Security Architecture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 273 474
Rank change year-on-year -227 +201 -32
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 270 726 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 1.17% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 1.23% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 212 208 272
10th Percentile £45,000 £30,200 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,601 £60,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.08% -7.81% +18.52%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £98,028 £104,875
UK median annual salary £78,273 £85,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -7.91% +3.03% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,230 59,150 66,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.47% 95.64% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,096 30,337 41,441
10th Percentile £27,234 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
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 Security Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
North of England +8 84 £70,576 +0.82% 5
South West -40 63 £105,000 +40.00% 6
North West -14 50 £70,000 - 5
South East -115 48 £78,750 +6.78% 12
East of England +17 34 £72,500 +3.57% 10
Midlands -48 28 £75,000 +2.74% 7
Yorkshire +76 26 £78,273 +19.77%
West Midlands +8 22 £75,000 -3.23% 6
North East +2 8 £79,842 +8.26%
Scotland -165 7 £51,000 -26.94% 4
East Midlands -54 6 £78,273 +52.73% 1
Wales -36 3 £68,136 -8.82% 1
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 98 (36.30%) Azure
2 81 (30.00%) AWS
3 22 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.07%) GCP
5 8 (2.96%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (2.96%) IaaS
5 8 (2.96%) PaaS
5 8 (2.96%) SaaS
6 6 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.74%) Serverless
8 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 51 (18.89%) Network Security
2 31 (11.48%) WAN
3 29 (10.74%) SD-WAN
4 17 (6.30%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.96%) Internet
6 7 (2.59%) Firewall
7 6 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.48%) VPN
9 2 (0.74%) LAN
9 2 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.37%) DHCP
10 1 (0.37%) DNS
10 1 (0.37%) NAS
10 1 (0.37%) SAN
10 1 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.74%) Big Data
1 2 (0.74%) DynamoDB
1 2 (0.74%) MySQL
2 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.44%) GitLab
General
1 69 (25.56%) Finance
2 61 (22.59%) Social Skills
3 30 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (7.78%) Law
6 18 (6.67%) Military
7 14 (5.19%) Public Sector
8 13 (4.81%) Telecoms
9 12 (4.44%) Banking
10 10 (3.70%) Legal
11 9 (3.33%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.48%) Electronics
12 4 (1.48%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.48%) Retail
13 3 (1.11%) Marketing
14 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 135 (50.00%) Architect
2 117 (43.33%) Security Architect
3 45 (16.67%) Lead
4 40 (14.81%) Consultant
5 39 (14.44%) Security Consultant
6 38 (14.07%) Senior
7 33 (12.22%) Analyst
7 33 (12.22%) Lead Architect
8 30 (11.11%) Lead Security Architect
9 26 (9.63%) Security Analyst
10 21 (7.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 19 (7.04%) Security Engineer
11 19 (7.04%) Senior Analyst
11 19 (7.04%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (6.30%) Principal Architect
12 17 (6.30%) Principal Security Architect
12 17 (6.30%) Senior Architect
13 15 (5.56%) Senior Security Analyst
14 14 (5.19%) Senior Security Architect
15 13 (4.81%) Enterprise Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.33%) Web Services
2 6 (2.22%) Middleware
3 2 (0.74%) Laravel
3 2 (0.74%) Node.js
3 2 (0.74%) OAuth
3 2 (0.74%) OpenID
3 2 (0.74%) SAML
3 2 (0.74%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.37%) .NET
4 1 (0.37%) EDI
4 1 (0.37%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 62 (22.96%) Management Information System
2 35 (12.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 30 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 27 (10.00%) Public Cloud
5 23 (8.52%) Operational Technology
6 22 (8.15%) Cyber Defence
6 22 (8.15%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
8 12 (4.44%) Private Cloud
9 11 (4.07%) Cyberattack
10 8 (2.96%) Data Centre
11 6 (2.22%) Cloud Native
11 6 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (2.22%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.48%) PMI
13 3 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (1.11%) IoT
13 3 (1.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.96%) Windows
2 6 (2.22%) Linux
3 4 (1.48%) Mac OS X
4 3 (1.11%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.74%) Unix
5 2 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (54.81%) Cybersecurity
2 106 (39.26%) Information Security
3 80 (29.63%) Mentoring
4 68 (25.19%) Coaching
5 59 (21.85%) Agile
6 40 (14.81%) Roadmaps
7 39 (14.44%) SIEM
8 38 (14.07%) Incident Response
9 37 (13.70%) Application Security
9 37 (13.70%) Risk Management
10 35 (12.96%) OWASP
11 34 (12.59%) Secure Coding
11 34 (12.59%) Security Operations
12 32 (11.85%) Cloud Security
12 32 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (11.11%) Identity Management
14 27 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
15 25 (9.26%) CI/CD
15 25 (9.26%) Incident Management
16 24 (8.89%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.56%) Python
2 12 (4.44%) Java
3 5 (1.85%) C
4 4 (1.48%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.11%) C++
5 3 (1.11%) R
5 3 (1.11%) Scala
5 3 (1.11%) SQL
6 2 (0.74%) PHP
7 1 (0.37%) C#
Qualifications
1 92 (34.07%) CISSP
2 70 (25.93%) CISM
3 57 (21.11%) Security Cleared
4 55 (20.37%) Degree
5 42 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (15.19%) CCSP
7 40 (14.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 38 (14.07%) CCSK
9 34 (12.59%) AWS Certification
10 32 (11.85%) Azure Certification
11 28 (10.37%) CRISC
12 27 (10.00%) DV Cleared
13 20 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 19 (7.04%) CEH
14 19 (7.04%) CISA
14 19 (7.04%) SC Cleared
15 13 (4.81%) CASP
16 12 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
17 10 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 10 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (42.59%) NIST
2 63 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (10.74%) NIST 800
4 28 (10.37%) NCSC
5 25 (9.26%) GDPR
6 18 (6.67%) GRC
7 16 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 15 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (5.56%) PCI DSS
9 9 (3.33%) COBIT
10 5 (1.85%) RMADS
11 4 (1.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (1.48%) JSP 440
12 3 (1.11%) HMG Infosec
12 3 (1.11%) SLA
13 1 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.37%) GxP
13 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.37%) MiFID
System Software
1 29 (10.74%) Docker
2 4 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.11%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (11.48%) Single Sign-On
2 30 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 15 (5.56%) Terraform
4 4 (1.48%) QRadar
5 3 (1.11%) Suricata
6 2 (0.74%) DatAdvantage
6 2 (0.74%) SCCM
6 2 (0.74%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.37%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.81%) Splunk
3 5 (1.85%) Cisco
4 3 (1.11%) AppDynamics
4 3 (1.11%) Juniper
4 3 (1.11%) New Relic
4 3 (1.11%) Palo Alto
5 2 (0.74%) ForgeRock
5 2 (0.74%) Qualys
5 2 (0.74%) SAP
5 2 (0.74%) Symantec
5 2 (0.74%) Varonis
6 1 (0.37%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.37%) Google
6 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.37%) Thales
6 1 (0.37%) VMware