Hybrid/Remote Security Architect Job Trends

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 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 396 393
Rank change year-on-year +46 -3 +182
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 71 100 130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.43% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.44% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 68 43 112
10th Percentile £64,509 £60,000 £62,750
25th Percentile £68,438 £61,250 £72,287
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% +3.03%
75th Percentile £87,165 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £96,650 £114,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +9.38%

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 15,105 22,566 23,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 96.28% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,998 14,513 19,625
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,738 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,005 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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 Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Architect job vacancies

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 34 (47.89%) Security Architecture
2 31 (43.66%) Enterprise Architecture
3 30 (42.25%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (39.44%) NIST
5 26 (36.62%) Security Cleared
6 23 (32.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (30.99%) SC Cleared
7 22 (30.99%) SABSA
8 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
9 20 (28.17%) NCSC
9 20 (28.17%) TOGAF
10 19 (26.76%) Risk Assessment
11 18 (25.35%) Information Security
11 18 (25.35%) Network Security
11 18 (25.35%) Architectural Patterns
12 17 (23.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (23.94%) Risk Management
13 16 (22.54%) Finance
14 15 (21.13%) Information Security Management
14 15 (21.13%) Security Management
14 15 (21.13%) Penetration Testing
14 15 (21.13%) Information Assurance
15 13 (18.31%) Roadmaps
16 12 (16.90%) Azure
16 12 (16.90%) Risk Analysis
17 10 (14.08%) CISSP
17 10 (14.08%) AWS
17 10 (14.08%) DV Cleared
18 9 (12.68%) Decision-Making
19 8 (11.27%) Mentoring

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 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (4.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.90%) Azure
2 10 (14.08%) AWS
3 3 (4.23%) IaaS
3 3 (4.23%) SaaS
4 2 (2.82%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.82%) GCP
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.82%) OCI
4 2 (2.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.35%) Network Security
2 4 (5.63%) VPN
3 3 (4.23%) Firewall
3 3 (4.23%) S/MIME
3 3 (4.23%) SSL
3 3 (4.23%) X.509
4 1 (1.41%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.41%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (1.41%) TACACS
4 1 (1.41%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (22.54%) Finance
4 8 (11.27%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (11.27%) Legal
5 7 (9.86%) Banking
6 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.23%) Back Office
7 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.41%) Electronics
8 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Marketing
8 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) EJB
2 2 (2.82%) EDI
3 1 (1.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Data Centre
1 6 (8.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.04%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.63%) Operational Technology
3 4 (5.63%) PKI
4 3 (4.23%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.82%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (47.89%) Security Architecture
2 31 (43.66%) Enterprise Architecture
3 30 (42.25%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (30.99%) SABSA
5 20 (28.17%) TOGAF
6 19 (26.76%) Risk Assessment
7 18 (25.35%) Architectural Patterns
7 18 (25.35%) Information Security
8 17 (23.94%) Risk Management
9 15 (21.13%) Information Assurance
9 15 (21.13%) Information Security Management
9 15 (21.13%) Penetration Testing
9 15 (21.13%) Security Management
10 13 (18.31%) Roadmaps
11 12 (16.90%) Risk Analysis
12 9 (12.68%) Decision-Making
13 8 (11.27%) Cloud Security
13 8 (11.27%) Mentoring
14 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 6 (8.45%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 26 (36.62%) Security Cleared
2 22 (30.99%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.08%) CISSP
3 10 (14.08%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.86%) CISM
5 6 (8.45%) Degree
6 3 (4.23%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.82%) CITP
8 1 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.41%) CCIE
8 1 (1.41%) CCNP
8 1 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (39.44%) NIST
2 23 (32.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (28.17%) NCSC
4 8 (11.27%) QA
5 5 (7.04%) GDPR
6 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) Ansible
1 3 (4.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
2 3 (4.23%) Thales
3 1 (1.41%) Cisco
3 1 (1.41%) SAP