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 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 446 427
Rank change year-on-year +28 -19 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 215 237 351
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.53% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.58% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 140 80 237
10th Percentile £59,785 £61,250 £57,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.06% -8.75%
75th Percentile £100,000 £94,063 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £78,273
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.18% -7.91%

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 53,952 40,914 62,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 91.47% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 34,762 21,614 50,204
10th Percentile £29,040 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
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% -8.33%

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 +9 92 £90,000 -5.26% 45
North of England +17 47 £80,000 +6.67% 12
South West +20 44 £73,750 -6.35% 8
North West +15 23 £80,000 +6.67% 9
South East -9 16 £95,000 +11.76% 32
Yorkshire -15 16 £80,000 -8.57% 1
North East -6 8 £80,000 +14.29% 2
East of England -1 6 £87,500 +17.45% 1
Midlands +3 5 £80,000 -5.88% 13
West Midlands +12 3 £80,000 -11.11% 12
East Midlands -15 2 - - 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 February 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.

1 109 (50.70%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (25.12%) Security Architecture
3 49 (22.79%) CISSP
4 47 (21.86%) Security Cleared
5 45 (20.93%) AWS
6 44 (20.47%) Azure
7 39 (18.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 37 (17.21%) Threat Modelling
9 36 (16.74%) SC Cleared
10 34 (15.81%) Cloud Security
11 31 (14.42%) NIST
12 28 (13.02%) CISM
13 27 (12.56%) TOGAF
14 22 (10.23%) SABSA
15 21 (9.77%) GDPR
15 21 (9.77%) NCSC
16 20 (9.30%) Roadmaps
17 19 (8.84%) Cryptography
17 19 (8.84%) Degree
17 19 (8.84%) PCI DSS
18 17 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
18 17 (7.91%) Microsoft
18 17 (7.91%) SIEM
18 17 (7.91%) Zero Trust
19 16 (7.44%) Architectural Patterns
19 16 (7.44%) DevSecOps
19 16 (7.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 15 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
20 15 (6.98%) Risk Management
21 14 (6.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP

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 (1.40%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.93%) AWS
2 44 (20.47%) Azure
3 9 (4.19%) GCP
4 8 (3.72%) AWS CloudFormation
4 8 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (3.72%) AWS Step Functions
4 8 (3.72%) GitHub
4 8 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (3.72%) Pulumi
4 8 (3.72%) Serverless
5 7 (3.26%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon Cognito
8 1 (0.47%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.58%) Network Security
2 11 (5.12%) Firewall
3 8 (3.72%) DSL
4 3 (1.40%) Internet
4 3 (1.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.93%) DNS
5 2 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.93%) LAN
6 1 (0.47%) SSL
6 1 (0.47%) WAN
Development Applications
1 14 (6.51%) Jenkins
2 8 (3.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 32 (14.88%) Finance
2 24 (11.16%) Social Skills
3 20 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 12 (5.58%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (5.12%) Law
6 10 (4.65%) Banking
7 8 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.72%) Legal
8 4 (1.86%) Games
9 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.40%) Electronics
9 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.40%) Marketing
9 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.93%) Advertising
10 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.93%) Retail
11 1 (0.47%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.72%) AWS CDK
2 2 (0.93%) OAuth
3 1 (0.47%) JWT
3 1 (0.47%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.47%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.58%) PKI
2 11 (5.12%) Operational Technology
3 10 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.26%) Security Posture
5 6 (2.79%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.33%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.40%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.40%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.93%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.47%) DataPower
9 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.93%) Linux
1 2 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (50.70%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (25.12%) Security Architecture
3 37 (17.21%) Threat Modelling
4 34 (15.81%) Cloud Security
5 27 (12.56%) TOGAF
6 22 (10.23%) SABSA
7 20 (9.30%) Roadmaps
8 19 (8.84%) Cryptography
9 17 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (7.91%) SIEM
9 17 (7.91%) Zero Trust
10 16 (7.44%) Architectural Patterns
10 16 (7.44%) DevSecOps
10 16 (7.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (6.98%) Risk Management
12 13 (6.05%) Application Security
13 12 (5.58%) Identity Access Management
13 12 (5.58%) Microservices
14 11 (5.12%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.19%) Python
2 8 (3.72%) Go
2 8 (3.72%) Rust
3 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.47%) Java
4 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (22.79%) CISSP
2 47 (21.86%) Security Cleared
3 36 (16.74%) SC Cleared
4 28 (13.02%) CISM
5 19 (8.84%) Degree
6 14 (6.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (6.51%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (6.51%) DV Cleared
7 13 (6.05%) TOGAF Certification
8 12 (5.58%) Azure Certification
9 11 (5.12%) AWS Certification
10 10 (4.65%) CCSP
10 10 (4.65%) OSCP
11 6 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.33%) CRISC
13 4 (1.86%) CISA
13 4 (1.86%) SANS
14 3 (1.40%) GIAC
14 3 (1.40%) ISACA
15 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (18.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (14.42%) NIST
3 21 (9.77%) GDPR
3 21 (9.77%) NCSC
4 19 (8.84%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.33%) GRC
7 4 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.40%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.93%) PMO
10 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 9 (4.19%) Kubernetes
1 9 (4.19%) Terraform
2 6 (2.79%) Ansible
3 4 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.40%) CASB
5 1 (0.47%) Endace
Vendors
1 17 (7.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.79%) SAP
3 4 (1.86%) CyberArk
4 3 (1.40%) MuleSoft
4 3 (1.40%) Oracle
4 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.93%) Cisco
5 2 (0.93%) Google
5 2 (0.93%) LogRhythm
5 2 (0.93%) Tenable
5 2 (0.93%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.47%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.47%) Centrify
6 1 (0.47%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.47%) IBM
6 1 (0.47%) Juniper
6 1 (0.47%) Netskope
6 1 (0.47%) Splunk
6 1 (0.47%) Thycotic