Security Architect Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Security Architect Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 128,570

✏️ This salary info is based on 38 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
38
Top 10%
$ 217,900
Top 25%
$ 175,700
Median
$ 128,570
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 | 1099 jobs Compliance | 830 jobs CISSP | 713 jobs NIST | 606 jobs Computer Science | 604 jobs AWS | 590 jobs Azure | 587 jobs Strategy | 543 jobs Vulnerabilities | 507 jobs Risk assessment | 430 jobs Risk management | 388 jobs CISM | 380 jobs IAM | 374 jobs ISO 27001 | 371 jobs Governance | 353 jobs Firewalls | 348 jobs GCP | 345 jobs Network security | 339 jobs Application security | 329 jobs Monitoring | 327 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 | 844 jobs Health care | 565 jobs Flex hours | 391 jobs Competitive pay | 288 jobs Equity / stock options | 272 jobs Team events | 267 jobs Insurance | 258 jobs Salary bonus | 232 jobs Flex vacation | 220 jobs Medical leave | 198 jobs Parental leave | 188 jobs Startup environment | 188 jobs Wellness | 164 jobs 401(k) matching | 121 jobs Conferences | 58 jobs Fitness / gym | 50 jobs Transparency | 47 jobs Relocation support | 45 jobs Flexible spending account | 32 jobs Home office stipend | 27 jobs

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