Security Architect Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 436 448
Rank change year-on-year +47 +12 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 286 197 376
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 0.52% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.57% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 202 71 252
10th Percentile £55,490 £59,231 £57,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £69,798 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.06% -8.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £79,842
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.06% -6.07%

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 61,075 34,418 70,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 90.30% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 39,827 20,994 55,639
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +9 110 £90,000 -7.69% 36
North of England -8 63 £80,000 +6.67% 24
South West +13 48 £77,500 +10.71% 13
South East -10 38 £70,000 +7.69% 21
North West +6 36 £85,000 +13.33% 15
Midlands -10 17 £65,000 -31.58% 9
Yorkshire -27 15 £80,000 +23.08% 6
North East -11 12 £75,000 +7.14% 3
East Midlands -36 9 £40,000 -51.52%
West Midlands -1 8 £83,750 -11.84% 9
East of England -25 5 £100,000 +35.14% 2
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 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.

1 127 (44.41%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (21.68%) Security Architecture
3 58 (20.28%) AWS
4 57 (19.93%) Security Cleared
5 55 (19.23%) Azure
6 50 (17.48%) CISSP
7 42 (14.69%) Threat Modelling
8 41 (14.34%) Cloud Security
9 40 (13.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 36 (12.59%) NIST
10 36 (12.59%) SC Cleared
11 31 (10.84%) TOGAF
12 28 (9.79%) CISM
13 27 (9.44%) SIEM
14 26 (9.09%) Degree
14 26 (9.09%) DevSecOps
14 26 (9.09%) Microsoft
15 24 (8.39%) Application Security
15 24 (8.39%) Cryptography
16 23 (8.04%) SABSA
17 22 (7.69%) PCI DSS
18 21 (7.34%) GDPR
19 20 (6.99%) DV Cleared
19 20 (6.99%) Incident Response
20 18 (6.29%) NCSC
20 18 (6.29%) Risk Management
20 18 (6.29%) Roadmaps
20 18 (6.29%) Zero Trust
21 17 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
22 16 (5.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP

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 (1.05%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (20.28%) AWS
2 55 (19.23%) Azure
3 13 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
3 13 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
3 13 (4.55%) AWS Step Functions
3 13 (4.55%) GCP
3 13 (4.55%) GitHub
3 13 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
3 13 (4.55%) Pulumi
3 13 (4.55%) Serverless
4 12 (4.20%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.40%) SaaS
7 3 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.70%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.35%) Amazon Cognito
9 1 (0.35%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.59%) Firewall
2 13 (4.55%) DSL
3 10 (3.50%) Network Security
4 6 (2.10%) DNS
5 4 (1.40%) Internet
5 4 (1.40%) VPN
6 3 (1.05%) LAN
7 2 (0.70%) SAN
7 2 (0.70%) VSAN
8 1 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.35%) SSL
8 1 (0.35%) WAN
8 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 15 (5.24%) Jenkins
2 13 (4.55%) GitLab
3 1 (0.35%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) JIRA
3 1 (0.35%) Yeoman
General
1 29 (10.14%) Finance
2 28 (9.79%) Social Skills
3 19 (6.64%) Public Sector
4 12 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (3.85%) Law
6 10 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.45%) Banking
7 7 (2.45%) Legal
8 4 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.40%) Games
8 4 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.70%) Advertising
9 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.70%) Retail
10 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.35%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.55%) AWS CDK
2 4 (1.40%) LDAP
2 4 (1.40%) Regular Expression
3 3 (1.05%) OAuth
4 2 (0.70%) JSON
4 2 (0.70%) JSON Schema
4 2 (0.70%) OpenID
4 2 (0.70%) XML
4 2 (0.70%) XMPP
5 1 (0.35%) JWT
5 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.24%) Cloud Native
1 15 (5.24%) PKI
2 12 (4.20%) Operational Technology
3 9 (3.15%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.05%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.05%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.05%) Taxonomies
5 2 (0.70%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (0.70%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.35%) DataPower
6 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.35%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.85%) Windows
2 9 (3.15%) Linux
3 8 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (44.41%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (21.68%) Security Architecture
3 42 (14.69%) Threat Modelling
4 41 (14.34%) Cloud Security
5 31 (10.84%) TOGAF
6 27 (9.44%) SIEM
7 26 (9.09%) DevSecOps
8 24 (8.39%) Application Security
8 24 (8.39%) Cryptography
9 23 (8.04%) SABSA
10 20 (6.99%) Incident Response
11 18 (6.29%) Risk Management
11 18 (6.29%) Roadmaps
11 18 (6.29%) Zero Trust
12 16 (5.59%) Architectural Patterns
12 16 (5.59%) CI/CD
12 16 (5.59%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (5.59%) Red Team
12 16 (5.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (5.24%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.59%) Python
2 13 (4.55%) Go
2 13 (4.55%) Rust
3 6 (2.10%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.70%) SQL
5 1 (0.35%) Java
5 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 57 (19.93%) Security Cleared
2 50 (17.48%) CISSP
3 36 (12.59%) SC Cleared
4 28 (9.79%) CISM
5 26 (9.09%) Degree
6 20 (6.99%) DV Cleared
7 17 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (5.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 15 (5.24%) OSCP
9 15 (5.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (4.20%) Azure Certification
10 12 (4.20%) CCSP
11 11 (3.85%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.40%) CRISC
12 4 (1.40%) FFIEC
12 4 (1.40%) GCIH
13 3 (1.05%) CEH
13 3 (1.05%) CISA
13 3 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.05%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (13.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (12.59%) NIST
3 22 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 21 (7.34%) GDPR
5 18 (6.29%) NCSC
6 7 (2.45%) GRC
7 6 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.40%) JSP 440
9 3 (1.05%) PMO
10 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.10%) vSphere
3 4 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Docker
4 1 (0.35%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 14 (4.90%) Kubernetes
1 14 (4.90%) Terraform
2 6 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.05%) CASB
4 2 (0.70%) Ansible
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.70%) VxRail
5 1 (0.35%) Endace
5 1 (0.35%) MOM
Vendors
1 26 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.10%) SAP
2 6 (2.10%) VMware
3 5 (1.75%) Cisco
4 4 (1.40%) CyberArk
4 4 (1.40%) Google
4 4 (1.40%) Oracle
4 4 (1.40%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (1.05%) MuleSoft
5 3 (1.05%) Okta
6 2 (0.70%) Cribl.io
6 2 (0.70%) Dell
6 2 (0.70%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.70%) Juniper
6 2 (0.70%) LogRhythm
6 2 (0.70%) McAfee
6 2 (0.70%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.70%) Tenable
6 2 (0.70%) Trend Micro