Security Architect Jobs in the North East

Security Architect
England > North East

The median Security Architect salary in the North East is £69,384 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 110 107
Rank change year-on-year +42 -3 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 7 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.88% 0.32% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.33% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 2
10th Percentile - £74,762 £92,700
25th Percentile £62,500 £74,766 £93,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £79,842 £97,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% -17.69% +29.33%
75th Percentile £79,629 £84,919 £102,000
90th Percentile £85,711 £84,959 £102,900
England median annual salary £75,000 £79,842 £90,000
% change year-on-year -6.06% -11.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 723 1,799 1,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 95.74% 79.89%
Number of salaries quoted 395 1,445 595
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,650
25th Percentile £26,500 £35,500 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £65,927 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,800 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the North East

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the North East

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the North East over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the North East

Security Architect
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the North East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Tyne and Wear +40 5 £65,000 -18.59% 9
Durham +17 2 £75,574 -3.45% 3
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 North East region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) NCSC
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
3 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Assurance
3 4 (57.14%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 3 (42.86%) Network Security
4 3 (42.86%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (42.86%) Prototyping
4 3 (42.86%) NIST
5 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) SABSA
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance
5 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (14.29%) Learning Management System
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Assurance
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
4 3 (42.86%) Prototyping
4 3 (42.86%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
5 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) SABSA
5 2 (28.57%) Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (85.71%) NCSC
3 3 (42.86%) NIST
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (14.29%) GDPR
4 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (14.29%) QA