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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 370 313
Rank change year-on-year +31 -57 +178
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 78 223 425
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.51% 0.66% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.72% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 69 188 257
10th Percentile £54,750 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,688 £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 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £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 3 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 (3.85%) NetWeaver
Cloud Services
1 33 (42.31%) AWS
2 27 (34.62%) Azure
3 16 (20.51%) Serverless
4 14 (17.95%) AWS CloudFormation
4 14 (17.95%) AWS KMS
5 13 (16.67%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (11.54%) PaaS
7 7 (8.97%) GCP
8 6 (7.69%) Apigee
9 4 (5.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 4 (5.13%) Azure AKS
9 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
9 4 (5.13%) SaaS
10 3 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (3.85%) IaaS
11 2 (2.56%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (2.56%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 27 (34.62%) Network Security
2 19 (24.36%) Firewall
3 10 (12.82%) VPN
4 4 (5.13%) WAN
5 3 (3.85%) DNS
5 3 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (2.56%) DHCP
6 2 (2.56%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.56%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (2.56%) TACACS
6 2 (2.56%) Wireless
7 1 (1.28%) IPv4
7 1 (1.28%) IPv6
7 1 (1.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (37.18%) Finance
2 28 (35.90%) Social Skills
3 21 (26.92%) Banking
4 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Legal
7 2 (2.56%) Marketing
7 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.28%) Games
8 1 (1.28%) Law
8 1 (1.28%) Police
8 1 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (67.95%) Architect
2 17 (21.79%) Cloud Architect
2 17 (21.79%) Security Architect
3 16 (20.51%) AWS Architect
4 12 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (14.10%) Senior
6 8 (10.26%) Data Architect
6 8 (10.26%) Security Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) Senior Architect
8 4 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Lead
8 4 (5.13%) Network Architect
8 4 (5.13%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.85%) AWS Security Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) IT Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) IT Security Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Lead Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Network Security Architect
9 3 (3.85%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.67%) Elastic Stack
1 13 (16.67%) Kafka
2 6 (7.69%) AngularJS
2 6 (7.69%) React
2 6 (7.69%) React Native
3 3 (3.85%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (3.85%) Spring
3 3 (3.85%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.56%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.56%) Leaflet
4 2 (2.56%) SailPoint
4 2 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (32.05%) Management Information System
2 18 (23.08%) Product Ownership
3 9 (11.54%) Cloud Native
4 8 (10.26%) Security Posture
5 6 (7.69%) DataPower
6 4 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.85%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.56%) Cyberattack
8 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (2.56%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.28%) IoT
9 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.69%) Android
1 6 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 3 (3.85%) VMS
3 2 (2.56%) Linux
3 2 (2.56%) Windows
4 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.15%) DevOps
2 30 (38.46%) Cloud Security
3 26 (33.33%) Microservices
4 25 (32.05%) CI/CD
4 25 (32.05%) Incident Response
4 25 (32.05%) Information Security
5 23 (29.49%) Containerisation
6 21 (26.92%) Risk Management
6 21 (26.92%) Software Engineering
7 20 (25.64%) Architectural Patterns
7 20 (25.64%) Event-Driven
7 20 (25.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 20 (25.64%) Zero Trust
8 19 (24.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (21.79%) Agile
9 17 (21.79%) Computer Science
9 17 (21.79%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (21.79%) Data Protection
10 16 (20.51%) Design Patterns
10 16 (20.51%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.21%) Java
2 6 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.41%) Bash
3 5 (6.41%) Python
4 3 (3.85%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (29.49%) CISSP
2 22 (28.21%) Degree
3 20 (25.64%) AWS Certification
3 20 (25.64%) Security Cleared
4 16 (20.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (20.51%) SC Cleared
5 15 (19.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 11 (14.10%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (12.82%) CISM
8 7 (8.97%) CCNP
9 4 (5.13%) CCIE
9 4 (5.13%) CCSP
9 4 (5.13%) ISSAP
10 3 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (3.85%) CEH
10 3 (3.85%) CISMP
10 3 (3.85%) Master's Degree
10 3 (3.85%) SANS
11 2 (2.56%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (37.18%) GDPR
2 20 (25.64%) NIST
3 17 (21.79%) HIPAA
3 17 (21.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (14.10%) PCI DSS
5 8 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (7.69%) COBIT
7 5 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (5.13%) NCSC
8 4 (5.13%) SOC 2
9 3 (3.85%) NIST 800
9 3 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (2.56%) GRC
10 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 15 (19.23%) Docker
2 5 (6.41%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (29.49%) Terraform
2 20 (25.64%) Kubernetes
3 13 (16.67%) Grafana
3 13 (16.67%) Prometheus
4 4 (5.13%) Istio
5 3 (3.85%) CASB
5 3 (3.85%) linkerd
6 2 (2.56%) Ansible
6 2 (2.56%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.28%) HP Fortify
7 1 (1.28%) Nessus
7 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) Apple
2 6 (7.69%) IBM
3 5 (6.41%) Cisco
3 5 (6.41%) Google
4 4 (5.13%) SAP
5 2 (2.56%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.56%) Splunk
6 1 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.28%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.28%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.28%) FireEye
6 1 (1.28%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.28%) HP
6 1 (1.28%) McAfee
6 1 (1.28%) Netskope
6 1 (1.28%) Okta
6 1 (1.28%) VMware
6 1 (1.28%) Zscaler