Senior Security Architect Jobs

Senior Security Architect
UK

The median Senior Security Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 821 935 1145
Rank change year-on-year +114 +210 -285
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect 73 46 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.046% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.050% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 33 12 49
10th Percentile - £68,000 £65,000
25th Percentile £56,809 £79,063 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -2.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £87,500 £106,563 £105,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £111,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Architect over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +100 66 £75,000 -16.67% 6
UK excluding London +44 54 £70,000 -17.65% 3
Work from Home +110 36 £70,000 -17.65% 3
North of England +63 28 £70,000 - 1
North West +28 27 £65,603 - 1
Midlands +4 14 £46,963 -39.40% 1
London +108 13 £97,500 -1.27% 3
West Midlands +20 13 - - 1
South East +9 7 - - 1
South West - 4 £70,000 -
Scotland -58 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £110,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £46,963 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Architect in the job title.

1 53 (72.60%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (43.84%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (38.36%) Microsoft
4 27 (36.99%) WAN
4 27 (36.99%) SD-WAN
5 26 (35.62%) Data Centre
6 25 (34.25%) Degree
7 21 (28.77%) Meraki
7 21 (28.77%) Analytics
7 21 (28.77%) Customer Engagement
7 21 (28.77%) Presales
7 21 (28.77%) Software Licensing
7 21 (28.77%) Stealthwatch
7 21 (28.77%) Time Management
7 21 (28.77%) Adobe
7 21 (28.77%) CCNP
7 21 (28.77%) CCNA
7 21 (28.77%) Cisco
7 21 (28.77%) Apple
7 21 (28.77%) Cisco Firepower
8 20 (27.40%) Information Security
9 19 (26.03%) CISSP
9 19 (26.03%) Security Architecture
10 18 (24.66%) Azure
11 16 (21.92%) AWS
12 15 (20.55%) CISM
13 12 (16.44%) Identity Management
13 12 (16.44%) AWS Certification
14 11 (15.07%) Coaching
14 11 (15.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP

Senior 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:

Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.66%) Azure
2 16 (21.92%) AWS
3 5 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.48%) GCP
4 4 (5.48%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 27 (36.99%) SD-WAN
1 27 (36.99%) WAN
2 21 (28.77%) Cisco Firepower
3 5 (6.85%) DNS
3 5 (6.85%) LAN
4 4 (5.48%) Firewall
4 4 (5.48%) Network Security
5 1 (1.37%) DHCP
5 1 (1.37%) HTTP
5 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) Power BI
2 2 (2.74%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (15.07%) Public Sector
2 10 (13.70%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.33%) Finance
4 6 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.85%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.11%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.37%) Legal
7 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) HTML
1 1 (1.37%) OpenID
1 1 (1.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (35.62%) Data Centre
2 11 (15.07%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.22%) Cyberattack
3 6 (8.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (5.48%) PKI
4 4 (5.48%) PMI
4 4 (5.48%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.11%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (72.60%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (28.77%) Analytics
2 21 (28.77%) Customer Engagement
2 21 (28.77%) Presales
2 21 (28.77%) Software Licensing
2 21 (28.77%) Time Management
3 20 (27.40%) Information Security
4 19 (26.03%) Security Architecture
5 12 (16.44%) Identity Management
6 11 (15.07%) Coaching
7 9 (12.33%) Cloud Security
7 9 (12.33%) Threat Management
7 9 (12.33%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (9.59%) Application Security
8 7 (9.59%) Customer-Centricity
8 7 (9.59%) Roadmaps
9 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
9 6 (8.22%) Mentoring
9 6 (8.22%) Secure Coding
9 6 (8.22%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (43.84%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (34.25%) Degree
3 21 (28.77%) CCNA
3 21 (28.77%) CCNP
4 19 (26.03%) CISSP
5 15 (20.55%) CISM
6 12 (16.44%) AWS Certification
7 11 (15.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (15.07%) Azure Certification
7 11 (15.07%) CCSP
8 9 (12.33%) Security Cleared
9 6 (8.22%) CCSK
10 5 (6.85%) ISACA
10 5 (6.85%) SC Cleared
11 4 (5.48%) CRISC
11 4 (5.48%) DV Cleared
11 4 (5.48%) GIAC
11 4 (5.48%) ISSMP
11 4 (5.48%) PMI Certification
12 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.70%) NIST
2 6 (8.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (6.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (6.85%) IASME
3 5 (6.85%) QA
4 4 (5.48%) COBIT
4 4 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.48%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.11%) HMG Infosec
5 3 (4.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (4.11%) JSP 440
5 3 (4.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (8.22%) Docker
2 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (28.77%) Stealthwatch
2 6 (8.22%) Kubernetes
2 6 (8.22%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (5.48%) Ansible
4 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (38.36%) Microsoft
2 21 (28.77%) Adobe
2 21 (28.77%) Apple
2 21 (28.77%) Cisco
2 21 (28.77%) Meraki
3 4 (5.48%) Alibaba
3 4 (5.48%) Google
4 3 (4.11%) Splunk
5 2 (2.74%) Veeam
5 2 (2.74%) VMware