Principal Security Architect Jobs in Northern Ireland

Principal Security Architect
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Principal Security Architect salary in Northern Ireland is £82,801 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 74 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Architect 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.38% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.15% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,270 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,801 - -
75th Percentile £88,333 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £81,764 £78,273 £77,500
% change year-on-year +4.46% +1.00% -38.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 240 663 810
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 95.53% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 63 321 449
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,112 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.73%
75th Percentile £70,625 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £94,750 £87,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Principal Security Architect
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 9 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
County Antrim +42 1 £82,801 - 3
Principal Security Architect
UK

Principal Security Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 9 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Principal Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns

Principal Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) QA