Security Architect Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Security Architect
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Security Architect salary in South Yorkshire is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 56 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 6 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.96% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.20% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile £83,500 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £87,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year -8.57% +23.98% -2.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 569 507 591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.24% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 413 216 499
10th Percentile £25,120 £34,125 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Security Architect
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Security Architect
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Sheffield +11 6 £80,000 -
Security Architect
Yorkshire

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) CISM
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
1 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) GRC
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) SABSA
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (16.67%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (16.67%) Centrify
3 1 (16.67%) Confluence
3 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) JIRA
3 1 (16.67%) Password Management
3 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Secrets Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Debt
3 1 (16.67%) Thycotic

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) SABSA
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Password Management
3 1 (16.67%) Secrets Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Debt
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (16.67%) Centrify
1 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
1 1 (16.67%) Thycotic