Security Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £78,273 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 436 226 509
Rank change year-on-year -210 +283 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Architect 376 837 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 1.50% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 1.69% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 227 126 142
10th Percentile £56,809 £56,219 £57,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,713 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,273 £80,000 £75,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +6.31% +4.51%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,875 £103,750
UK median annual salary £79,842 £87,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +2.94% +7.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
North of England -61 105 £79,057 +7.20% 8
South East -63 102 £75,000 -16.67% 13
North West -43 68 £70,000 +17.60% 8
Midlands -102 67 £78,273 -10.55% 4
South West -90 52 £72,500 -6.45% 5
West Midlands -55 44 £70,000 -20.00% 3
Yorkshire +7 31 £79,842 -8.75%
East of England -17 27 £85,000 +6.25% 5
East Midlands -62 23 £78,273 - 1
Scotland -167 11 £75,000 +16.53%
Wales -26 8 £78,273 +64.78%
North East -11 6 £79,842 -6.07%
Northern Ireland +7 3 £62,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Security Architect
UK

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 145 (38.56%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (30.05%) Azure
2 113 (30.05%) Security Architecture
3 81 (21.54%) Cisco Certification
4 75 (19.95%) CISSP
5 74 (19.68%) Microsoft
5 74 (19.68%) Information Security
6 73 (19.41%) AWS
7 66 (17.55%) Degree
7 66 (17.55%) WAN
8 62 (16.49%) SD-WAN
9 59 (15.69%) NIST
10 58 (15.43%) Social Skills
11 57 (15.16%) Application Security
12 56 (14.89%) OWASP
13 52 (13.83%) CISM
13 52 (13.83%) Presales
14 51 (13.56%) Data Centre
14 51 (13.56%) Security Cleared
15 48 (12.77%) Finance
16 47 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 43 (11.44%) CCSP
17 43 (11.44%) Time Management
18 42 (11.17%) Cisco
18 42 (11.17%) Secure Coding
19 40 (10.64%) AWS Certification
20 39 (10.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 39 (10.37%) Agile
21 38 (10.11%) Azure Certification
21 38 (10.11%) Roadmaps

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 113 (30.05%) Azure
2 73 (19.41%) AWS
3 26 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.93%) SaaS
5 9 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.06%) GCP
7 3 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.80%) PaaS
7 3 (0.80%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.80%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.53%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.27%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (17.55%) WAN
2 62 (16.49%) SD-WAN
3 33 (8.78%) Cisco Firepower
4 20 (5.32%) Network Security
5 17 (4.52%) Firewall
6 10 (2.66%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (1.60%) VPN
8 5 (1.33%) Internet
9 4 (1.06%) LAN
9 4 (1.06%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.06%) Wireless
9 4 (1.06%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
General
1 58 (15.43%) Social Skills
2 48 (12.77%) Finance
3 16 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (2.93%) Retail
6 10 (2.66%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.13%) Banking
8 7 (1.86%) Legal
9 6 (1.60%) Games
10 5 (1.33%) Military
11 4 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.80%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.80%) Electronics
13 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.27%) Law
14 1 (0.27%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.66%) .NET
1 10 (2.66%) React
2 9 (2.39%) OAuth
3 6 (1.60%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.60%) Web Services
4 3 (0.80%) SAML
5 2 (0.53%) OpenID
6 1 (0.27%) EDI
6 1 (0.27%) JSON
6 1 (0.27%) RESTful
6 1 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.56%) Data Centre
2 37 (9.84%) Management Information System
3 35 (9.31%) Security Posture
4 30 (7.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 24 (6.38%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.66%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.39%) PKI
8 9 (2.39%) PMI
9 8 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.80%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.80%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.53%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.27%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.27%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.27%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.85%) Linux
2 16 (4.26%) Android
2 16 (4.26%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (1.60%) Windows
4 5 (1.33%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (38.56%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (30.05%) Security Architecture
3 74 (19.68%) Information Security
4 57 (15.16%) Application Security
5 56 (14.89%) OWASP
6 52 (13.83%) Presales
7 43 (11.44%) Time Management
8 42 (11.17%) Secure Coding
9 39 (10.37%) Agile
10 38 (10.11%) Roadmaps
11 36 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (9.31%) Architectural Design
13 34 (9.04%) Cloud Security
14 33 (8.78%) Analytics
14 33 (8.78%) Customer Engagement
14 33 (8.78%) Software Licensing
15 31 (8.24%) Incident Response
16 29 (7.71%) Coaching
16 29 (7.71%) Identity Management
17 26 (6.91%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.26%) C
1 16 (4.26%) C++
1 16 (4.26%) Java
2 11 (2.93%) PowerShell
2 11 (2.93%) Python
3 10 (2.66%) C#
3 10 (2.66%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.60%) Bash
Qualifications
1 81 (21.54%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (19.95%) CISSP
3 66 (17.55%) Degree
4 52 (13.83%) CISM
5 51 (13.56%) Security Cleared
6 47 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 43 (11.44%) CCSP
8 40 (10.64%) AWS Certification
9 38 (10.11%) Azure Certification
10 36 (9.57%) CCSK
11 34 (9.04%) CCNP
12 33 (8.78%) CCNA
13 24 (6.38%) DV Cleared
14 20 (5.32%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (3.72%) CISA
16 11 (2.93%) CEH
16 11 (2.93%) CRISC
17 10 (2.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 10 (2.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 9 (2.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (15.69%) NIST
2 39 (10.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 16 (4.26%) GDPR
4 16 (4.26%) PCI DSS
5 11 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.80%) HMG Infosec
6 3 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.80%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.80%) RMADS
7 2 (0.53%) COBIT
7 2 (0.53%) NCSC
7 2 (0.53%) QA
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (7.71%) Docker
2 6 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.06%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.80%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (8.78%) Stealthwatch
2 32 (8.51%) Kubernetes
3 31 (8.24%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.33%) Suricata
5 3 (0.80%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 74 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.17%) Cisco
3 33 (8.78%) Adobe
3 33 (8.78%) Apple
3 33 (8.78%) Meraki
4 9 (2.39%) Palo Alto
5 8 (2.13%) Splunk
6 6 (1.60%) PagerDuty
7 5 (1.33%) Juniper
8 3 (0.80%) AppDynamics
8 3 (0.80%) New Relic
8 3 (0.80%) Veracode
9 2 (0.53%) Cognizant
9 2 (0.53%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.27%) Google