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 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 541 431
Rank change year-on-year +254 -110 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 545 101 480
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.26% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.29% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 386 68 300
10th Percentile £66,250 £59,231 £57,431
25th Percentile £74,037 £64,509 £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 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,875 £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 77,255 35,140 85,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 89.76% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,481 20,253 64,048
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,750
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 6 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 6 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 +115 179 £90,000 -5.26% 79
North of England +92 168 £87,500 +25.00% 36
North West +103 124 £87,500 +16.67% 17
South East +48 80 £70,000 +3.96% 32
Midlands +22 52 £85,000 -4.39% 20
South West -14 46 £85,000 +21.43% 23
West Midlands +5 44 £85,000 -4.39% 17
North East -23 25 £95,000 +46.15% 10
Yorkshire -26 19 £80,000 +23.08% 9
East of England -7 11 £91,250 - 8
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 3
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 246 (45.14%) Cybersecurity
2 155 (28.44%) Security Architecture
3 109 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 105 (19.27%) Cloud Security
5 94 (17.25%) Azure
6 92 (16.88%) Threat Modelling
7 90 (16.51%) AWS
8 85 (15.60%) Microsoft
9 82 (15.05%) CISSP
10 78 (14.31%) NIST
11 72 (13.21%) SC Cleared
12 71 (13.03%) Application Security
13 69 (12.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 57 (10.46%) DevSecOps
15 56 (10.28%) TOGAF
16 49 (8.99%) SIEM
17 46 (8.44%) CI/CD
17 46 (8.44%) CISM
18 45 (8.26%) SDLC
19 44 (8.07%) SABSA
20 43 (7.89%) AI
21 42 (7.71%) Identity Access Management
22 41 (7.52%) Serverless
23 39 (7.16%) Degree
24 38 (6.97%) GCP
25 37 (6.79%) Information Security
26 35 (6.42%) GRC
26 35 (6.42%) Technology Strategy
27 34 (6.24%) DV Cleared
27 34 (6.24%) 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 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (17.25%) Azure
2 90 (16.51%) AWS
3 41 (7.52%) Serverless
4 38 (6.97%) GCP
5 21 (3.85%) SaaS
6 13 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (2.39%) AWS Step Functions
6 13 (2.39%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.39%) GitHub
6 13 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (2.39%) Pulumi
7 5 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.55%) IaaS
9 3 (0.55%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.55%) PaaS
9 3 (0.55%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.37%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.69%) Network Security
2 25 (4.59%) Firewall
3 23 (4.22%) DNS
4 17 (3.12%) VPN
5 13 (2.39%) DSL
6 7 (1.28%) DHCP
7 6 (1.10%) Broadband
7 6 (1.10%) SSL
8 5 (0.92%) BGP
8 5 (0.92%) FTP
8 5 (0.92%) HTTP
8 5 (0.92%) ICMP
8 5 (0.92%) IPsec
8 5 (0.92%) MPLS
8 5 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.92%) SNMP
8 5 (0.92%) SSH
8 5 (0.92%) VLAN
8 5 (0.92%) WAN
9 4 (0.73%) Internet
Development Applications
1 25 (4.59%) Snyk
2 16 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.39%) GitLab
4 5 (0.92%) Yeoman
5 2 (0.37%) Git
General
1 38 (6.97%) Public Sector
2 36 (6.61%) Social Skills
3 33 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (5.14%) Finance
5 24 (4.40%) Law
6 19 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (2.57%) Banking
9 10 (1.83%) Legal
10 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.73%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.73%) Games
12 3 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.37%) Advertising
13 2 (0.37%) Retail
14 1 (0.18%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.18%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.57%) LDAP
1 14 (2.57%) Regular Expression
2 13 (2.39%) AWS CDK
3 12 (2.20%) OAuth
3 12 (2.20%) XMPP
4 11 (2.02%) SAML
5 7 (1.28%) OpenID
6 4 (0.73%) JWT
7 2 (0.37%) JSON
7 2 (0.37%) JSON Schema
7 2 (0.37%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.95%) Data Centre
2 22 (4.04%) Operational Technology
3 20 (3.67%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.75%) PKI
5 9 (1.65%) Security Posture
6 8 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.10%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.73%) CCTV
9 4 (0.73%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.55%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.37%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.37%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.37%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.18%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.04%) Linux
1 22 (4.04%) Windows
2 18 (3.30%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (45.14%) Cybersecurity
2 155 (28.44%) Security Architecture
3 105 (19.27%) Cloud Security
4 92 (16.88%) Threat Modelling
5 71 (13.03%) Application Security
6 57 (10.46%) DevSecOps
7 56 (10.28%) TOGAF
8 49 (8.99%) SIEM
9 46 (8.44%) CI/CD
10 45 (8.26%) SDLC
11 44 (8.07%) SABSA
12 43 (7.89%) AI
13 42 (7.71%) Identity Access Management
14 37 (6.79%) Information Security
15 35 (6.42%) Technology Strategy
16 34 (6.24%) Validation
17 30 (5.50%) Incident Response
18 29 (5.32%) IT Strategy
18 29 (5.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 28 (5.14%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.75%) Python
2 13 (2.39%) Go
2 13 (2.39%) Rust
3 4 (0.73%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.55%) SQL
5 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 109 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 82 (15.05%) CISSP
3 72 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 46 (8.44%) CISM
5 39 (7.16%) Degree
6 34 (6.24%) DV Cleared
7 27 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (3.67%) CCSP
10 15 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 13 (2.39%) OSCP
12 9 (1.65%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.65%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.47%) CRISC
14 7 (1.28%) FFIEC
14 7 (1.28%) ISACA
15 4 (0.73%) CCSK
16 3 (0.55%) CISA
16 3 (0.55%) Master's Degree
17 2 (0.37%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (14.31%) NIST
2 69 (12.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (6.42%) GRC
4 30 (5.50%) PCI DSS
5 27 (4.95%) GDPR
6 26 (4.77%) NCSC
7 12 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.28%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.10%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.55%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.55%) PMO
12 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.37%) QA
13 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (5.32%) Virtual Machines
2 24 (4.40%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.94%) vSphere
4 2 (0.37%) Docker
5 1 (0.18%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 21 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.94%) MOM
3 13 (2.39%) Terraform
4 12 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.10%) CASB
6 5 (0.92%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.55%) Ansible
8 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 85 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.50%) Palo Alto
3 28 (5.14%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.95%) Tenable
5 16 (2.94%) VMware
6 14 (2.57%) SAP
7 12 (2.20%) McAfee
7 12 (2.20%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.65%) Cisco
9 7 (1.28%) Google
10 4 (0.73%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.73%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.55%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (0.55%) N-able
11 3 (0.55%) Okta
11 3 (0.55%) Sophos
12 2 (0.37%) Cribl.io
12 2 (0.37%) Dell
12 2 (0.37%) Oracle
13 1 (0.18%) CheckPoint