AWS Security Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect) salary in the UK excluding London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 - 750
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Security Architect 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £91,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 - £90,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,898 67,972 52,779
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.88% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 18,484 47,985 30,138
10th Percentile £26,951 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

AWS Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured AWS Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Security Architect in the UK excluding London

AWS Security Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS Security Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for AWS Security Architect in the UK excluding London

AWS Security Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Security Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
South West - 2 £80,000 -
AWS Security Architect
UK

AWS Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, AWS 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 UK excluding London region featuring AWS Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) ISSAP
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement

AWS Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) ISSAP
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 2