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 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 799 906 1168
Rank change year-on-year +107 +262 -290
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 85 69 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.069% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.076% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 45 57 57
10th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £10,000
25th Percentile £66,750 £75,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +3.23%
75th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £105,250 £118,750 £121,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £71,750 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% +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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +82 59 £75,000 -16.67% 11
UK excluding London +25 52 £71,750 -10.31% 11
Work from Home +84 22 £65,000 -27.78% 12
South East +23 16 £65,000 -39.53% 3
London +84 15 £80,000 -13.51%
West Midlands +19 12 £75,000 +7.14% 3
Midlands -1 12 £75,000 +7.14% 3
North of England +41 10 £102,500 +28.13% 4
North West +4 10 £102,500 +28.13% 3
Scotland -59 7 - -
South West -18 5 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
East of England - 1 £68,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 85 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (50.59%) CISSP
2 43 (50.59%) Security Architecture
3 38 (44.71%) Social Skills
4 34 (40.00%) AWS
4 34 (40.00%) CISM
5 33 (38.82%) Azure
6 28 (32.94%) Information Security
7 26 (30.59%) Data Centre
7 26 (30.59%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (29.41%) Management Information System
9 24 (28.24%) SC Cleared
9 24 (28.24%) Security Cleared
9 24 (28.24%) Roadmaps
10 22 (25.88%) Threat Modelling
10 22 (25.88%) AWS Certification
11 21 (24.71%) Customer-Centricity
11 21 (24.71%) Azure Certification
12 19 (22.35%) NIST
12 19 (22.35%) Public Sector
13 18 (21.18%) Cyberattack
13 18 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (20.00%) Degree
14 17 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (18.82%) Digital Thinking
15 16 (18.82%) Threat Management
15 16 (18.82%) Desktop Virtualisation
15 16 (18.82%) Cyber Assurance
15 16 (18.82%) Business Development
15 16 (18.82%) Network Architecture

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 (40.00%) AWS
2 33 (38.82%) Azure
3 7 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.82%) LAN
2 13 (15.29%) Network Security
3 8 (9.41%) Firewall
4 6 (7.06%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (7.06%) SD-WAN
4 6 (7.06%) WAN
5 1 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 38 (44.71%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Public Sector
3 17 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (16.47%) Law
5 12 (14.12%) Finance
6 11 (12.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (12.94%) Marketing
7 9 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.71%) Legal
9 1 (1.18%) Banking
9 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.18%) Retail
9 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) OAuth
1 6 (7.06%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (30.59%) Data Centre
2 25 (29.41%) Management Information System
3 18 (21.18%) Cyberattack
4 11 (12.94%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (12.94%) iPhone
4 11 (12.94%) Onboarding
4 11 (12.94%) Public Cloud
5 7 (8.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (5.88%) Cloud Native
7 5 (5.88%) Replication
7 5 (5.88%) Security Posture
8 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (50.59%) Security Architecture
3 28 (32.94%) Information Security
4 26 (30.59%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (28.24%) Roadmaps
6 22 (25.88%) Threat Modelling
7 21 (24.71%) Customer-Centricity
8 18 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (18.82%) Business Development
9 16 (18.82%) Coaching
9 16 (18.82%) Cyber Assurance
9 16 (18.82%) Desktop Virtualisation
9 16 (18.82%) Digital Thinking
9 16 (18.82%) Identity Management
9 16 (18.82%) Network Architecture
9 16 (18.82%) Practice Management
9 16 (18.82%) Threat Management
10 15 (17.65%) Application Security
10 15 (17.65%) Data Security
11 14 (16.47%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.88%) C
1 5 (5.88%) Java
1 5 (5.88%) Python
1 5 (5.88%) R
1 5 (5.88%) Scala
1 5 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (50.59%) CISSP
2 34 (40.00%) CISM
3 24 (28.24%) SC Cleared
3 24 (28.24%) Security Cleared
4 22 (25.88%) AWS Certification
5 21 (24.71%) Azure Certification
6 17 (20.00%) Degree
7 12 (14.12%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (12.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (12.94%) OSCP
9 10 (11.76%) SANS
10 9 (10.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (8.24%) CCNA
11 7 (8.24%) CCNP
12 6 (7.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 6 (7.06%) CEH
12 6 (7.06%) CISA
12 6 (7.06%) CRISC
12 6 (7.06%) ISACA
13 5 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (22.35%) NIST
2 7 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.06%) GDPR
4 5 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (5.88%) HIPAA
4 5 (5.88%) IASME
4 5 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.88%) QA
5 2 (2.35%) COBIT
System Software
1 16 (18.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.06%) Kubernetes
1 6 (7.06%) Stealthwatch
2 1 (1.18%) CASB
Vendors
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) Adobe
2 6 (7.06%) Apple
2 6 (7.06%) Cisco
2 6 (7.06%) Meraki
3 1 (1.18%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.18%) iManage
3 1 (1.18%) LogRhythm
3 1 (1.18%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.18%) Rapid7