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 13 November 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 469 420
Rank change year-on-year +183 -49 +6
Permanent Security Architect jobs 720 145 314
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.32% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.35% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 441 100 113
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,338 £61,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile - £111,250 £121,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% +6.25%

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
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 99,395 41,465 57,387
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.80% 90.57% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 67,607 26,218 32,270
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%

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 13 November 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 13 November 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 +143 297 £100,000 -6.98% 201
South East +63 169 £85,000 - 72
North of England -12 113 £80,000 +6.67% 54
North West -17 81 £80,000 +6.67% 24
Midlands -24 64 £81,250 +4.84% 35
South West -44 52 £80,000 +14.29% 24
West Midlands -14 51 £100,000 +33.33% 26
Yorkshire -27 20 £80,000 +6.67% 24
East of England -38 20 £75,000 - 4
East Midlands -35 13 £80,000 -5.88% 9
North East -61 12 £100,000 +33.88% 6
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 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
1Cybersecurity40.8%294
2Security Architecture32.2%232
3Security Cleared30.4%219
4SC Cleared17.9%129
5NIST17.4%125
6Azure16.5%119
6Microsoft16.5%119
8CISSP15.4%111
9ISO/IEC 2700115.0%108
10Cloud Security14.4%104
11Zero Trust13.2%95
12Identity Access Management12.2%88
13SABSA11.7%84
14TOGAF11.5%83
15Architectural Patterns11.3%81
16AWS10.6%76
17Application Security9.3%67
17DV Cleared9.3%67
19Threat Modelling9.2%66
20AI8.9%64
20Network Security8.9%64
22CISM8.6%62
23Information Security8.1%58
24GDPR7.8%56
25DevSecOps7.6%55
26Roadmaps7.1%51
26Stakeholder Management7.1%51
28Risk Management6.7%48
29Firewall6.4%46
29Network Segmentation6.4%46

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 Architect15.4%111
2Cybersecurity Architect11.8%85
3Lead Security Architect11.0%79
4Enterprise Security Architect5.7%41
5Security Solutions Architect5.1%37
6Enterprise Architect5.0%36
6Solutions Architect5.0%36
8Cloud Architect3.1%22
9Cloud Security Architect2.8%20
9Network Security Architect2.8%20
11Network Architect2.5%18
12Security Manager2.4%17
12Security Technical Architect2.4%17
14Applications Architect2.2%16
14Information Security Architect2.2%16
16IT Security Architect1.9%14
16Principal Security Architect1.9%14
18DevSecOps Architect1.7%12
19Azure Architect1.5%11
19SOC Architect1.5%11
407 Security Architect jobs in England