Senior Security Architect Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Security Architect
England > Midlands

The median Senior Security Architect salary in the Midlands is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 October 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 254 234
Rank change year-on-year +36 -20 +123
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect 1 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.018% 0.12% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.13% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £70,000
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £115,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -30.43% +64.29% -20.00%

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 5,110 8,383 4,985
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 94.40% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,204 4,311 3,852
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,732 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

Senior Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Senior Security Architect job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior Security Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Security Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 October 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 +36 1 £80,000 - 1
Senior Security Architect
England

Senior Security Architect Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 October 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap

Senior 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft