Head of IT Security Job Trends in West London

Head of IT Security
London > West London

The median Head of IT Security salary in West London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT Security 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £97,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £100,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year +53.85% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West 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 West London with a recognized job title 285 333 338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.63% 97.08% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 194 176 280
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £34,958
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.17%

Head of IT Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of IT Security' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

Head of IT Security job vacancy trend in West London

Head of IT Security
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for Head of IT Security job vacancies in West London.

Salary distribution trend for Head of IT Security job vacancies in West London

Head of IT Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, Head of IT Security job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West London region featuring Head of IT Security in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Head of IT Security Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM