Security Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 330 373 517
Rank change year-on-year +43 +144 -176
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 494 1,129 707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.90% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.94% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 300 673 560
10th Percentile £54,125 £52,216 £50,900
25th Percentile £63,631 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +6.67% -4.15%
75th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £108,875 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,576 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% - +6.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

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 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 2023. 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 +27 385 £75,000 -6.25% 129
UK excluding London +50 289 £70,576 -2.65% 79
Work from Home +102 272 £75,000 -3.23% 56
London +59 156 £85,000 -2.58% 59
North of England +101 77 £70,576 -2.65% 11
South West +57 68 £70,000 +0.28% 20
North West +97 42 £70,576 -2.65% 8
Scotland +1 38 £70,576 +1.62% 8
South East +30 36 £90,000 +24.14% 20
Yorkshire +90 33 £70,576 -14.45% 3
Midlands +98 26 £97,500 +33.56% 7
Wales +8 20 £52,500 -24.40%
East of England +87 18 £49,329 -34.23% 14
West Midlands +86 16 £100,000 +37.93% 4
East Midlands +50 10 £75,000 -8.26% 3
Northern Ireland +44 9 - - 1
North East +30 2 £55,313 -23.71%

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 4 (0.81%) IIS
2 2 (0.40%) nginx
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.20%) Apache
3 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.20%) Gunicorn
3 1 (0.20%) uWSGI
Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 146 (29.55%) Azure
2 126 (25.51%) AWS
3 83 (16.80%) PaaS
4 77 (15.59%) GCP
5 70 (14.17%) SaaS
6 65 (13.16%) IaaS
7 60 (12.15%) Serverless
8 54 (10.93%) OpenShift
9 19 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (2.83%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.21%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (0.81%) Apigee
14 3 (0.61%) Power Platform
15 2 (0.40%) Amazon Cognito
15 2 (0.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 2 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
16 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 80 (16.19%) Firewall
2 53 (10.73%) SAN
3 34 (6.88%) Network Security
4 22 (4.45%) LAN
5 12 (2.43%) VPN
6 7 (1.42%) DNS
6 7 (1.42%) Wireless
7 6 (1.21%) DHCP
8 5 (1.01%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.01%) WAN
9 4 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.40%) BGP
11 2 (0.40%) Internet
11 2 (0.40%) OSPF
12 1 (0.20%) 3G
12 1 (0.20%) IPsec
12 1 (0.20%) MPLS
12 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.20%) GIS
2 1 (0.20%) MySQL
2 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.20%) GitLab
2 1 (0.20%) JIRA
General
1 205 (41.50%) Social Skills
2 157 (31.78%) Finance
3 94 (19.03%) Presentation Skills
4 71 (14.37%) Banking
5 59 (11.94%) Organisational Skills
6 55 (11.13%) Public Sector
7 51 (10.32%) Retail
8 35 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (5.67%) Telecoms
10 25 (5.06%) Law
11 17 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
12 13 (2.63%) Legal
13 7 (1.42%) Local Government
14 5 (1.01%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.01%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.61%) Games
15 3 (0.61%) Publishing
16 2 (0.40%) Advertising
16 2 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 322 (65.18%) Architect
2 128 (25.91%) Security Architect
3 118 (23.89%) Solutions Architect
4 80 (16.19%) Senior
5 71 (14.37%) Infrastructure Architect
6 48 (9.72%) Consultant
7 38 (7.69%) Security Consultant
8 33 (6.68%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 26 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
9 26 (5.26%) Software Engineer
10 25 (5.06%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
10 25 (5.06%) Senior Architect
11 24 (4.86%) Cloud Architect
12 23 (4.66%) Security Engineer
12 23 (4.66%) Technical Architect
13 22 (4.45%) Security Specialist
14 19 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 19 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 19 (3.85%) Security Technical Architect
15 17 (3.44%) Digital Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.25%) OAuth
2 18 (3.64%) OpenID
3 17 (3.44%) React
4 15 (3.04%) Spring
5 11 (2.23%) Middleware
6 9 (1.82%) Web Services
7 8 (1.62%) ModSecurity
8 5 (1.01%) Kafka
9 4 (0.81%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.81%) REST
10 3 (0.61%) Express.js
10 3 (0.61%) JSON
10 3 (0.61%) JWT
10 3 (0.61%) React Native
10 3 (0.61%) SOAP
10 3 (0.61%) XML
11 2 (0.40%) HTML
