Security Architect Jobs in the South East

Security Architect
England > South East

The median Security Architect salary in the South East is £75,000 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 298 242 443
Rank change year-on-year -56 +201 -113
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 100 156 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.56% 1.13% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 1.26% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 50 23 32
10th Percentile £62,250 £73,000 £67,875
25th Percentile £65,000 £76,125 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +4.92%
75th Percentile £92,813 £111,250 £94,375
90th Percentile £97,000 - £103,750
England median annual salary £79,842 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% - +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,769 12,374 19,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.99% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 7,936 12,370
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the South East 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
Thames Valley -14 50 £65,000 -25.71% 4
Hampshire -33 22 £75,000 - 4
Buckinghamshire -25 20 £65,000 - 2
West Sussex +42 16 £95,000 +26.67%
Berkshire -3 16 £70,000 -20.00% 2
Oxfordshire - 14 £70,000 -
Sussex - 6 £75,000 -
Kent - 3 £110,000 -
Surrey -71 2 £80,000 -25.58% 2
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 South East region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 41 (41.00%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (35.00%) Azure
3 24 (24.00%) Social Skills
4 23 (23.00%) Security Posture
4 23 (23.00%) OWASP
5 22 (22.00%) Microsoft
6 21 (21.00%) Degree
6 21 (21.00%) Security Architecture
7 20 (20.00%) Security Cleared
7 20 (20.00%) Information Security
8 19 (19.00%) Time Management
8 19 (19.00%) Data Centre
8 19 (19.00%) Presales
9 18 (18.00%) DV Cleared
10 17 (17.00%) Finance
10 17 (17.00%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (17.00%) Technical Architecture
10 17 (17.00%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (16.00%) NIST
12 15 (15.00%) Incident Response
13 14 (14.00%) Application Security
13 14 (14.00%) Cisco
14 13 (13.00%) CISSP
14 13 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (12.00%) Security Management
15 12 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 12 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 11 (11.00%) Secure Coding
16 11 (11.00%) Penetration Testing
17 10 (10.00%) Agile

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 35 (35.00%) Azure
2 10 (10.00%) SaaS
3 9 (9.00%) AWS
3 9 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 9 (9.00%) SD-WAN
1 9 (9.00%) WAN
2 8 (8.00%) Network Security
3 5 (5.00%) Firewall
3 5 (5.00%) Internet
3 5 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (5.00%) VPN
General
1 24 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.00%) Finance
3 10 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.00%) Law
6 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.00%) .NET
1 10 (10.00%) React
2 6 (6.00%) OAuth
2 6 (6.00%) OAuth2
3 5 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.00%) Security Posture
2 19 (19.00%) Data Centre
3 10 (10.00%) Product Ownership
4 9 (9.00%) PKI
5 7 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (6.00%) Management Information System
7 5 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.00%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.00%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.00%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.00%) Educational Technology
9 1 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (41.00%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (23.00%) OWASP
3 21 (21.00%) Security Architecture
4 20 (20.00%) Information Security
5 19 (19.00%) Presales
5 19 (19.00%) Time Management
6 17 (17.00%) Technical Architecture
6 17 (17.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (15.00%) Incident Response
8 14 (14.00%) Application Security
9 13 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (12.00%) Security Management
11 11 (11.00%) Penetration Testing
11 11 (11.00%) Secure Coding
12 10 (10.00%) Agile
12 10 (10.00%) Business Strategy
12 10 (10.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 10 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 10 (10.00%) SDLC
12 10 (10.00%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.00%) C#
1 10 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (21.00%) Degree
2 20 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 18 (18.00%) DV Cleared
4 17 (17.00%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (13.00%) CISSP
6 9 (9.00%) CCNA
6 9 (9.00%) CCNP
7 8 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (7.00%) CCSK
8 7 (7.00%) CCSP
9 5 (5.00%) AWS Certification
9 5 (5.00%) Azure Certification
10 3 (3.00%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.00%) CISM
11 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.00%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.00%) NIST
2 12 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 9 (9.00%) GDPR
4 7 (7.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (5.00%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.00%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 9 (9.00%) Stealthwatch
2 5 (5.00%) Suricata
3 3 (3.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.00%) Cisco
3 9 (9.00%) Adobe
3 9 (9.00%) Apple
3 9 (9.00%) Meraki
4 5 (5.00%) Juniper
4 5 (5.00%) Palo Alto
4 5 (5.00%) Splunk
5 3 (3.00%) AppDynamics
5 3 (3.00%) New Relic