Head of Information Jobs in the South East

Head of Information
England > South East

The median Head of Information salary in the South East is £73,410 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 399 474
Rank change year-on-year +17 +75 -92
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information 10 11 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.060% 0.074% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.082% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 14
10th Percentile £66,661 £71,295 -
25th Percentile £68,808 - £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,410 £84,101 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.71% +12.13% +11.11%
75th Percentile £77,728 £95,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £78,137 £105,000 £102,375
England median annual salary £75,000 £84,101 £77,500
% change year-on-year -10.82% +8.52% -8.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,759 13,491 19,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 90.50% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,363 8,459 12,571
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Head of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information in the South East

Head of Information
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Information in the South East.

Salary trend for Head of Information in the South East

Head of Information
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Information within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Berkshire +30 7 £71,820 - 5
Thames Valley +21 7 £71,820 -20.20% 5
East Sussex - 2 £75,000 -
Sussex - 1 £70,000 -
Head of Information
England

Head of Information Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 South East region featuring Head of Information in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 9 (90.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (60.00%) Information Assurance
4 6 (60.00%) Resource Management
4 6 (60.00%) Project Management
4 6 (60.00%) Management Information System
4 6 (60.00%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (60.00%) Cyber Assurance
4 6 (60.00%) NIST 800
4 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (60.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (60.00%) NCSC
4 6 (60.00%) NIST
4 6 (60.00%) GRC
4 6 (60.00%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (60.00%) Budget Management
4 6 (60.00%) Budgeting
5 3 (30.00%) ISMS
5 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (10.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS

Head of Information Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Cyber Defence
1 6 (60.00%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (60.00%) Budget Management
3 6 (60.00%) Budgeting
3 6 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (60.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 6 (60.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (60.00%) Information Assurance
3 6 (60.00%) Project Management
3 6 (60.00%) Resource Management
3 6 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (30.00%) ISMS
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
5 1 (10.00%) SIEM
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (60.00%) GRC
2 6 (60.00%) NCSC
2 6 (60.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) NIST 800
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (10.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (10.00%) Nessus
1 1 (10.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) Citrix
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Splunk
1 1 (10.00%) VMware