Senior Security Architect Jobs

Senior Security Architect
UK

The median Senior Security Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 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 828 906 1180
Rank change year-on-year +78 +274 -298
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect 79 41 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.043% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.047% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 34 10 54
10th Percentile £56,809 £67,500 £65,000
25th Percentile £59,482 £82,188 £67,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -2.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £87,500 £109,375 £105,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £113,625 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -6.67%

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%

Senior Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security 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 Senior Security 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 +68 71 £75,000 -16.67% 7
UK excluding London +15 61 £70,000 -17.65% 5
Work from Home +79 42 £70,000 -17.65% 6
North of England +59 30 £70,000 - 1
North West +21 29 £65,603 - 1
Midlands +1 18 £46,963 -39.40% 2
West Midlands -1 17 - - 2
London +98 11 £97,500 - 2
South East -1 9 - - 1
South West - 3 £70,000 -
Scotland -66 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £110,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £46,963 -

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

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

1 60 (75.95%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (49.37%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (43.04%) Data Centre
4 33 (41.77%) SD-WAN
4 33 (41.77%) WAN
5 32 (40.51%) Microsoft
6 31 (39.24%) Degree
7 27 (34.18%) Meraki
7 27 (34.18%) Software Licensing
7 27 (34.18%) Presales
7 27 (34.18%) Analytics
7 27 (34.18%) Customer Engagement
7 27 (34.18%) Cisco Firepower
7 27 (34.18%) Stealthwatch
7 27 (34.18%) Time Management
7 27 (34.18%) Adobe
7 27 (34.18%) CCNP
7 27 (34.18%) CCNA
7 27 (34.18%) Cisco
7 27 (34.18%) Apple
8 21 (26.58%) Information Security
9 20 (25.32%) CISSP
9 20 (25.32%) Security Architecture
10 17 (21.52%) Azure
11 16 (20.25%) AWS
11 16 (20.25%) CISM
12 12 (15.19%) Identity Management
12 12 (15.19%) Management Information System
12 12 (15.19%) CCSP
12 12 (15.19%) AWS Certification

Senior 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:

Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.52%) Azure
2 16 (20.25%) AWS
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.06%) GCP
4 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (41.77%) SD-WAN
1 33 (41.77%) WAN
2 27 (34.18%) Cisco Firepower
3 6 (7.59%) LAN
4 4 (5.06%) DNS
4 4 (5.06%) Firewall
4 4 (5.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (15.19%) Public Sector
2 10 (12.66%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Finance
4 6 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.27%) Legal
6 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 34 (43.04%) Data Centre
2 12 (15.19%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.59%) Cyberattack
3 6 (7.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (5.06%) PKI
4 4 (5.06%) PMI
4 4 (5.06%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.80%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (75.95%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (34.18%) Analytics
2 27 (34.18%) Customer Engagement
2 27 (34.18%) Presales
2 27 (34.18%) Software Licensing
2 27 (34.18%) Time Management
3 21 (26.58%) Information Security
4 20 (25.32%) Security Architecture
5 12 (15.19%) Coaching
5 12 (15.19%) Identity Management
6 10 (12.66%) Threat Management
6 10 (12.66%) Threat Modelling
7 8 (10.13%) Cloud Security
8 7 (8.86%) Application Security
8 7 (8.86%) Roadmaps
8 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (7.59%) Business Development
9 6 (7.59%) GAP Analysis
9 6 (7.59%) Practice Management
9 6 (7.59%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (49.37%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (39.24%) Degree
3 27 (34.18%) CCNA
3 27 (34.18%) CCNP
4 20 (25.32%) CISSP
5 16 (20.25%) CISM
6 12 (15.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 12 (15.19%) AWS Certification
6 12 (15.19%) Azure Certification
6 12 (15.19%) CCSP
7 9 (11.39%) Security Cleared
8 6 (7.59%) CCSK
8 6 (7.59%) ISACA
8 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared
9 4 (5.06%) CRISC
9 4 (5.06%) GIAC
9 4 (5.06%) ISSMP
9 4 (5.06%) PMI Certification
10 3 (3.80%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) NIST
2 7 (8.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (7.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (7.59%) IASME
3 6 (7.59%) QA
4 4 (5.06%) COBIT
4 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.06%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.80%) HMG Infosec
5 3 (3.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (3.80%) JSP 440
5 3 (3.80%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (7.59%) Active Directory
1 6 (7.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (34.18%) Stealthwatch
2 6 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.59%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (5.06%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (40.51%) Microsoft
2 27 (34.18%) Adobe
2 27 (34.18%) Apple
2 27 (34.18%) Cisco
2 27 (34.18%) Meraki
3 4 (5.06%) Alibaba
3 4 (5.06%) Google
4 3 (3.80%) Splunk
5 2 (2.53%) Cognizant