Head of Cybersecurity Contracts in England

Head of Cybersecurity
UK > England

The median Head of Cybersecurity daily rate in England is £850 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 640 768
Rank change year-on-year +94 +128 -138
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 8 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.010% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.011% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 8
10th Percentile £643 £650 -
25th Percentile £706 £725 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £850 £638
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -10.53%
75th Percentile £956 £913 £728
90th Percentile £993 £950 £963
UK median daily rate £850 £888 £650
% change year-on-year -4.23% +36.54% -8.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Cybersecurity in England

Head of Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Cybersecurity in England.

Daily rate trend for Head of Cybersecurity in England

Head of Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Cybersecurity in England

Head of Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +102 4 £875 +2.94% 2
South East - 4 £750 -
Head of Cybersecurity
UK

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Head of Cybersecurity contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Resilience Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) Information Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management

Head of Cybersecurity 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Resilience Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus