Cybersecurity Architect Jobs

Cybersecurity Architect
UK

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 701 758 910
Rank change year-on-year +57 +152 +165
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 44 64 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.083% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.087% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 29 49 84
10th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £43,147
25th Percentile £69,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £89,350 £93,000 £108,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 55,107 73,701 104,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 95.01% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 26,116 55,643 66,028
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,268 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,430 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -4.76% +5.00%

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 17 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Top 12 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 17 February 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
England +71 38 £76,250 +1.67% 7
Work from Home +116 21 £75,000 +7.14% 4
London +44 20 £72,500 -3.33% 3
UK excluding London +73 18 £77,500 -3.13% 4
South East +41 6 £90,000 +12.50%
South West +49 4 £78,750 +26.00% 1
East of England +14 4 £74,500 +8.76%
Midlands +4 2 £85,000 +13.33%
West Midlands -10 2 £85,000 +13.33%
Scotland +52 1 - - 1
North of England +29 1 £85,000 - 2
North West -5 1 £85,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 17 February 2025, 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 44 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (59.09%) Information Security
2 26 (59.09%) Security Architecture
3 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
4 17 (38.64%) NIST
5 13 (29.55%) SABSA
5 13 (29.55%) Threat Modelling
5 13 (29.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 13 (29.55%) Azure
5 13 (29.55%) AWS
5 13 (29.55%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (27.27%) CISSP
6 12 (27.27%) CISM
6 12 (27.27%) Risk Management
6 12 (27.27%) SC Cleared
6 12 (27.27%) Security Cleared
6 12 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (22.73%) GDPR
7 10 (22.73%) Roadmaps
8 9 (20.45%) TOGAF
9 8 (18.18%) Cryptography
9 8 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (18.18%) COBIT
9 8 (18.18%) Security Management
9 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
9 8 (18.18%) Information Security Management
9 8 (18.18%) Business Continuity
9 8 (18.18%) SSCP
9 8 (18.18%) Data Centre
10 7 (15.91%) Public Sector

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 13 (29.55%) AWS
1 13 (29.55%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) GCP
2 2 (4.55%) WhatsApp
3 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.27%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.64%) Network Security
2 4 (9.09%) Firewall
2 4 (9.09%) LAN
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Law
2 7 (15.91%) Public Sector
3 5 (11.36%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.27%) Automotive
5 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.09%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.55%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.27%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (59.09%) Information Security
2 26 (59.09%) Security Architecture
3 13 (29.55%) SABSA
3 13 (29.55%) Threat Modelling
4 12 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 10 (22.73%) Roadmaps
6 9 (20.45%) TOGAF
7 8 (18.18%) Business Continuity
7 8 (18.18%) Cryptography
7 8 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (18.18%) Information Security Management
7 8 (18.18%) Security Management
8 6 (13.64%) Cloud Security
8 6 (13.64%) SIEM
9 5 (11.36%) Application Security
9 5 (11.36%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (11.36%) ITIL
9 5 (11.36%) Network Architecture
9 5 (11.36%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 13 (29.55%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (27.27%) CISM
2 12 (27.27%) CISSP
2 12 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 12 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 8 (18.18%) SSCP
4 6 (13.64%) CCSP
5 5 (11.36%) Degree
6 4 (9.09%) AWS Certification
6 4 (9.09%) Azure Certification
6 4 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (9.09%) ISACA
7 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (38.64%) NIST
2 12 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (22.73%) GDPR
4 8 (18.18%) COBIT
5 5 (11.36%) PCI DSS
6 4 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (9.09%) IASME
6 4 (9.09%) NCSC
6 4 (9.09%) QA
7 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) CASB
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Broadcom
2 3 (6.82%) Zscaler
3 1 (2.27%) Capita