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 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 431 432
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +54
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 186 258 249
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.53% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.57% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 125 90 148
10th Percentile £58,000 £62,500 £56,809
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,125 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £77,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +10.39% -12.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,125 £95,000
90th Percentile £106,500 £112,750 £113,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -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 47,793 45,221 45,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 92.75% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30,115 23,851 35,458
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -3.21%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 -1 61 £102,500 +11.11% 33
North of England +35 48 £80,000 +6.67% 23
South West +36 35 £70,000 -9.68% 10
North West +31 22 £82,500 +10.00% 7
South East -4 18 £85,000 - 19
Yorkshire +1 17 £80,000 -8.57% 8
Midlands +15 12 £80,000 -15.79% 6
North East +6 9 £80,000 +14.29% 8
West Midlands +19 8 £72,500 -25.64% 4
East of England -6 6 £85,000 +13.33% 7
East Midlands +6 4 £85,000 +3.03% 2
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 January 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 79 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (38.71%) Security Architecture
3 63 (33.87%) CISSP
4 52 (27.96%) Cloud Security
5 47 (25.27%) CISM
6 46 (24.73%) SABSA
7 44 (23.66%) TOGAF
8 39 (20.97%) Information Security
9 35 (18.82%) TOGAF Certification
10 34 (18.28%) Decision-Making
10 34 (18.28%) Enterprise Architecture
11 31 (16.67%) Data Protection
11 31 (16.67%) GRC
11 31 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 31 (16.67%) Security Cleared
11 31 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
12 30 (16.13%) AWS
12 30 (16.13%) Azure
13 28 (15.05%) Architecture Governance
13 28 (15.05%) DBS Check
13 28 (15.05%) Design Patterns
14 25 (13.44%) NIST
14 25 (13.44%) Threat Modelling
15 24 (12.90%) SC Cleared
16 19 (10.22%) NCSC
16 19 (10.22%) Risk Management
16 19 (10.22%) Roadmaps
17 16 (8.60%) Architectural Patterns
18 15 (8.06%) GDPR

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 (1.61%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.54%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.13%) AWS
1 30 (16.13%) Azure
2 7 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (3.23%) GCP
4 5 (2.69%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.08%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (1.08%) GitHub
6 2 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.08%) Pulumi
6 2 (1.08%) Serverless
7 1 (0.54%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.54%) IaaS
7 1 (0.54%) PaaS
7 1 (0.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.99%) Network Security
2 11 (5.91%) Firewall
3 4 (2.15%) VPN
4 2 (1.08%) DSL
4 2 (1.08%) LAN
4 2 (1.08%) WAN
5 1 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.54%) SSL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.30%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.08%) GitLab
3 1 (0.54%) Git
3 1 (0.54%) JIRA
General
1 46 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.44%) Finance
3 14 (7.53%) Public Sector
4 9 (4.84%) Banking
5 7 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.76%) Law
6 6 (3.23%) Legal
7 4 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.61%) Electronics
8 3 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.61%) Marketing
8 3 (1.61%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Games
9 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.08%) AWS CDK
1 2 (1.08%) EDI
1 2 (1.08%) OAuth
2 1 (0.54%) JWT
2 1 (0.54%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.54%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.84%) Security Posture
2 8 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (4.30%) Operational Technology
3 7 (3.76%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.76%) PKI
4 5 (2.69%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.61%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.61%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.54%) DataPower
8 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.54%) Linux
1 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (38.71%) Security Architecture
3 52 (27.96%) Cloud Security
4 46 (24.73%) SABSA
5 44 (23.66%) TOGAF
6 39 (20.97%) Information Security
7 34 (18.28%) Decision-Making
7 34 (18.28%) Enterprise Architecture
8 31 (16.67%) Data Protection
8 31 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
9 28 (15.05%) Architecture Governance
9 28 (15.05%) Design Patterns
10 25 (13.44%) Threat Modelling
11 19 (10.22%) Risk Management
11 19 (10.22%) Roadmaps
12 16 (8.60%) Architectural Patterns
13 13 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (5.91%) IT Strategy
14 11 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.61%) Python
2 2 (1.08%) Go
2 2 (1.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.08%) Rust
3 1 (0.54%) Java
3 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 63 (33.87%) CISSP
2 47 (25.27%) CISM
3 35 (18.82%) TOGAF Certification
4 31 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 28 (15.05%) DBS Check
6 24 (12.90%) SC Cleared
7 13 (6.99%) Degree
7 13 (6.99%) DV Cleared
8 9 (4.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (4.84%) Azure Certification
8 9 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (4.30%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.69%) CCSP
10 5 (2.69%) SANS
11 4 (2.15%) OSCP
12 3 (1.61%) GIAC
13 2 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (1.08%) CEH
13 2 (1.08%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (16.67%) GRC
1 31 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (13.44%) NIST
3 19 (10.22%) NCSC
4 15 (8.06%) GDPR
5 12 (6.45%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (1.08%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.54%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.54%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.54%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.23%) Ansible
2 4 (2.15%) Terraform
3 3 (1.61%) CASB
3 3 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.08%) Endace
Vendors
1 15 (8.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.69%) SAP
3 4 (2.15%) CyberArk
4 3 (1.61%) MuleSoft
4 3 (1.61%) Oracle
4 3 (1.61%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.08%) Cisco
5 2 (1.08%) Juniper
5 2 (1.08%) LogRhythm
5 2 (1.08%) Splunk
5 2 (1.08%) Tenable
5 2 (1.08%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.54%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.54%) Centrify
6 1 (0.54%) IBM
6 1 (0.54%) Netskope
6 1 (0.54%) Thycotic
6 1 (0.54%) Varonis