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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 532 435
Rank change year-on-year +268 -97 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 591 114 499
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 0.28% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.32% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 417 84 307
10th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £79,842
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.06% -8.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,333 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,625 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £79,842
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.06% -8.75%

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 79,179 36,002 90,573
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 89.97% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 55,726 21,020 67,065
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 June 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 June 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 +125 196 £90,000 -5.26% 37
North of England +95 176 £80,000 +6.67% 6
North West +105 129 £80,000 +6.67% 3
South East +48 86 £70,000 -6.67% 25
Midlands +22 61 £85,000 +2.66% 8
West Midlands +23 51 £86,000 +3.86% 7
South West -22 50 £85,000 +13.33% 11
North East -29 28 £95,000 +46.15% 1
Yorkshire -21 19 £80,000 +14.29% 2
East of England -5 11 £91,250 - 2
East Midlands - 10 £50,000 - 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 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.

1 251 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
2 160 (27.07%) Security Architecture
3 122 (20.64%) Security Cleared
4 108 (18.27%) Microsoft
5 104 (17.60%) Cloud Security
6 94 (15.91%) Azure
7 89 (15.06%) Threat Modelling
8 86 (14.55%) AWS
9 83 (14.04%) NIST
10 81 (13.71%) SC Cleared
11 80 (13.54%) CISSP
12 72 (12.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 70 (11.84%) Application Security
14 60 (10.15%) DevSecOps
15 55 (9.31%) TOGAF
16 53 (8.97%) SIEM
17 49 (8.29%) Identity Access Management
18 47 (7.95%) AI
18 47 (7.95%) CI/CD
18 47 (7.95%) SDLC
19 46 (7.78%) CISM
20 41 (6.94%) Information Security
20 41 (6.94%) SABSA
21 40 (6.77%) Degree
21 40 (6.77%) Serverless
22 39 (6.60%) GCP
23 38 (6.43%) DV Cleared
24 37 (6.26%) GRC
24 37 (6.26%) Technology Strategy
25 35 (5.92%) Validation

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 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (15.91%) Azure
2 86 (14.55%) AWS
3 40 (6.77%) Serverless
4 39 (6.60%) GCP
5 26 (4.40%) SaaS
6 14 (2.37%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (2.03%) AWS Step Functions
7 12 (2.03%) GitHub
7 12 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (2.03%) Pulumi
8 6 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.51%) IaaS
10 3 (0.51%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.51%) OCI
10 3 (0.51%) PaaS
10 3 (0.51%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.34%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.41%) Network Security
2 26 (4.40%) DNS
3 23 (3.89%) Firewall
4 19 (3.21%) VPN
5 12 (2.03%) DSL
6 10 (1.69%) DHCP
7 8 (1.35%) BGP
7 8 (1.35%) FTP
7 8 (1.35%) HTTP
7 8 (1.35%) ICMP
7 8 (1.35%) IPsec
7 8 (1.35%) MPLS
7 8 (1.35%) SD-WAN
7 8 (1.35%) SNMP
7 8 (1.35%) SSH
7 8 (1.35%) SSL
7 8 (1.35%) VLAN
7 8 (1.35%) WAN
8 6 (1.02%) Broadband
9 3 (0.51%) Internet
Development Applications
1 25 (4.23%) Snyk
2 14 (2.37%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.03%) GitLab
4 5 (0.85%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.34%) Git
General
1 43 (7.28%) Public Sector
1 43 (7.28%) Social Skills
2 34 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 31 (5.25%) Finance
4 25 (4.23%) Law
5 19 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (3.05%) Banking
7 15 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (1.52%) Legal
9 7 (1.18%) Games
10 6 (1.02%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.34%) Advertising
12 2 (0.34%) Retail
13 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.17%) Military
13 1 (0.17%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.54%) OAuth
2 14 (2.37%) LDAP
2 14 (2.37%) Regular Expression
2 14 (2.37%) SAML
3 12 (2.03%) AWS CDK
3 12 (2.03%) XMPP
4 7 (1.18%) OpenID
5 4 (0.68%) JWT
6 2 (0.34%) JSON
6 2 (0.34%) JSON Schema
6 2 (0.34%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.40%) Data Centre
2 23 (3.89%) Operational Technology
3 21 (3.55%) Cloud Native
4 13 (2.20%) PKI
5 9 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (1.52%) Security Posture
6 8 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.02%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.02%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.68%) CCTV
10 3 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.34%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.34%) Hybrid 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
12 1 (0.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.72%) Linux
2 21 (3.55%) Windows
3 18 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
2 160 (27.07%) Security Architecture
3 104 (17.60%) Cloud Security
4 89 (15.06%) Threat Modelling
5 70 (11.84%) Application Security
6 60 (10.15%) DevSecOps
7 55 (9.31%) TOGAF
8 53 (8.97%) SIEM
9 49 (8.29%) Identity Access Management
10 47 (7.95%) AI
10 47 (7.95%) CI/CD
10 47 (7.95%) SDLC
11 41 (6.94%) Information Security
11 41 (6.94%) SABSA
12 37 (6.26%) Technology Strategy
13 35 (5.92%) Validation
14 32 (5.41%) Incident Response
15 29 (4.91%) Architectural Patterns
15 29 (4.91%) Security Testing
15 29 (4.91%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (2.37%) Python
2 12 (2.03%) Go
2 12 (2.03%) Rust
3 4 (0.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.51%) SQL
5 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 122 (20.64%) Security Cleared
2 81 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 80 (13.54%) CISSP
4 46 (7.78%) CISM
5 40 (6.77%) Degree
6 38 (6.43%) DV Cleared
7 27 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (3.38%) CCSP
10 13 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
11 12 (2.03%) OSCP
12 8 (1.35%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.35%) CRISC
13 7 (1.18%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.18%) FFIEC
13 7 (1.18%) ISACA
14 4 (0.68%) CCSK
14 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.51%) CISA
16 2 (0.34%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (14.04%) NIST
2 72 (12.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (6.26%) GRC
4 28 (4.74%) PCI DSS
5 26 (4.40%) GDPR
6 23 (3.89%) NCSC
7 10 (1.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (1.35%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.02%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.68%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.51%) PMO
12 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.34%) QA
14 1 (0.17%) COBIT
14 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 32 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
2 24 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.71%) vSphere
4 3 (0.51%) Docker
5 1 (0.17%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 22 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.71%) MOM
3 12 (2.03%) Terraform
4 11 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.35%) CASB
5 8 (1.35%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.34%) Ansible
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 108 (18.27%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.58%) Palo Alto
3 28 (4.74%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.57%) Tenable
5 16 (2.71%) VMware
6 14 (2.37%) SAP
7 12 (2.03%) Cisco
7 12 (2.03%) McAfee
7 12 (2.03%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.35%) Google
9 4 (0.68%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.68%) Oracle
9 4 (0.68%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.51%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (0.51%) N-able
10 3 (0.51%) Okta
10 3 (0.51%) Sophos
11 2 (0.34%) Cribl.io
11 2 (0.34%) Dell
12 1 (0.17%) Juniper