Head of Security Jobs in Oxford

Head of Security
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Head of Security salary in Oxford is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 0.87% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £112,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 - -
75th Percentile £117,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £115,000 - £79,538

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 210 621 389
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 95.39% 84.93%
Number of salaries quoted 126 463 274
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £50,313 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £69,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in Oxford

Head of Security
Salary Trend in Oxford

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

Salary trend for Head of Security in Oxford

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 Oxford region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft