Security Architect
UK

The median Security Architect salary in the UK is £79,842 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 305 624
Rank change year-on-year -152 +319 -94
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 533 1,126 802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 1.15% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.26% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 334 328 417
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,219 £59,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £87,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £103,750
90th Percentile £108,750 £115,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £75,500
% change year-on-year -6.06% +9.27% +4.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 96,364 89,509 157,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.47% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 68,829 56,547 84,640
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,609
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Architect.

Salary trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 25 May 2024. 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 -120 463 £79,842 -11.29% 86
UK excluding London -169 365 £77,500 -6.06% 55
Work from Home +31 194 £78,273 -5.12% 37
London -31 120 £90,000 -5.26% 43
South East -50 102 £75,000 -16.67% 25
North of England -28 101 £79,057 +10.96% 9
North West -23 66 £70,000 +17.60% 7
Midlands -72 65 £78,273 -7.91% 6
South West -85 52 £72,500 -9.38% 5
West Midlands -40 40 £70,000 -17.65% 5
Yorkshire +32 29 £79,842 -0.20% 2
East Midlands -37 25 £78,273 - 1
East of England +5 20 £81,636 +2.05% 8
Scotland -154 11 £75,000 +16.53% 2
Wales -19 10 £78,273 -
North East -2 6 £79,842 -17.69%
Northern Ireland +13 3 £62,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 May 2024, Security 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 233 (43.71%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (36.59%) Security Architecture
3 183 (34.33%) Azure
4 147 (27.58%) CISSP
5 128 (24.02%) Information Security
6 127 (23.83%) Microsoft
7 123 (23.08%) AWS
8 108 (20.26%) Cisco Certification
9 107 (20.08%) Social Skills
10 95 (17.82%) Degree
11 94 (17.64%) Finance
12 92 (17.26%) CISM
12 92 (17.26%) Application Security
13 91 (17.07%) Security Cleared
14 88 (16.51%) NIST
15 78 (14.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 76 (14.26%) Cloud Security
17 72 (13.51%) Roadmaps
18 69 (12.95%) AWS Certification
18 69 (12.95%) CCSP
19 68 (12.76%) Management Information System
19 68 (12.76%) Azure Certification
20 67 (12.57%) OWASP
21 65 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
21 65 (12.20%) WAN
22 61 (11.44%) SD-WAN
23 60 (11.26%) Data Centre
24 57 (10.69%) Security Posture
25 54 (10.13%) Presales
26 53 (9.94%) Secure Coding

Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 183 (34.33%) Azure
2 123 (23.08%) AWS
3 46 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (3.94%) SaaS
5 13 (2.44%) GCP
6 11 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (2.06%) PaaS
7 10 (1.88%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.69%) IaaS
8 9 (1.69%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.13%) Azure Service Fabric
10 3 (0.56%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.56%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.56%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.38%) OCI
12 1 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 65 (12.20%) WAN
2 61 (11.44%) SD-WAN
3 32 (6.00%) Network Security
4 31 (5.82%) Firewall
5 27 (5.07%) Cisco Firepower
6 20 (3.75%) LAN
7 11 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (1.31%) VPN
9 6 (1.13%) Internet
10 5 (0.94%) DNS
11 4 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (0.75%) Wireless
11 4 (0.75%) WLAN
12 1 (0.19%) NGFW
12 1 (0.19%) NGN
12 1 (0.19%) SSL
12 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (1.13%) Power BI
2 6 (1.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (0.56%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.38%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 107 (20.08%) Social Skills
2 94 (17.64%) Finance
3 33 (6.19%) Public Sector
4 20 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.81%) Banking
6 15 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.44%) Games
7 13 (2.44%) Retail
8 11 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.88%) Legal
10 9 (1.69%) Military
11 7 (1.31%) Law
12 6 (1.13%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.75%) Automotive
14 3 (0.56%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.56%) Electronics
15 1 (0.19%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.19%) Mandarin Language
15 1 (0.19%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.88%) .NET
2 13 (2.44%) Web Services
3 10 (1.88%) OAuth
3 10 (1.88%) React
4 6 (1.13%) CSS
4 6 (1.13%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.13%) REST
4 6 (1.13%) SOAP
5 4 (0.75%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (0.75%) SAML
6 2 (0.38%) JSON
6 2 (0.38%) OpenID
6 2 (0.38%) RESTful
6 2 (0.38%) XML
7 1 (0.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.76%) Management Information System
2 60 (11.26%) Data Centre
3 57 (10.69%) Security Posture
4 39 (7.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 29 (5.44%) PKI
6 28 (5.25%) Public Cloud
7 23 (4.32%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (3.19%) Cyberattack
10 12 (2.25%) Onboarding
10 12 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.88%) iPhone
11 10 (1.88%) PMI
11 10 (1.88%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.31%) Cloud Native
14 6 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
15 5 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
15 5 (0.94%) Operational Technology
16 4 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.57%) Linux
2 24 (4.50%) Android
3 16 (3.00%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.06%) Windows
5 8 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.94%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.38%) AIX
7 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (43.71%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (36.59%) Security Architecture
3 128 (24.02%) Information Security
4 92 (17.26%) Application Security
5 76 (14.26%) Cloud Security
6 72 (13.51%) Roadmaps
7 67 (12.57%) OWASP
8 54 (10.13%) Presales
9 53 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (9.94%) Secure Coding
10 52 (9.76%) Identity Management
11 51 (9.57%) Agile
12 48 (9.01%) Coaching
13 41 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
13 41 (7.69%) Threat Modelling
14 40 (7.50%) TOGAF
15 39 (7.32%) Incident Response
16 38 (7.13%) CI/CD
16 38 (7.13%) Time Management
17 35 (6.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (5.82%) C
2 16 (3.00%) Python
3 14 (2.63%) Java
4 12 (2.25%) C++
5 11 (2.06%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.88%) C#
6 10 (1.88%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.31%) SQL
8 6 (1.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 147 (27.58%) CISSP
2 108 (20.26%) Cisco Certification
3 95 (17.82%) Degree
4 92 (17.26%) CISM
5 91 (17.07%) Security Cleared
6 78 (14.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 69 (12.95%) AWS Certification
7 69 (12.95%) CCSP
8 68 (12.76%) Azure Certification
9 44 (8.26%) CCSK
10 38 (7.13%) SC Cleared
11 32 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 30 (5.63%) CCNP
12 30 (5.63%) DV Cleared
13 27 (5.07%) CCNA
14 19 (3.56%) CRISC
15 18 (3.38%) CISA
16 16 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (2.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 14 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (16.51%) NIST
2 65 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.07%) PCI DSS
4 21 (3.94%) GDPR
4 21 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 20 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (2.25%) COBIT
7 7 (1.31%) QA
8 6 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.13%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.13%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 5 (0.94%) IASME
9 5 (0.94%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.94%) NCSC
10 3 (0.56%) HMG Infosec
10 3 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.56%) RMADS
10 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 34 (6.38%) Docker
2 25 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.56%) Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) LXC
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 35 (6.57%) Single Sign-On
3 27 (5.07%) Stealthwatch
4 6 (1.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (0.94%) Suricata
6 4 (0.75%) Ansible
6 4 (0.75%) HP Fortify
6 4 (0.75%) Terraform
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.19%) Nmap
Vendors
1 127 (23.83%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.13%) Cisco
3 27 (5.07%) Adobe
3 27 (5.07%) Apple
3 27 (5.07%) Meraki
4 11 (2.06%) Palo Alto
5 10 (1.88%) Google
5 10 (1.88%) Splunk
6 8 (1.50%) Oracle
7 6 (1.13%) PagerDuty
8 5 (0.94%) Juniper
9 4 (0.75%) Alibaba
10 3 (0.56%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.56%) New Relic
10 3 (0.56%) Veracode
11 2 (0.38%) ArcSight
11 2 (0.38%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.38%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.38%) Sophos
11 2 (0.38%) Tripwire