Cybersecurity Architect Job Trends

Cybersecurity Architect
UK

The median Cybersecurity Architect salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 637 784
Rank change year-on-year +11 +147 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 118 17 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.039% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.043% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 77 12 46
10th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £65,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £72,188 £66,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £78,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £80,000
90th Percentile - - £104,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £75,000 £71,750
% change year-on-year +33.33% +4.53% -10.31%

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 85,926 39,497 91,995
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.64% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,850 22,880 67,465
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 19 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK

Cybersecurity Architect
Top 16 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 19 May 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 +2 89 £100,000 +26.98% 24
UK excluding London +11 84 £100,000 +33.33% 18
Work from Home +93 68 £100,000 +33.33% 13
North of England - 33 £100,000 - 5
North West - 26 £75,000 - 4
London -8 23 £100,000 +21.21% 12
South East -11 14 £97,500 - 7
Wales - 10 £80,000 - 2
West Midlands -10 8 £83,750 - 2
Midlands -21 8 £83,750 - 2
South West - 8 £100,000 - 1
Scotland +3 6 £100,000 +2.56% 1
North East - 5 £100,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £100,000 -
East of England -17 2 £100,000 +34.23%
Yorkshire - 2 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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.

1 118 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (23.73%) Security Architecture
3 17 (14.41%) Azure
3 17 (14.41%) Threat Modelling
4 16 (13.56%) CISSP
5 15 (12.71%) Microsoft
5 15 (12.71%) NIST
6 14 (11.86%) Enterprise Architecture
7 13 (11.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 13 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (9.32%) CCSP
8 11 (9.32%) TOGAF
9 10 (8.47%) CISM
10 9 (7.63%) Application Security
10 9 (7.63%) AWS
11 7 (5.93%) Identity Access Management
11 7 (5.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (5.08%) GDPR
12 6 (5.08%) GRC
12 6 (5.08%) Mentoring
12 6 (5.08%) Microservices
12 6 (5.08%) Roadmaps
12 6 (5.08%) SABSA
12 6 (5.08%) Technical Architecture
13 5 (4.24%) Business Strategy
13 5 (4.24%) Cloud Security
13 5 (4.24%) Remediation Plan
13 5 (4.24%) SAP
13 5 (4.24%) 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 (4.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.41%) Azure
2 9 (7.63%) AWS
3 3 (2.54%) IaaS
3 3 (2.54%) PaaS
3 3 (2.54%) SaaS
4 2 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.54%) VPN
2 1 (0.85%) Broadband
2 1 (0.85%) Firewall
2 1 (0.85%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Yeoman
General
1 11 (9.32%) Finance
2 3 (2.54%) Law
2 3 (2.54%) Social Skills
3 2 (1.69%) Banking
3 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.47%) Operational Technology
2 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (0.85%) IoT
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (23.73%) Security Architecture
3 17 (14.41%) Threat Modelling
4 14 (11.86%) Enterprise Architecture
5 11 (9.32%) TOGAF
6 9 (7.63%) Application Security
7 7 (5.93%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (5.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (5.08%) Mentoring
8 6 (5.08%) Microservices
8 6 (5.08%) Roadmaps
8 6 (5.08%) SABSA
8 6 (5.08%) Technical Architecture
9 5 (4.24%) Business Strategy
9 5 (4.24%) Cloud Security
9 5 (4.24%) Remediation Plan
10 4 (3.39%) Analytics
10 4 (3.39%) OWASP
10 4 (3.39%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (3.39%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 16 (13.56%) CISSP
2 13 (11.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 13 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (9.32%) CCSP
4 10 (8.47%) CISM
5 4 (3.39%) Degree
5 4 (3.39%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.39%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.69%) GCIH
7 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.85%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.85%) CASP
7 1 (0.85%) CCSK
7 1 (0.85%) CEH
7 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.85%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) NIST
2 13 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.08%) GDPR
3 6 (5.08%) GRC
4 3 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.85%) NCSC
5 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.85%) PMO
5 1 (0.85%) RMADS
5 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.24%) SAP
3 3 (2.54%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.69%) Splunk
5 1 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.85%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.85%) Palo Alto