Security Architect Jobs in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect salary in England is £79,842 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 439 308 635
Rank change year-on-year -131 +327 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 491 936 666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 1.14% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 1.25% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 305 271 321
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,219 £62,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -2.78% +16.13%
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £79,842 £87,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +2.94% +8.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London -35 129 £92,500 -2.63% 23
North of England -69 105 £79,057 +5.41% 9
South East -79 105 £75,000 -16.67% 7
North West -59 68 £70,000 +17.60% 8
Midlands -106 67 £78,273 -10.55% 6
South West -101 52 £72,500 -6.45% 4
West Midlands -56 44 £70,000 -20.00% 5
Yorkshire +9 31 £79,842 -8.75% 1
East of England -15 28 £85,000 +6.25% 6
East Midlands -58 23 £78,273 - 1
North East -13 6 £79,842 -6.07%
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 201 (40.94%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (34.83%) Security Architecture
3 152 (30.96%) Azure
4 128 (26.07%) Microsoft
5 124 (25.25%) CISSP
6 106 (21.59%) Cisco Certification
7 103 (20.98%) Information Security
7 103 (20.98%) AWS
8 93 (18.94%) Degree
9 87 (17.72%) Application Security
10 81 (16.50%) Finance
11 75 (15.27%) NIST
12 72 (14.66%) CISM
13 71 (14.46%) WAN
13 71 (14.46%) Cloud Security
14 70 (14.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 69 (14.05%) Social Skills
16 67 (13.65%) SD-WAN
17 63 (12.83%) CCSP
18 61 (12.42%) OWASP
19 59 (12.02%) Presales
20 58 (11.81%) Roadmaps
21 57 (11.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
22 55 (11.20%) Security Cleared
22 55 (11.20%) Security Posture
23 54 (11.00%) AWS Certification
24 53 (10.79%) Azure Certification
25 50 (10.18%) Data Centre
25 50 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
26 49 (9.98%) Agile

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 152 (30.96%) Azure
2 103 (20.98%) AWS
3 37 (7.54%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (3.05%) GCP
5 13 (2.65%) SaaS
6 9 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (1.83%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.61%) PaaS
7 3 (0.61%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.41%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.20%) Akamai
9 1 (0.20%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.20%) IaaS
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 71 (14.46%) WAN
2 67 (13.65%) SD-WAN
3 33 (6.72%) Cisco Firepower
4 32 (6.52%) Network Security
5 27 (5.50%) Firewall
6 9 (1.83%) Internet
7 7 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.43%) VPN
8 5 (1.02%) DNS
8 5 (1.02%) LAN
9 4 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.81%) Wireless
9 4 (0.81%) WLAN
10 1 (0.20%) NGFW
10 1 (0.20%) NGN
10 1 (0.20%) SSL
10 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.22%) Power BI
1 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 81 (16.50%) Finance
2 69 (14.05%) Social Skills
3 17 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (3.46%) Public Sector
4 15 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (2.65%) Retail
6 8 (1.63%) Legal
7 7 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.02%) Military
9 3 (0.61%) Advertising
9 3 (0.61%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.61%) Electronics
9 3 (0.61%) Law
10 2 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.41%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.20%) Banking
11 1 (0.20%) Games
11 1 (0.20%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.20%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.20%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.30%) .NET
2 10 (2.04%) React
3 6 (1.22%) CSS
3 6 (1.22%) OAuth
3 6 (1.22%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.02%) Web Services
5 4 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.20%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.20%) Security Posture
2 50 (10.18%) Data Centre
3 49 (9.98%) Management Information System
4 38 (7.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 29 (5.91%) PKI
6 28 (5.70%) Public Cloud
7 21 (4.28%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (3.87%) Cyber Threat
9 12 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (2.04%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.63%) PMI
12 5 (1.02%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.61%) IoT
14 2 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
14 2 (0.41%) Cyberattack
14 2 (0.41%) Operational Technology
14 2 (0.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (8.55%) Linux
2 33 (6.72%) Android
3 17 (3.46%) Embedded Linux
4 16 (3.26%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.24%) Windows
6 5 (1.02%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (40.94%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (34.83%) Security Architecture
3 103 (20.98%) Information Security
4 87 (17.72%) Application Security
5 71 (14.46%) Cloud Security
6 61 (12.42%) OWASP
7 59 (12.02%) Presales
8 58 (11.81%) Roadmaps
9 50 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (9.98%) Agile
11 47 (9.57%) Secure Coding
12 44 (8.96%) Time Management
13 43 (8.76%) Architectural Design
14 39 (7.94%) CI/CD
15 37 (7.54%) Identity Management
16 36 (7.33%) TOGAF
17 33 (6.72%) Analytics
17 33 (6.72%) Coaching
17 33 (6.72%) Customer Engagement
17 33 (6.72%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.33%) C
2 21 (4.28%) C++
3 19 (3.87%) Java
4 16 (3.26%) Python
5 11 (2.24%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.04%) C#
6 10 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.22%) Bash
8 1 (0.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (25.25%) CISSP
2 106 (21.59%) Cisco Certification
3 93 (18.94%) Degree
4 72 (14.66%) CISM
5 70 (14.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 63 (12.83%) CCSP
7 55 (11.20%) Security Cleared
8 54 (11.00%) AWS Certification
9 53 (10.79%) Azure Certification
10 42 (8.55%) CCSK
11 36 (7.33%) CCNP
12 33 (6.72%) CCNA
13 30 (6.11%) DV Cleared
14 21 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (3.67%) CRISC
16 15 (3.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 14 (2.85%) CISA
17 14 (2.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 14 (2.85%) SC Cleared
18 11 (2.24%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (15.27%) NIST
2 57 (11.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.50%) PCI DSS
4 17 (3.46%) GDPR
4 17 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 11 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.22%) COBIT
6 6 (1.22%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.81%) NCSC
8 3 (0.61%) HMG Infosec
8 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.61%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.61%) RMADS
8 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.41%) QA
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) GxP
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 34 (6.92%) Docker
2 8 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.61%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) LXC
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (7.54%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.72%) Single Sign-On
2 33 (6.72%) Stealthwatch
3 5 (1.02%) Suricata
4 4 (0.81%) Ansible
4 4 (0.81%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.81%) Terraform
5 1 (0.20%) CASB
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.20%) Nmap
Vendors
1 128 (26.07%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.55%) Cisco
3 33 (6.72%) Adobe
3 33 (6.72%) Apple
3 33 (6.72%) Meraki
4 12 (2.44%) Google
5 11 (2.24%) Palo Alto
6 8 (1.63%) Splunk
7 6 (1.22%) Oracle
7 6 (1.22%) PagerDuty
8 5 (1.02%) Juniper
9 4 (0.81%) Alibaba
10 3 (0.61%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.61%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.61%) New Relic
10 3 (0.61%) Veracode
10 3 (0.61%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.20%) AlgoSec
11 1 (0.20%) Rapid7
11 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow