Security Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Security Architect salary in the West Midlands is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 202 220
Rank change year-on-year -23 +18 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 35 77 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.48% 1.14% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 1.27% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 17 22 14
10th Percentile £47,320 £68,250 £65,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £75,625 £65,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £86,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +7.81% +10.34%
75th Percentile £84,919 £92,906 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,951 £94,875 -
England median annual salary £79,842 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% - +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,806 6,079 6,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.99% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 3,364 4,759
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,912 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security 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 Security Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Birmingham -16 27 £50,000 -42.03% 1
Warwickshire +47 2 - -
Shropshire - 2 £74,136 -
Coventry +31 1 £78,273 -2.16%
Solihull -21 1 - -
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 17 (48.57%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 8 (22.86%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (22.86%) WAN
3 8 (22.86%) SD-WAN
4 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (20.00%) Degree
4 7 (20.00%) Azure
5 6 (17.14%) Information Security
6 5 (14.29%) Time Management
6 5 (14.29%) Adobe
6 5 (14.29%) CCNP
6 5 (14.29%) CCNA
6 5 (14.29%) Cisco
6 5 (14.29%) Apple
6 5 (14.29%) AWS
6 5 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
6 5 (14.29%) Analytics
6 5 (14.29%) Meraki
6 5 (14.29%) Software Licensing
6 5 (14.29%) Data Centre
6 5 (14.29%) Presales
6 5 (14.29%) Stealthwatch
6 5 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
7 3 (8.57%) Agile
7 3 (8.57%) CISM
7 3 (8.57%) Identity Management
7 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
7 3 (8.57%) CISSP

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.86%) SD-WAN
1 8 (22.86%) WAN
2 5 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 2 (5.71%) Finance
2 1 (2.86%) Banking
2 1 (2.86%) Games
2 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (2.86%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 6 (17.14%) Information Security
4 5 (14.29%) Analytics
4 5 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
4 5 (14.29%) Presales
4 5 (14.29%) Software Licensing
4 5 (14.29%) Time Management
5 3 (8.57%) Agile
5 3 (8.57%) Application Security
5 3 (8.57%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.57%) Identity Management
5 3 (8.57%) OWASP
5 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
5 3 (8.57%) Secure Coding
5 3 (8.57%) SIEM
6 2 (5.71%) Coaching
6 2 (5.71%) ITIL
6 2 (5.71%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.71%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (20.00%) Degree
3 5 (14.29%) CCNA
3 5 (14.29%) CCNP
4 3 (8.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (8.57%) AWS Certification
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
4 3 (8.57%) CCSK
4 3 (8.57%) CCSP
4 3 (8.57%) CISM
4 3 (8.57%) CISSP
4 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) NIST
2 2 (5.71%) NCSC
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Stealthwatch
2 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Adobe
2 5 (14.29%) Apple
2 5 (14.29%) Cisco
2 5 (14.29%) Meraki