Security Architecture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 278 439
Rank change year-on-year -241 +161 +46
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 272 647 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 1.17% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 1.22% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 201 158 325
10th Percentile £42,500 £30,200 £48,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,288 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,273 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% -1.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £79,842 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.07% +6.25% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,470 52,964 71,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.81% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,693 28,448 41,385
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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 -27 84 £70,576 -4.30% 8
South West -27 64 £105,000 +40.00% 4
North West -49 50 £70,000 -6.44% 5
South East -124 42 £78,750 +6.78% 11
Midlands -77 34 £75,000 -3.23% 10
East of England 0 31 £72,500 +13.73% 6
Yorkshire +32 26 £78,273 +19.77% 3
West Midlands -31 22 £75,000 -16.67% 10
East Midlands -71 12 £78,273 +36.13%
Scotland -159 9 £51,000 -28.77% 3
North East -13 8 £79,842 +6.46%
Northern Ireland -5 4 - -
Wales -42 3 £78,273 +71.24%
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.74%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.74%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 97 (35.66%) Azure
2 86 (31.62%) AWS
3 19 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (2.57%) GCP
6 3 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.10%) Serverless
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.74%) IaaS
7 2 (0.74%) PaaS
7 2 (0.74%) SaaS
8 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 50 (18.38%) Network Security
2 32 (11.76%) WAN
3 29 (10.66%) SD-WAN
4 16 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.68%) Firewall
5 10 (3.68%) Internet
6 8 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (2.57%) VPN
8 3 (1.10%) LAN
9 2 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.74%) Wireless
10 1 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.37%) DHCP
10 1 (0.37%) DNS
10 1 (0.37%) NAS
10 1 (0.37%) SAN
10 1 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.78%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.74%) Big Data
2 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.74%) DynamoDB
2 2 (0.74%) MySQL
2 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.41%) GitLab
General
1 65 (23.90%) Finance
2 55 (20.22%) Social Skills
3 32 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (8.09%) Aerospace
6 19 (6.99%) Military
7 16 (5.88%) Law
8 13 (4.78%) Public Sector
9 12 (4.41%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.31%) Legal
11 8 (2.94%) Banking
12 5 (1.84%) Marketing
12 5 (1.84%) Retail
13 4 (1.47%) Electronics
13 4 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (52.57%) Architect
2 113 (41.54%) Security Architect
3 46 (16.91%) Lead
4 39 (14.34%) Consultant
5 38 (13.97%) Security Consultant
6 36 (13.24%) Senior
7 35 (12.87%) Lead Architect
8 33 (12.13%) Analyst
9 30 (11.03%) Lead Security Architect
10 27 (9.93%) Security Analyst
11 19 (6.99%) Security Engineer
11 19 (6.99%) Senior Architect
12 17 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 17 (6.25%) Junior
12 17 (6.25%) Principal Architect
12 17 (6.25%) Principal Security Architect
13 15 (5.51%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (5.15%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 14 (5.15%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.84%) Web Services
2 2 (0.74%) Laravel
2 2 (0.74%) Node.js
2 2 (0.74%) OAuth
2 2 (0.74%) OpenID
2 2 (0.74%) SAML
2 2 (0.74%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.37%) .NET
3 1 (0.37%) EDI
3 1 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 59 (21.69%) Management Information System
2 35 (12.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 30 (11.03%) Public Cloud
3 30 (11.03%) Security Posture
4 23 (8.46%) Cyber Defence
5 20 (7.35%) Cyber Threat
6 19 (6.99%) Cloud Native
6 19 (6.99%) Security Operations Centre
7 16 (5.88%) Operational Technology
8 15 (5.51%) Legacy Applications
9 14 (5.15%) Cyberattack
10 12 (4.41%) Private Cloud
11 10 (3.68%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 5 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.84%) Replication
13 4 (1.47%) PMI
14 3 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (1.10%) IoT
14 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.99%) Linux
2 9 (3.31%) Windows
3 5 (1.84%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.47%) Mac OS X
5 3 (1.10%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (52.57%) Cybersecurity
2 105 (38.60%) Information Security
3 76 (27.94%) Mentoring
4 69 (25.37%) Agile
5 67 (24.63%) Coaching
6 55 (20.22%) Roadmaps
7 42 (15.44%) Incident Response
8 40 (14.71%) SIEM
9 39 (14.34%) Application Security
9 39 (14.34%) OWASP
9 39 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (14.34%) Security Operations
10 36 (13.24%) Secure Coding
11 35 (12.87%) Cloud Security
11 35 (12.87%) Risk Management
12 30 (11.03%) Identity Management
13 28 (10.29%) Incident Management
13 28 (10.29%) Risk Assessment
14 27 (9.93%) Architectural Patterns
15 25 (9.19%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.62%) Python
2 10 (3.68%) Java
3 7 (2.57%) C
4 6 (2.21%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.84%) R
5 5 (1.84%) Scala
5 5 (1.84%) SQL
6 3 (1.10%) C++
7 2 (0.74%) PHP
8 1 (0.37%) C#
Qualifications
1 98 (36.03%) CISSP
2 77 (28.31%) CISM
3 58 (21.32%) Degree
4 53 (19.49%) Security Cleared
5 42 (15.44%) Cisco Certification
6 40 (14.71%) CCSP
7 39 (14.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 37 (13.60%) AWS Certification
9 36 (13.24%) CCSK
10 34 (12.50%) Azure Certification
11 29 (10.66%) CRISC
12 26 (9.56%) DV Cleared
13 24 (8.82%) CEH
14 20 (7.35%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (7.35%) CISA
15 16 (5.88%) SC Cleared
16 14 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (4.78%) CASP
18 10 (3.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 10 (3.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (40.07%) NIST
2 53 (19.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (10.66%) NIST 800
4 24 (8.82%) NCSC
5 23 (8.46%) GDPR
6 18 (6.62%) GRC
7 16 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 14 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (3.68%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.84%) JSP 440
10 5 (1.84%) RMADS
11 3 (1.10%) COBIT
11 3 (1.10%) HMG Infosec
11 3 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (1.10%) SLA
12 1 (0.37%) FedRAMP
12 1 (0.37%) GxP
12 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (10.66%) Docker
2 7 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.10%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.10%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (11.40%) Single Sign-On
2 30 (11.03%) Kubernetes
3 15 (5.51%) Terraform
4 5 (1.84%) Suricata
5 4 (1.47%) QRadar
6 2 (0.74%) DatAdvantage
6 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.74%) SCCM
6 2 (0.74%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.37%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (16.91%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.15%) Splunk
3 8 (2.94%) Cisco
4 5 (1.84%) Juniper
4 5 (1.84%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.10%) AppDynamics
5 3 (1.10%) New Relic
6 2 (0.74%) ForgeRock
6 2 (0.74%) Qualys
6 2 (0.74%) SAP
6 2 (0.74%) Symantec
6 2 (0.74%) Varonis
7 1 (0.37%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.37%) Google
7 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.37%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.37%) Tanium
7 1 (0.37%) Thales
7 1 (0.37%) Tripwire
7 1 (0.37%) VMware