Security Architect Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Architect salary for remote or hybrid work is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2025.

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

 6 months to
6 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 408 436
Rank change year-on-year +11 +28 +197
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 70 197 194
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.58% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.60% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 66 125 159
10th Percentile £64,509 £60,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £69,063 £65,000 £64,925
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,273 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -5.12% -2.94%
75th Percentile £86,776 £84,919 £94,375
90th Percentile £91,000 £90,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -8.57% +2.94%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 18,881 32,734 34,586
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 96.20% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,537 24,599 25,656
10th Percentile £25,267 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,549
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Security Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Architect
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Architect.

Security Architect salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architect
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Security Architect salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 29 (41.43%) Enterprise Architecture
1 29 (41.43%) Security Architecture
2 27 (38.57%) Security Cleared
3 26 (37.14%) Information Security
3 26 (37.14%) NIST
4 24 (34.29%) Social Skills
4 24 (34.29%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (30.00%) SC Cleared
5 21 (30.00%) Network Security
5 21 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (28.57%) Risk Management
7 18 (25.71%) Risk Assessment
7 18 (25.71%) SABSA
7 18 (25.71%) NCSC
8 17 (24.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (24.29%) Architectural Patterns
8 17 (24.29%) Information Security Management
8 17 (24.29%) Security Management
9 16 (22.86%) TOGAF
9 16 (22.86%) Penetration Testing
9 16 (22.86%) Information Assurance
10 13 (18.57%) Finance
10 13 (18.57%) Decision-Making
11 12 (17.14%) AWS
12 11 (15.71%) Azure
12 11 (15.71%) Risk Analysis
12 11 (15.71%) DV Cleared
12 11 (15.71%) CISSP
13 9 (12.86%) GDPR
13 9 (12.86%) Cloud Security

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (4.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.14%) AWS
2 11 (15.71%) Azure
3 4 (5.71%) IaaS
3 4 (5.71%) SaaS
4 3 (4.29%) GCP
4 3 (4.29%) PaaS
5 2 (2.86%) OCI
6 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (30.00%) Network Security
2 8 (11.43%) Firewall
3 6 (8.57%) VPN
4 3 (4.29%) S/MIME
4 3 (4.29%) SSL
4 3 (4.29%) X.509
5 2 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.43%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.43%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.43%) TACACS
6 1 (1.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.43%) Power BI
General
1 24 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (18.57%) Finance
4 9 (12.86%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (11.43%) Legal
6 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.29%) Back Office
8 2 (2.86%) Banking
8 2 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.86%) Electronics
8 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.86%) Marketing
8 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.43%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.29%) EJB
2 2 (2.86%) Leaflet
3 1 (1.43%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.29%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.29%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.29%) PKI
4 2 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.86%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Linux
1 2 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (41.43%) Enterprise Architecture
1 29 (41.43%) Security Architecture
2 26 (37.14%) Information Security
3 24 (34.29%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 18 (25.71%) Risk Assessment
5 18 (25.71%) SABSA
6 17 (24.29%) Architectural Patterns
6 17 (24.29%) Information Security Management
6 17 (24.29%) Security Management
7 16 (22.86%) Information Assurance
7 16 (22.86%) Penetration Testing
7 16 (22.86%) TOGAF
8 13 (18.57%) Decision-Making
9 11 (15.71%) Risk Analysis
10 9 (12.86%) Cloud Security
11 8 (11.43%) Mentoring
11 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (10.00%) Roadmaps
12 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 27 (38.57%) Security Cleared
2 21 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.71%) CISSP
3 11 (15.71%) DV Cleared
4 5 (7.14%) CISM
4 5 (7.14%) Degree
5 3 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.86%) CEH
6 2 (2.86%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (2.86%) CISMP
6 2 (2.86%) GIAC
6 2 (2.86%) ISSAP
6 2 (2.86%) SANS
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.43%) CCIE
7 1 (1.43%) CCNP
7 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (37.14%) NIST
2 21 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (25.71%) NCSC
4 9 (12.86%) GDPR
5 8 (11.43%) QA
6 3 (4.29%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.86%) COBIT
7 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.86%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (4.29%) ServiceNow
1 3 (4.29%) Thales
2 2 (2.86%) SAP
3 1 (1.43%) Cisco
198 Security Architect jobs with Hybrid/WFH options