Head of Cybersecurity Jobs in the West Midlands

Head of Cybersecurity
England > West Midlands

The median Head of Cybersecurity salary in the West Midlands is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 244 272
Rank change year-on-year +45 +28 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 1 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.023% 0.054% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.058% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £97,500 £60,639 £98,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £63,466 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +57.56% -38.08% +70.83%
75th Percentile £102,500 £78,470 £106,250
90th Percentile - £100,388 -
England median annual salary £97,500 £95,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% -9.52% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,930 6,948 5,785
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.17% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,781 5,218 3,296
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Head of Cybersecurity in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Cybersecurity in the West Midlands

Head of Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Cybersecurity in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Head of Cybersecurity in the West Midlands

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Cybersecurity within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
Staffordshire - 1 £100,000 -
Head of Cybersecurity
England

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Head of Cybersecurity 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 West Midlands region featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CIPFA
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CIPFA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001