Head of Information Security Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets in Scotland

Head of Information Security
UK > Scotland

As of 26 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Information Security salary in Scotland.

	6 months to 26 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	-	190
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information Security	0	0	1
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	-	-	0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	-	0.035%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£83,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£87,500
75^th Percentile	-	-	£91,250
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK median annual salary	£81,250	£100,000	£105,000
% change year-on-year	-18.75%	-4.76%	+7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title	2,450	2,573	2,850
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	88.54%	94.18%	96.77%
Number of salaries quoted	1,255	1,161	1,803
10^th Percentile	£26,250	£31,250	£25,000
25^th Percentile	£31,250	£41,250	£32,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£55,000	£51,500
Median % change year-on-year	-18.18%	+6.80%	-6.36%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£70,000	£68,750
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£88,750	£82,959
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£60,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-8.33%	-	-

Head of Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Information Security' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.