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 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 631 805
Rank change year-on-year +18 +174 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 123 15 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.035% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.039% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 81 10 47
10th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £65,000
25th Percentile £83,000 £75,313 £66,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £80,000
90th Percentile - £97,625 £103,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £97,500 £68,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +43.38% -15.00%

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 86,622 38,048 92,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 89.26% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 57,427 21,318 67,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,913 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £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% -6.32%

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 23 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 23 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 -4 91 £100,000 +21.21% 21
UK excluding London +34 90 £100,000 +2.56% 16
Work from Home +73 70 £100,000 +31.15% 14
North of England - 35 £100,000 - 4
North West - 28 £75,000 - 3
London -8 22 £100,000 +21.21% 11
South East -12 14 £97,500 - 6
Wales - 13 £77,500 - 2
Midlands -23 9 £85,000 - 2
West Midlands -26 9 £85,000 - 2
South West - 8 £100,000 - 1
Scotland +9 6 £100,000 +2.56% 1
North East - 5 £100,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £100,000 -
East of England - 2 £100,000 -
Yorkshire - 2 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 123 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (24.39%) Security Architecture
3 18 (14.63%) Azure
3 18 (14.63%) Microsoft
4 17 (13.82%) CISSP
4 17 (13.82%) Threat Modelling
5 16 (13.01%) NIST
6 15 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
7 14 (11.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (10.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (10.57%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (8.94%) CCSP
9 11 (8.94%) TOGAF
10 10 (8.13%) CISM
11 9 (7.32%) Application Security
11 9 (7.32%) AWS
12 8 (6.50%) Identity Access Management
13 7 (5.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 6 (4.88%) Cloud Security
14 6 (4.88%) GDPR
14 6 (4.88%) GRC
14 6 (4.88%) Mentoring
14 6 (4.88%) Microservices
14 6 (4.88%) Roadmaps
14 6 (4.88%) SABSA
14 6 (4.88%) Technical Architecture
15 5 (4.07%) Business Strategy
15 5 (4.07%) Data Security
15 5 (4.07%) Remediation Plan
15 5 (4.07%) SAP

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 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.63%) Azure
2 9 (7.32%) AWS
3 3 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (2.44%) IaaS
3 3 (2.44%) PaaS
3 3 (2.44%) SaaS
4 2 (1.63%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.44%) VPN
2 1 (0.81%) Broadband
2 1 (0.81%) Firewall
2 1 (0.81%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Yeoman
General
1 11 (8.94%) Finance
2 3 (2.44%) Law
2 3 (2.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (1.63%) Banking
3 2 (1.63%) Public Sector
4 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.94%) Operational Technology
2 2 (1.63%) Security Posture
3 1 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (0.81%) IoT
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (24.39%) Security Architecture
3 17 (13.82%) Threat Modelling
4 15 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
5 11 (8.94%) TOGAF
6 9 (7.32%) Application Security
7 8 (6.50%) Identity Access Management
8 7 (5.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (4.88%) Cloud Security
9 6 (4.88%) Mentoring
9 6 (4.88%) Microservices
9 6 (4.88%) Roadmaps
9 6 (4.88%) SABSA
9 6 (4.88%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (4.07%) Business Strategy
10 5 (4.07%) Data Security
10 5 (4.07%) Remediation Plan
11 4 (3.25%) OWASP
11 4 (3.25%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (3.25%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 17 (13.82%) CISSP
2 13 (10.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 13 (10.57%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (8.94%) CCSP
4 10 (8.13%) CISM
5 4 (3.25%) Degree
5 4 (3.25%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.25%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.63%) GCIH
7 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.81%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) CASP
7 1 (0.81%) CCSK
7 1 (0.81%) CEH
7 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.01%) NIST
2 14 (11.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.88%) GDPR
3 6 (4.88%) GRC
4 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.81%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.81%) NCSC
5 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.81%) PMO
5 1 (0.81%) RMADS
5 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.07%) SAP
3 3 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.63%) Splunk
5 1 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.81%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto