Security Architect Jobs in the North of England

Security Architect
England > North of England

The median Security Architect salary in the North of England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 295 190
Rank change year-on-year -10 -105 +197
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 41 50 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.31% 0.31% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.33% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 35 23 44
10th Percentile £60,250 £35,000 £67,515
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,250 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £87,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -0.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £85,600 £108,750 £96,750
England median annual salary £76,750 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -9.71% -5.56% +5.88%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 11,540 15,162 10,128
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.04% 95.10% 88.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,031 9,800 6,832
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £82,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the North of England

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the North of England

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the North of England

Security Architect
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -36 16 £75,000 +7.14% 8
Yorkshire +7 14 £72,500 -17.14% 4
North East - 11 £74,692 - 1
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 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 of England region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 23 (56.10%) Information Security
2 22 (53.66%) Security Architecture
3 20 (48.78%) Enterprise Architecture
4 18 (43.90%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (41.46%) TOGAF
6 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
7 13 (31.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (31.71%) CISSP
7 13 (31.71%) SABSA
7 13 (31.71%) Decision-Making
8 11 (26.83%) NCSC
8 11 (26.83%) CISM
9 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (24.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 10 (24.39%) Cloud Security
10 9 (21.95%) NIST
11 8 (19.51%) Architecture Governance
11 8 (19.51%) Strategic Thinking
11 8 (19.51%) DBS Check
11 8 (19.51%) Network Security
11 8 (19.51%) Data Protection
11 8 (19.51%) Design Patterns
11 8 (19.51%) GRC
12 7 (17.07%) Risk Management
13 6 (14.63%) Agile
14 5 (12.20%) Penetration Testing
14 5 (12.20%) Risk Assessment
14 5 (12.20%) ITSM
14 5 (12.20%) Information Security Management
14 5 (12.20%) Security Management

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.44%) AWS
3 1 (2.44%) GCP
3 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.51%) Network Security
2 4 (9.76%) VPN
3 2 (4.88%) DMZ
3 2 (4.88%) DNS
3 2 (4.88%) Firewall
3 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.44%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (2.44%) TACACS
4 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.44%) Power BI
General
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (9.76%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Back Office
4 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Legal
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Advertising
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (7.32%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.44%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
1 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Information Security
2 22 (53.66%) Security Architecture
3 20 (48.78%) Enterprise Architecture
4 18 (43.90%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (41.46%) TOGAF
6 13 (31.71%) Decision-Making
6 13 (31.71%) SABSA
7 10 (24.39%) Cloud Security
7 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (19.51%) Architecture Governance
8 8 (19.51%) Data Protection
8 8 (19.51%) Design Patterns
8 8 (19.51%) Strategic Thinking
9 7 (17.07%) Risk Management
10 6 (14.63%) Agile
11 5 (12.20%) Information Security Management
11 5 (12.20%) ITSM
11 5 (12.20%) Penetration Testing
11 5 (12.20%) Risk Assessment
11 5 (12.20%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) CISSP
2 11 (26.83%) CISM
3 10 (24.39%) TOGAF Certification
4 8 (19.51%) DBS Check
5 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
5 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.44%) CCIE
7 1 (2.44%) CCNP
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.44%) Degree
7 1 (2.44%) GIAC
7 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.44%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (31.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (26.83%) NCSC
3 9 (21.95%) NIST
4 8 (19.51%) GRC
5 4 (9.76%) PCI DSS
6 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (7.32%) QA
7 2 (4.88%) GDPR
8 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) Cisco