Lead Security Architect Jobs in London

Lead Security Architect
England > London

The median Lead Security Architect salary in London is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 508 626
Rank change year-on-year +108 +118 +258
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 3 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.023% 0.038% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.041% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £96,500 - £97,625
25th Percentile £98,750 £74,766 £101,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £79,842 £113,750
Median % change year-on-year +31.51% -29.81% -1.09%
75th Percentile £116,250 £84,919 £126,563
90th Percentile £121,500 - £130,875
England median annual salary £78,835 £79,842 £69,805
% change year-on-year -1.26% +14.38% +3.29%

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 11,673 22,210 32,647
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.15% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,263 16,626 24,091
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Lead Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Architect in London

Lead Security Architect
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Security Architect in London.

Salary trend for Lead Security Architect in London

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Lead Security Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
13 Lead Security Architect jobs in England