Head of Cybersecurity Jobs in Oxfordshire

Head of Cybersecurity
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Head of Cybersecurity salary in Oxfordshire is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.27% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% - 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £83,250 - -
25th Percentile £88,125 - £65,152
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 - £69,076
75th Percentile £108,125 - £73,001
90th Percentile £113,750 - -
South East median annual salary £72,500 £95,000 £69,076
% change year-on-year -23.68% +37.53% -65.46%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 660 1,610 1,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.47% 95.83% 84.49%
Number of salaries quoted 349 1,280 785
10th Percentile £32,496 £29,000 £26,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £70,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Cybersecurity in Oxfordshire

Head of Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Cybersecurity in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Cybersecurity in Oxfordshire

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
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Jobs
Oxford - 2 £97,500 -
Head of Cybersecurity
South East

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Head of Cybersecurity 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
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%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
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
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft