Principal Security Architect Jobs in London

Principal Security Architect
England > London

The median Principal Security Architect salary in London is £82,801 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 490 627
Rank change year-on-year +92 +137 +254
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Architect 2 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.015% 0.042% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.045% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £74,759 -
25th Percentile £77,270 £87,379 £117,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,801 £130,000 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.31% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £88,333 £135,000 £132,500
90th Percentile - £139,000 -
England median annual salary £82,282 £78,273 £77,500
% change year-on-year +5.12% +1.00% -38.00%

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 11,742 22,276 32,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.14% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,310 16,685 24,119
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £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%

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 2 (100.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) SailPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA

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 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) SailPoint
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SABSA
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow