Security Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Security Architect salary in the West Midlands is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 210 177
Rank change year-on-year +14 -33 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 8 37 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.50% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.52% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 23
10th Percentile £69,613 £47,320 £69,000
25th Percentile £77,270 £50,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -17.65% +21.43%
75th Percentile £97,500 £84,919 £94,375
90th Percentile £98,250 £84,951 £97,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £79,842 £90,000
% change year-on-year -6.06% -11.29% -

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 3,953 7,049 5,636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 94.36% 90.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,752 5,269 3,225
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,887 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

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 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 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 +15 4 £88,901 +77.80% 8
Warwickshire -11 2 £95,000 - 4
Solihull - 1 - -
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 4 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
1 4 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Security Management
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Automotive
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) NCSC
3 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (25.00%) SABSA
3 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Data Centre

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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon Cognito
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (12.50%) Cloudflare
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) IaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (12.50%) PaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Serverless
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) BGP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) MPLS
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) TACACS
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Automotive
2 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 4 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) SABSA
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (37.50%) NIST
3 2 (25.00%) NCSC
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Aruba
2 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) Meraki
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto