Principal Security Architect Jobs in London

Principal Security Architect
England > London

The median Principal Security Architect salary in London is £130,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 493 650 853
Rank change year-on-year +157 +203 -271
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Architect 10 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.043% 0.011% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.011% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 4
10th Percentile £74,759 - £91,750
25th Percentile £87,379 £100,000 £113,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £112,500 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -10.00% +51.52%
75th Percentile £135,000 £132,500 -
90th Percentile £139,000 - -
England median annual salary £78,273 £100,000 £125,000
% change year-on-year -21.73% -20.00% +51.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,018 34,851 62,244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 95.06% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,626 25,402 35,153
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Principal Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Security Architect in London

Principal Security Architect
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Principal Security Architect in London

Principal Security Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Security Architect in London

Principal Security Architect
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Security Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
South London - 2 £78,273 -
Principal Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Principal 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 Principal Security Architect in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Security Architecture
3 5 (50.00%) Azure
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (40.00%) Application Security
5 3 (30.00%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (30.00%) SaaS
5 3 (30.00%) Degree
5 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (20.00%) Veeam
6 2 (20.00%) AWS
6 2 (20.00%) Big Data
6 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (20.00%) Coaching
6 2 (20.00%) Microservices
6 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
6 2 (20.00%) API Development
6 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (20.00%) Scrum
6 2 (20.00%) VMware
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) Architectural Design
6 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (20.00%) Client Onboarding

Principal 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 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) SaaS
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Big Data
General
1 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Security Architecture
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) Application Security
5 3 (30.00%) Thought Leadership
6 2 (20.00%) API Development
6 2 (20.00%) Architectural Design
6 2 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 2 (20.00%) Coaching
6 2 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (20.00%) Microservices
6 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (20.00%) Scrum
6 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 1 (10.00%) Information Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
1 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CISM
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Veeam
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Zscaler