Cybersecurity Architect Job Trends

Cybersecurity Architect
UK

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in the UK is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 665 698 710
Rank change year-on-year +33 +12 +380
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 13 103 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.13% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.14% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 8 42 40
10th Percentile £70,125 £60,000 £32,863
25th Percentile £75,938 £65,000 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £76,250 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -12.86% +12.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £80,000 £96,875
90th Percentile £97,875 £108,750 £108,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £35,625
% change year-on-year +15.38% +82.46% -49.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,259 74,162 57,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 95.25% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 26,008 44,624 44,413
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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

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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Top 7 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 17 September 2025. 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 +27 12 £80,000 +16.79% 14
London +63 7 £95,000 +20.63% 7
UK excluding London +26 6 £75,000 +15.38% 13
South East +24 3 - - 6
East of England -3 2 £68,750 -7.09%
Scotland +54 1 £97,500 -
Work from Home +36 1 £77,500 +19.23% 5

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, 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 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (61.54%) CISSP
3 7 (53.85%) Risk Management
4 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
5 5 (38.46%) Finance
5 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
6 4 (30.77%) Cyber Resilience
6 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
6 4 (30.77%) SaaS
6 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
6 4 (30.77%) IaaS
7 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (23.08%) DevOps
7 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (23.08%) Degree
7 3 (23.08%) LDAP
7 3 (23.08%) SAML
7 3 (23.08%) CISM
7 3 (23.08%) SABSA
7 3 (23.08%) Presales
7 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
7 3 (23.08%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (23.08%) NIST
8 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
8 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
8 2 (15.38%) SIEM
8 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
8 2 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP

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 4 (30.77%) IaaS
1 4 (30.77%) SaaS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) PaaS
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) Kerberos
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Electronics
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Military
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) LDAP
1 3 (23.08%) SAML
2 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
2 1 (7.69%) OAuth
2 1 (7.69%) OAuth2
2 1 (7.69%) OpenID
2 1 (7.69%) React
2 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Security Posture
1 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Risk Management
3 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
4 4 (30.77%) Cyber Resilience
4 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) DevOps
5 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Presales
5 3 (23.08%) SABSA
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) MODAF
6 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
6 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (15.38%) Security Management
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Groovy
1 1 (7.69%) Java
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) CISSP
2 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) CISM
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) GIAC
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) ForgeRock
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Ping Identity