Head of Cybersecurity Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Head of Cybersecurity
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Cybersecurity salary for remote or hybrid work is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 575 663
Rank change year-on-year +169 +88 +169
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 7 14 8
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.047% 0.041% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.043% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 8
10th Percentile £62,500 £60,639 £82,750
25th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £86,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +31.15%
75th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £116,250
90th Percentile £127,500 £110,625 £120,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £95,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year - -9.52% +13.51%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Head of Cybersecurity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Head of Cybersecurity in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of Cybersecurity trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Head of Cybersecurity
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Head of Cybersecurity.

Head of Cybersecurity salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Head of Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Head of Cybersecurity salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) CISM
3 4 (57.14%) CISSP
3 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Resilience
4 3 (42.86%) GDPR
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
4 3 (42.86%) Information Security
5 2 (28.57%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) CIPFA
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) ISEB
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (28.57%) CISA
5 2 (28.57%) Legal
5 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 2 (28.57%) CRISC
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
5 2 (28.57%) Data Privacy
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (28.57%) Cyberattack
5 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
5 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (28.57%) Cyberattack
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Cyber Resilience
3 3 (42.86%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Data Privacy
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (14.29%) Resilience Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Secure Coding
5 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISM
2 4 (57.14%) CISSP
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) CIPFA
4 2 (28.57%) CISA
4 2 (28.57%) CRISC
4 2 (28.57%) ISEB
4 2 (28.57%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (14.29%) CEH
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (28.57%) NIST
4 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Juniper