Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 494 456
Rank change year-on-year +228 -38 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 669 144 325
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 0.33% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.36% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 467 101 173
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,431 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.81% -8.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £100,000
90th Percentile - £107,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% -2.86%

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 91,294 39,454 67,875
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.42% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 64,523 23,906 43,904
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +123 238 £100,000 +5.26% 183
North of England +60 157 £87,500 +16.67% 37
South East +65 131 £85,000 - 49
North West +84 120 £75,000 - 33
Midlands +16 72 £85,000 +2.66% 19
West Midlands +20 60 £88,000 +11.53% 11
South West -39 40 £85,000 +6.25% 29
East of England -3 22 £75,000 - 6
North East -47 20 £95,000 +27.19% 1
Yorkshire -42 17 £91,216 +21.62% 3
East Midlands -18 12 £50,000 -41.18% 8
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 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.

1 263 (39.31%) Cybersecurity
2 221 (33.03%) Security Architecture
3 169 (25.26%) Security Cleared
4 130 (19.43%) Microsoft
5 119 (17.79%) Azure
6 117 (17.49%) Cloud Security
7 112 (16.74%) NIST
8 96 (14.35%) SC Cleared
9 93 (13.90%) AWS
9 93 (13.90%) Threat Modelling
10 92 (13.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 90 (13.45%) CISSP
12 88 (13.15%) Application Security
13 75 (11.21%) DevSecOps
14 72 (10.76%) Identity Access Management
15 66 (9.87%) AI
16 60 (8.97%) Network Security
17 59 (8.82%) DV Cleared
17 59 (8.82%) TOGAF
18 58 (8.67%) SIEM
19 55 (8.22%) Information Security
19 55 (8.22%) SABSA
20 52 (7.77%) Technology Strategy
21 51 (7.62%) CISM
21 51 (7.62%) SDLC
21 51 (7.62%) Zero Trust
22 50 (7.47%) CI/CD
23 48 (7.17%) Architectural Patterns
23 48 (7.17%) GRC
24 47 (7.03%) Agile

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 (0.30%) Apache
Business Applications
1 10 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 119 (17.79%) Azure
2 93 (13.90%) AWS
3 47 (7.03%) SaaS
4 46 (6.88%) GCP
5 31 (4.63%) Serverless
6 17 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (2.09%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.49%) OCI
9 9 (1.35%) PaaS
10 7 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (1.05%) IaaS
11 5 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.45%) Azure AI
12 3 (0.45%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.30%) Azure API Management
13 2 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.30%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 60 (8.97%) Network Security
2 31 (4.63%) Firewall
3 25 (3.74%) DNS
4 24 (3.59%) VPN
5 12 (1.79%) DHCP
5 12 (1.79%) WAN
6 11 (1.64%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.49%) BGP
7 10 (1.49%) FTP
7 10 (1.49%) HTTP
7 10 (1.49%) ICMP
7 10 (1.49%) IPsec
7 10 (1.49%) MPLS
7 10 (1.49%) SNMP
7 10 (1.49%) SSH
7 10 (1.49%) SSL
7 10 (1.49%) VLAN
8 6 (0.90%) Broadband
9 5 (0.75%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.30%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.45%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (3.74%) Snyk
2 5 (0.75%) Yeoman
3 3 (0.45%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.30%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
General
1 74 (11.06%) Social Skills
2 50 (7.47%) Finance
3 49 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 49 (7.32%) Public Sector
4 34 (5.08%) Law
5 30 (4.48%) Aerospace
6 23 (3.44%) Banking
7 20 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (2.39%) Legal
9 14 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.79%) Games
11 5 (0.75%) Military
12 4 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.45%) Marketing
14 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.15%) French Language
14 1 (0.15%) German Language
14 1 (0.15%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.54%) OAuth
2 16 (2.39%) SAML
3 13 (1.94%) LDAP
3 13 (1.94%) Regular Expression
4 12 (1.79%) XMPP
5 7 (1.05%) ModSecurity
5 7 (1.05%) OpenID
6 4 (0.60%) JWT
7 3 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.45%) Kafka
7 3 (0.45%) Node.js
8 2 (0.30%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.15%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.15%) JSON
9 1 (0.15%) JSON Schema
9 1 (0.15%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.15%) Terraform
9 1 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.04%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (3.14%) Cloud Native
4 16 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (2.24%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.24%) Operational Technology
6 13 (1.94%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (1.49%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.49%) PKI
8 6 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (0.60%) CCTV
10 4 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.45%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.30%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.30%) Web Conferencing
13 1 (0.15%) Cloud Security Posture
13 1 (0.15%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.14%) Linux
2 19 (2.84%) Windows
3 16 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (39.31%) Cybersecurity
2 221 (33.03%) Security Architecture
3 117 (17.49%) Cloud Security
4 93 (13.90%) Threat Modelling
5 88 (13.15%) Application Security
6 75 (11.21%) DevSecOps
7 72 (10.76%) Identity Access Management
8 66 (9.87%) AI
9 59 (8.82%) TOGAF
10 58 (8.67%) SIEM
11 55 (8.22%) Information Security
11 55 (8.22%) SABSA
12 52 (7.77%) Technology Strategy
13 51 (7.62%) SDLC
13 51 (7.62%) Zero Trust
14 50 (7.47%) CI/CD
15 48 (7.17%) Architectural Patterns
16 47 (7.03%) Agile
17 41 (6.13%) Vulnerability Management
18 39 (5.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (0.75%) Python
2 3 (0.45%) PowerShell
2 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
3 2 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (0.30%) SQL
4 1 (0.15%) Go
4 1 (0.15%) Rust
4 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 169 (25.26%) Security Cleared
2 96 (14.35%) SC Cleared
3 90 (13.45%) CISSP
4 59 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 51 (7.62%) CISM
6 39 (5.83%) Degree
7 28 (4.19%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (3.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 21 (3.14%) CCSP
10 17 (2.54%) AWS Certification
11 14 (2.09%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.90%) CCSK
15 5 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.75%) CREST Certified
15 5 (0.75%) CRISC
15 5 (0.75%) FFIEC
15 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.60%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (16.74%) NIST
2 92 (13.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (7.17%) GRC
4 39 (5.83%) GDPR
5 31 (4.63%) NCSC
6 20 (2.99%) PCI DSS
7 17 (2.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (2.24%) NIST 800
9 9 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.35%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.05%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.60%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.45%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.30%) COBIT
14 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.30%) HITRUST
14 2 (0.30%) QA
15 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (5.53%) Virtual Machines
2 19 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.09%) vSphere
4 10 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.54%) CASB
2 17 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (2.39%) MOM
4 10 (1.49%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.30%) Ansible
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 130 (19.43%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.83%) Palo Alto
3 29 (4.33%) CrowdStrike
4 28 (4.19%) Tenable
5 14 (2.09%) Cisco
5 14 (2.09%) VMware
6 12 (1.79%) McAfee
6 12 (1.79%) Red Hat
7 10 (1.49%) Google
7 10 (1.49%) Oracle
7 10 (1.49%) SAP
8 6 (0.90%) Workday
9 4 (0.60%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.45%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.45%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.30%) Barracuda Networks
11 2 (0.30%) Cribl.io
11 2 (0.30%) Databricks
11 2 (0.30%) N-able
11 2 (0.30%) Sophos