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 22 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 515 442
Rank change year-on-year +231 -73 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 588 133 404
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.31% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.34% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 425 104 253
10th Percentile £66,750 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £76,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -10.59% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
90th Percentile - £99,625 £119,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -8.57%

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 83,806 39,235 77,320
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 90.56% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59,024 23,683 55,489
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,629
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,754 £75,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 +123 202 £95,000 - 86
North of England +72 149 £88,000 +17.33% 22
North West +85 115 £87,500 +16.67% 15
South East +56 104 £72,500 -14.71% 45
Midlands +28 63 £85,000 +1.31% 5
West Midlands +27 53 £85,500 +3.26% 4
South West -28 48 £85,000 +13.33% 8
North East -38 23 £95,000 +27.19%
East of England +3 11 £91,250 +7.35% 6
Yorkshire -40 11 £87,431 +20.59% 7
East Midlands -16 10 £50,000 -41.18% 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 July 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.

1 235 (39.97%) Cybersecurity
2 172 (29.25%) Security Architecture
3 136 (23.13%) Security Cleared
4 117 (19.90%) Microsoft
5 102 (17.35%) Cloud Security
6 94 (15.99%) Azure
7 90 (15.31%) SC Cleared
8 89 (15.14%) Threat Modelling
9 88 (14.97%) NIST
10 84 (14.29%) AWS
11 79 (13.44%) CISSP
12 74 (12.59%) Application Security
13 73 (12.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 60 (10.20%) DevSecOps
15 57 (9.69%) SIEM
16 56 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
17 50 (8.50%) AI
18 49 (8.33%) TOGAF
19 47 (7.99%) CI/CD
20 46 (7.82%) SDLC
21 44 (7.48%) CISM
21 44 (7.48%) Information Security
22 43 (7.31%) GCP
22 43 (7.31%) SABSA
23 42 (7.14%) Technology Strategy
24 41 (6.97%) GRC
24 41 (6.97%) Network Security
25 40 (6.80%) DV Cleared
26 39 (6.63%) Degree
27 36 (6.12%) 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:

Business Applications
1 11 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (15.99%) Azure
2 84 (14.29%) AWS
3 43 (7.31%) GCP
4 36 (6.12%) Serverless
5 35 (5.95%) SaaS
6 14 (2.38%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (1.36%) AWS Step Functions
7 8 (1.36%) GitHub
7 8 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.36%) Pulumi
8 6 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (0.85%) OCI
10 3 (0.51%) IaaS
10 3 (0.51%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.51%) PaaS
10 3 (0.51%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.97%) Network Security
2 26 (4.42%) DNS
2 26 (4.42%) Firewall
3 24 (4.08%) VPN
4 12 (2.04%) DHCP
4 12 (2.04%) WAN
5 11 (1.87%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.70%) BGP
6 10 (1.70%) FTP
6 10 (1.70%) HTTP
6 10 (1.70%) ICMP
6 10 (1.70%) IPsec
6 10 (1.70%) MPLS
6 10 (1.70%) SNMP
6 10 (1.70%) SSH
6 10 (1.70%) SSL
6 10 (1.70%) VLAN
7 8 (1.36%) DSL
8 6 (1.02%) Broadband
9 3 (0.51%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (4.25%) Snyk
2 10 (1.70%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.36%) GitLab
4 5 (0.85%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.34%) Git
General
1 50 (8.50%) Social Skills
2 45 (7.65%) Public Sector
3 41 (6.97%) Finance
4 37 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.08%) Law
6 19 (3.23%) Banking
7 15 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.87%) Legal
9 9 (1.53%) Games
10 7 (1.19%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.34%) Advertising
12 2 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.34%) Retail
13 1 (0.17%) French Language
13 1 (0.17%) German Language
13 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.17%) Military
13 1 (0.17%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.89%) OAuth
2 16 (2.72%) SAML
3 14 (2.38%) LDAP
3 14 (2.38%) Regular Expression
4 12 (2.04%) XMPP
5 8 (1.36%) AWS CDK
6 7 (1.19%) OpenID
7 4 (0.68%) JWT
8 2 (0.34%) JSON
8 2 (0.34%) JSON Schema
8 2 (0.34%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.34%) XML
9 1 (0.17%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.17%) Kafka
9 1 (0.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.59%) Data Centre
2 18 (3.06%) Cloud Native
3 16 (2.72%) Operational Technology
4 12 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (1.53%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.36%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.36%) PKI
8 8 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.68%) CCTV
9 4 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.34%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.34%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.34%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.17%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.17%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.91%) Linux
2 22 (3.74%) Windows
3 18 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (39.97%) Cybersecurity
2 172 (29.25%) Security Architecture
3 102 (17.35%) Cloud Security
4 89 (15.14%) Threat Modelling
5 74 (12.59%) Application Security
6 60 (10.20%) DevSecOps
7 57 (9.69%) SIEM
8 56 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
9 50 (8.50%) AI
10 49 (8.33%) TOGAF
11 47 (7.99%) CI/CD
12 46 (7.82%) SDLC
13 44 (7.48%) Information Security
14 43 (7.31%) SABSA
15 42 (7.14%) Technology Strategy
16 35 (5.95%) Validation
17 33 (5.61%) Agile
18 32 (5.44%) Zero Trust
19 31 (5.27%) Incident Response
19 31 (5.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.04%) Python
2 8 (1.36%) Go
2 8 (1.36%) Rust
3 4 (0.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.51%) SQL
5 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 136 (23.13%) Security Cleared
2 90 (15.31%) SC Cleared
3 79 (13.44%) CISSP
4 44 (7.48%) CISM
5 40 (6.80%) DV Cleared
6 39 (6.63%) Degree
7 27 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (3.40%) CCSP
10 8 (1.36%) OSCP
10 8 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.19%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.02%) CRISC
12 6 (1.02%) ISACA
13 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.85%) FFIEC
14 4 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.68%) CCSK
14 4 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (14.97%) NIST
2 73 (12.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (6.97%) GRC
4 25 (4.25%) GDPR
5 21 (3.57%) NCSC
6 20 (3.40%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 11 (1.87%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.19%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.68%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.34%) HITRUST
14 2 (0.34%) QA
15 1 (0.17%) COBIT
15 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (5.78%) Virtual Machines
2 22 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.72%) vSphere
4 8 (1.36%) Docker
5 1 (0.17%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 23 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.72%) MOM
3 15 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (2.21%) CASB
5 10 (1.70%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.36%) Terraform
7 2 (0.34%) Ansible
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 117 (19.90%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.12%) Palo Alto
3 29 (4.93%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.59%) Tenable
5 16 (2.72%) VMware
6 15 (2.55%) Cisco
7 12 (2.04%) McAfee
7 12 (2.04%) Red Hat
7 12 (2.04%) SAP
8 8 (1.36%) Google
9 6 (1.02%) Oracle
10 5 (0.85%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.68%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.51%) Barracuda Networks
12 3 (0.51%) N-able
12 3 (0.51%) Okta
12 3 (0.51%) Sophos
13 2 (0.34%) Cribl.io
13 2 (0.34%) Dell
14 1 (0.17%) Juniper