Head of Security Jobs in the East of England

Head of Security
England > East of England

The median Head of Security salary in the East of England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 243 273
Rank change year-on-year +29 +30 -87
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 2 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.033% 0.036% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.042% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - - £87,625
25th Percentile - - £91,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +25.81%
75th Percentile - - £101,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +8.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 5,662 4,726 5,973
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 84.44% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 2,343 2,900
10th Percentile £25,809 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £35,201
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,050
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Head of Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in the East of England

Head of Security
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Security in the East of England.

Salary trend for Head of Security in the East of England

Head of Security
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Security within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Hertfordshire +20 2 £75,000 -
Head of Security
England

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Head of Security job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP