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 £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 409 451
Rank change year-on-year +33 +42 +140
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 37 185 237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.55% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.57% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 29 131 182
10th Percentile £56,636 £60,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £68,750 £66,750 £70,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £78,273 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -5.12% -2.94%
75th Percentile £107,500 £84,919 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,500 £87,500 £103,725
UK median annual salary £75,000 £79,842 £87,500
% change year-on-year -6.06% -8.75% -2.78%

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 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

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 2 May 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 2 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 17 (45.95%) AWS
1 17 (45.95%) Security Architecture
2 16 (43.24%) Firewall
2 16 (43.24%) Cloud Security
3 13 (35.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (32.43%) Information Security
4 12 (32.43%) CISSP
4 12 (32.43%) NIST
5 11 (29.73%) Management Information System
5 11 (29.73%) Finance
5 11 (29.73%) Azure
6 10 (27.03%) DevOps
6 10 (27.03%) Data Centre
7 9 (24.32%) Public Cloud
7 9 (24.32%) GDPR
7 9 (24.32%) Risk Management
8 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
8 8 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (21.62%) SIEM
8 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
8 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
9 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (18.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (18.92%) Network Security
10 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
10 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (16.22%) Windows
10 6 (16.22%) Linux
10 6 (16.22%) VPN
10 6 (16.22%) Threat Modelling

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 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (45.95%) AWS
2 11 (29.73%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 3 (8.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
3 3 (8.11%) GCP
4 2 (5.41%) AWS Control Tower
4 2 (5.41%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (5.41%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (5.41%) IBM Cloud
4 2 (5.41%) Route 53
4 2 (5.41%) SaaS
4 2 (5.41%) Serverless
5 1 (2.70%) Akamai
5 1 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (2.70%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.70%) IaaS
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (43.24%) Firewall
2 7 (18.92%) Network Security
3 6 (16.22%) VPN
4 3 (8.11%) WAN
5 2 (5.41%) DHCP
5 2 (5.41%) DNS
5 2 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (5.41%) LAN
5 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.41%) Wireless
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.70%) S/MIME
6 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.70%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (2.70%) SSL
6 1 (2.70%) TACACS
6 1 (2.70%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
General
1 11 (29.73%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Electronics
4 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.41%) Marketing
4 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.70%) Advertising
5 1 (2.70%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Leaflet
1 2 (5.41%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.70%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.70%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Management Information System
2 10 (27.03%) Data Centre
3 9 (24.32%) Public Cloud
4 7 (18.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (10.81%) Cloud Native
6 2 (5.41%) CCTV
6 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.70%) IoT
7 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.70%) PKI
7 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Linux
1 6 (16.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Security Architecture
2 16 (43.24%) Cloud Security
3 13 (35.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (32.43%) Information Security
5 10 (27.03%) DevOps
6 9 (24.32%) Risk Management
7 8 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (21.62%) SIEM
8 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (16.22%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (13.51%) Cryptography
10 5 (13.51%) Decision-Making
10 5 (13.51%) DevSecOps
10 5 (13.51%) Security Management
11 4 (10.81%) Architectural Patterns
11 4 (10.81%) CI/CD
11 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (10.81%) Programme Management
11 4 (10.81%) Roadmaps
12 3 (8.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Bash
1 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (32.43%) CISSP
2 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
4 5 (13.51%) Degree
5 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (10.81%) CISM
5 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
6 3 (8.11%) CCNP
6 3 (8.11%) ISSAP
7 2 (5.41%) CEH
7 2 (5.41%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (5.41%) CISMP
7 2 (5.41%) GIAC
7 2 (5.41%) SANS
8 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.70%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (32.43%) NIST
2 9 (24.32%) GDPR
3 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (13.51%) NCSC
5 4 (10.81%) COBIT
5 4 (10.81%) PCI DSS
6 3 (8.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (8.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (8.11%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.70%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (2.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
1 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Terraform
2 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.70%) Ansible
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.70%) Istio
3 1 (2.70%) Nessus
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) IBM
2 2 (5.41%) SAP
2 2 (5.41%) VMware
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco
3 1 (2.70%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.70%) FireEye
3 1 (2.70%) Google
3 1 (2.70%) Netskope
3 1 (2.70%) Okta
3 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.70%) Splunk
3 1 (2.70%) Thales
3 1 (2.70%) Zscaler
108 Security Architect jobs with Hybrid/WFH options