Security Architect Jobs

Security Architect
UK

The median Security Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 April 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 451 353
Rank change year-on-year +4 -98 +256
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 231 472 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.51% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.54% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 85 314 433
10th Percentile £60,038 £57,500 £56,219
25th Percentile £70,097 £68,750 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,842 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% -6.07% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £91,250 £99,750
90th Percentile £108,450 £101,250 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% -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 45,395 87,713 101,679
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.82% 94.66% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 26,632 64,228 63,419
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,501 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,650 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -8.92% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,433 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 2 April 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 0 210 £75,000 -6.06% 149
UK excluding London +6 111 £75,000 -3.23% 58
London +68 103 £96,250 +6.94% 102
Work from Home +34 39 £80,000 +2.21% 67
North of England +39 33 £75,000 -4.18% 17
South East +55 29 £67,335 -13.12% 16
North West +11 22 £75,000 +11.11% 12
East of England +56 19 £74,000 -4.52% 3
South West +58 10 £70,000 -3.45% 10
Midlands +19 10 £95,000 +31.03% 7
Yorkshire +52 9 £70,000 -12.33% 4
Scotland +117 8 £84,500 +12.67% 5
West Midlands +6 7 £95,000 +35.71% 5
East Midlands +32 3 £82,500 +5.40% 1
North East +38 2 £70,000 -12.33% 1
Northern Ireland +39 1 - - 2
Wales +32 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 2 April 2025, 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 170 (73.59%) Information Security
2 164 (71.00%) Security Architecture
3 162 (70.13%) Management Information System
4 154 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
5 141 (61.04%) Social Skills
6 139 (60.17%) Risk Management
7 138 (59.74%) Finance
8 128 (55.41%) Incident Response
9 127 (54.98%) Problem-Solving
10 126 (54.55%) Intrusion Detection
11 125 (54.11%) Analytical Skills
12 122 (52.81%) Mentoring
13 119 (51.52%) Security Cleared
14 109 (47.19%) Threat Modelling
15 108 (46.75%) DV Cleared
16 107 (46.32%) Telecoms
17 104 (45.02%) Creative Thinking
18 103 (44.59%) Threat Intelligence
18 103 (44.59%) Security Testing
19 102 (44.16%) Artificial Intelligence
19 102 (44.16%) Digital Forensics
19 102 (44.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 101 (43.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
20 101 (43.72%) Cyberattack
21 99 (42.86%) HTML
22 74 (32.03%) CISSP
23 55 (23.81%) Degree
24 49 (21.21%) Cloud Security
25 47 (20.35%) Firewall
26 45 (19.48%) NIST

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.87%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.12%) AWS
2 24 (10.39%) Azure
3 9 (3.90%) GCP
4 8 (3.46%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.46%) SaaS
5 5 (2.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.73%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.30%) IaaS
7 3 (1.30%) PaaS
7 3 (1.30%) Serverless
8 2 (0.87%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (0.87%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.87%) IBM Cloud
8 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.87%) Route 53
9 1 (0.43%) GitHub
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 126 (54.55%) Intrusion Detection
2 47 (20.35%) Firewall
3 15 (6.49%) Network Security
4 9 (3.90%) VPN
5 5 (2.16%) DNS
6 4 (1.73%) LAN
6 4 (1.73%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.30%) DHCP
7 3 (1.30%) WAN
7 3 (1.30%) Wireless
8 2 (0.87%) DMZ
9 1 (0.43%) BGP
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.43%) Internet
9 1 (0.43%) MPLS
9 1 (0.43%) OSPF
9 1 (0.43%) SSL
9 1 (0.43%) TACACS
9 1 (0.43%) VLAN
9 1 (0.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) GitLab
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 141 (61.04%) Social Skills
2 138 (59.74%) Finance
3 125 (54.11%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (46.32%) Telecoms
5 102 (44.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.73%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.30%) Electronics
9 3 (1.30%) Law
9 3 (1.30%) Marketing
10 2 (0.87%) Automotive
10 2 (0.87%) Local Government
10 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Advertising
11 1 (0.43%) Back Office
11 1 (0.43%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (1.30%) SAML
3 2 (0.87%) LDAP
3 2 (0.87%) Leaflet
3 2 (0.87%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.43%) PySpark
4 1 (0.43%) REST
4 1 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 162 (70.13%) Management Information System
2 101 (43.72%) Cyberattack
3 26 (11.26%) Security Posture
4 21 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (9.09%) Social Media
4 21 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 15 (6.49%) Data Centre
6 11 (4.76%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.16%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.87%) CCTV
9 2 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.87%) IoT
9 2 (0.87%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.87%) PKI
10 1 (0.43%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.43%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.99%) Windows
2 21 (9.09%) Windows Vista
3 6 (2.60%) Linux
4 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (73.59%) Information Security
2 164 (71.00%) Security Architecture
3 154 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
4 139 (60.17%) Risk Management
5 128 (55.41%) Incident Response
6 127 (54.98%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (52.81%) Mentoring
8 109 (47.19%) Threat Modelling
9 104 (45.02%) Creative Thinking
10 103 (44.59%) Security Testing
10 103 (44.59%) Threat Intelligence
11 102 (44.16%) Artificial Intelligence
11 102 (44.16%) Digital Forensics
12 101 (43.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 49 (21.21%) Cloud Security
14 36 (15.58%) SIEM
15 34 (14.72%) TOGAF
16 33 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 31 (13.42%) Data Protection
18 30 (12.99%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.73%) Python
2 2 (0.87%) Bash
3 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 119 (51.52%) Security Cleared
2 108 (46.75%) DV Cleared
3 74 (32.03%) CISSP
4 55 (23.81%) Degree
5 40 (17.32%) CISM
6 32 (13.85%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (11.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 25 (10.82%) CEH
10 22 (9.52%) Master's Degree
11 21 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (9.09%) CISA
11 21 (9.09%) DBS Check
12 10 (4.33%) SC Cleared
13 6 (2.60%) AWS Certification
13 6 (2.60%) CCSP
14 4 (1.73%) ISSAP
14 4 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (1.30%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (19.48%) NIST
2 43 (18.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (16.02%) GDPR
4 12 (5.19%) NCSC
5 9 (3.90%) COBIT
5 9 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.46%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (2.16%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.87%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.87%) QA
9 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.43%) IASME
9 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.16%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Docker
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (3.03%) Terraform
2 3 (1.30%) Ansible
2 3 (1.30%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.87%) CASB
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.87%) Nessus
4 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.43%) Istio
4 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (7.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.30%) Palo Alto
2 3 (1.30%) SAP
2 3 (1.30%) VMware
3 2 (0.87%) CheckPoint
3 2 (0.87%) Cisco
3 2 (0.87%) FireEye
3 2 (0.87%) Fortinet
3 2 (0.87%) Google
3 2 (0.87%) IBM
3 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.87%) Splunk
3 2 (0.87%) Zscaler
4 1 (0.43%) Aruba
4 1 (0.43%) Broadcom
4 1 (0.43%) Capita
4 1 (0.43%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.43%) F5
4 1 (0.43%) Infoblox
4 1 (0.43%) Meraki