Security Architecture Jobs in the South East

Security Architecture
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 352 211
Rank change year-on-year +66 -141 +150
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 21 47 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.22% 0.28% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.33% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 14 26 71
10th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £80,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +8.47% -4.84%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £86,375 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £78,273 £85,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% -7.91% +3.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,706 14,227 13,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.94% 84.24% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,173 9,849 7,822
10th Percentile £29,800 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
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 Security Architecture within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 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
Hampshire +73 7 £65,000 -16.13% 28
Thames Valley +48 6 £76,250 -1.61% 51
Middlesex - 6 £60,000 -
Berkshire +35 5 £76,250 +8.93% 38
Surrey +37 2 £52,500 -34.38% 9
Buckinghamshire +30 1 - - 9
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP GRC
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) GCP
3 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.76%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) DNS
1 3 (14.29%) HTTP
1 3 (14.29%) SMTP
1 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.52%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) Network Security
2 2 (9.52%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Bitbucket
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (23.81%) Law
1 5 (23.81%) Pharmaceutical
1 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Senior
2 7 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Information Security Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Information Security Specialist
4 4 (19.05%) Information Specialist
4 4 (19.05%) Security Specialist
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Security Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Senior Security Specialist
5 3 (14.29%) Architect
5 3 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Development Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Security Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Engineering Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Information Security Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Kafka
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) CESG
3 3 (14.29%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
1 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Information Security
2 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
4 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 3 (14.29%) Cyber Intelligence
5 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 3 (14.29%) Task Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 3 (14.29%) Threat Detection
5 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (14.29%) Wealth Management
5 3 (14.29%) Zero Trust
6 2 (9.52%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (9.52%) Security Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) CISSP
2 9 (42.86%) Degree
3 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 4 (19.05%) CESG Certified Professional
4 4 (19.05%) CISM
4 4 (19.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (9.52%) CCFP
5 2 (9.52%) CISA
5 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (9.52%) CRISC
5 2 (9.52%) EnCE
5 2 (9.52%) GCFA
5 2 (9.52%) GCFE
5 2 (9.52%) GREM
5 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
6 1 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Certification
6 1 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (14.29%) GRC
3 2 (9.52%) COBIT
3 2 (9.52%) NIST
4 1 (4.76%) GDPR
4 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
4 1 (4.76%) ITGC
4 1 (4.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) EnCase
1 2 (9.52%) FTK
1 2 (9.52%) RSA Security Analytics
2 1 (4.76%) Grafana
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Google
3 2 (9.52%) Atlassian
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco
3 2 (9.52%) FireEye
3 2 (9.52%) Juniper
3 2 (9.52%) NetWitness
3 2 (9.52%) Palo Alto
3 2 (9.52%) Splunk
4 1 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow