Head of Information Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Information
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Information salary in the UK excluding London is £73,410 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 744 740 804
Rank change year-on-year -4 +64 -135
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information 27 22 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.036% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.040% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 20 17 54
10th Percentile £60,000 £49,952 £38,635
25th Percentile £61,105 £68,281 £41,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,410 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +14.29% +6.37%
75th Percentile £95,625 £88,750 £84,345
90th Percentile £105,025 £99,500 £99,250
UK median annual salary £68,275 £84,101 £75,000
% change year-on-year -18.82% +12.13% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information in the UK excluding London

Head of Information
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Information in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Head of Information in the UK excluding London

Head of Information
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Information in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Information in the UK excluding London

Head of Information
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +14 10 £73,410 -14.44% 5
Midlands +18 6 £99,750 +35.71% 5
North of England +37 5 £76,473 -4.41% 3
West Midlands +18 5 £99,500 +35.37% 3
Scotland - 4 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire +90 2 £92,500 +15.63% 2
East of England +22 2 £75,000 +60.43%
North East - 2 £61,473 -
North West +11 1 - - 1
East Midlands -13 1 £100,000 +46.52% 2
Head of Information
UK

Head of Information Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Information in the job title.

1 21 (77.78%) Information Security
2 15 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (51.85%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (40.74%) NIST
5 9 (33.33%) GRC
5 9 (33.33%) Data Protection
6 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
6 8 (29.63%) Information Assurance
6 8 (29.63%) Finance
6 8 (29.63%) Budget Management
7 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
7 7 (25.93%) Project Management
8 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
8 6 (22.22%) Resource Management
8 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (22.22%) Budgeting
8 6 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (22.22%) Decision-Making
8 6 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 6 (22.22%) NCSC
8 6 (22.22%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (22.22%) Cyber Assurance
8 6 (22.22%) NIST 800
9 5 (18.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
9 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (18.52%) CISSP
10 4 (14.81%) Data Management
10 4 (14.81%) ISMS

Head of Information Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
General
1 8 (29.63%) Finance
2 4 (14.81%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Electronics
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Police
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Cyber Defence
1 6 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Information Security
2 14 (51.85%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 8 (29.63%) Budget Management
4 8 (29.63%) Information Assurance
5 7 (25.93%) Project Management
5 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
6 6 (22.22%) Budgeting
6 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (22.22%) Cyber Assurance
6 6 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 6 (22.22%) Resource Management
6 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
7 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (14.81%) Data Governance
8 4 (14.81%) Data Management
8 4 (14.81%) Information Governance
8 4 (14.81%) ISMS
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) CISSP
3 3 (11.11%) CISM
3 3 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (11.11%) Degree
3 3 (11.11%) SSCP
4 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (40.74%) NIST
3 9 (33.33%) GRC
4 6 (22.22%) NCSC
4 6 (22.22%) NIST 800
5 5 (18.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (14.81%) GDPR
7 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
8 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (3.70%) Nessus
1 1 (3.70%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco
1 1 (3.70%) Citrix
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.70%) Splunk
1 1 (3.70%) VMware