Security Technical Architect Job Trends in England

Security Technical Architect
UK > England

The median Security Technical Architect salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 609 707 697
Rank change year-on-year +98 -10 +362
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Technical Architect 7 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.016% 0.013% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.014% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile £66,840 - -
25th Percentile £68,025 - £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -22.58% -3.13%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £83,125
90th Percentile - £66,000 £85,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 39,672 57,582 45,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 94.94% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 24,908 32,572 35,234
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,536 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -

Security Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Technical Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Security Technical Architect job vacancy trend in England

Security Technical Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Security Technical Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Security Technical Architect job vacancies in England

Security Technical 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 Technical Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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 - 4 - - 2
South West - 3 £70,000 - 2
Security Technical Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Security Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) CCNA
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Community of Practice
2 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (42.86%) Deployment Automation
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) F5
2 3 (42.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (42.86%) GCP
2 3 (42.86%) GitLab
2 3 (42.86%) High Availability
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 3 (42.86%) nginx
2 3 (42.86%) Observability
2 3 (42.86%) OpenShift
2 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (42.86%) Terraform
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) Thought Leadership

Security Technical 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 (42.86%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) GCP
2 3 (42.86%) OpenShift
3 1 (14.29%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
1 3 (42.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) GitLab
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (42.86%) Private Cloud
1 3 (42.86%) Public Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Community of Practice
2 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (42.86%) Deployment Automation
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) High Availability
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Observability
2 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 1 (14.29%) Event-Driven
4 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CCNA
1 3 (42.86%) CCNP
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 1 (14.29%) JSP 440
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
1 3 (42.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) F5