Security Architecture Job Trends in Wales

Security Architecture
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 79 78
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 9 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.82% 0.33% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.39% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £56,750 - £42,545
25th Percentile £65,000 £44,956 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £49,104 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.55% -6.47% -24.40%
75th Percentile £76,388 £61,001 £67,125
90th Percentile £77,055 £65,650 £76,450
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year +9.68% +9.81% -11.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 840 762 793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 76.92% 82.65% 92.42%
Number of salaries quoted 581 384 599
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £30,200
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -1.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,445
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Wales

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Security Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Wales over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in Wales

Security Architecture
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
South Wales +4 8 £71,963 +6.61% 23
Dyfed - 1 £70,000 -
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Google Workspace
1 4 (44.44%) SurveyMonkey
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) Network Security
2 4 (44.44%) Bluetooth
2 4 (44.44%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (44.44%) Modbus
2 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 4 (44.44%) VLAN
2 4 (44.44%) Wireshark
2 4 (44.44%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Burp Suite
1 4 (44.44%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 4 (44.44%) Aerospace
2 4 (44.44%) Law
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
1 5 (55.56%) Security Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Operational Technology
2 4 (44.44%) CAN bus
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (44.44%) IoT
2 4 (44.44%) SCADA
3 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Android
1 4 (44.44%) Kali Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Cryptography
2 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) AI
3 4 (44.44%) Cloud Security
3 4 (44.44%) Cognitive Science
3 4 (44.44%) Data Science
3 4 (44.44%) Ergonomics
3 4 (44.44%) Human Factors
3 4 (44.44%) Innovative Thinking
3 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
3 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
3 4 (44.44%) Psychology
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (44.44%) Smart Manufacturing
3 4 (44.44%) Statistics
3 4 (44.44%) User Experience
3 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C++
1 4 (44.44%) Java
1 4 (44.44%) Python
1 4 (44.44%) R
1 4 (44.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) NIST
3 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (22.22%) NCSC
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) GRC
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Nessus
1 4 (44.44%) Nmap
2 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) Google
1 4 (44.44%) Qualtrics
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
1 4 (44.44%) Splunk