Principal Security Architect Job Trends in the South East

Principal Security Architect
England > South East

The median Principal Security Architect salary in the South East is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 264 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Architect 4 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.034% 0.014% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.016% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £97,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £95,000 £70,000 £78,273
% change year-on-year +35.71% -10.57% -21.73%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 11,151 6,245 13,236
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 86.76% 93.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,362 3,648 10,093
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

Principal Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Security Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Principal Security Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Principal Security Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Principal Security Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Security Architect job vacancies in the South East

Principal Security Architect
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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
Berkshire +7 4 £95,000 - 1
Thames Valley +6 4 £95,000 - 2
Principal Security Architect
England

Principal Security Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Principal Security Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Principal Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CISM
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Security
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
1 4 (100.00%) OWASP
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF

Principal Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Security
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) OWASP
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CISM
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) NIST