Head of Cybersecurity Job Trends in the North of England

Head of Cybersecurity
England > North of England

The median Head of Cybersecurity salary in the North of England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 284 -
Rank change year-on-year +29 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 3 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.029% 0.062% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.065% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £86,400 - -
25th Percentile £91,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile £104,000 - -
90th Percentile £106,400 - -
England median annual salary £102,500 £100,000 £117,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% -14.89% +22.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 9,145 9,217 6,481
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.70% 94.66% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,152 4,475 5,091
10th Percentile £27,512 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,842 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -4.66% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,320 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Cybersecurity' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Head of Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in the North of England

Head of Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Head of Cybersecurity job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Cybersecurity job vacancies in the North of England

Head of Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Cybersecurity in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Cybersecurity in the North of England

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Cybersecurity within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Yorkshire - 2 £104,000 - 1
North West +26 1 £86,000 -
Head of Cybersecurity
England

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Head of Cybersecurity job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) CRISC
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) GRC
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Head of Cybersecurity jobs