Security Architect
UK

The median Security Architect salary in the UK is £79,842 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 322 610
Rank change year-on-year -133 +288 -81
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 524 1,100 773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 1.09% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.19% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 334 351 423
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,219 £61,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -2.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £91,250 £99,750 £103,750
90th Percentile £108,750 £111,250 £117,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% +10.34%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 -89 450 £79,842 -11.29% 55
UK excluding London -165 356 £77,500 -8.82% 30
Work from Home +26 185 £78,273 -5.12% 25
London -19 119 £90,000 -5.26% 23
South East -34 98 £75,000 -16.67% 10
North of England -11 97 £78,273 +1.00% 4
North West -20 63 £70,000 +1.16% 4
Midlands -72 62 £78,273 -7.91% 4
South West -81 54 £72,500 -9.38% 5
West Midlands -45 36 £70,000 -17.65% 3
Yorkshire +39 28 £79,842 -3.22%
East Midlands -31 26 £78,273 - 1
East of England +10 18 £77,886 -13.46% 5
Scotland -146 12 £75,000 +7.91% 1
Wales -19 11 £78,273 -
North East -2 6 £79,842 -17.69%
Northern Ireland +16 3 £62,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 227 (43.32%) Cybersecurity
2 200 (38.17%) Security Architecture
3 188 (35.88%) Azure
4 149 (28.44%) CISSP
5 131 (25.00%) Information Security
6 127 (24.24%) AWS
7 123 (23.47%) Microsoft
8 112 (21.37%) Social Skills
9 102 (19.47%) Security Cleared
10 100 (19.08%) Cisco Certification
11 97 (18.51%) Finance
12 94 (17.94%) CISM
13 89 (16.98%) Application Security
14 87 (16.60%) NIST
14 87 (16.60%) Degree
15 79 (15.08%) Cloud Security
16 77 (14.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 75 (14.31%) Roadmaps
18 72 (13.74%) AWS Certification
19 71 (13.55%) Azure Certification
20 69 (13.17%) Management Information System
21 68 (12.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
21 68 (12.98%) CCSP
22 66 (12.60%) OWASP
23 59 (11.26%) WAN
24 57 (10.88%) Data Centre
25 56 (10.69%) Security Posture
26 55 (10.50%) SD-WAN
26 55 (10.50%) Identity Management
27 53 (10.11%) Secure Coding

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 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 188 (35.88%) Azure
2 127 (24.24%) AWS
3 46 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (4.01%) SaaS
5 13 (2.48%) GCP
6 11 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (1.91%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.91%) PaaS
8 9 (1.72%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.53%) IaaS
10 6 (1.15%) Azure Service Fabric
11 3 (0.57%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.57%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.38%) OCI
13 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 59 (11.26%) WAN
2 55 (10.50%) SD-WAN
3 31 (5.92%) Network Security
4 29 (5.53%) Firewall
5 22 (4.20%) LAN
6 21 (4.01%) Cisco Firepower
7 10 (1.91%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (1.15%) VPN
9 5 (0.95%) DNS
9 5 (0.95%) Internet
10 4 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.76%) Wireless
10 4 (0.76%) WLAN
11 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.19%) DHCP
12 1 (0.19%) HTTP
12 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (1.15%) Power BI
2 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.38%) Big Data
4 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.38%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 112 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 97 (18.51%) Finance
3 34 (6.49%) Public Sector
4 20 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (3.63%) Banking
6 18 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (3.05%) Games
9 12 (2.29%) Retail
10 10 (1.91%) Legal
10 10 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.72%) Law
11 9 (1.72%) Military
12 6 (1.15%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.76%) Automotive
14 3 (0.57%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.57%) Electronics
15 2 (0.38%) Marketing
16 1 (0.19%) Mandarin Language
16 1 (0.19%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.96%) .NET
2 13 (2.48%) Web Services
3 10 (1.91%) OAuth
3 10 (1.91%) React
4 6 (1.15%) CSS
4 6 (1.15%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.15%) REST
