Chief Security Officer Jobs in London

Chief Security Officer
England > London

The median Chief Security Officer salary in London is £96,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 481 540
Rank change year-on-year +83 +59 +349
Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Security Officer 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.005% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £150,000
25th Percentile £86,450 - £176,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,900 - £220,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.50%
75th Percentile £107,350 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £96,900 £97,500 £150,000
% change year-on-year -0.62% -35.00% -1.64%

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 11,858 19,199 23,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 95.27% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,264 12,734 19,012
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,000 £72,595
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -2.20% +3.71%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Chief Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Chief Security Officer in London

Chief Security Officer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Chief Security Officer in London

Chief Security Officer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 August 2025, Chief 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 Security Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Chief 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 (100.00%) dbt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST