Head of Security Jobs in Chesterfield

Head of Security
Derbyshire > Chesterfield

The median Head of Security salary in Chesterfield is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chesterfield 1.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chesterfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chesterfield. 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 Chesterfield with a recognized job title 63 85 61
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.44% 89.47% 64.21%
Number of salaries quoted 38 55 31
10th Percentile £25,550 £19,800 £36,500
25th Percentile £26,625 £33,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £50,906 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,750 £50,000 £63,750
Derbyshire median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +5.88%

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chesterfield

For the 6 months to 23 June 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 Chesterfield region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chesterfield 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management