Information Security Architect Jobs in the North West

Information Security Architect
England > North West

The median Information Security Architect salary in the North West is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Architect 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.040% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
England median annual salary £85,000 £98,750 £87,500
% change year-on-year -13.92% +12.86% +6.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 6,802 8,429 5,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.75% 95.52% 89.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,539 5,752 3,636
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Information Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Architect in the North West

Information Security Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Information Security Architect in the North West

Information Security Architect
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 3 £85,000 - 2
Information Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 August 2025, Information 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 West region featuring Information Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) SABSA
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Posture

Information Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) SABSA
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS