Security Architect Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Security Architect Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 127,255

✏️ This salary info is based on 34 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Architect salary lies between USD 110,714 and USD 175,700 in Canada. 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
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
34
Top 10%
$ 217,900
Top 25%
$ 175,700
Median
$ 127,255
Bottom 25%
$ 110,714
Bottom 10%
$ 101,250

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 961 jobs Compliance | 719 jobs CISSP | 623 jobs Computer Science | 529 jobs NIST | 523 jobs AWS | 513 jobs Azure | 506 jobs Strategy | 478 jobs Vulnerabilities | 456 jobs Risk assessment | 376 jobs CISM | 342 jobs Risk management | 340 jobs IAM | 321 jobs ISO 27001 | 320 jobs GCP | 309 jobs Network security | 305 jobs Firewalls | 304 jobs Governance | 300 jobs Application security | 289 jobs Monitoring | 276 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 | 738 jobs Health care | 495 jobs Flex hours | 343 jobs Competitive pay | 253 jobs Equity / stock options | 245 jobs Team events | 236 jobs Insurance | 228 jobs Salary bonus | 203 jobs Flex vacation | 189 jobs Medical leave | 173 jobs Parental leave | 168 jobs Startup environment | 167 jobs Wellness | 140 jobs 401(k) matching | 108 jobs Conferences | 56 jobs Fitness / gym | 48 jobs Transparency | 41 jobs Relocation support | 35 jobs Flexible spending account | 29 jobs Gear | 23 jobs

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