Head of Security Jobs in Derbyshire

Head of Security
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Head of Security salary in Derbyshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
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 - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £75,000 £100,000 -
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 373 922 481
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 93.89% 83.07%
Number of salaries quoted 198 639 256
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,000 £26,063
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £33,590
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.35% -1.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £66,300 £63,750
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £44,500 £52,125
% change year-on-year -4.49% -14.63% +9.74%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in Derbyshire

Head of Security
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

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

Salary trend for Head of Security in Derbyshire

Head of Security
Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
Chesterfield - 1 £75,000 - 2
Head of Security
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire 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