Lead Security Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Security Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £69,384 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 582 717 742
Rank change year-on-year +135 +25 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 9 40 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.056% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.059% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 9 40 4
10th Percentile £55,286 £50,000 £64,080
25th Percentile £57,670 £74,766 £64,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £79,842 £69,200
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +15.38% +25.44%
75th Percentile £74,258 £84,919 £73,626
90th Percentile - £91,250 £73,762
UK median annual salary £69,384 £79,842 £69,503
% change year-on-year -13.10% +14.88% +25.98%

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 36,162 67,952 52,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.86% 89.22%
Number of salaries quoted 18,671 47,990 30,170
10th Percentile £26,968 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%
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% -

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Lead Security Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Lead Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Lead Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Lead 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 Lead Security Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
North of England +26 3 £69,384 -13.10% 3
South East +90 2 £57,670 -49.85%
Yorkshire +60 1 £46,500 -41.76%
West Midlands +48 1 £69,384 +38.77% 2
Midlands +47 1 £69,384 +38.77% 2
North East +37 1 £69,384 -13.10% 2
North West -16 1 £69,384 -13.10% 1
Scotland - 1 £69,384 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £69,384 - 2
Wales - 1 £69,384 - 6
Lead Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Risk Assessment
2 8 (88.89%) Information Security Management
2 8 (88.89%) Security Management
3 6 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 6 (66.67%) Network Security
3 6 (66.67%) TOGAF
3 6 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (66.67%) SABSA
3 6 (66.67%) Information Assurance
3 6 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 6 (66.67%) NCSC
3 6 (66.67%) NIST
3 6 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 6 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Line Management
5 2 (22.22%) SFIA
5 2 (22.22%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (22.22%) Leaflet
5 2 (22.22%) CISMP
5 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) CISSP
5 2 (22.22%) Management Information System

Lead 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 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Advertising
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
2 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Information Security Management
2 8 (88.89%) Risk Assessment
2 8 (88.89%) Security Management
3 6 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 6 (66.67%) Information Assurance
3 6 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 6 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 6 (66.67%) SABSA
3 6 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 6 (66.67%) TOGAF
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Line Management
5 2 (22.22%) SFIA
6 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (22.22%) CISMP
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (66.67%) NCSC
1 6 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR