Head of Security Jobs in Central London

Head of Security
London > Central London

The median Head of Security salary in Central London is £127,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 188 242
Rank change year-on-year +30 +54 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 3 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.12% 0.053% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.056% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £115,750 £93,750 -
25th Percentile £118,750 £95,625 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £127,500 £102,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.39% -2.38% -11.58%
75th Percentile £131,250 £110,625 £112,500
90th Percentile - £113,250 -
London median annual salary £110,000 £95,000 £107,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -11.63% +7.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,277 3,593 4,926
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 95.36% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,606 2,786 4,099
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,813 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year - -1.69% +1.72%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in Central London

Head of Security
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Security in Central London.

Salary trend for Head of Security in Central London

Head of Security
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Security within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
City of London +40 3 £127,500 +24.39% 1
Head of Security
London

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Head of Security 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 Central London region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (66.67%) Database Security
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) CASB
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Database Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft