Cybersecurity Architect Job Trends in London

Cybersecurity Architect
England > London

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
9 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 420 446
Rank change year-on-year +48 +26 +303
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 7 23 20
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.057% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 16
10th Percentile - - £65,000
25th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +1.41%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £96,750 £105,625
England median annual salary £85,000 £74,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +14.86% -17.78% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,206 16,383 18,526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 94.90% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,268 10,015 15,097
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in London

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in London

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Cybersecurity 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 London region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) CISSP
3 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (71.43%) NIST
3 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
3 5 (71.43%) SABSA
3 5 (71.43%) Security Architecture
4 4 (57.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (42.86%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (42.86%) AWS
5 3 (42.86%) Azure
5 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
5 3 (42.86%) SIEM
5 3 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
5 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
6 2 (28.57%) CASB
6 2 (28.57%) CCSP
6 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
6 2 (28.57%) Degree
6 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
6 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (28.57%) GCP
6 2 (28.57%) GDPR
6 2 (28.57%) GIAC
6 2 (28.57%) GRC
6 2 (28.57%) IaaS

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) IaaS
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) NGFW
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Military
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) CMDB
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 5 (71.43%) SABSA
2 5 (71.43%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
3 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
4 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
4 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Microservices
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (57.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (28.57%) CCSP
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) GIAC
5 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
5 1 (14.29%) CCNA CyberOps
5 1 (14.29%) CCSA
5 1 (14.29%) CCSE
5 1 (14.29%) Check Point Certification
5 1 (14.29%) CISM
5 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (71.43%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) GRC
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (14.29%) JSP 440
3 1 (14.29%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) CASB
1 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
1 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
1 1 (14.29%) Zscaler
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