Hybrid/Remote Cybersecurity Architect Job Trends

Cybersecurity Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary for remote/hybrid work is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 408 439
Rank change year-on-year +63 +31 +264
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 32 23 20
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30 18 20
10th Percentile £98,250 £61,250 -
25th Percentile - £63,125 £32,863
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £75,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +9.49% -19.41%
75th Percentile - £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile - £87,500 £79,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,295 16,593 18,824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 96.24% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,274 10,268 15,295
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,481 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +0.80% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Architect' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cybersecurity Architect over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Cybersecurity Architect salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 23 December 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.50%) NIST
2 4 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
3 3 (9.38%) CISSP
3 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
4 2 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (6.25%) AWS
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (3.13%) ArchiMate
5 1 (3.13%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.13%) AWS KMS
5 1 (3.13%) Behavioural Analysis
5 1 (3.13%) CISM
5 1 (3.13%) Cloud Security
5 1 (3.13%) Containerisation
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) Event-Driven
5 1 (3.13%) Identity Management
5 1 (3.13%) Incident Response
5 1 (3.13%) Information Security

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) AWS
2 2 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) AWS KMS
General
1 2 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
1 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
4 2 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (3.13%) ArchiMate
5 1 (3.13%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (3.13%) Cloud Security
5 1 (3.13%) Containerisation
5 1 (3.13%) Event-Driven
5 1 (3.13%) Identity Management
5 1 (3.13%) Incident Response
5 1 (3.13%) Information Security
5 1 (3.13%) ISMS
5 1 (3.13%) Microservices
5 1 (3.13%) RBAC
5 1 (3.13%) SABSA
5 1 (3.13%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (3.13%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.13%) UML
5 1 (3.13%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
1 3 (9.38%) CISSP
2 2 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.13%) CISM
3 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
2 1 (3.13%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft