Security Solutions Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Solution Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Solution Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 720 822
Rank change year-on-year -23 +102 -146
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Solutions Architect 25 16 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.028% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.032% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 9
10th Percentile £47,500 £67,500 £72,916
25th Percentile £53,750 £77,500 £74,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £82,500 £82,520
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -0.02% +14.61%
75th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £90,000 £101,000
UK median annual salary £71,250 £82,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +12.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Security Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Solutions Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Solutions Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Solutions Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 West - 14 £57,500 -
North of England +35 5 £102,500 +46.43%
South East -3 5 £75,000 -16.67%
North West - 4 £102,500 -
Yorkshire +61 1 £70,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Security Solutions Architect
UK

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Security Solutions 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 21 (84.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (44.00%) Incident Response
3 11 (44.00%) Azure
3 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (36.00%) Security Architecture
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (32.00%) Firewall
6 7 (28.00%) Data Security
6 7 (28.00%) Public Cloud
6 7 (28.00%) AWS
7 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
7 6 (24.00%) Bash
7 6 (24.00%) PagerDuty
7 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 6 (24.00%) Windows
7 6 (24.00%) Linux
7 6 (24.00%) Python
7 6 (24.00%) SOAR
7 6 (24.00%) Technology Strategy
7 6 (24.00%) Business Strategy
7 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
7 6 (24.00%) IT Strategy
8 5 (20.00%) Security Posture
8 5 (20.00%) CISSP
8 5 (20.00%) CISM
8 5 (20.00%) CEH
8 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (44.00%) Azure
2 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (28.00%) AWS
4 3 (12.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (12.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (12.00%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (12.00%) PowerApps
5 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) Firewall
2 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Data Lake
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Legal
3 3 (12.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Public Cloud
2 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (12.00%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (12.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (84.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (44.00%) Incident Response
3 9 (36.00%) Security Architecture
4 7 (28.00%) Data Security
5 6 (24.00%) Business Strategy
5 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
5 6 (24.00%) IT Strategy
5 6 (24.00%) SOAR
5 6 (24.00%) Technology Strategy
5 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.00%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.00%) Project Management
6 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (12.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (12.00%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (12.00%) Security Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) Bash
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (24.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) CEH
1 5 (20.00%) CISM
1 5 (20.00%) CISSP
2 4 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) GDPR
1 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (16.00%) NIST
2 3 (12.00%) HMG Infosec
2 3 (12.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (12.00%) JSP 440
2 3 (12.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) HP Fortify
1 3 (12.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) PagerDuty
3 3 (12.00%) Splunk
3 3 (12.00%) Veracode