Cybersecurity Architect Job Trends in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in the West Midlands is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 206 182
Rank change year-on-year +42 -24 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 1 13 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.029% 0.24% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.26% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £36,326
25th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £41,522
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £52,813
Median % change year-on-year - +60.95% -24.55%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £63,972
90th Percentile - - £69,089
England median annual salary £85,000 £74,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +14.86% -17.78% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,136 5,047 3,249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 93.50% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,072 2,675 2,602
10th Percentile £28,768 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,050 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Birmingham +22 1 £85,000 - 1
Cybersecurity Architect
England

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Cybersecurity Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft