Cybersecurity Architect Job Trends

Cybersecurity Architect
UK

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 661 676 749
Rank change year-on-year +15 +73 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 96 13 103
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.026% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.029% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 68 6 42
10th Percentile - £78,125 £60,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £83,125 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £95,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +22.58% -13.89%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £80,000
90th Percentile - £98,125 £107,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £83,750 £97,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.10% +50.00% -16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 94,464 44,263 88,687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 90.01% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 64,822 26,191 62,318
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,183
90th Percentile £96,000 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

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 22 July 2026. 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 -4 74 £97,500 +2.63% 21
UK excluding London -13 72 £83,750 -14.10% 14
Work from Home +32 42 £100,000 +29.03% 7
North of England - 29 £75,000 - 9
North West - 25 £75,000 - 6
London -15 20 £100,000 +5.26% 6
Wales - 14 £75,000 -
West Midlands -3 13 £86,000 -
Midlands -11 13 £86,000 -
South East -23 8 £95,000 - 3
Scotland +20 5 £100,000 +2.56% 1
North East - 4 £100,000 -
South West - 3 - - 1

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 July 2026, Cybersecurity Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 96 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (35.42%) Security Architecture
3 32 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 16 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 15 (15.63%) CISSP
5 15 (15.63%) Threat Modelling
6 13 (13.54%) Azure
6 13 (13.54%) NIST
7 12 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (11.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (11.46%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (9.38%) CCSP
9 9 (9.38%) TOGAF
10 8 (8.33%) CISM
10 8 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
11 7 (7.29%) Application Security
11 7 (7.29%) GDPR
11 7 (7.29%) Roadmaps
12 6 (6.25%) AWS
12 6 (6.25%) Microservices
12 6 (6.25%) Presales
12 6 (6.25%) SABSA
12 6 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
13 5 (5.21%) Business Strategy
13 5 (5.21%) Cloud Security
13 5 (5.21%) Customer Requirements
13 5 (5.21%) GRC
13 5 (5.21%) Remediation Plan
13 5 (5.21%) SAP
13 5 (5.21%) SAP S/4HANA

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.54%) Azure
2 6 (6.25%) AWS
3 4 (4.17%) SaaS
4 3 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.13%) IaaS
4 3 (3.13%) PaaS
5 2 (2.08%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.08%) GCP
5 2 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) VPN
2 1 (1.04%) Broadband
2 1 (1.04%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Yeoman
General
1 6 (6.25%) Finance
2 4 (4.17%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.13%) Law
4 1 (1.04%) Banking
4 1 (1.04%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.04%) Legal
4 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.04%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.08%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.04%) IoT
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (1.04%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (35.42%) Security Architecture
3 16 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 15 (15.63%) Threat Modelling
5 9 (9.38%) TOGAF
6 8 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (7.29%) Application Security
7 7 (7.29%) Roadmaps
8 6 (6.25%) Microservices
8 6 (6.25%) Presales
8 6 (6.25%) SABSA
8 6 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
9 5 (5.21%) Business Strategy
9 5 (5.21%) Cloud Security
9 5 (5.21%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (5.21%) Remediation Plan
9 5 (5.21%) Zero Trust
10 4 (4.17%) Analytics
10 4 (4.17%) Architecture Roadmap
10 4 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (15.63%) CISSP
2 11 (11.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 11 (11.46%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (9.38%) CCSP
4 8 (8.33%) CISM
5 4 (4.17%) Degree
5 4 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.17%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.08%) GCIH
7 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.04%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.04%) CASP
7 1 (1.04%) CCSK
7 1 (1.04%) CEH
7 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.54%) NIST
2 12 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (7.29%) GDPR
4 5 (5.21%) GRC
5 3 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.08%) NCSC
7 1 (1.04%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.04%) PMO
7 1 (1.04%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.08%) CASB
2 2 (2.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.21%) SAP
3 3 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.04%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.04%) Splunk