Head of Information Jobs in Reading

Head of Information
Berkshire > Reading

The median Head of Information salary in Reading is £71,820 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 117 138 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information 7 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.41% 0.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,230 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,820 - -
75th Percentile £78,410 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £71,820 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,621 1,509 1,692
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 93.61% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 812 1,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%

Head of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information in Reading

Head of Information
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Head of Information in Reading

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

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

1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Information Assurance
2 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (85.71%) Resource Management
2 6 (85.71%) NIST 800
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 6 (85.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 6 (85.71%) NCSC
2 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 6 (85.71%) GRC
2 6 (85.71%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Defence
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Assurance
2 6 (85.71%) Budget Management
2 6 (85.71%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Windows

Head of Information Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Defence
1 6 (85.71%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) Budget Management
2 6 (85.71%) Budgeting
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Assurance
2 6 (85.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 6 (85.71%) Information Assurance
2 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 6 (85.71%) Resource Management
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) GRC
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (85.71%) NCSC
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
1 6 (85.71%) NIST 800
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
1 1 (14.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Splunk
1 1 (14.29%) VMware