Head of Security Jobs in the City of London

Head of Security
Central London > City of London

The median Head of Security salary in the City of London is £127,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 175 223
Rank change year-on-year +30 +48 +54
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 3 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.060% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.062% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £115,750 £93,750 £86,125
25th Percentile £118,750 £95,625 £87,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £127,500 £102,500 £98,750
Median % change year-on-year +24.39% +3.80% -22.55%
75th Percentile £131,250 £110,625 £108,750
90th Percentile - £113,250 £111,000
Central London median annual salary £127,500 £102,500 £98,750
% change year-on-year +24.39% +3.80% -16.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,923 3,208 4,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.85% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,468 2,545 3,737
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,480
% change year-on-year - -1.33% +1.35%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in the City of London

Head of Security
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Head of Security in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 City of 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 the City of 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