Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 431 434
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 196 251 309
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.53% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.58% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 127 84 196
10th Percentile £58,250 £61,250 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £78,273
Median % change year-on-year - +2.21% -10.55%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £111,750 £108,125
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £77,886
% change year-on-year - +2.71% -8.37%

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 50,523 43,465 57,452
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 92.05% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 32,139 22,558 45,779
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.37%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +10 80 £100,000 +8.40% 31
North of England +33 48 £80,000 +6.67% 5
South West +37 39 £70,000 -9.68% 11
North West +27 24 £80,000 +6.67% 4
Yorkshire -10 16 £80,000 -8.57% 1
South East -8 15 £95,000 +11.76% 21
North East -1 8 £80,000 +14.29%
Midlands +3 6 £80,000 -15.79% 5
West Midlands +21 4 £80,000 -17.95% 4
East of England -3 4 £87,500 +16.67% 2
East Midlands -8 2 - - 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 January 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.

1 102 (52.04%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (23.98%) Security Architecture
3 42 (21.43%) CISSP
4 39 (19.90%) Security Cleared
5 38 (19.39%) AWS
6 35 (17.86%) Azure
7 33 (16.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 33 (16.84%) Threat Modelling
8 28 (14.29%) Cloud Security
8 28 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 25 (12.76%) NIST
10 23 (11.73%) TOGAF
11 21 (10.71%) CISM
11 21 (10.71%) NCSC
12 19 (9.69%) Risk Management
12 19 (9.69%) SABSA
13 18 (9.18%) Degree
13 18 (9.18%) GDPR
13 18 (9.18%) Roadmaps
14 17 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (8.67%) PCI DSS
15 16 (8.16%) Architectural Patterns
15 16 (8.16%) Cryptography
15 16 (8.16%) Microsoft
16 15 (7.65%) DV Cleared
17 14 (7.14%) SIEM
18 13 (6.63%) Infrastructure as Code
18 13 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 13 (6.63%) Zero Trust
19 12 (6.12%) DevSecOps

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 3 (1.53%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 38 (19.39%) AWS
2 35 (17.86%) Azure
3 6 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
3 6 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
3 6 (3.06%) AWS Step Functions
3 6 (3.06%) GCP
3 6 (3.06%) GitHub
3 6 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
3 6 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (3.06%) Pulumi
3 6 (3.06%) Serverless
4 5 (2.55%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.51%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.51%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.12%) Network Security
2 11 (5.61%) Firewall
3 6 (3.06%) DSL
4 4 (2.04%) VPN
5 3 (1.53%) Internet
6 2 (1.02%) DNS
6 2 (1.02%) LAN
6 2 (1.02%) WAN
7 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.51%) SSL
Development Applications
1 12 (6.12%) Jenkins
2 6 (3.06%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 31 (15.82%) Finance
2 23 (11.73%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.16%) Public Sector
4 11 (5.61%) Influencing Skills
4 11 (5.61%) Law
5 10 (5.10%) Banking
6 8 (4.08%) Legal
7 7 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.04%) Games
9 3 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.53%) Electronics
9 3 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.53%) Marketing
9 3 (1.53%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.06%) AWS CDK
2 2 (1.02%) OAuth
3 1 (0.51%) JWT
3 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.51%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.12%) Operational Technology
2 9 (4.59%) PKI
2 9 (4.59%) Security Posture
3 8 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.55%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.53%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.53%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.51%) DataPower
9 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Linux
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (52.04%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (23.98%) Security Architecture
3 33 (16.84%) Threat Modelling
4 28 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 23 (11.73%) TOGAF
6 19 (9.69%) Risk Management
6 19 (9.69%) SABSA
7 18 (9.18%) Roadmaps
8 17 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (8.16%) Architectural Patterns
9 16 (8.16%) Cryptography
10 14 (7.14%) SIEM
11 13 (6.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (6.63%) Zero Trust
12 12 (6.12%) DevSecOps
12 12 (6.12%) Information Security
13 11 (5.61%) DevOps
13 11 (5.61%) IT Strategy
13 11 (5.61%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.57%) Python
2 6 (3.06%) Go
2 6 (3.06%) Rust
3 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.51%) Java
4 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 42 (21.43%) CISSP
2 39 (19.90%) Security Cleared
3 28 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 21 (10.71%) CISM
5 18 (9.18%) Degree
6 15 (7.65%) DV Cleared
7 11 (5.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (5.61%) Azure Certification
7 11 (5.61%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (5.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 10 (5.10%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.08%) OSCP
10 7 (3.57%) CCSP
10 7 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.55%) CRISC
12 4 (2.04%) SANS
13 3 (1.53%) GIAC
13 3 (1.53%) ISACA
14 2 (1.02%) CISA
14 2 (1.02%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (16.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (12.76%) NIST
3 21 (10.71%) NCSC
4 18 (9.18%) GDPR
5 17 (8.67%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.04%) GRC
8 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (1.02%) PMO
9 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.51%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.51%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 7 (3.57%) Terraform
2 6 (3.06%) Ansible
3 3 (1.53%) CASB
3 3 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.02%) Endace
Vendors
1 16 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.06%) SAP
3 4 (2.04%) CyberArk
4 3 (1.53%) MuleSoft
4 3 (1.53%) Oracle
4 3 (1.53%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.02%) Cisco
5 2 (1.02%) Juniper
5 2 (1.02%) LogRhythm
5 2 (1.02%) Splunk
5 2 (1.02%) Tenable
5 2 (1.02%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.51%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.51%) Centrify
6 1 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.51%) Google
6 1 (0.51%) IBM
6 1 (0.51%) Netskope
6 1 (0.51%) Thycotic
6 1 (0.51%) Varonis