Security Architect Jobs in the South West

Security Architect
England > South West

The median Security Architect salary in the South West is £72,500 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 234 168 256
Rank change year-on-year -66 +88 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 54 113 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.59% 1.59% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 1.78% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 36 38 33
10th Percentile £47,500 £56,219 £54,875
25th Percentile £61,875 £65,077 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £79,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.81% +6.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £112,500 £97,290 £81,250
90th Percentile £120,000 - £102,000
England median annual salary £79,842 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% - +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,730 6,358 7,638
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 89.35% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,420 3,924 5,112
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the South West

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the South West

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the South West

Security Architect
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol -8 35 £100,000 +30.72% 5
Wiltshire -17 11 £72,500 -13.43%
Gloucestershire -45 4 £74,136 -19.56%
Devon - 3 £78,273 -
Dorset - 1 £78,273 -
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 South West region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 36 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (42.59%) Security Architecture
3 21 (38.89%) Azure
3 21 (38.89%) CISSP
4 18 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (33.33%) AWS
5 16 (29.63%) Finance
5 16 (29.63%) Roadmaps
6 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
7 14 (25.93%) CISM
8 11 (20.37%) Public Cloud
9 10 (18.52%) CRISC
9 10 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 10 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 10 (18.52%) Agile
9 10 (18.52%) CISA
10 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
11 8 (14.81%) Business Case
11 8 (14.81%) Incident Response
11 8 (14.81%) Incident Management
11 8 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
12 7 (12.96%) Firewall
12 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
12 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (12.96%) Cloud Security
12 7 (12.96%) Strategic Roadmap
13 6 (11.11%) SOAR
13 6 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
13 6 (11.11%) Business Strategy

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 21 (38.89%) Azure
2 18 (33.33%) AWS
3 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.96%) Firewall
2 1 (1.85%) DHCP
2 1 (1.85%) DNS
2 1 (1.85%) HTTP
2 1 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.85%) Network Security
2 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Data Lake
General
1 16 (29.63%) Finance
2 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.41%) Retail
5 3 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.56%) Military
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) HTML
1 1 (1.85%) OpenID
1 1 (1.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) CESG
4 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.85%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Linux
1 6 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (42.59%) Security Architecture
3 16 (29.63%) Roadmaps
4 10 (18.52%) Agile
5 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (14.81%) Business Case
6 8 (14.81%) Incident Management
6 8 (14.81%) Incident Response
6 8 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
7 7 (12.96%) Cloud Security
7 7 (12.96%) Strategic Roadmap
8 6 (11.11%) Business Strategy
8 6 (11.11%) Information Security
8 6 (11.11%) IT Strategy
8 6 (11.11%) Mentoring
8 6 (11.11%) SOAR
8 6 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
8 6 (11.11%) TOGAF
8 6 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 5 (9.26%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) Bash
1 6 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 6 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) CISSP
2 14 (25.93%) CISM
3 10 (18.52%) CISA
3 10 (18.52%) CRISC
3 10 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 10 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
5 6 (11.11%) Degree
6 5 (9.26%) AWS Certification
6 5 (9.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (9.26%) CCSP
6 5 (9.26%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (9.26%) ISSAP
7 4 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (7.41%) Azure Certification
7 4 (7.41%) CEH
7 4 (7.41%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.85%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.26%) NIST
2 5 (9.26%) PCI DSS
3 4 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (5.56%) HMG Infosec
4 3 (5.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (5.56%) JSP 440
4 3 (5.56%) RMADS
5 1 (1.85%) GDPR
5 1 (1.85%) GRC
5 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.85%) NCSC
5 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) HP Fortify
1 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) PagerDuty
3 3 (5.56%) Splunk
3 3 (5.56%) Veracode
4 1 (1.85%) Google