Head of Information
UK

The median Head of Information salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 963 1114
Rank change year-on-year +116 +151 -279
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information 47 30 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.029% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.031% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 39 24 70
10th Percentile £53,362 £51,326 £38,635
25th Percentile £55,750 £73,320 £54,223
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £84,101 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.71% +12.13% -11.76%
75th Percentile £81,705 £95,313 £97,500
90th Percentile £108,250 £115,875 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,410 £84,101 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.71% +20.14% +6.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Head of Information
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information in the UK

Head of Information
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Information.

Salary trend for Head of Information in the UK

Head of Information
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Information over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Information in the UK

Head of Information
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Information within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +127 38 £73,410 -12.71% 23
UK excluding London 0 27 £73,410 -12.71% 18
London +152 14 £60,000 -32.39% 8
Work from Home +83 10 £68,275 -24.14% 14
South East +25 10 £73,410 -12.71% 7
Midlands +9 6 £99,750 +31.63% 4
North of England +46 5 £76,473 -4.41% 4
West Midlands +30 5 £99,500 +14.33% 3
Scotland - 4 £60,000 - 1
Yorkshire +96 2 £92,500 +15.63% 1
East of England +24 2 £75,000 +60.43%
North East - 2 £61,473 -
North West +7 1 - - 3
East Midlands -18 1 £100,000 +46.52% 1

Head of Information Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Head of Information 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 featuring Head of Information in the job title.

1 26 (55.32%) Information Security
2 18 (38.30%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (36.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (31.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (29.79%) Finance
6 12 (25.53%) Management Information System
6 12 (25.53%) Risk Management
6 12 (25.53%) NIST
7 11 (23.40%) Project Management
8 10 (21.28%) Data Protection
9 9 (19.15%) GRC
9 9 (19.15%) DBS Check
10 8 (17.02%) Social Skills
10 8 (17.02%) Budget Management
10 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
10 8 (17.02%) Information Assurance
10 8 (17.02%) Degree
11 6 (12.77%) Resource Management
11 6 (12.77%) CISSP
11 6 (12.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 6 (12.77%) Data Analysis
11 6 (12.77%) Budgeting
11 6 (12.77%) Incident Response
11 6 (12.77%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (12.77%) NCSC
11 6 (12.77%) Security Operations
11 6 (12.77%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (12.77%) Cyber Assurance
11 6 (12.77%) NIST 800
11 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making

Head of Information Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Firewall
1 1 (2.13%) LAN
1 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.13%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Eclipse
General
1 14 (29.79%) Finance
2 8 (17.02%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Police
6 2 (4.26%) Electronics
6 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.26%) Welsh Language
7 1 (2.13%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Management Information System
2 6 (12.77%) Cyber Defence
2 6 (12.77%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.26%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.26%) SCADA
5 1 (2.13%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.13%) NHS
5 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
1 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (55.32%) Information Security
2 18 (38.30%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (31.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (25.53%) Risk Management
5 11 (23.40%) Project Management
6 10 (21.28%) Data Protection
7 8 (17.02%) Budget Management
7 8 (17.02%) Information Assurance
8 6 (12.77%) Budgeting
8 6 (12.77%) Cyber Assurance
8 6 (12.77%) Data Analysis
8 6 (12.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making
8 6 (12.77%) Incident Response
8 6 (12.77%) Resource Management
8 6 (12.77%) Security Operations
8 6 (12.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 5 (10.64%) Innovative Thinking
9 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (8.51%) Data Governance
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) DBS Check
2 8 (17.02%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) CISSP
4 3 (6.38%) CISM
4 3 (6.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (6.38%) SSCP
5 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (36.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (25.53%) NIST
3 9 (19.15%) GRC
4 6 (12.77%) NCSC
4 6 (12.77%) NIST 800
5 5 (10.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (10.64%) GDPR
6 2 (4.26%) Data Quality
6 2 (4.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (2.13%) Nessus
1 1 (2.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
1 1 (2.13%) Cisco
1 1 (2.13%) Citrix
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.13%) Splunk
1 1 (2.13%) VMware