Head of Cybersecurity Jobs in Cardiff

Head of Cybersecurity
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Head of Cybersecurity salary in Cardiff is £87,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £83,250 - -
25th Percentile £84,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - -
75th Percentile £89,375 - -
90th Percentile £89,750 - -
South Wales median annual salary £87,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 618 525 824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 90.99% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 538 400 614
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,738 £34,038
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,205 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% -4.37% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,575 £67,070 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,625 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,496 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.09% -9.01% +11.11%

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Head of Cybersecurity 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 Cardiff region featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Social Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Social Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST