Information Security Architect Jobs in England

Information Security Architect
UK > England

The median Information Security Architect salary in England is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 871 1140
Rank change year-on-year +38 +269 -223
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Architect 18 28 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.034% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.037% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 5 23 21
10th Percentile - - £65,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £81,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +12.90% +40.91%
75th Percentile £85,000 £122,500 £90,770
90th Percentile - - £92,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +12.90% +40.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,043 75,204 138,046
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.22% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 65,775 49,529 75,271
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Information Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Architect in England.

Salary trend for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 11 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 12 - -
Midlands -27 3 £85,000 +13.33%
East Midlands - 3 £85,000 -
North of England - 2 £65,000 -
North West - 2 £65,000 -
South West -29 1 - -
Information Security Architect
UK

Information Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Information 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 job ads across the England region featuring Information Security Architect in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Information Security
2 14 (77.78%) Finance
3 9 (50.00%) CISSP
3 9 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (50.00%) Azure
3 9 (50.00%) Security Posture
4 8 (44.44%) Security Architecture
4 8 (44.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (38.89%) GDPR
5 7 (38.89%) NIST
5 7 (38.89%) Incident Response
5 7 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (38.89%) CCSP
6 6 (33.33%) Security Management
6 6 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (33.33%) Degree
6 6 (33.33%) CCSK
6 6 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 3 (16.67%) GCP
7 3 (16.67%) DevSecOps
7 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
7 3 (16.67%) AWS
7 3 (16.67%) Agile
7 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
8 2 (11.11%) Offensive Security
8 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture

Information Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (16.67%) AWS
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
4 2 (11.11%) PaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
General
1 14 (77.78%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Information Security
2 8 (44.44%) Security Architecture
3 7 (38.89%) Incident Response
4 6 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 6 (33.33%) Security Management
4 6 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) Agile
5 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 3 (16.67%) DevSecOps
6 2 (11.11%) Architectural Design
6 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.11%) Ethical Hacking
6 2 (11.11%) Offensive Security
6 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) Secure Coding
6 2 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (50.00%) CISSP
2 8 (44.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 7 (38.89%) CCSP
4 6 (33.33%) CCSK
4 6 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
5 2 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.11%) CEH
5 2 (11.11%) CISM
5 2 (11.11%) OSCP
6 1 (5.56%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) GDPR
1 7 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (38.89%) NIST
2 6 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (11.11%) QA
4 1 (5.56%) GRC
4 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Google