Security Architecture Jobs in the North West

Security Architecture
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 229 260
Rank change year-on-year -13 +31 -58
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 48 72 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.50% 0.90% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.94% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 46 16 51
10th Percentile £35,920 £64,850 £52,434
25th Percentile £56,809 £65,758 £63,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -22.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile £84,919 £97,290 -
90th Percentile - - £96,250
England median annual salary £78,273 £85,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -7.91% +3.03% +12.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,037 7,688 9,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.22% 95.76% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,125 3,977 5,396
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the North West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 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 +12 29 £70,576 +0.82% 2
Lancashire - 15 £61,206 - 1
Merseyside -14 3 £32,500 -51.13%
Cheshire - 1 £44,000 - 2
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
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 18 (37.50%) AWS
1 18 (37.50%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) GCP
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.25%) SD-WAN
1 15 (31.25%) WAN
2 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) GitLab
General
1 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (16.67%) Banking
4 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.42%) Aerospace
6 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (70.83%) Architect
2 23 (47.92%) Security Architect
3 13 (27.08%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (20.83%) Senior
4 10 (20.83%) Senior Architect
4 10 (20.83%) Senior Security Architect
5 9 (18.75%) Lead
5 9 (18.75%) Lead Architect
5 9 (18.75%) Lead Security Architect
6 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 5 (10.42%) Security Specialist
7 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Security Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 3 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (6.25%) Enterprise Security Architect
8 3 (6.25%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
8 3 (6.25%) Security Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.17%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (2.08%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (35.42%) Management Information System
2 15 (31.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 7 (14.58%) Security Posture
4 6 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (12.50%) Product Ownership
5 5 (10.42%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (10.42%) Public Cloud
6 4 (8.33%) Private Cloud
7 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (4.17%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (45.83%) Information Security
2 18 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 17 (35.42%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (33.33%) Coaching
5 15 (31.25%) Application Security
5 15 (31.25%) Identity Management
5 15 (31.25%) OWASP
5 15 (31.25%) Secure Coding
6 10 (20.83%) CI/CD
7 9 (18.75%) Agile
8 8 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 8 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 7 (14.58%) Software Engineering
9 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (12.50%) Adaptive Web Design
10 6 (12.50%) Security Testing
10 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
11 5 (10.42%) Cyber Assurance
11 5 (10.42%) Information Assurance
11 5 (10.42%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.67%) Java
2 2 (4.17%) Python
3 1 (2.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (39.58%) CISM
1 19 (39.58%) CISSP
2 15 (31.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 15 (31.25%) AWS Certification
2 15 (31.25%) Azure Certification
2 15 (31.25%) CCSK
2 15 (31.25%) CCSP
2 15 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (22.92%) Degree
4 6 (12.50%) OCP
4 6 (12.50%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (6.25%) CEH
5 3 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.17%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (56.25%) NIST
2 8 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (10.42%) NCSC
3 5 (10.42%) NIST 800
4 3 (6.25%) GDPR
5 2 (4.17%) GRC
System Software
1 15 (31.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) Kubernetes
1 15 (31.25%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft