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 30 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 448 326
Rank change year-on-year -56 -122 +298
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 183 519 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.53% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.56% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 90 332 367
10th Percentile £59,231 £57,500 £56,219
25th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,842 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% -8.75% -2.78%
75th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £108,750 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% -8.82% +9.68%

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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -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 30 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 30 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 -54 148 £75,000 -6.06% 151
UK excluding London +3 123 £75,000 -3.23% 113
London +30 46 £95,000 +5.56% 57
North of England +30 41 £75,000 -4.18% 38
Work from Home +45 37 £77,500 -0.99% 76
North West -4 24 £75,000 +7.14% 26
South East +42 23 £67,335 -10.22% 30
Scotland +132 16 £84,500 +12.67% 5
South West +74 14 £70,000 -3.45% 17
Yorkshire +56 14 £65,000 -18.59% 3
Midlands +14 13 £95,000 +26.67% 11
East of England +50 9 £74,000 -4.52% 4
East Midlands +31 7 £82,500 +5.40% 2
West Midlands +22 6 £95,000 +35.71% 7
Northern Ireland +37 4 £110,000 +77.42% 10
North East +49 3 £70,000 -12.33% 9
Wales +31 3 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 120 (65.57%) CISSP
2 113 (61.75%) Information Security
3 105 (57.38%) Management Information System
4 104 (56.83%) Degree
5 82 (44.81%) Finance
6 67 (36.61%) Security Architecture
6 67 (36.61%) Mentoring
7 65 (35.52%) Project Management
8 63 (34.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 60 (32.79%) Cloud Security
10 59 (32.24%) Cybersecurity
11 53 (28.96%) NIST
12 51 (27.87%) Firewall
13 49 (26.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 45 (24.59%) Risk Management
15 44 (24.04%) Social Skills
16 41 (22.40%) GDPR
17 39 (21.31%) CISM
18 36 (19.67%) SIEM
19 35 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
20 33 (18.03%) TOGAF
21 32 (17.49%) Cisco Certification
22 31 (16.94%) Computer Science
22 31 (16.94%) AWS
23 30 (16.39%) Windows
23 30 (16.39%) DevSecOps
23 30 (16.39%) Security Posture
24 28 (15.30%) Incident Response
24 28 (15.30%) Computer Science Degree
24 28 (15.30%) Problem-Solving

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 (1.09%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.94%) AWS
2 28 (15.30%) Azure
3 13 (7.10%) SaaS
4 12 (6.56%) Entra ID
4 12 (6.56%) GCP
5 7 (3.83%) IaaS
6 6 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
6 6 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.73%) PaaS
8 3 (1.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 3 (1.64%) GitHub
8 3 (1.64%) Miro
8 3 (1.64%) Serverless
9 2 (1.09%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (1.09%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.09%) IBM Cloud
9 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.09%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 51 (27.87%) Firewall
2 27 (14.75%) Intrusion Detection
3 19 (10.38%) Network Security
4 12 (6.56%) VPN
5 5 (2.73%) DNS
6 4 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.19%) WAN
7 3 (1.64%) DHCP
7 3 (1.64%) LAN
7 3 (1.64%) Wireless
8 2 (1.09%) DMZ
8 2 (1.09%) TACACS
9 1 (0.55%) BGP
9 1 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.55%) Internet
9 1 (0.55%) MPLS
9 1 (0.55%) OSPF
9 1 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.55%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) GitLab
General
1 82 (44.81%) Finance
2 44 (24.04%) Social Skills
3 25 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.83%) Law
4 7 (3.83%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.28%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.73%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.64%) Back Office
8 3 (1.64%) Electronics
8 3 (1.64%) Marketing
9 2 (1.09%) Automotive
9 2 (1.09%) Banking
9 2 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.09%) Local Government
10 1 (0.55%) Advertising
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.64%) LDAP
1 3 (1.64%) RESTful
1 3 (1.64%) SAML
2 2 (1.09%) Leaflet
2 2 (1.09%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.55%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.55%) EJB
3 1 (0.55%) PySpark
3 1 (0.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 105 (57.38%) Management Information System
2 30 (16.39%) Security Posture
3 21 (11.48%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (11.48%) Social Media
3 21 (11.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 18 (9.84%) Data Centre
5 12 (6.56%) Cloud Native
6 11 (6.01%) Public Cloud
7 10 (5.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.73%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.73%) PKI
9 3 (1.64%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.64%) Machine to Machine
10 2 (1.09%) CCTV
10 2 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.09%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 30 (16.39%) Windows
2 21 (11.48%) Windows Vista
3 6 (3.28%) Linux
4 2 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (61.75%) Information Security
2 67 (36.61%) Mentoring
2 67 (36.61%) Security Architecture
3 65 (35.52%) Project Management
4 60 (32.79%) Cloud Security
5 59 (32.24%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (24.59%) Risk Management
7 36 (19.67%) SIEM
8 35 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (18.03%) TOGAF
10 31 (16.94%) Computer Science
11 30 (16.39%) DevSecOps
12 28 (15.30%) Incident Response
12 28 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (14.75%) Data Protection
14 24 (13.11%) Identity Management
15 23 (12.57%) Collaborative Working
15 23 (12.57%) Vulnerability Management
16 22 (12.02%) Information Assurance
17 21 (11.48%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.28%) Python
2 3 (1.64%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.09%) Bash
4 1 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 120 (65.57%) CISSP
2 104 (56.83%) Degree
3 63 (34.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 39 (21.31%) CISM
5 32 (17.49%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (15.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (14.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 25 (13.66%) CEH
9 23 (12.57%) CISA
10 22 (12.02%) Master's Degree
11 21 (11.48%) DBS Check
12 18 (9.84%) Security Cleared
13 10 (5.46%) DV Cleared
14 9 (4.92%) SC Cleared
15 6 (3.28%) AWS Certification
16 5 (2.73%) CCSP
16 5 (2.73%) SANS
17 4 (2.19%) CCNP
17 4 (2.19%) CRISC
17 4 (2.19%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (28.96%) NIST
2 49 (26.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (22.40%) GDPR
4 12 (6.56%) NCSC
5 10 (5.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (4.37%) PCI DSS
6 8 (4.37%) SOC 2
7 7 (3.83%) COBIT
8 5 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.64%) NIST 800
10 2 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (1.09%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.55%) QA
11 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.09%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.55%) Docker
3 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.92%) Terraform
2 4 (2.19%) CASB
3 3 (1.64%) Ansible
3 3 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.64%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.64%) Puppet
4 2 (1.09%) Nessus
5 1 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.55%) Istio
5 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (10.93%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.28%) Google
3 4 (2.19%) Palo Alto
3 4 (2.19%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.64%) Alibaba
4 3 (1.64%) Cisco
4 3 (1.64%) SAP
5 2 (1.09%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.09%) FireEye
5 2 (1.09%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.09%) IBM
5 2 (1.09%) Splunk
5 2 (1.09%) VMware
5 2 (1.09%) Zscaler
6 1 (0.55%) Databricks
6 1 (0.55%) Graphcore
6 1 (0.55%) Infoblox
6 1 (0.55%) Netskope
6 1 (0.55%) Okta
6 1 (0.55%) Thales