Security Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Security Architect
England > Midlands

The median Security Architect salary in the Midlands is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 258 194
Rank change year-on-year +16 -64 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 14 62 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.20% 0.52% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.55% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5 27 22
10th Percentile £73,658 £48,278 £68,250
25th Percentile £77,270 £50,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £78,273 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.37% -7.91% +21.43%
75th Percentile £97,500 £84,919 £93,438
90th Percentile £98,250 £85,000 £97,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £79,842 £90,000
% change year-on-year -6.06% -11.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,520 11,242 8,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.38% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,801 8,341 4,592
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the Midlands

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the Midlands

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the Midlands

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 Security Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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 +28 7 £95,000 +35.71% 10
East Midlands +13 7 £82,500 +5.40% 1
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Finance
1 7 (50.00%) CISSP
1 7 (50.00%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 6 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 6 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (21.43%) Azure
4 3 (21.43%) Network Security
4 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 2 (14.29%) AWS
5 2 (14.29%) SaaS
5 2 (14.29%) Security Management
5 2 (14.29%) Automotive
5 2 (14.29%) VPN
5 2 (14.29%) Design Patterns
5 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) SABSA
5 2 (14.29%) AWS Certification
5 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon Cognito
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
3 1 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (7.14%) Cloudflare
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) IaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (7.14%) PaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Serverless
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Network Security
2 2 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (7.14%) BGP
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (7.14%) Firewall
3 1 (7.14%) LAN
3 1 (7.14%) MPLS
3 1 (7.14%) OSPF
3 1 (7.14%) TACACS
3 1 (7.14%) VLAN
3 1 (7.14%) VoIP
3 1 (7.14%) WAN
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
3 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.14%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Design Patterns
4 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) SABSA
4 2 (14.29%) Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 1 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (7.14%) Change Control
5 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) Network Management
5 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CISSP
2 6 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 1 (7.14%) CCNP
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.14%) CISM
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) NIST
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (7.14%) NCSC
3 1 (7.14%) QA
3 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Aruba
2 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
2 1 (7.14%) Meraki
2 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto