Security Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Security Architect salary in the West Midlands is £70,000 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 216 180 222
Rank change year-on-year -36 +42 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 37 86 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.49% 1.38% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 1.53% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17 23 24
10th Percentile £47,320 £69,000 £63,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -3.45%
75th Percentile £84,919 £94,375 £81,250
90th Percentile £84,951 £97,000 £100,731
England median annual salary £79,842 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% - +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,068 5,623 7,051
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 90.14% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5,273 3,232 4,781
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security Architect
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -18 30 £50,000 -42.86% 2
Warwickshire +34 2 - -
Shropshire - 2 £74,136 -
Coventry +25 1 £78,273 -2.16% 1
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 19 (51.35%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (29.73%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (29.73%) WAN
2 11 (29.73%) SD-WAN
3 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
3 10 (27.03%) Degree
3 10 (27.03%) Security Architecture
4 8 (21.62%) Meraki
4 8 (21.62%) Analytics
4 8 (21.62%) Customer Engagement
4 8 (21.62%) Data Centre
4 8 (21.62%) Software Licensing
4 8 (21.62%) Presales
4 8 (21.62%) Time Management
4 8 (21.62%) Adobe
4 8 (21.62%) CCNP
4 8 (21.62%) CCNA
4 8 (21.62%) Cisco
4 8 (21.62%) Apple
4 8 (21.62%) Stealthwatch
4 8 (21.62%) Cisco Firepower
5 7 (18.92%) Azure
6 6 (16.22%) Information Security
7 5 (13.51%) AWS
8 3 (8.11%) Agile
8 3 (8.11%) CISM
8 3 (8.11%) Identity Management
8 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
8 3 (8.11%) CISSP
8 3 (8.11%) CCSP

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 7 (18.92%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (29.73%) SD-WAN
1 11 (29.73%) WAN
2 8 (21.62%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 1 (2.70%) Finance
1 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (27.03%) Security Architecture
3 8 (21.62%) Analytics
3 8 (21.62%) Customer Engagement
3 8 (21.62%) Presales
3 8 (21.62%) Software Licensing
3 8 (21.62%) Time Management
4 6 (16.22%) Information Security
5 3 (8.11%) Agile
5 3 (8.11%) Application Security
5 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.11%) Identity Management
5 3 (8.11%) OWASP
5 3 (8.11%) Roadmaps
5 3 (8.11%) Secure Coding
6 2 (5.41%) Coaching
6 2 (5.41%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (5.41%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.41%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (27.03%) Degree
3 8 (21.62%) CCNA
3 8 (21.62%) CCNP
4 3 (8.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (8.11%) AWS Certification
4 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
4 3 (8.11%) CCSK
4 3 (8.11%) CCSP
4 3 (8.11%) CISM
4 3 (8.11%) CISSP
5 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) NIST
2 2 (5.41%) NCSC
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Stealthwatch
2 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) Adobe
2 8 (21.62%) Apple
2 8 (21.62%) Cisco
2 8 (21.62%) Meraki