Security Architecture Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Architecture
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 376 306
Rank change year-on-year +59 -70 +193
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 80 224 437
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 0.66% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.72% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 70 190 265
10th Percentile £54,875 £50,000 £43,541
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,063 £63,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £98,474 £84,919 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,979 £91,991 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £78,273 £82,500
% change year-on-year -4.18% -5.12% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Security Architecture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Security Architecture
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Architecture salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Architecture over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Security Architecture salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.75%) NetWeaver
Cloud Services
1 35 (43.75%) AWS
2 28 (35.00%) Azure
3 16 (20.00%) Serverless
4 14 (17.50%) AWS CloudFormation
4 14 (17.50%) AWS KMS
5 13 (16.25%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (11.25%) GCP
6 9 (11.25%) PaaS
7 6 (7.50%) Apigee
7 6 (7.50%) Azure AKS
8 4 (5.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 4 (5.00%) Entra ID
8 4 (5.00%) SaaS
9 3 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (3.75%) IaaS
10 2 (2.50%) AWS Control Tower
10 2 (2.50%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (2.50%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 29 (36.25%) Network Security
2 18 (22.50%) Firewall
3 10 (12.50%) VPN
4 4 (5.00%) WAN
5 3 (3.75%) DNS
5 3 (3.75%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (3.75%) Wireless
6 2 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (2.50%) DHCP
6 2 (2.50%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.50%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (2.50%) TACACS
7 1 (1.25%) IPv4
7 1 (1.25%) IPv6
7 1 (1.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (38.75%) Finance
2 27 (33.75%) Social Skills
3 21 (26.25%) Banking
4 7 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Marketing
6 3 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.50%) Legal
7 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.25%) Law
8 1 (1.25%) Police
8 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (66.25%) Architect
2 17 (21.25%) Cloud Architect
2 17 (21.25%) Security Architect
3 16 (20.00%) AWS Architect
4 12 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (13.75%) Senior
6 9 (11.25%) Security Engineer
7 8 (10.00%) Data Architect
8 6 (7.50%) Senior Architect
9 4 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) Lead
9 4 (5.00%) Network Architect
9 4 (5.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.75%) AWS Security Architect
10 3 (3.75%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 3 (3.75%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.75%) Lead Architect
10 3 (3.75%) Penetration Tester
10 3 (3.75%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.25%) Elastic Stack
1 13 (16.25%) Kafka
2 6 (7.50%) AngularJS
2 6 (7.50%) React
2 6 (7.50%) React Native
3 5 (6.25%) Azure Blueprints
4 3 (3.75%) Spring
4 3 (3.75%) Spring Boot
5 2 (2.50%) 802.1X
5 2 (2.50%) Leaflet
5 2 (2.50%) SailPoint
5 2 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (33.75%) Management Information System
2 18 (22.50%) Product Ownership
3 9 (11.25%) Cloud Native
3 9 (11.25%) Security Posture
4 6 (7.50%) DataPower
5 4 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.75%) Mobile App
6 3 (3.75%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.50%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.50%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.25%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.25%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.25%) IoT
8 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.50%) Android
1 6 (7.50%) Apple iOS
2 5 (6.25%) VMS
3 2 (2.50%) Linux
3 2 (2.50%) Windows
4 1 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (47.50%) DevOps
2 33 (41.25%) Cloud Security
3 27 (33.75%) CI/CD
4 26 (32.50%) Incident Response
4 26 (32.50%) Microservices
5 25 (31.25%) Information Security
6 23 (28.75%) Containerisation
7 21 (26.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 21 (26.25%) Risk Management
7 21 (26.25%) Software Engineering
8 20 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
8 20 (25.00%) Event-Driven
8 20 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 20 (25.00%) Zero Trust
9 18 (22.50%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (21.25%) Agile
10 17 (21.25%) Computer Science
10 17 (21.25%) Data Protection
11 16 (20.00%) Design Patterns
11 16 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.50%) Java
2 8 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.75%) Bash
3 7 (8.75%) Python
4 3 (3.75%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 25 (31.25%) CISSP
2 22 (27.50%) AWS Certification
2 22 (27.50%) Degree
3 20 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 16 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 15 (18.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 13 (16.25%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (12.50%) CISM
8 7 (8.75%) CCNP
9 6 (7.50%) CCSP
10 5 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (5.00%) CCIE
11 4 (5.00%) ISSAP
12 3 (3.75%) CEH
12 3 (3.75%) CHECK Team Leader
12 3 (3.75%) CHECK Team Member
12 3 (3.75%) CISMP
12 3 (3.75%) Master's Degree
12 3 (3.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (38.75%) GDPR
2 23 (28.75%) NIST
3 18 (22.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (21.25%) HIPAA
5 14 (17.50%) PCI DSS
6 9 (11.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (7.50%) COBIT
7 6 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (5.00%) NCSC
9 4 (5.00%) SOC 2
10 3 (3.75%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (3.75%) GRC
10 3 (3.75%) NIST 800
11 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 15 (18.75%) Docker
2 5 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (31.25%) Terraform
2 22 (27.50%) Kubernetes
3 13 (16.25%) Grafana
3 13 (16.25%) Prometheus
4 6 (7.50%) Istio
5 5 (6.25%) CASB
5 5 (6.25%) linkerd
6 2 (2.50%) Ansible
6 2 (2.50%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.25%) HP Fortify
7 1 (1.25%) Nessus
7 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (26.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.75%) Google
3 6 (7.50%) Apple
3 6 (7.50%) IBM
4 4 (5.00%) Cisco
4 4 (5.00%) SAP
5 2 (2.50%) Splunk
6 1 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.25%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.25%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.25%) FireEye
6 1 (1.25%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.25%) HP
6 1 (1.25%) McAfee
6 1 (1.25%) Netskope
6 1 (1.25%) Okta
6 1 (1.25%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.25%) VMware
6 1 (1.25%) Zscaler