Head of Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Security
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Security salary in the UK excluding London is £85,000 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 745 720 819
Rank change year-on-year -25 +99 -180
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 26 41 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.067% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.075% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 21 30 43
10th Percentile £60,639 £65,152 £68,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,938 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +22.58% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £138,073 £110,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +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 66,883 54,717 68,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,333 31,108 43,002
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 £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Head of Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Head of Security in the UK excluding London

Head of Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Head of Security in the UK excluding London

Head of Security
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 Security within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +20 8 £99,750 +20.91% 4
North of England +51 7 £76,473 -19.50% 5
West Midlands +30 7 £99,500 +20.61% 3
South East +10 5 £75,000 -16.67% 5
North West +16 3 - - 4
Yorkshire +92 2 £92,500 -29.28% 1
East of England +17 2 £75,000 - 1
Scotland -67 2 £200,000 +81.82% 1
Wales - 2 £87,500 - 2
North East - 2 £61,473 -
East Midlands - 1 £100,000 - 1
Head of Security
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Head of Security 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 Security in the job title.

1 19 (73.08%) Information Security
2 16 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (34.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (30.77%) NIST
6 7 (26.92%) Data Protection
6 7 (26.92%) CISSP
6 7 (26.92%) Risk Management
7 6 (23.08%) ISMS
7 6 (23.08%) Degree
7 6 (23.08%) Incident Response
7 6 (23.08%) Security Operations
8 5 (19.23%) SIEM
8 5 (19.23%) Finance
8 5 (19.23%) CISM
9 4 (15.38%) Data Security
9 4 (15.38%) Agile
9 4 (15.38%) IT Strategy
10 3 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
10 3 (11.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 3 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (11.54%) Digital Strategy
10 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security
10 3 (11.54%) Code Quality
10 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
10 3 (11.54%) Contract Negotiation
10 3 (11.54%) GRC
10 3 (11.54%) Accessibility
10 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
10 3 (11.54%) Legal

Head of Security 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
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) AWS CloudTrail
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
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 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Legal
2 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.85%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (3.85%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
1 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) Information Security
2 16 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (26.92%) Data Protection
3 7 (26.92%) Risk Management
4 6 (23.08%) Incident Response
4 6 (23.08%) ISMS
4 6 (23.08%) Security Operations
5 5 (19.23%) SIEM
6 4 (15.38%) Agile
6 4 (15.38%) Data Security
6 4 (15.38%) IT Strategy
7 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
7 3 (11.54%) Change Management
7 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security
7 3 (11.54%) Code Quality
7 3 (11.54%) Configuration Management
7 3 (11.54%) Contract Negotiation
7 3 (11.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (11.54%) Digital Strategy
7 3 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) CISSP
2 6 (23.08%) Degree
3 5 (19.23%) CISM
4 3 (11.54%) CITP
4 3 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (11.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (34.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (30.77%) NIST
4 3 (11.54%) Accessibility
4 3 (11.54%) GRC
4 3 (11.54%) QA
5 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.85%) SOC 2
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%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Nessus
1 1 (3.85%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.85%) Citrix
2 1 (3.85%) Meraki
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Splunk
2 1 (3.85%) VMware