yorkshire -29 17 £80,000 +6.67% 19
East Midlands -34 13 £80,000 -5.88% 4
North East -65 13 £100,000 +33.88% 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, Security Architect job ads cited 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 Security Architect job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cybersecurity41.5%285
2Security Architecture35.3%242
3Security Cleared28.4%195
4Azure18.5%127
4Microsoft18.5%127
6NIST18.2%125
7Cloud Security17.5%120
8SC Cleared16.9%116
9CISSP16.0%110
10ISO/IEC 2700115.2%104
11Identity Access Management12.8%88
12Threat Modelling12.2%84
13Zero Trust12.1%83
14AWS12.0%82
14SABSA12.0%82
16TOGAF11.5%79
17Architectural Patterns11.2%77
18AI10.9%75
19DV Cleared9.9%68
20Network Security9.6%66
21Application Security9.3%64
22Information Security9.2%63
23CISM9.0%62
23DevSecOps9.0%62
25GDPR7.9%54
26Roadmaps7.1%49
27Network Segmentation6.6%45
27Stakeholder Management6.6%45
29Incident Response6.3%43
29SaaS6.3%43

Security Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Security Architect15.3%105
2Cybersecurity Architect12.2%84
3Lead Security Architect12.0%82
4Enterprise Security Architect6.7%46
5Enterprise Architect6.1%42
5Security Solutions Architect6.1%42
7Solutions Architect6.0%41
8Cloud Architect5.4%37
9Cloud Security Architect5.1%35
10Information Security Architect3.2%22
11Network Security Architect2.8%19
12IT Security Architect2.6%18
12Network Architect2.6%18
14Principal Security Architect2.5%17
14Senior Cloud Architect2.5%17
16Security Manager2.0%14
17Azure Architect1.7%12
18Security Technical Architect1.6%11
18SOC Architect1.6%11
20DevSecOps Architect1.3%9
402 Security Architect jobs in England