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 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 494 476
Rank change year-on-year +202 -18 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 649 141 267
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.62% 0.33% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.36% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 419 99 135
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,125 £72,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile - £121,500 £118,000
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 96,332 38,980 61,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 90.58% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 67,219 23,193 35,285
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -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 11 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 IT jobs citing Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +128 257 £100,000 -4.76% 237
South East +65 138 £85,000 - 64
North of England +29 134 £80,000 +6.67% 30
North West +70 108 £75,000 - 20
Midlands -4 57 £88,000 +17.33% 29
West Midlands -12 47 £95,000 +26.67% 25
South West -48 35 £85,000 +13.33% 28
East of England -25 21 £75,000 - 11
North East -64 14 £100,000 +33.88% 2
Yorkshire -44 12 £80,000 +6.67% 8
East Midlands -21 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 11 October 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.

1 257 (39.60%) Cybersecurity
2 232 (35.75%) Security Architecture
3 180 (27.73%) Security Cleared
4 128 (19.72%) Microsoft
5 121 (18.64%) Azure
6 119 (18.34%) Cloud Security
7 116 (17.87%) NIST
8 103 (15.87%) CISSP
8 103 (15.87%) SC Cleared
9 97 (14.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 87 (13.41%) Threat Modelling
11 82 (12.63%) Identity Access Management
12 77 (11.86%) AWS
13 75 (11.56%) AI
14 74 (11.40%) Zero Trust
15 72 (11.09%) SABSA
16 71 (10.94%) Architectural Patterns
16 71 (10.94%) TOGAF
17 67 (10.32%) DV Cleared
18 66 (10.17%) Application Security
18 66 (10.17%) DevSecOps
19 65 (10.02%) Network Security
20 64 (9.86%) Information Security
21 57 (8.78%) CISM
22 50 (7.70%) GDPR
23 45 (6.93%) SIEM
24 44 (6.78%) Roadmaps
24 44 (6.78%) Technology Strategy
25 43 (6.63%) Vulnerability Management
26 42 (6.47%) 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 2 (0.31%) Apache
2 1 (0.15%) Confluence
2 1 (0.15%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 121 (18.64%) Azure
2 77 (11.86%) AWS
3 41 (6.32%) SaaS
4 38 (5.86%) GCP
5 22 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (3.39%) Serverless
6 14 (2.16%) PaaS
7 12 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 11 (1.69%) Azure AI
9 10 (1.54%) OCI
10 9 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (1.23%) Azure API Management
12 6 (0.92%) IaaS
13 5 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.46%) Azure Functions
15 2 (0.31%) Amazon EMR
15 2 (0.31%) Amazon Kinesis
15 2 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (10.02%) Network Security
2 34 (5.24%) Firewall
3 24 (3.70%) VPN
4 19 (2.93%) DNS
5 15 (2.31%) WAN
6 12 (1.85%) DHCP
7 11 (1.69%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.54%) BGP
8 10 (1.54%) FTP
8 10 (1.54%) HTTP
8 10 (1.54%) ICMP
8 10 (1.54%) IPsec
8 10 (1.54%) MPLS
8 10 (1.54%) SNMP
8 10 (1.54%) SSH
8 10 (1.54%) SSL
8 10 (1.54%) VLAN
9 6 (0.92%) Broadband
10 5 (0.77%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.31%) Metadata
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (2.77%) Snyk
2 4 (0.62%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.31%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) ERwin
4 1 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 84 (12.94%) Social Skills
2 52 (8.01%) Finance
3 49 (7.55%) Public Sector
4 40 (6.16%) Aerospace
4 40 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (5.55%) Law
6 30 (4.62%) Legal
7 21 (3.24%) Banking
8 20 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
9 17 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.85%) Games
11 6 (0.92%) Military
12 3 (0.46%) Marketing
12 3 (0.46%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.31%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.15%) French Language
14 1 (0.15%) German Language
14 1 (0.15%) Local Government
14 1 (0.15%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.47%) OAuth
1 16 (2.47%) SAML
2 10 (1.54%) ModSecurity
3 7 (1.08%) LDAP
3 7 (1.08%) Regular Expression
3 7 (1.08%) XMPP
4 6 (0.92%) OpenID
5 4 (0.62%) JWT
6 3 (0.46%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.46%) Kafka
6 3 (0.46%) Node.js
7 2 (0.31%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.15%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.16%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
4 20 (3.08%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.47%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.16%) Operational Technology
8 10 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 9 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.39%) PKI
10 7 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (0.77%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.62%) CCTV
13 4 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
15 1 (0.15%) Cloud Security Posture
15 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Cloud
15 1 (0.15%) IoT
15 1 (0.15%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.85%) Linux
2 9 (1.39%) Windows
3 7 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (39.60%) Cybersecurity
2 232 (35.75%) Security Architecture
3 119 (18.34%) Cloud Security
4 87 (13.41%) Threat Modelling
5 82 (12.63%) Identity Access Management
6 75 (11.56%) AI
7 74 (11.40%) Zero Trust
8 72 (11.09%) SABSA
9 71 (10.94%) Architectural Patterns
9 71 (10.94%) TOGAF
10 66 (10.17%) Application Security
10 66 (10.17%) DevSecOps
11 64 (9.86%) Information Security
12 45 (6.93%) SIEM
13 44 (6.78%) Roadmaps
13 44 (6.78%) Technology Strategy
14 43 (6.63%) Vulnerability Management
15 41 (6.32%) Incident Response
15 41 (6.32%) Network Segmentation
16 40 (6.16%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 6 (0.92%) Python
2 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.15%) C
3 1 (0.15%) COBOL
3 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 180 (27.73%) Security Cleared
2 103 (15.87%) CISSP
2 103 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 67 (10.32%) DV Cleared
4 57 (8.78%) CISM
5 32 (4.93%) Degree
6 29 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 24 (3.70%) CCSP
9 22 (3.39%) TOGAF Certification
10 20 (3.08%) AWS Certification
11 18 (2.77%) Azure Certification
12 13 (2.00%) CESG Certified Professional
13 9 (1.39%) CREST Certified
14 8 (1.23%) CCSK
15 7 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
17 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 4 (0.62%) CRISC
18 3 (0.46%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (17.87%) NIST
2 97 (14.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (7.70%) GDPR
4 41 (6.32%) GRC
5 36 (5.55%) NCSC
6 15 (2.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 15 (2.31%) NIST 800
7 11 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.54%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.39%) JSP 440
9 9 (1.39%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.92%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.62%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.62%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.62%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.46%) COBIT
12 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.31%) HITRUST
13 2 (0.31%) QA
14 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 30 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (1.54%) Docker
3 9 (1.39%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (3.70%) CASB
2 19 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.77%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (2.00%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.77%) Ansible
Vendors
1 128 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.47%) Palo Alto
3 20 (3.08%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (2.93%) Cisco
4 19 (2.93%) Tenable
5 11 (1.69%) Zscaler
6 10 (1.54%) Google
6 10 (1.54%) Oracle
6 10 (1.54%) Workday
7 8 (1.23%) Foundry
8 7 (1.08%) McAfee
8 7 (1.08%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.08%) SAP
8 7 (1.08%) VMware
9 3 (0.46%) F5
9 3 (0.46%) Thales
10 2 (0.31%) Databricks
10 2 (0.31%) Netskope
11 1 (0.15%) AlgoSec
11 1 (0.15%) LogRhythm