Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £86,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 491 469
Rank change year-on-year +202 -22 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 652 143 279
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.63% 0.33% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.36% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 422 100 141
10th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £68,438 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,750 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.44% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile - £120,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% -

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 96,493 39,199 62,408
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 90.51% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 67,696 23,091 35,994
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.80% -0.91% -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 7 October 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 7 October 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 +107 252 £100,000 -4.76% 256
North of England +40 140 £80,000 +6.67% 36
South East +68 139 £85,000 - 70
North West +73 110 £75,000 - 30
Midlands +8 58 £88,000 +17.33% 33
West Midlands -9 48 £95,000 +26.67% 29
South West -49 35 £85,000 +13.33% 32
East of England -18 21 £75,000 - 10
North East -63 17 £100,000 +33.88% 2
Yorkshire -32 13 £80,000 +6.67% 4
East Midlands -22 10 £76,590 -9.89% 4
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 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.

1 254 (38.96%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (35.12%) Security Architecture
3 184 (28.22%) Security Cleared
4 127 (19.48%) Microsoft
5 119 (18.25%) Azure
5 119 (18.25%) Cloud Security
6 114 (17.48%) NIST
7 106 (16.26%) SC Cleared
8 101 (15.49%) CISSP
9 95 (14.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 89 (13.65%) Threat Modelling
11 80 (12.27%) AWS
11 80 (12.27%) Identity Access Management
12 74 (11.35%) AI
13 71 (10.89%) Application Security
14 70 (10.74%) Zero Trust
15 68 (10.43%) DevSecOps
15 68 (10.43%) DV Cleared
15 68 (10.43%) Network Security
15 68 (10.43%) SABSA
15 68 (10.43%) TOGAF
16 66 (10.12%) Architectural Patterns
17 60 (9.20%) Information Security
18 54 (8.28%) CISM
19 47 (7.21%) SIEM
20 45 (6.90%) GDPR
20 45 (6.90%) Technology Strategy
21 43 (6.60%) CI/CD
21 43 (6.60%) SDLC
21 43 (6.60%) Vulnerability Management

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 (0.31%) Apache
2 1 (0.15%) Confluence
2 1 (0.15%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 119 (18.25%) Azure
2 80 (12.27%) AWS
3 41 (6.29%) GCP
4 40 (6.13%) SaaS
5 24 (3.68%) Serverless
6 20 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (1.84%) PaaS
8 11 (1.69%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.53%) OCI
10 8 (1.23%) Azure AI
11 6 (0.92%) Azure API Management
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (0.92%) IaaS
12 5 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.46%) Vertex AI
14 2 (0.31%) Amazon EMR
14 2 (0.31%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.31%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 68 (10.43%) Network Security
2 30 (4.60%) Firewall
3 23 (3.53%) VPN
4 19 (2.91%) DNS
5 15 (2.30%) WAN
6 12 (1.84%) DHCP
7 11 (1.69%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.53%) BGP
8 10 (1.53%) FTP
8 10 (1.53%) HTTP
8 10 (1.53%) ICMP
8 10 (1.53%) IPsec
8 10 (1.53%) MPLS
8 10 (1.53%) SNMP
8 10 (1.53%) SSH
8 10 (1.53%) SSL
8 10 (1.53%) VLAN
9 6 (0.92%) Broadband
10 5 (0.77%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.46%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.31%) Metadata
3 1 (0.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (2.91%) Snyk
2 4 (0.61%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.31%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.15%) ERwin
4 1 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 81 (12.42%) Social Skills
2 54 (8.28%) Finance
3 52 (7.98%) Public Sector
4 41 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (6.13%) Aerospace
6 35 (5.37%) Law
7 24 (3.68%) Legal
8 22 (3.37%) Banking
9 20 (3.07%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.84%) Games
12 6 (0.92%) Military
13 3 (0.46%) Marketing
14 2 (0.31%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.31%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.15%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.15%) French Language
15 1 (0.15%) German Language
15 1 (0.15%) Local Government
15 1 (0.15%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.45%) OAuth
1 16 (2.45%) SAML
2 9 (1.38%) ModSecurity
3 7 (1.07%) LDAP
3 7 (1.07%) Regular Expression
3 7 (1.07%) XMPP
4 6 (0.92%) OpenID
5 4 (0.61%) JWT
6 3 (0.46%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.46%) Kafka
6 3 (0.46%) Node.js
7 2 (0.31%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.14%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.37%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (2.61%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.45%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.15%) Operational Technology
7 10 (1.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 9 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.38%) PKI
9 7 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (0.77%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.61%) CCTV
12 4 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.15%) Cloud Security Posture
14 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Cloud
14 1 (0.15%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.84%) Linux
2 9 (1.38%) Windows
3 7 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.07%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (38.96%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (35.12%) Security Architecture
3 119 (18.25%) Cloud Security
4 89 (13.65%) Threat Modelling
5 80 (12.27%) Identity Access Management
6 74 (11.35%) AI
7 71 (10.89%) Application Security
8 70 (10.74%) Zero Trust
9 68 (10.43%) DevSecOps
9 68 (10.43%) SABSA
9 68 (10.43%) TOGAF
10 66 (10.12%) Architectural Patterns
11 60 (9.20%) Information Security
12 47 (7.21%) SIEM
13 45 (6.90%) Technology Strategy
14 43 (6.60%) CI/CD
14 43 (6.60%) SDLC
14 43 (6.60%) Vulnerability Management
15 42 (6.44%) Agile
15 42 (6.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (0.77%) Python
2 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 184 (28.22%) Security Cleared
2 106 (16.26%) SC Cleared
3 101 (15.49%) CISSP
4 68 (10.43%) DV Cleared
5 54 (8.28%) CISM
6 32 (4.91%) Degree
7 30 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (3.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 25 (3.83%) CCSP
10 20 (3.07%) AWS Certification
11 19 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
12 18 (2.76%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.84%) CESG Certified Professional
14 9 (1.38%) CREST Certified
15 8 (1.23%) CCSK
16 7 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
17 5 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (0.77%) CRISC
18 4 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 4 (0.61%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (17.48%) NIST
2 95 (14.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (6.90%) GDPR
4 42 (6.44%) GRC
5 36 (5.52%) NCSC
6 16 (2.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 15 (2.30%) NIST 800
8 10 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.53%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.23%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.77%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.61%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.61%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.46%) COBIT
12 3 (0.46%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.31%) HITRUST
13 2 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 31 (4.75%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (1.53%) Docker
3 9 (1.38%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.07%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (3.22%) CASB
2 19 (2.91%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.99%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.77%) Ansible
6 2 (0.31%) MOM
Vendors
1 127 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.13%) Palo Alto
3 21 (3.22%) CrowdStrike
4 20 (3.07%) Tenable
5 19 (2.91%) Cisco
6 10 (1.53%) Google
6 10 (1.53%) Oracle
6 10 (1.53%) Workday
7 7 (1.07%) McAfee
7 7 (1.07%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.07%) SAP
7 7 (1.07%) VMware
7 7 (1.07%) Zscaler
8 6 (0.92%) Foundry
9 3 (0.46%) F5
9 3 (0.46%) Thales
10 2 (0.31%) Databricks
10 2 (0.31%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.15%) Informatica
11 1 (0.15%) Netskope