Principal Security Architect Jobs in the North West

Principal Security Architect
England > North West

The median Principal Security Architect salary in the North West is £83,401 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 293 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Architect 2 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.025% 0.040% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.043% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £77,743 £70,476 -
25th Percentile £78,452 £71,190 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,401 £74,136 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £87,749 £78,840 -
90th Percentile £88,099 £80,608 -
England median annual salary £82,282 £78,273 £77,500
% change year-on-year +5.12% +1.00% -38.00%

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 7,357 9,353 6,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.63% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,011 7,192 4,022
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Principal Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Security Architect in the North West

Principal Security Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Principal Security Architect in the North West

Principal 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 Principal Security Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Manchester +55 1 £82,801 - 1
Cheshire - 1 £84,000 -
Principal Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Principal 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 Principal Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture

Principal 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MBA
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) QA