Average Security Architect salary in the UK

Role: Security Architect Location: Leeds or North East Salary: £70,000 Package Includes: Bonus, 12% Pension, Car Allowance (~£20,000 Package) Start Date: ASAP (Live Vacancy) Are you a skilled Security Architect with a passion for large-scale digital transformation? Join a major £100M transformation programme, driving both innovation and the modernisation of back-office systems, IT infrastructure, and cloud integrations. You'll play a key role in ensuring security is embedded at every stage across a diverse business and technology landscape. As a Security Architect, you'll take a secure-by-design approach to enterprise-wide architecture, working across On-Prem Data Centers, Hybrid Cloud Services, and Operational Technology (OT). You'll collaborate closely with stakeholders, Solution Architects, and Cybersecurity teams, ensuring robust security frameworks, compliance, and supporting system integrations and infrastructure upgrades. What You'll Do * Lead security architecture across multiple technology areas, ensuring scalability, security, and efficiency. * Engage with stakeholders at all levels, balancing technical depth with business strategy. * Drive security architecture across Digital and ITSM transformation, assessing system upgrades. * Embed secure-by-design principles across all architectural solutions. * Assess and enhance security across hybrid cloud, on-prem data centers, and OT systems. * Provide guidance on risk, governance, compliance, and security best practices. * Support Digital and ITSM transformation and identify security improvements. What You'll Need * 3+ years' experience as a Security Architect. * Experience working in IT/OT environments. * Strong background in large-scale transformation projects. * Excellent stakeholder engagement & leadership skills.

We are searching for a Senior Software Security Architect / Senior Application Security Architect for a marketing leading and award-winning technology and data driven business. The position is offered on a remote basis. The role is hands-on and very software engineering focused - you will be responsible for establishing a secure SDLC and 'Secure by Design' approach/practice to be used by all of the Architecture and Software development teams. The role will involve: Developing, implementing, and maintaining application security architecture across the organisation.Ensuring our systems are designed with objectives like speed, scalability, robustness, zero-trust, automation and supportability at the core.Collaborating with the Architecture and Engineering Team to ensure security is an integral part of all development and deployment processes.Providing expert software security advice (design, coding, testing) to the Software Engineering Community, to InfoSec, DevOps and other teams.Defining and delivering secure software development of information to the software engineering teams.Escalating issues appropriately, to various teams and levels of authority inside the organisation.Interfacing with customers to ensure that security obligations are managed and met appropriately. About You To be considered for this Senior Software Security Architect / Senior Application Security Architect role you will be able to demonstrate a successful track record and in-depth practical experience of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - you will have an excellent understanding of Software Development and Software Testing and you will have a strong understanding of multiple programming languages, such as, C++, C, C#, .NET Core, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Angular, React or similar. You will also have/be: Experience in creating application security strategies, standards, best practices, and providing direct input to project teams and business stakeholders is essential.Experience working with security issues in software architecture, software development, e.g. static and/or dynamic code analysis and tools, software dependency check, OWASP Top10 testing, application threat modelling.In-depth experience working in an Agile software development environment, with classic applications as well as microservices, using modern code processing and continuous integration and delivery tools (e.g. GitHub, Jenkins, Bamboo).Good expertise in taking security policy statements and translating them into actual, implementable, security controls and techniques that can make our software applications demonstrably more secure and robust.Good understanding of common information security management standards, frameworks, and laws / regulations: e.g. ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR.Experience of open-source security tools and how they could be used in an enterprise.Experience of securing Azure cloud workloads and environments. Please note, to be considered for this role you MUST have the Right to Work in the UK without company sponsorship and you MUST be based in the UK. The Senior Software Security Architect / Senior Application Security Architect position is offered with an excellent range of benefits including: - Generous Holiday Allowance - 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option of adding up to five (5) additional unpaid leave days per year.Annual Lifestyle Allowance to spend on an activity of your choice.Pension Scheme: Matched up to 6% for the first 3 years, and up to 10% thereafter.Private Health Insurance.Group Income Protection Scheme.Charitable Fundraising.Cycle to Work and Gym Flex Schemes.Internal Coaching and Mentoring.Training and Career Progression.Family-Friendly Policies.Remote Working. KEYWORDS Senior Software Security Architect, Senior Application Security Architect, SDLC, Secure by Design, Architecture, Software Development, Engineering, DevOps, InfoSec, Security, Security Strategy, Best Practice, Programming, Code, C++, C#, C, .NET Core, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Angular, React, OWASP, Agile, Application Threat Modelling, Security Policy, Security Controls, ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, Cloud, Azure. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills and qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. Bowerford Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Security Architect Our client is urgently looking for an experienced Security Architect to join their team on a permanent basis. Please note, the role is on-site 3-4 days per week. You will be responsible for the organisation's technical activities to implement and manage security infrastructure, defining and assessing the organization's security strategy, architecture, and practices. Identifying the IT Security risks and constraints, translating into technical control requirements and specifications, and managing the outcomes to deliver the required objectives. Security Architect – Key Skills: Experienced in ArchitectureSolid Security/Cyber Security backgroundPrevious experience developing architecture blueprints, strategies, and roadmapsDocumented experience and a strong working knowledge of the methodologies to conduct threat-modelling exercises on new applications and servicesPractical knowledge of the information security standards domainExperience of working with external audit and certification organisationsFamiliar with the ISO27001 standardKnowledge of the NIS regulation and NCSC cyber assurance framework (CAF)Knowledge and understanding of digitalisation in a regulated environmentExperience of scoping and managing competing and complex projectsUnderstanding and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as waterfall, piral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevOps) Security Architect Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.  Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously.  Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website http://proactive.it/privacy-notice/