Lead Security Architect Jobs

Lead Security Architect
UK

The median Lead Security Architect salary in the UK is £79,842 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 961 1217
Rank change year-on-year +116 +256 -319
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 50 16 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.016% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.018% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 45 6 14
10th Percentile £50,000 £64,300 -
25th Percentile £74,766 £64,850 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £69,503 £55,168
Median % change year-on-year +14.88% +25.98% -31.04%
75th Percentile £84,919 £97,213 £86,875
90th Percentile £88,750 £119,375 £113,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £79,842 £69,200 £55,168
% change year-on-year +15.38% +25.44% -21.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,908 91,208 153,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.47% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,161 57,434 84,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Architect in the UK

Lead Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Security Architect in the UK

Lead Security Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Architect over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Security Architect in the UK

Lead Security Architect
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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
England +104 50 £79,842 +14.88% 2
UK excluding London -5 40 £79,842 +15.38% 1
Work from Home +85 32 £79,842 +14.88%
North of England +64 26 £79,842 +15.38% 1
Midlands - 13 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 13 £50,000 -
Yorkshire - 12 £79,842 - 1
London +130 10 £79,842 -29.81%
North West +10 9 £79,842 +15.38%
North East - 5 £79,842 -
South East -5 1 £115,000 +70.37%

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Lead 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 featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 35 (70.00%) Security Architecture
2 31 (62.00%) Application Security
3 28 (56.00%) Azure
3 28 (56.00%) Information Security
4 27 (54.00%) OWASP
4 27 (54.00%) AWS
4 27 (54.00%) Docker
4 27 (54.00%) AWS Certification
4 27 (54.00%) Kubernetes
4 27 (54.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 27 (54.00%) WAN
4 27 (54.00%) Management Information System
4 27 (54.00%) CISM
4 27 (54.00%) Identity Management
4 27 (54.00%) CCSP
4 27 (54.00%) CISSP
4 27 (54.00%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (54.00%) CI/CD
4 27 (54.00%) CCSK
4 27 (54.00%) NIST
4 27 (54.00%) SD-WAN
4 27 (54.00%) Secure Coding
4 27 (54.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 27 (54.00%) Single Sign-On
4 27 (54.00%) Azure Certification
5 5 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
6 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (6.00%) Architecture Roadmap
7 3 (6.00%) NCSC
7 3 (6.00%) Migration

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 28 (56.00%) Azure
2 27 (54.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (54.00%) SD-WAN
1 27 (54.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.00%) DNS
2 1 (2.00%) Internet
2 1 (2.00%) Network Security
2 1 (2.00%) NGN
General
1 2 (4.00%) Finance
1 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (2.00%) Retail
2 1 (2.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 27 (54.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 27 (54.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (70.00%) Security Architecture
2 31 (62.00%) Application Security
3 28 (56.00%) Information Security
4 27 (54.00%) CI/CD
4 27 (54.00%) Identity Management
4 27 (54.00%) OWASP
4 27 (54.00%) Secure Coding
5 5 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
6 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (6.00%) Architecture Roadmap
7 3 (6.00%) Migration
8 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (2.00%) Business Strategy
9 1 (2.00%) Data Security
9 1 (2.00%) IT Strategy
9 1 (2.00%) Portfolio Management
9 1 (2.00%) Presales
9 1 (2.00%) Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (2.00%) Security Operations
9 1 (2.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 27 (54.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 27 (54.00%) AWS Certification
1 27 (54.00%) Azure Certification
1 27 (54.00%) CCSK
1 27 (54.00%) CCSP
1 27 (54.00%) Cisco Certification
1 27 (54.00%) CISM
1 27 (54.00%) CISSP
2 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (54.00%) NIST
2 3 (6.00%) NCSC
3 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 27 (54.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (54.00%) Kubernetes
1 27 (54.00%) Single Sign-On