Security Architect Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Architect Salary in 2025 is USD 162,919

✏️ This salary info is based on 744 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Architect salary lies between USD 128,300 and USD 203,100 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Security Architect
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
744
Top 10%
$ 256,300
Top 25%
$ 203,100
Median
$ 162,919
Bottom 25%
$ 128,300
Bottom 10%
$ 101,265

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Security Architect roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Architect job listings are Cloud, Compliance and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 1106 jobs Compliance | 836 jobs CISSP | 717 jobs NIST | 608 jobs Computer Science | 608 jobs AWS | 594 jobs Azure | 593 jobs Strategy | 546 jobs Vulnerabilities | 508 jobs Risk assessment | 431 jobs Risk management | 391 jobs CISM | 381 jobs IAM | 380 jobs ISO 27001 | 374 jobs Governance | 356 jobs Firewalls | 350 jobs GCP | 348 jobs Network security | 344 jobs Application security | 332 jobs Monitoring | 328 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Architect roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Architect job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 849 jobs Health care | 568 jobs Flex hours | 394 jobs Competitive pay | 289 jobs Equity / stock options | 273 jobs Team events | 268 jobs Insurance | 259 jobs Salary bonus | 232 jobs Flex vacation | 221 jobs Medical leave | 198 jobs Parental leave | 189 jobs Startup environment | 188 jobs Wellness | 164 jobs 401(k) matching | 121 jobs Conferences | 58 jobs Fitness / gym | 50 jobs Transparency | 48 jobs Relocation support | 45 jobs Flexible spending account | 32 jobs Home office stipend | 28 jobs

Related salaries

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Security Architect @ $ 163,900 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Architect @ $ 169,600 (United States) Details
Security Architect @ $ 170,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Architect @ $ 171,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Architect @ $ 101,265 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Architect @ $ 128,570 (Canada) Details

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