Security Architecture Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Architecture
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 228 231
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -42
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 21 36 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.28% 0.58% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.60% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 20 15 21
10th Percentile £40,267 £69,700 £56,250
25th Percentile £49,450 £73,375 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £84,919 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,850 £105,000
England median annual salary £78,273 £85,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -7.91% +3.03% +17.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,179 5,998 7,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.35% 96.79% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,565 3,136 4,760
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,375 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the West Midlands

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the West Midlands

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the West Midlands

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
Birmingham -18 15 £75,000 -20.00%
Solihull +2 2 £70,000 -6.67%
Coventry +28 1 £78,273 +1.00% 1
Shropshire - 1 £78,273 -
Worcestershire - 1 £105,000 -
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (9.52%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) AWS
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) WAN
2 3 (14.29%) Network Security
2 3 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 2 (9.52%) LAN
3 2 (9.52%) Wireless
4 1 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) GitLab
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Retail
3 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Architect
2 10 (47.62%) Security Architect
3 7 (33.33%) Lead
3 7 (33.33%) Lead Architect
3 7 (33.33%) Lead Security Architect
4 5 (23.81%) Security Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Azure Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Principal Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Principal Security Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Head of IT
7 1 (4.76%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Public Cloud
2 3 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.52%) Private Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
1 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 5 (23.81%) Information Security
3 5 (23.81%) ITIL
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
4 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security
4 4 (19.05%) Coaching
4 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
5 3 (14.29%) Application Security
5 3 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 3 (14.29%) OWASP
5 3 (14.29%) Secure Coding
6 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.52%) CRM
6 2 (9.52%) Data Integration
6 2 (9.52%) ETL
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Management
6 2 (9.52%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 3 (14.29%) CCSK
2 3 (14.29%) CCSP
2 3 (14.29%) CISM
2 3 (14.29%) CISSP
2 3 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.52%) CCIE
3 2 (9.52%) CCNA
3 2 (9.52%) CCNP
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) NIST
2 5 (23.81%) NCSC
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.76%) ISO 22301
3 1 (4.76%) ISO 9001
3 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Docker
2 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
2 3 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (9.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco