Head of Information Security Job Trends in Bolton

Head of Information Security
Manchester > Bolton

The median Head of Information Security salary in Bolton is £74,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 1.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £74,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 56 92 92
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 71.79% 92.00% 98.92%
Number of salaries quoted 37 62 67
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £26,900
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £72,750
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Head of Information Security job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bolton region featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk