Cloud Security Architect Job Trends in the Midlands

Cloud Security Architect
England > Midlands

The median Cloud Security Architect salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 - 235
Rank change year-on-year - - +106
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Security Architect 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.013% - 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £78,000
25th Percentile £62,500 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £92,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £105,000
90th Percentile - - £111,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £80,996 £87,500
% change year-on-year -19.75% -7.43% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,031 6,046 5,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 94.19% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,277 2,820 4,440
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%

Cloud Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Cloud Security Architect job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cloud Security Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in the Midlands

Cloud Security Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
West Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
Cloud Security Architect
England

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Cloud Security 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 Midlands region featuring Cloud Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Netskope
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Netskope