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 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 622 786
Rank change year-on-year +6 +164 +134
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 89 20 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.049% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.054% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 59 17 43
10th Percentile £80,000 £63,500 £66,750
25th Percentile £92,500 £71,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile - £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile - £92,000 £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -

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 72,225 37,083 84,557
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 90.02% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46,541 23,357 63,723
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,573
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,045 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 -16 60 £100,000 +33.33% 19
UK excluding London +3 59 £100,000 +25.00% 10
Work from Home +54 56 £100,000 +33.33% 7
London +21 20 £100,000 +37.93% 13
North of England -31 19 £100,000 +17.65% 3
North West -7 15 £92,500 +8.82% 3
Wales - 12 £80,000 - 1
South East -18 11 £97,500 - 3
Scotland -25 5 £100,000 +2.56% 1
South West - 5 £100,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £100,000 -
West Midlands -9 2 £83,750 -1.47%
East of England -26 2 £100,000 +33.33%
Midlands -26 2 £83,750 -1.47%
North East - 2 £100,000 -
Yorkshire - 2 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 30 March 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 89 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (22.47%) Security Architecture
3 17 (19.10%) Azure
4 14 (15.73%) NIST
5 13 (14.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (13.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 12 (13.48%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (13.48%) CISSP
7 11 (12.36%) AWS
7 11 (12.36%) Threat Modelling
8 10 (11.24%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (8.99%) CCSP
9 8 (8.99%) TOGAF
10 7 (7.87%) Application Security
10 7 (7.87%) Roadmaps
11 6 (6.74%) CISM
11 6 (6.74%) Degree
11 6 (6.74%) Mentoring
11 6 (6.74%) Risk Management
11 6 (6.74%) SDLC
11 6 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 5 (5.62%) Computer Science
13 4 (4.49%) Analytics
13 4 (4.49%) Azure Certification
13 4 (4.49%) Cloud Security
13 4 (4.49%) Data Security
13 4 (4.49%) GDPR
13 4 (4.49%) GRC
13 4 (4.49%) Information Security
13 4 (4.49%) OWASP

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 1 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.10%) Azure
2 11 (12.36%) AWS
3 3 (3.37%) GCP
3 3 (3.37%) IaaS
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.37%) PaaS
3 3 (3.37%) SaaS
4 2 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.12%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Yeoman
General
1 14 (15.73%) Finance
2 4 (4.49%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.37%) Law
3 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.25%) Banking
4 2 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.36%) Operational Technology
2 4 (4.49%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.12%) IoT
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (22.47%) Security Architecture
3 11 (12.36%) Threat Modelling
4 10 (11.24%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (8.99%) TOGAF
6 7 (7.87%) Application Security
6 7 (7.87%) Roadmaps
7 6 (6.74%) Mentoring
7 6 (6.74%) Risk Management
7 6 (6.74%) SDLC
7 6 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (5.62%) Computer Science
9 4 (4.49%) Analytics
9 4 (4.49%) Cloud Security
9 4 (4.49%) Data Security
9 4 (4.49%) Information Security
9 4 (4.49%) OWASP
9 4 (4.49%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (4.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (3.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (13.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 12 (13.48%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (13.48%) CISSP
2 8 (8.99%) CCSP
3 6 (6.74%) CISM
3 6 (6.74%) Degree
4 4 (4.49%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.49%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.25%) GCIH
7 1 (1.12%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.12%) CASP
7 1 (1.12%) CEH
7 1 (1.12%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.73%) NIST
2 13 (14.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.49%) GDPR
3 4 (4.49%) GRC
4 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.12%) PMO
5 1 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.25%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (3.37%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.12%) CyberArk
2 1 (1.12%) SAP
2 1 (1.12%) Splunk