Chief Security Officer
UK
The median Chief Security Officer salary in the UK is £165,000 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 | 731 | 1067 | 1091 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +336 | +24 | -343 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Security Officer | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.019% | 0.007% | 0.005% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.020% | 0.008% | 0.006% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £93,750 | £103,500 | £87,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £122,813 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £165,000 | £120,000 | £95,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.50% | +26.32% | -13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £184,375 | £160,000 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £220,000 | £161,000 | £122,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £165,000 | £120,000 | £95,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +37.50% | +26.32% | +2.70% |
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 Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Chief Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Chief Security Officer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Security Officer.
Chief Security Officer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Chief Security Officer over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.
Chief Security Officer
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief 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 |
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| England | +337 | 10 | £165,000 | +8.20% | 14 |
| London | +267 | 6 | £135,000 | -11.48% | 8 |
| UK excluding London | +244 | 4 | £165,000 | +37.50% | 6 |
| South East | - | 3 | £165,000 | - | 2 |
| Work from Home | +248 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - |
Chief Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, Chief 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 Security Officer in the job title.
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Chief 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: