Head of Information Jobs in Berkshire

Head of Information
South East > Berkshire

The median Head of Information salary in Berkshire is £71,820 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 190 -
Rank change year-on-year +36 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information 7 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.23% 0.064% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.069% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,230 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,820 - -
75th Percentile £78,410 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £73,410 £87,051 £75,000
% change year-on-year -15.67% +16.07% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,934 2,907 3,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 92.49% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,086 1,656 2,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% +1.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Head of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information in Berkshire

Head of Information
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Head of Information in Berkshire

Head of Information
Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +15 7 £71,820 - 5
Head of Information
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Head of Information in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Information Assurance
2 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (85.71%) Resource Management
2 6 (85.71%) NIST 800
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 6 (85.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 6 (85.71%) NCSC
2 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 6 (85.71%) GRC
2 6 (85.71%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Defence
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Assurance
2 6 (85.71%) Budget Management
2 6 (85.71%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Windows

Head of Information Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Defence
1 6 (85.71%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) Budget Management
2 6 (85.71%) Budgeting
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Assurance
2 6 (85.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 6 (85.71%) Information Assurance
2 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 6 (85.71%) Resource Management
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) GRC
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (85.71%) NCSC
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
1 6 (85.71%) NIST 800
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
1 1 (14.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Splunk
1 1 (14.29%) VMware