Chief Information Security Officer Jobs

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
UK

The median Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) salary in the UK is £127,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

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 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 721 1065 1087
Rank change year-on-year +344 +22 -346
Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Information Security Officer 20 11 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.009% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.009% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 7
10th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 -
25th Percentile £93,750 £118,750 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £127,500 £120,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +26.32% -17.39%
75th Percentile £172,500 £158,750 -
90th Percentile £196,250 £160,000 £113,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £165,000 £120,000 £91,250
% change year-on-year +37.50% +31.51% -1.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,797 118,142 122,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.32% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 37,144 73,821 84,079
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Chief Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Chief Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Chief Information Security Officer in the UK

Chief Information Security Officer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer.

Salary trend for Chief Information Security Officer in the UK

Chief Information Security Officer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Chief Information Security Officer in the UK

Chief Information Security Officer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +344 19 £120,000 -18.64% 15
London +273 13 £97,500 -35.00% 9
UK excluding London +245 6 £165,000 +37.50% 6
South East +169 4 £165,000 +37.50% 2
Work from Home +248 2 £105,000 -8.70% 8
South West - 1 £105,000 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, Chief Information Security Officer 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 featuring Chief Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 19 (95.00%) Information Security
2 13 (65.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (65.00%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (60.00%) NIST
4 9 (45.00%) CISSP
5 8 (40.00%) Risk Management
6 7 (35.00%) Finance
6 7 (35.00%) Management Information System
6 7 (35.00%) SaaS
6 7 (35.00%) Degree
7 6 (30.00%) Network Security
7 6 (30.00%) Data Protection
7 6 (30.00%) AWS
7 6 (30.00%) CISM
7 6 (30.00%) GDPR
7 6 (30.00%) Incident Response
8 5 (25.00%) Banking
8 5 (25.00%) Azure
8 5 (25.00%) PCI DSS
9 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
9 4 (20.00%) COBIT
9 4 (20.00%) PaaS
9 4 (20.00%) IaaS
9 4 (20.00%) WAN
9 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
9 4 (20.00%) Application Security
9 4 (20.00%) SD-WAN
9 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
9 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (35.00%) SaaS
2 6 (30.00%) AWS
3 5 (25.00%) Azure
4 4 (20.00%) IaaS
4 4 (20.00%) PaaS
5 2 (10.00%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (10.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Network Security
2 4 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Banking
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Legal
4 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Advertising
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
4 2 (10.00%) Cyberattack
4 2 (10.00%) Derivative
5 1 (5.00%) BYOD
5 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Information Security
2 13 (65.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 6 (30.00%) Data Protection
4 6 (30.00%) Incident Response
5 4 (20.00%) Application Security
5 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (20.00%) Line Management
6 3 (15.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (15.00%) Information Security Management
6 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) OWASP
6 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (15.00%) Security Management
6 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
6 3 (15.00%) SIEM
6 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team Management
7 2 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) CISSP
2 7 (35.00%) Degree
3 6 (30.00%) CISM
4 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (15.00%) CRISC
6 2 (10.00%) CISA
6 2 (10.00%) GSEC
6 2 (10.00%) ISACA
6 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (60.00%) NIST
3 6 (30.00%) GDPR
4 5 (25.00%) PCI DSS
5 4 (20.00%) COBIT
6 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (15.00%) ISO 14001
6 3 (15.00%) ISO 9001
7 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (10.00%) NCSC
7 2 (10.00%) SOC 1
7 2 (10.00%) SOC 2
8 1 (5.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (10.00%) F5