Security Architect Jobs in the North West

Security Architect
England > North West

The median Security Architect salary in the North West is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 213 286
Rank change year-on-year -20 +73 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 60 84 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.62% 1.05% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 1.17% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 47 22 14
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £56,809 £56,219 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,200 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% +20.35% -25.32%
75th Percentile £84,919 £93,592 £65,225
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,290 £83,375
England median annual salary £79,842 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% - +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 9,135 7,168 9,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 89.18% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,031 4,138 5,506
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,650 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the North West

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the North West

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the North West

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 Security Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +32 48 £65,000 -6.07% 2
Lancashire - 8 £74,921 -
Merseyside -22 4 £74,136 -
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 24 (40.00%) WAN
2 23 (38.33%) CISSP
2 23 (38.33%) Security Architecture
3 22 (36.67%) Azure
3 22 (36.67%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (36.67%) Information Security
4 21 (35.00%) NIST
5 20 (33.33%) SD-WAN
5 20 (33.33%) CISM
6 19 (31.67%) Application Security
7 18 (30.00%) AWS
8 17 (28.33%) AWS Certification
8 17 (28.33%) Secure Coding
8 17 (28.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 15 (25.00%) Kubernetes
9 15 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (25.00%) Docker
9 15 (25.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 15 (25.00%) CCSK
9 15 (25.00%) Azure Certification
9 15 (25.00%) OWASP
9 15 (25.00%) Identity Management
9 15 (25.00%) Management Information System
9 15 (25.00%) CCSP
10 14 (23.33%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (18.33%) Cloud Security
12 10 (16.67%) Network Security
13 9 (15.00%) Degree
13 9 (15.00%) Cisco
13 9 (15.00%) CI/CD

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 22 (36.67%) Azure
2 18 (30.00%) AWS
3 2 (3.33%) GCP
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (40.00%) WAN
2 20 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 10 (16.67%) Network Security
4 5 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (6.67%) LAN
5 4 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
5 4 (6.67%) Wireless
5 4 (6.67%) WLAN
General
1 8 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.33%) Finance
4 3 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.00%) Legal
5 2 (3.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 15 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (15.00%) Data Centre
3 8 (13.33%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (5.00%) PMI
5 2 (3.33%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.33%) Security Architecture
2 22 (36.67%) Information Security
3 19 (31.67%) Application Security
4 17 (28.33%) Secure Coding
5 15 (25.00%) Identity Management
5 15 (25.00%) OWASP
6 14 (23.33%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (18.33%) Cloud Security
8 9 (15.00%) CI/CD
9 7 (11.67%) Coaching
9 7 (11.67%) DevOps
9 7 (11.67%) Mentoring
10 6 (10.00%) Decision-Making
10 6 (10.00%) Risk Management
10 6 (10.00%) Security Testing
10 6 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (8.33%) Analytics
11 5 (8.33%) E-Commerce
11 5 (8.33%) Presales
11 5 (8.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 23 (38.33%) CISSP
2 22 (36.67%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (33.33%) CISM
4 17 (28.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 17 (28.33%) AWS Certification
5 15 (25.00%) Azure Certification
5 15 (25.00%) CCSK
5 15 (25.00%) CCSP
6 9 (15.00%) Degree
7 5 (8.33%) CCNA
7 5 (8.33%) CCNP
7 5 (8.33%) CEH
8 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (5.00%) PMI Certification
9 2 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.33%) OSCP
10 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (35.00%) NIST
2 6 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.00%) GDPR
3 3 (5.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 15 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 15 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (8.33%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) Cisco
2 6 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.33%) Adobe
3 5 (8.33%) Apple
3 5 (8.33%) Meraki
4 4 (6.67%) Palo Alto