Lead Security Architect
UK
The median Lead Security Architect salary in the UK is £69,384 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 715 | 833 | 945 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +112 | +273 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect | 14 | 50 | 16 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.050% | 0.016% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.028% | 0.053% | 0.018% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 45 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £57,670 | £50,000 | £64,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £64,509 | £74,766 | £64,850 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £69,384 | £79,842 | £69,503 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.10% | +14.88% | +25.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £97,315 | £84,919 | £97,213 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,850 | £88,750 | £119,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £69,384 | £79,842 | £69,200 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.10% | +15.38% | +25.44% |
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 | 50,837 | 94,491 | 90,806 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 94.69% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,317 | 67,546 | 57,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead Security Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Security Architect.
Lead Security Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Architect over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
Lead Security Architect
Top 14 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +109 | 12 | £69,384 | -13.10% | 7 |
| England | +90 | 10 | £69,384 | -13.10% | 11 |
| UK excluding London | +145 | 9 | £69,384 | -13.10% | 17 |
| London | +108 | 4 | £102,500 | +28.38% | 4 |
| North of England | +22 | 3 | £69,384 | -13.10% | 5 |
| South East | +91 | 2 | £57,670 | -49.85% | |
| Yorkshire | +55 | 1 | £46,500 | -41.76% | |
| Midlands | +52 | 1 | £69,384 | +38.77% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +36 | 1 | £69,384 | +38.77% | 2 |
| North East | +32 | 1 | £69,384 | -13.10% | 3 |
| North West | -9 | 1 | £69,384 | -13.10% | 2 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £69,384 | - | 2 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £69,384 | - | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £69,384 | - | 3 |
Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.
|
|
Lead Security 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: