Security Architect Jobs in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect salary in London is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 358 604
Rank change year-on-year -31 +246 -147
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 122 286 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.52% 0.85% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.89% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 79 151 189
10th Percentile £74,307 £77,500 £71,100
25th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £101,250 £106,250 £110,000
90th Percentile £131,000 £122,500 £123,000
England median annual salary £79,842 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% - +16.13%

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 22,294 31,975 66,602
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 95.13% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,646 23,616 34,555
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £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 £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in London

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 Security Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Central London +48 30 £87,500 -7.89%
South London 0 3 £78,273 -17.61%
West London -16 1 - -
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 65 (53.28%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (44.26%) Security Architecture
3 53 (43.44%) Microsoft
4 47 (38.52%) CISSP
5 42 (34.43%) Azure
6 36 (29.51%) Finance
6 36 (29.51%) Cloud Security
7 33 (27.05%) AWS
8 29 (23.77%) Application Security
9 28 (22.95%) Information Security
10 25 (20.49%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (19.67%) TOGAF
12 23 (18.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 22 (18.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 22 (18.03%) Degree
14 21 (17.21%) Cryptography
14 21 (17.21%) Roadmaps
15 20 (16.39%) PKI
15 20 (16.39%) DevOps
15 20 (16.39%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (15.57%) CISM
16 19 (15.57%) C
16 19 (15.57%) Linux
17 18 (14.75%) CCSP
17 18 (14.75%) Security Posture
18 17 (13.93%) Social Skills
19 16 (13.11%) NIST
19 16 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
19 16 (13.11%) Identity Access Management
19 16 (13.11%) .NET

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:

Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 42 (34.43%) Azure
2 33 (27.05%) AWS
3 12 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.38%) GCP
5 6 (4.92%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.28%) SaaS
7 2 (1.64%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.64%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.82%) Akamai
8 1 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.82%) IaaS
8 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.82%) PaaS
8 1 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.66%) Firewall
2 10 (8.20%) Network Security
3 5 (4.10%) DNS
3 5 (4.10%) SD-WAN
3 5 (4.10%) WAN
4 1 (0.82%) Internet
4 1 (0.82%) LAN
4 1 (0.82%) NGFW
4 1 (0.82%) NGN
4 1 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.92%) Power BI
1 6 (4.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (1.64%) Big Data
3 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.82%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.82%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.82%) Vagrant
General
1 36 (29.51%) Finance
2 17 (13.93%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.92%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.46%) Law
5 3 (2.46%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.64%) Retail
7 1 (0.82%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Legal
7 1 (0.82%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.11%) .NET
2 6 (4.92%) CSS
3 4 (3.28%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.82%) JSON
4 1 (0.82%) OAuth
4 1 (0.82%) RESTful
4 1 (0.82%) SAML
4 1 (0.82%) Web Services
4 1 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.39%) Greenfield Project
1 20 (16.39%) PKI
2 18 (14.75%) Security Posture
3 14 (11.48%) Management Information System
4 9 (7.38%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (7.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (4.10%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (2.46%) IoT
6 3 (2.46%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.46%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.82%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.82%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.82%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.82%) Life Science
8 1 (0.82%) PMI
8 1 (0.82%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (15.57%) Linux
2 16 (13.11%) Android
2 16 (13.11%) Apple iOS
3 5 (4.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (53.28%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (44.26%) Security Architecture
3 36 (29.51%) Cloud Security
4 29 (23.77%) Application Security
5 28 (22.95%) Information Security
6 24 (19.67%) TOGAF
7 21 (17.21%) Cryptography
7 21 (17.21%) Roadmaps
8 20 (16.39%) DevOps
9 16 (13.11%) Identity Access Management
9 16 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (12.30%) Enterprise Architecture
11 14 (11.48%) Security Operations
12 13 (10.66%) Agile
12 13 (10.66%) Change Management
12 13 (10.66%) CI/CD
13 9 (7.38%) Cost Reduction
13 9 (7.38%) ITIL
13 9 (7.38%) Problem Management
14 8 (6.56%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.57%) C
2 5 (4.10%) Python
3 4 (3.28%) C++
4 2 (1.64%) Java
5 1 (0.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (38.52%) CISSP
2 25 (20.49%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (18.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 22 (18.03%) Degree
5 19 (15.57%) CISM
6 18 (14.75%) CCSP
7 15 (12.30%) Azure Certification
8 14 (11.48%) AWS Certification
9 13 (10.66%) Security Cleared
10 10 (8.20%) SC Cleared
11 8 (6.56%) CRISC
12 7 (5.74%) SANS
13 5 (4.10%) CCSK
13 5 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (4.10%) DV Cleared
13 5 (4.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (3.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (3.28%) CISA
14 4 (3.28%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (18.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (13.11%) NIST
3 11 (9.02%) PCI DSS
4 5 (4.10%) HIPAA
5 4 (3.28%) COBIT
6 2 (1.64%) GDPR
6 2 (1.64%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.82%) GxP
7 1 (0.82%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.82%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.10%) Docker
3 2 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.82%) LXC
Systems Management
1 5 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.28%) Ansible
2 4 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.82%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.82%) Nmap
3 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (43.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.38%) Google
3 6 (4.92%) Oracle
4 4 (3.28%) Alibaba
5 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.64%) Veeam
5 2 (1.64%) VMware
5 2 (1.64%) Zscaler
6 1 (0.82%) AlgoSec
6 1 (0.82%) BT
6 1 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.82%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.82%) ForeScout
6 1 (0.82%) iManage
6 1 (0.82%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.82%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow