Head of Information Security Jobs in the West Midlands

Head of Information Security
England > West Midlands

The median Head of Information Security salary in the West Midlands is £105,000 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 247 276 -
Rank change year-on-year +29 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.041% 0.015% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.016% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £95,900 - -
25th Percentile £98,375 £98,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £102,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% - -
75th Percentile £109,375 £106,250 -
90th Percentile £110,500 - -
England median annual salary £82,500 £97,500 £92,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +5.41% +8.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,800 6,065 6,843
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 90.05% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,148 3,375 4,753
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,313 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Head of Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information Security in the West Midlands

Head of Information Security
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Information Security in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Head of Information Security in the West Midlands

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

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

1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) SSCP
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) Data Security
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 3 (100.00%) NIST

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Data Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST