Security Architecture Jobs

Security Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 456 300
Rank change year-on-year +1 -156 +209
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 238 505 1,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.51% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.60% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 186 400 488
10th Percentile £53,837 £51,125 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £68,718 £66,176
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,273 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -5.12% -
75th Percentile £92,813 £95,000 £97,290
90th Percentile £111,250 £107,500 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,996 £77,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year -5.81% +6.16% -8.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture 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 -7 214 £75,000 -4.18% 194
London +35 122 £77,500 -6.06% 97
UK excluding London +43 99 £72,996 -5.81% 96
Work from Home +49 80 £71,991 -7.11% 103
North of England +47 47 £75,000 +6.27% 35
North West +17 34 £75,000 +7.14% 27
South East +85 20 £63,750 -19.05% 33
South West +65 14 £71,991 -31.44% 10
Yorkshire +55 11 £94,637 +20.91% 4
Midlands +39 6 £41,000 -45.33% 5
West Midlands +35 6 £41,000 -45.33% 4
Scotland +126 5 £109,539 +114.78% 4
Wales +40 3 £49,104 -27.93% 2
East of England +27 3 £74,000 +2.07% 4
North East +46 2 £75,000 -6.06% 4
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Security Architecture
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 6 (2.52%) Confluence
2 3 (1.26%) NetWeaver
3 2 (0.84%) IIS
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.84%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (33.61%) AWS
2 73 (30.67%) Azure
3 35 (14.71%) GCP
4 24 (10.08%) Serverless
5 23 (9.66%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (7.56%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (6.30%) AWS KMS
7 15 (6.30%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.30%) PaaS
8 12 (5.04%) SaaS
9 11 (4.62%) IaaS
10 10 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.78%) Power Platform
12 8 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (2.94%) Azure AKS
14 6 (2.52%) Apigee
15 5 (2.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 59 (24.79%) Firewall
2 47 (19.75%) Network Security
3 32 (13.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 16 (6.72%) TCP/IP
4 16 (6.72%) VPN
5 14 (5.88%) DNS
6 9 (3.78%) HTTP
6 9 (3.78%) SMTP
7 7 (2.94%) WAN
8 5 (2.10%) IPsec
8 5 (2.10%) SD-WAN
8 5 (2.10%) SSL
9 3 (1.26%) SAN
9 3 (1.26%) Wireless
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.84%) DHCP
10 2 (0.84%) DMZ
10 2 (0.84%) NAS
10 2 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.84%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.36%) Power BI
2 4 (1.68%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.68%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.26%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.26%) Tableau
4 2 (0.84%) Big Data
4 2 (0.84%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.84%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.42%) DB2
5 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Bitbucket
1 3 (1.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Git
2 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
General
1 88 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 71 (29.83%) Finance
3 45 (18.91%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (14.29%) Banking
5 30 (12.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.14%) Law
7 16 (6.72%) Telecoms
8 12 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.04%) Marketing
8 12 (5.04%) Retail
9 11 (4.62%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (3.36%) Retail Banking
11 7 (2.94%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.68%) Legal
14 3 (1.26%) Back Office
14 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.84%) Local Government
15 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 128 (53.78%) Architect
2 67 (28.15%) Security Architect
3 53 (22.27%) Senior
4 37 (15.55%) Security Engineer
5 29 (12.18%) Solutions Architect
6 22 (9.24%) Cloud Architect
7 21 (8.82%) Lead
8 19 (7.98%) Senior Architect
9 16 (6.72%) AWS Architect
10 15 (6.30%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 13 (5.46%) Analyst
12 12 (5.04%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (5.04%) Information Security Engineer
13 10 (4.20%) AWS Software Engineer
13 10 (4.20%) Security Analyst
13 10 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (4.20%) Software Engineer
14 9 (3.78%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 9 (3.78%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.72%) Elastic Stack
1 16 (6.72%) Kafka
2 13 (5.46%) Web Services
3 11 (4.62%) Azure Blueprints
4 10 (4.20%) Node.js
4 10 (4.20%) REST
5 6 (2.52%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.52%) React
5 6 (2.52%) React Native
6 4 (1.68%) .NET
7 3 (1.26%) Spring
7 3 (1.26%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.84%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.84%) Leaflet
8 2 (0.84%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.42%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 66 (27.73%) Management Information System
2 48 (20.17%) Security Posture
3 26 (10.92%) Cloud Native
3 26 (10.92%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (8.82%) Social Media
4 21 (8.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 18 (7.56%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.94%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.52%) CCTV
8 6 (2.52%) DataPower
8 6 (2.52%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.52%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.26%) CESG
10 3 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.26%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.26%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.61%) Windows
2 21 (8.82%) Windows Vista
3 6 (2.52%) Android
3 6 (2.52%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.52%) Linux
4 5 (2.10%) VMS
4 5 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (48.74%) Cybersecurity
2 100 (42.02%) Cloud Security
3 93 (39.08%) Information Security
4 78 (32.77%) Incident Response
5 62 (26.05%) Risk Management
6 58 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (23.11%) Data Protection
8 54 (22.69%) DevOps
9 50 (21.01%) Agile
10 49 (20.59%) CI/CD
10 49 (20.59%) Computer Science
11 48 (20.17%) Vulnerability Management
12 46 (19.33%) TOGAF
13 45 (18.91%) Identity Access Management
13 45 (18.91%) SIEM
14 44 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (17.65%) DevSecOps
16 36 (15.13%) Roadmaps
17 35 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
17 35 (14.71%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (14.71%) Python
2 29 (12.18%) Java
3 19 (7.98%) PowerShell
4 15 (6.30%) Bash
5 10 (4.20%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 76 (31.93%) CISSP
2 68 (28.57%) Degree
3 51 (21.43%) CISM
4 45 (18.91%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (17.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (13.45%) AWS Certification
7 31 (13.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 30 (12.61%) Security Cleared
9 28 (11.76%) CISA
10 27 (11.34%) CEH
11 25 (10.50%) Master's Degree
12 22 (9.24%) DBS Check
13 21 (8.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 21 (8.82%) SC Cleared
14 11 (4.62%) GIAC
15 10 (4.20%) CCSP
16 9 (3.78%) CCNA
16 9 (3.78%) CCNP
16 9 (3.78%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (3.36%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (33.61%) NIST
2 79 (33.19%) GDPR
3 78 (32.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (12.18%) PCI DSS
5 21 (8.82%) HIPAA
6 20 (8.40%) NCSC
7 19 (7.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (5.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (4.62%) COBIT
10 10 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (4.20%) SOC 2
11 8 (3.36%) GRC
12 7 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (2.94%) NIST 800
13 6 (2.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.84%) ITGC
16 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
16 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 19 (7.98%) Docker
2 16 (6.72%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (17.23%) Terraform
2 32 (13.45%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.72%) Grafana
3 16 (6.72%) Prometheus
4 11 (4.62%) CASB
5 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.52%) Istio
7 5 (2.10%) linkerd
8 4 (1.68%) Ansible
9 2 (0.84%) EnCase
9 2 (0.84%) FTK
9 2 (0.84%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.84%) Nessus
9 2 (0.84%) RSA Security Analytics
9 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.42%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.92%) Google
3 11 (4.62%) Cisco
4 10 (4.20%) Ping Identity
5 7 (2.94%) IBM
5 7 (2.94%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.52%) Apple
6 6 (2.52%) Carbon Black
6 6 (2.52%) SAP
6 6 (2.52%) Symantec
7 5 (2.10%) Splunk
8 4 (1.68%) FireEye
9 3 (1.26%) Adobe
9 3 (1.26%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.26%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.26%) Databricks
9 3 (1.26%) Juniper
9 3 (1.26%) Optimizely
9 3 (1.26%) VMware
10 2 (0.84%) McAfee