Head of Security Jobs in London

Head of Security
England > London

The median Head of Security salary in London is £95,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 621 808
Rank change year-on-year +150 +187 -260
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 25 35 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.097% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.10% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 24 27 32
10th Percentile - £87,250 £60,422
25th Percentile £82,500 £101,250 £94,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £109,688 £137,912 £110,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,073 £122,375
England median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +8.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,145 34,385 62,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 95.08% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,692 25,122 34,959
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in London

Head of Security
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Head of Security in London

Head of Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Security in London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Security in London

Head of Security
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Central London +51 1 £95,000 -3.80% 1
North London -2 1 £75,000 -16.67%
Head of Security
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 London region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 19 (76.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (64.00%) Information Security
3 11 (44.00%) CISSP
4 9 (36.00%) CISM
5 7 (28.00%) Data Protection
5 7 (28.00%) Incident Response
6 6 (24.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 5 (20.00%) Law
7 5 (20.00%) PCI DSS
7 5 (20.00%) IT Strategy
8 4 (16.00%) Finance
8 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
9 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
9 3 (12.00%) CISA
9 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
9 3 (12.00%) Legal
9 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (12.00%) Azure
9 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
9 3 (12.00%) Strategic Roadmap
9 3 (12.00%) Business Strategy
10 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
10 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
10 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
10 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (8.00%) DevSecOps
10 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (8.00%) Information Security Governance
10 2 (8.00%) DevOps

Head of Security 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 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
General
1 5 (20.00%) Law
2 4 (16.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Legal
4 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.00%) SCADA
3 1 (4.00%) Blockchain
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (64.00%) Information Security
3 7 (28.00%) Data Protection
3 7 (28.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (24.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (20.00%) IT Strategy
5 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (12.00%) Business Strategy
6 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (8.00%) Business Continuity
7 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.00%) DevSecOps
7 2 (8.00%) Information Security Governance
7 2 (8.00%) ITSM
7 2 (8.00%) Project Management
7 2 (8.00%) Service Management
7 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) CISSP
2 9 (36.00%) CISM
3 3 (12.00%) CISA
4 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.00%) Degree
4 1 (4.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft