Cybersecurity Architect Jobs

Cybersecurity Architect
UK

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 810 909 1148
Rank change year-on-year +99 +239 -305
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 84 72 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.071% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.078% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 47 59 57
10th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £67,125 £75,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +16.13%
75th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £106,250
90th Percentile £103,500 £115,000 £127,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 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
England +72 57 £75,000 -16.67% 11
UK excluding London +31 48 £75,000 -6.25% 7
Work from Home +79 20 £66,250 -26.39% 8
London +105 17 £77,500 -13.89% 4
South East +15 14 £65,000 -39.53% 3
West Midlands +15 11 £75,000 - 2
Midlands -2 11 £75,000 - 2
North of England +43 9 £102,500 +28.13% 2
North West +9 9 £102,500 +28.13% 2
Scotland -53 7 - -
South West -25 5 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
East of England - 1 £68,500 -

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 84 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (53.57%) Security Architecture
3 43 (51.19%) CISSP
4 40 (47.62%) Social Skills
5 36 (42.86%) AWS
6 35 (41.67%) Azure
7 34 (40.48%) CISM
8 30 (35.71%) Information Security
9 26 (30.95%) Management Information System
9 26 (30.95%) SC Cleared
9 26 (30.95%) Security Cleared
9 26 (30.95%) Roadmaps
9 26 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (28.57%) Data Centre
11 23 (27.38%) AWS Certification
11 23 (27.38%) Threat Modelling
11 23 (27.38%) Azure Certification
12 22 (26.19%) Customer-Centricity
13 20 (23.81%) NIST
13 20 (23.81%) Public Sector
14 19 (22.62%) Cyberattack
14 19 (22.62%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (20.24%) Digital Thinking
16 17 (20.24%) Threat Management
16 17 (20.24%) Desktop Virtualisation
16 17 (20.24%) Cyber Assurance
16 17 (20.24%) Practice Management
16 17 (20.24%) Identity Management
16 17 (20.24%) Active Directory

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (42.86%) AWS
2 35 (41.67%) Azure
3 7 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.19%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.24%) LAN
2 13 (15.48%) Network Security
3 8 (9.52%) Firewall
4 3 (3.57%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (3.57%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.57%) WAN
5 1 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 40 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 18 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (17.86%) Law
5 12 (14.29%) Finance
6 11 (13.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (13.10%) Marketing
7 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.76%) Legal
9 1 (1.19%) Banking
9 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.19%) Retail
9 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) OAuth
1 6 (7.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (30.95%) Management Information System
2 24 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 19 (22.62%) Cyberattack
4 12 (14.29%) iPhone
4 12 (14.29%) Onboarding
5 11 (13.10%) Public Cloud
6 10 (11.90%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (7.14%) Cloud Native
8 6 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (5.95%) Replication
9 5 (5.95%) Security Posture
10 2 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (53.57%) Security Architecture
3 30 (35.71%) Information Security
4 26 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (30.95%) Roadmaps
5 23 (27.38%) Threat Modelling
6 22 (26.19%) Customer-Centricity
7 19 (22.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (20.24%) Business Development
8 17 (20.24%) Coaching
8 17 (20.24%) Cyber Assurance
8 17 (20.24%) Desktop Virtualisation
8 17 (20.24%) Digital Thinking
8 17 (20.24%) Identity Management
8 17 (20.24%) Network Architecture
8 17 (20.24%) Practice Management
8 17 (20.24%) Threat Management
9 15 (17.86%) Application Security
9 15 (17.86%) Data Security
10 14 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) C
1 5 (5.95%) Java
1 5 (5.95%) Python
1 5 (5.95%) R
1 5 (5.95%) Scala
1 5 (5.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (51.19%) CISSP
2 34 (40.48%) CISM
3 26 (30.95%) SC Cleared
3 26 (30.95%) Security Cleared
4 23 (27.38%) AWS Certification
4 23 (27.38%) Azure Certification
5 13 (15.48%) Degree
6 12 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (14.29%) OSCP
7 10 (11.90%) SANS
8 9 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (7.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (7.14%) CEH
9 6 (7.14%) CISA
9 6 (7.14%) CRISC
9 6 (7.14%) ISACA
10 5 (5.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (5.95%) CCSP
11 4 (4.76%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.81%) NIST
2 9 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.14%) GDPR
4 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (5.95%) HIPAA
4 5 (5.95%) IASME
4 5 (5.95%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.95%) QA
5 2 (2.38%) COBIT
6 1 (1.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (20.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.57%) Stealthwatch
3 1 (1.19%) CASB
Vendors
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.57%) Adobe
2 3 (3.57%) Apple
2 3 (3.57%) Cisco
2 3 (3.57%) Meraki
3 1 (1.19%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.19%) iManage
3 1 (1.19%) LogRhythm
3 1 (1.19%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.19%) Rapid7