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 £71,820 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 740 722 794
Rank change year-on-year -18 +72 -116
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information 26 20 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.036% 0.034% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.038% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 57
10th Percentile £60,000 £48,885 £38,635
25th Percentile £60,736 £59,750 £41,519
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,820 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +14.29% +6.37%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £86,210
90th Percentile £105,300 £102,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £66,638 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -21.60% +13.33% -6.25%

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 69,180 52,174 69,700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 89.17% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 48,891 29,777 42,619
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £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 24 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 24 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 +23 10 £73,410 -18.43% 7
North of England +44 6 £90,000 +12.50% 4
Midlands -14 6 £99,750 +29.97% 2
West Midlands +15 5 £99,500 +18.10% 1
Scotland - 4 £60,000 -
North East - 3 £62,946 - 1
Yorkshire +79 2 £92,500 +15.63% 1
North West 0 1 - - 2
East Midlands -11 1 £100,000 +46.52% 1
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 24 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 20 (76.92%) Information Security
2 16 (61.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (46.15%) NIST
5 10 (38.46%) GRC
6 9 (34.62%) Finance
7 8 (30.77%) Risk Management
7 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
7 8 (30.77%) Information Assurance
7 8 (30.77%) Budget Management
8 7 (26.92%) Data Protection
8 7 (26.92%) Project Management
9 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
9 6 (23.08%) Resource Management
9 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (23.08%) Budgeting
9 6 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (23.08%) NCSC
9 6 (23.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 6 (23.08%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (23.08%) Cyber Assurance
9 6 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (23.08%) NIST 800
9 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
10 5 (19.23%) Security Operations
10 5 (19.23%) ISMS
11 4 (15.38%) Data Governance
11 4 (15.38%) Information Governance

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 2 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Electronics
4 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.69%) Police
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Cyber Defence
1 6 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
1 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Information Security
2 13 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (30.77%) Budget Management
3 8 (30.77%) Information Assurance
3 8 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 7 (26.92%) Data Protection
4 7 (26.92%) Project Management
5 6 (23.08%) Budgeting
5 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (23.08%) Cyber Assurance
5 6 (23.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 6 (23.08%) Resource Management
5 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (19.23%) ISMS
6 5 (19.23%) Security Operations
7 4 (15.38%) Data Governance
7 4 (15.38%) Data Management
7 4 (15.38%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) CISM
2 3 (11.54%) CISSP
2 3 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) SSCP
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (61.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (46.15%) NIST
3 10 (38.46%) GRC
4 6 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (23.08%) NCSC
4 6 (23.08%) NIST 800
5 4 (15.38%) GDPR
6 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
7 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.85%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (3.85%) Nessus
1 1 (3.85%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
1 1 (3.85%) Cisco
1 1 (3.85%) Citrix
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.85%) Splunk
1 1 (3.85%) VMware