4 6 (1.15%) SOAP
5 5 (0.95%) SAML
6 4 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (0.57%) OpenID
8 2 (0.38%) JSON
8 2 (0.38%) RESTful
8 2 (0.38%) XML
9 1 (0.19%) EDI
9 1 (0.19%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.17%) Management Information System
2 57 (10.88%) Data Centre
3 56 (10.69%) Security Posture
4 39 (7.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 29 (5.53%) PKI
6 28 (5.34%) Public Cloud
7 22 (4.20%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (3.82%) Cyberattack
10 14 (2.67%) Onboarding
11 12 (2.29%) iPhone
12 10 (1.91%) PMI
12 10 (1.91%) Product Ownership
12 10 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.53%) Cloud Native
15 6 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
16 5 (0.95%) Cloud Security Posture
17 4 (0.76%) Embedded Systems
17 4 (0.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.11%) Linux
2 21 (4.01%) Android
3 16 (3.05%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.10%) Windows
5 5 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (0.95%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.38%) AIX
6 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (43.32%) Cybersecurity
2 200 (38.17%) Security Architecture
3 131 (25.00%) Information Security
4 89 (16.98%) Application Security
5 79 (15.08%) Cloud Security
6 75 (14.31%) Roadmaps
7 66 (12.60%) OWASP
8 55 (10.50%) Identity Management
9 53 (10.11%) Secure Coding
10 52 (9.92%) Agile
11 51 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
12 50 (9.54%) Coaching
12 50 (9.54%) Presales
13 44 (8.40%) Identity Access Management
14 42 (8.02%) TOGAF
15 41 (7.82%) Threat Modelling
16 39 (7.44%) Incident Response
17 38 (7.25%) Vulnerability Management
18 36 (6.87%) CI/CD
19 33 (6.30%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.34%) C
2 16 (3.05%) Python
3 11 (2.10%) Java
3 11 (2.10%) PowerShell
4 10 (1.91%) C#
4 10 (1.91%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.72%) C++
6 7 (1.34%) SQL
7 6 (1.15%) Bash
Qualifications
1 149 (28.44%) CISSP
2 102 (19.47%) Security Cleared
3 100 (19.08%) Cisco Certification
4 94 (17.94%) CISM
5 87 (16.60%) Degree
6 77 (14.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 72 (13.74%) AWS Certification
8 71 (13.55%) Azure Certification
9 68 (12.98%) CCSP
10 44 (8.40%) CCSK
10 44 (8.40%) SC Cleared
11 34 (6.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 33 (6.30%) DV Cleared
13 23 (4.39%) CCNP
14 21 (4.01%) CCNA
15 20 (3.82%) CRISC
16 18 (3.44%) CISA
17 17 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
18 15 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 14 (2.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (16.60%) NIST
2 68 (12.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.15%) PCI DSS
4 21 (4.01%) GDPR
4 21 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 20 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (2.29%) COBIT
7 7 (1.34%) QA
8 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.15%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.15%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 5 (0.95%) IASME
9 5 (0.95%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.76%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.57%) HMG Infosec
11 3 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.57%) NCSC
11 3 (0.57%) RMADS
12 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 34 (6.49%) Docker
2 26 (4.96%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.57%) Firmware
5 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.19%) LXC
Systems Management
1 37 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 35 (6.68%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (4.01%) Stealthwatch
4 6 (1.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (0.95%) Suricata
5 5 (0.95%) Terraform
6 4 (0.76%) Ansible
7 3 (0.57%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 123 (23.47%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.11%) Cisco
3 21 (4.01%) Adobe
3 21 (4.01%) Apple
3 21 (4.01%) Meraki
4 11 (2.10%) Palo Alto
5 10 (1.91%) Google
5 10 (1.91%) Splunk
6 8 (1.53%) Oracle
7 6 (1.15%) PagerDuty
8 5 (0.95%) Juniper
9 4 (0.76%) Alibaba
10 3 (0.57%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.57%) New Relic
10 3 (0.57%) Veracode
11 2 (0.38%) ArcSight
11 2 (0.38%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.38%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.38%) Sophos
11 2 (0.38%) Veeam