11 2 (0.40%) Regular Expression
11 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
12 1 (0.20%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.55%) Virtual Team
2 59 (11.94%) Product Ownership
3 56 (11.34%) Hybrid Cloud
4 55 (11.13%) Public Cloud
5 53 (10.73%) Management Information System
6 52 (10.53%) Cyberattack
7 46 (9.31%) Private Cloud
8 43 (8.70%) PKI
9 23 (4.66%) Data Centre
10 21 (4.25%) Onboarding
11 17 (3.44%) Security Posture
12 16 (3.24%) Operational Technology
13 12 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (2.23%) IoT
15 10 (2.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 10 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
16 8 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (1.62%) iPhone
16 8 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
17 6 (1.21%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 119 (24.09%) Linux
2 74 (14.98%) Windows
3 9 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.01%) Android
5 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (39.47%) Cybersecurity
2 161 (32.59%) TOGAF
3 155 (31.38%) Agile
4 141 (28.54%) Information Security
5 126 (25.51%) Actionable Insight
6 116 (23.48%) Containerisation
7 98 (19.84%) Roadmaps
8 93 (18.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 88 (17.81%) Cloud Security
10 77 (15.59%) Microservices
11 75 (15.18%) Mentoring
11 75 (15.18%) Project Management
11 75 (15.18%) SIEM
11 75 (15.18%) Technology Transformation
12 71 (14.37%) CI/CD
13 62 (12.55%) Design Patterns
14 61 (12.35%) Enterprise Architecture
15 60 (12.15%) Coaching
15 60 (12.15%) Risk Management
15 60 (12.15%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 85 (17.21%) Java
2 65 (13.16%) Python
3 6 (1.21%) Go
4 5 (1.01%) C#
4 5 (1.01%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.61%) Lua
5 3 (0.61%) Perl
5 3 (0.61%) Ruby
5 3 (0.61%) Rust
6 2 (0.40%) C++
6 2 (0.40%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.20%) Bash
7 1 (0.20%) C
7 1 (0.20%) Dart
7 1 (0.20%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.20%) PHP
7 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.20%) SQL
7 1 (0.20%) Swift
7 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 151 (30.57%) Security Cleared
2 103 (20.85%) CISSP
3 80 (16.19%) Degree
4 78 (15.79%) SC Cleared
5 40 (8.10%) CISM
6 39 (7.89%) DV Cleared
7 37 (7.49%) Azure Certification
8 29 (5.87%) Master's Degree
9 24 (4.86%) AWS Certification
9 24 (4.86%) ISSAP
10 21 (4.25%) CEH
11 20 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (4.05%) CISMP
11 20 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (4.05%) GIAC
11 20 (4.05%) OSCP
12 19 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (3.64%) CRISC
14 17 (3.44%) TOGAF Certification
15 15 (3.04%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (18.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (12.55%) NIST
3 37 (7.49%) NCSC
4 33 (6.68%) GRC
5 28 (5.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 22 (4.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (3.85%) GDPR
7 19 (3.85%) NIST 800
8 16 (3.24%) PCI DSS
9 11 (2.23%) COBIT
10 9 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (1.62%) JSP 440
12 7 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (1.42%) QA
12 7 (1.42%) RMADS
13 6 (1.21%) IASME
14 5 (1.01%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.40%) ISO 31000
16 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (11.94%) Docker
2 37 (7.49%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.61%) Squid
6 2 (0.40%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (10.93%) Terraform
2 42 (8.50%) Ansible
3 14 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (2.43%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.81%) Backup Exec
6 3 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.61%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.40%) Nessus
8 1 (0.20%) Argo
8 1 (0.20%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.20%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.20%) Grafana
8 1 (0.20%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.20%) Istio
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.20%) Puppet
8 1 (0.20%) SCCM
8 1 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 54 (10.93%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.70%) Oracle
3 12 (2.43%) Google
4 11 (2.23%) F5
5 10 (2.02%) Cisco
6 8 (1.62%) Splunk
7 6 (1.21%) VMware
8 5 (1.01%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.01%) Veracode
9 4 (0.81%) CA
9 4 (0.81%) Confluent
9 4 (0.81%) Dell
9 4 (0.81%) HP
9 4 (0.81%) Veritas
10 3 (0.61%) Apple
10 3 (0.61%) IBM
10 3 (0.61%) New Relic
10 3 (0.61%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.40%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.40%) LogRhythm