Security Solutions Architect Jobs

Security Solution Architect
UK

The median Security Solution Architect salary in the UK is £71,250 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 870 912 1200
Rank change year-on-year +42 +288 -308
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Solutions Architect 37 35 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.037% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.041% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 28 24 35
10th Percentile £47,500 £77,875 -
25th Percentile £53,125 £80,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £82,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +12.24%
75th Percentile £80,313 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £82,500 £82,520
% change year-on-year -12.12% -0.02% +14.61%

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%

Security Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Solutions Architect in the UK

Security Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Solutions Architect in the UK

Security Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Security Solutions Architect in the UK

Security Solutions Architect
Top 10 Job Locations

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 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 34 £72,500 -14.71% 1
UK excluding London -23 25 £72,500 -12.12%
South West - 14 £57,500 -
London +114 10 £90,000 +5.88% 1
North of England +35 5 £102,500 +46.43%
South East -3 5 £75,000 -16.67%
North West - 4 £102,500 -
Work from Home +31 2 £57,500 -28.13%
Yorkshire +61 1 £70,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

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

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 featuring Security Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 24 (64.86%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (43.24%) Azure
3 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
3 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
4 12 (32.43%) Security Architecture
5 11 (29.73%) AWS
5 11 (29.73%) Incident Response
6 10 (27.03%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (24.32%) Public Cloud
8 8 (21.62%) Cloud Security
8 8 (21.62%) Firewall
9 7 (18.92%) Data Security
9 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (18.92%) Security Posture
9 7 (18.92%) Business Strategy
9 7 (18.92%) IT Strategy
10 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (16.22%) Customer Requirements
10 6 (16.22%) PagerDuty
10 6 (16.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 6 (16.22%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (16.22%) Presales
10 6 (16.22%) SOAR
10 6 (16.22%) Technology Strategy
10 6 (16.22%) NIST
10 6 (16.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (16.22%) PowerShell
10 6 (16.22%) Bash
10 6 (16.22%) CISSP
10 6 (16.22%) Oracle

Security Solutions 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 16 (43.24%) Azure
2 11 (29.73%) AWS
3 10 (27.03%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (13.51%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (8.11%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (8.11%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.70%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (8.11%) Data Lake
3 2 (5.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Vagrant
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Legal
3 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
4 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.70%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Marketing
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Public Cloud
2 7 (18.92%) Security Posture
3 6 (16.22%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (8.11%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.70%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Linux
1 6 (16.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (32.43%) Security Architecture
3 11 (29.73%) Incident Response
4 8 (21.62%) Cloud Security
5 7 (18.92%) Business Strategy
5 7 (18.92%) Data Security
5 7 (18.92%) IT Strategy
6 6 (16.22%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (16.22%) Presales
6 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (16.22%) SOAR
6 6 (16.22%) Technology Strategy
6 6 (16.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
7 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
8 4 (10.81%) Information Security
8 4 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (10.81%) Project Management
8 4 (10.81%) TOGAF
9 3 (8.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) Bash
1 6 (16.22%) PowerShell
1 6 (16.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) CISSP
2 5 (13.51%) CEH
2 5 (13.51%) CISM
2 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (13.51%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CCSK
5 1 (2.70%) CCSP
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CRISC
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (16.22%) NIST
3 5 (13.51%) GDPR
4 3 (8.11%) HMG Infosec
4 3 (8.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (8.11%) JSP 440
4 3 (8.11%) RMADS
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) LXC
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) HP Fortify
3 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle
2 6 (16.22%) PagerDuty
3 3 (8.11%) Splunk
3 3 (8.11%) Veracode