Security Architecture Job Trends in the North of England

Security Architecture
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 235 223
Rank change year-on-year -10 -12 +120
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 28 46 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.26% 0.51% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.56% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 22 34 58
10th Percentile £47,349 £62,500 £35,920
25th Percentile £65,813 £72,500 £48,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,463 £78,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +19.36% -23.12%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,931 -
England median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +13.33% +6.27% -12.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in the North of England

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Security Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Yorkshire -3 16 £73,500 -8.13% 8
North West -2 10 £83,450 +11.27% 10
North East +6 2 £85,000 +14.86% 1
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.71%) AWS
4 3 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (10.71%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
5 2 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.57%) Boomi
6 1 (3.57%) GCP
6 1 (3.57%) iPaaS
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Firewall
1 5 (17.86%) Network Security
2 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) GitLab
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Legal
3 4 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Architect
2 14 (50.00%) Security Architect
3 11 (39.29%) Enterprise Architect
4 8 (28.57%) Enterprise Information Architect
4 8 (28.57%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 8 (28.57%) Information Architect
4 8 (28.57%) Information Security Architect
5 5 (17.86%) Lead
6 4 (14.29%) Security Engineer
7 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 3 (10.71%) Lead Architect
7 3 (10.71%) Lead Security Architect
8 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Designer
8 1 (3.57%) Head of Cybersecurity
8 1 (3.57%) Head of Security
8 1 (3.57%) Integration Manager
8 1 (3.57%) Monitoring Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Enterprise Architecture
1 13 (46.43%) Strategic Thinking
2 12 (42.86%) Cloud Security
2 12 (42.86%) TOGAF
3 11 (39.29%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (39.29%) SABSA
4 10 (35.71%) Decision-Making
4 10 (35.71%) Information Security
4 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (32.14%) Architecture Governance
5 9 (32.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (32.14%) Data Protection
5 9 (32.14%) Design Patterns
6 8 (28.57%) DevOps
6 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
7 6 (21.43%) IT Strategy
7 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (17.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (17.86%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.71%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) CISSP
2 11 (39.29%) CISM
3 8 (28.57%) DBS Check
3 8 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Certification
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.14%) Degree
5 1 (3.57%) CRISC
5 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (39.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (35.71%) GRC
3 6 (21.43%) NIST
4 5 (17.86%) NCSC
5 4 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Fluentd
2 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Sparx
3 1 (3.57%) Cribl.io
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Software AG
3 1 (3.57%) Splunk
3 1 (3.57%) webMethods