Head of Security Jobs in the West Midlands

Head of Security
England > West Midlands

The median Head of Security salary in the West Midlands is £81,483 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 280 281
Rank change year-on-year +46 +1 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 6 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.085% 0.043% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.048% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,639 £78,750 £48,715
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,483 £82,500 £50,216
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +64.29% -39.13%
75th Percentile £106,813 £96,250 £53,788
90th Percentile £111,250 £102,250 £57,515
England median annual salary £95,000 £101,250 £95,000
% change year-on-year -6.17% +6.58% +8.57%

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 6,625 6,222 6,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 90.10% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,115 3,402 4,852
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,974 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in the West Midlands

Head of Security
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Head of Security in the West Midlands

Head of Security
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Security in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Security in the West Midlands

Head of Security
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Birmingham - 4 £63,466 -
Head of Security
England

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 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 West Midlands region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) SIEM
3 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) NIST
3 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
3 3 (50.00%) CITP
3 3 (50.00%) QA
3 3 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 3 (50.00%) Legal
3 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (50.00%) Change Management
3 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (33.33%) Data Security
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) SSCP
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation

Head of 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:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Legal
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Data Security
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) CITP
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (33.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
1 3 (50.00%) QA