Chief Information Security Officer Jobs in London

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
England > London

The median Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) salary in London is £96,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 484 572
Rank change year-on-year +89 +88 +354
Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Information Security Officer 2 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.015% 0.005% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.005% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £141,250
25th Percentile £86,450 - £154,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,900 - £177,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.33%
75th Percentile £107,350 - £199,375
90th Percentile - - £211,750
England median annual salary £96,900 £80,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year +21.13% -33.33% -11.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,998 20,182 26,350
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 94.50% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,361 14,325 20,844
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,800 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Chief Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Chief Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Chief Information Security Officer in London

Chief Information Security Officer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer in London.

Salary trend for Chief Information Security Officer in London

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 July 2025, Chief Information Security Officer 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 London region featuring Chief Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) dbt
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (50.00%) dbt
General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST