Chief Security Officer Jobs in England

Chief Security Officer
UK > England

The median Chief Security Officer salary in England is £88,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 926 1124
Rank change year-on-year +89 +198 -259
Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Security Officer 5 3 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.006% 0.003% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.004% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £78,625 - -
25th Percentile £80,313 £78,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £82,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% -25.00% +91.30%
75th Percentile £100,313 £86,250 £127,500
90th Percentile £103,875 - £144,250
UK median annual salary £88,750 £82,500 £110,000
% change year-on-year +7.58% -25.00% +91.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 80,536 84,581 127,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,273 53,585 75,560
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,595 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,820 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Chief Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Chief Security Officer in England

Chief Security Officer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Security Officer in England.

Salary trend for Chief Security Officer in England

Chief Security Officer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chief Security Officer in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Chief Security Officer in England

Chief Security Officer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Security Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
South East +24 3 £97,500 +18.18%
North of England +44 1 £80,000 - 1
London - 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £80,000 -
Chief Security Officer
UK

Chief Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Chief Security Officer 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 England region featuring Chief Security Officer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (40.00%) CISSP
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) Law
5 1 (20.00%) Legal
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (20.00%) NHS
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 1 (20.00%) ISMS
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
5 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) SaaS
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Coaching
5 1 (20.00%) Security Operations

Chief Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) ISMS
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR