Head of Information Jobs in London

Head of Information
England > London

The median Head of Information salary in London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 484 612
Rank change year-on-year +104 +128 +241
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information 13 19 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.080% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.085% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 5
10th Percentile £67,000 £46,808 £64,600
25th Percentile £75,000 £48,856 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £62,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% -26.47% -15.00%
75th Percentile £120,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile - £114,980 £97,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £84,101
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.82% +8.52%

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 11,585 22,238 32,603
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 94.13% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,454 16,672 24,036
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Head of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information in London

Head of Information
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Information in London.

Salary trend for Head of Information in London

Head of Information
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Information in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Information in London

Head of Information Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Head of Information 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 Head of Information in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (76.92%) Risk Management
2 10 (76.92%) PCI DSS
3 9 (69.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (61.54%) Retail
4 8 (61.54%) GDPR
4 8 (61.54%) NIST
4 8 (61.54%) Incident Response
5 7 (53.85%) Security Posture
6 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
6 6 (46.15%) Internal Audit
6 6 (46.15%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (46.15%) Incident Management
6 6 (46.15%) Legal
6 6 (46.15%) Network Security
6 6 (46.15%) Data Protection
6 6 (46.15%) Azure
6 6 (46.15%) Firewall
6 6 (46.15%) Data Security
6 6 (46.15%) Security Management
6 6 (46.15%) Management Information System
6 6 (46.15%) Data Privacy
6 6 (46.15%) SIEM
6 6 (46.15%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (46.15%) GCP
6 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 6 (46.15%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (46.15%) Security Operations

Head of Information 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
1 6 (46.15%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Firewall
1 6 (46.15%) Network Security
General
1 8 (61.54%) Retail
2 6 (46.15%) Legal
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Security Posture
2 6 (46.15%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (76.92%) Risk Management
3 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (61.54%) Incident Response
5 6 (46.15%) Data Loss Prevention
5 6 (46.15%) Data Privacy
5 6 (46.15%) Data Protection
5 6 (46.15%) Data Security
5 6 (46.15%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (46.15%) Incident Management
5 6 (46.15%) Internal Audit
5 6 (46.15%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (46.15%) Security Management
5 6 (46.15%) Security Operations
5 6 (46.15%) SIEM
5 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
6 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (15.38%) Information Security Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) PCI DSS
2 9 (69.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (61.54%) GDPR
3 8 (61.54%) NIST
4 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (15.38%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft