Head of Cybersecurity Contracts in London

Head of Cybersecurity
England > London

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Cybersecurity daily rate in London.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 387 490
Rank change year-on-year +36 +103 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.022% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.024% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £875 £850
Median % change year-on-year - +2.94% +30.77%
England median daily rate - £850 £850
% change year-on-year - - +36.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Cybersecurity in London

Head of Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Cybersecurity in London

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Military

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC