Cybersecurity Architect Jobs

Cybersecurity Architect
UK

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in the UK 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 810 879 1185
Rank change year-on-year +69 +306 -310
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 97 68 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.072% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.079% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 45 53 60
10th Percentile £65,000 £59,500 £10,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +16.13% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £105,250 £114,250 £117,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -15.63% +14.29% -

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect within the UK 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
England +46 71 £75,000 -16.67% 14
UK excluding London +12 64 £67,500 -15.63% 11
Work from Home +47 25 £65,000 -27.78% 12
South East +8 19 £65,000 -39.53% 5
North of England +42 16 £102,500 +28.13% 2
Midlands -2 16 £75,000 +7.14% 4
West Midlands -3 16 £75,000 +7.14% 3
London +88 15 £80,000 -13.51% 2
North West +1 12 £102,500 +28.13% 2
Scotland -60 7 - -
South West - 5 - -
Yorkshire - 4 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 97 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (45.36%) CISSP
3 41 (42.27%) Security Architecture
4 38 (39.18%) Social Skills
5 35 (36.08%) CISM
6 34 (35.05%) AWS
7 33 (34.02%) Azure
8 30 (30.93%) Data Centre
9 28 (28.87%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (26.80%) Information Security
11 25 (25.77%) Management Information System
12 24 (24.74%) Roadmaps
13 22 (22.68%) Threat Modelling
13 22 (22.68%) SC Cleared
13 22 (22.68%) Security Cleared
13 22 (22.68%) AWS Certification
14 21 (21.65%) Degree
14 21 (21.65%) Customer-Centricity
14 21 (21.65%) Azure Certification
15 19 (19.59%) NIST
15 19 (19.59%) Public Sector
16 18 (18.56%) Cyberattack
16 18 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
17 17 (17.53%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (16.49%) Digital Thinking
18 16 (16.49%) Threat Management
18 16 (16.49%) Desktop Virtualisation
18 16 (16.49%) Cyber Assurance
18 16 (16.49%) Practice Management
18 16 (16.49%) Identity Management

Cybersecurity 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 34 (35.05%) AWS
2 33 (34.02%) Azure
3 7 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.49%) LAN
2 13 (13.40%) Network Security
3 9 (9.28%) Cisco Firepower
3 9 (9.28%) SD-WAN
3 9 (9.28%) WAN
4 8 (8.25%) Firewall
5 1 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 38 (39.18%) Social Skills
2 19 (19.59%) Public Sector
3 17 (17.53%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (12.37%) Finance
4 12 (12.37%) Law
5 11 (11.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (11.34%) Marketing
6 9 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.12%) Legal
8 1 (1.03%) Banking
8 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.03%) Retail
8 1 (1.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.19%) OAuth
1 6 (6.19%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (30.93%) Data Centre
2 25 (25.77%) Management Information System
3 18 (18.56%) Cyberattack
4 12 (12.37%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (11.34%) Public Cloud
6 10 (10.31%) iPhone
6 10 (10.31%) Onboarding
7 8 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (7.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (5.15%) Cloud Native
9 5 (5.15%) Replication
9 5 (5.15%) Security Posture
10 2 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.03%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (42.27%) Security Architecture
3 28 (28.87%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (26.80%) Information Security
5 24 (24.74%) Roadmaps
6 22 (22.68%) Threat Modelling
7 21 (21.65%) Customer-Centricity
8 18 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (16.49%) Business Development
9 16 (16.49%) Coaching
9 16 (16.49%) Cyber Assurance
9 16 (16.49%) Desktop Virtualisation
9 16 (16.49%) Digital Thinking
9 16 (16.49%) Identity Management
9 16 (16.49%) Network Architecture
9 16 (16.49%) Practice Management
9 16 (16.49%) Threat Management
10 15 (15.46%) Application Security
10 15 (15.46%) Data Security
11 14 (14.43%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.15%) C
1 5 (5.15%) Java
1 5 (5.15%) Python
1 5 (5.15%) R
1 5 (5.15%) Scala
1 5 (5.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (45.36%) CISSP
2 35 (36.08%) CISM
3 22 (22.68%) AWS Certification
3 22 (22.68%) SC Cleared
3 22 (22.68%) Security Cleared
4 21 (21.65%) Azure Certification
4 21 (21.65%) Degree
5 16 (16.49%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (10.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (10.31%) CCNA
6 10 (10.31%) CCNP
6 10 (10.31%) OSCP
6 10 (10.31%) SANS
7 9 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (7.22%) ISACA
9 6 (6.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (6.19%) CCSP
9 6 (6.19%) CEH
9 6 (6.19%) CISA
9 6 (6.19%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (19.59%) NIST
2 6 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (6.19%) GDPR
2 6 (6.19%) IASME
2 6 (6.19%) QA
3 5 (5.15%) HIPAA
3 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.15%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.06%) COBIT
System Software
1 16 (16.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (9.28%) Stealthwatch
2 6 (6.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.03%) CASB
Vendors
1 10 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.28%) Adobe
2 9 (9.28%) Apple
2 9 (9.28%) Cisco
2 9 (9.28%) Meraki
3 2 (2.06%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.03%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.03%) iManage
4 1 (1.03%) LogRhythm
4 1 (1.03%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.03%) Rapid7