Head of Cybersecurity Jobs with Work from Home Options

Head of Cybersecurity
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Cybersecurity salary in Work from Home is £95,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 669 835
Rank change year-on-year +100 +166 -269
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 14 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.017% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 8
10th Percentile £60,639 £83,200 £55,739
25th Percentile £82,500 £89,750 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £105,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +37.70% -37.76%
75th Percentile £97,500 £117,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £110,625 £120,000 £118,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +13.51% -24.49%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,479 40,829 66,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.03% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,933 29,012 42,088
10th Percentile £33,036 £36,532 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Head of Cybersecurity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Head of Cybersecurity in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of Cybersecurity trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Cybersecurity
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Head of Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024, 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 remote work options featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 7 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 5 (35.71%) CISSP
3 5 (35.71%) CISM
4 4 (28.57%) Project Management
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 4 (28.57%) Law
4 4 (28.57%) SIEM
4 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
5 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (21.43%) Accessibility
5 3 (21.43%) Digital Strategy
5 3 (21.43%) Code Quality
5 3 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (21.43%) CITP
5 3 (21.43%) QA
5 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Degree
5 3 (21.43%) Legal
5 3 (21.43%) Change Management
5 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
5 3 (21.43%) ITIL
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
6 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
6 2 (14.29%) Project Planning

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 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (7.14%) Amazon S3
2 1 (7.14%) AWS CloudTrail
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Law
2 3 (21.43%) Legal
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 7 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) SIEM
3 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Change Management
4 3 (21.43%) Code Quality
4 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
4 3 (21.43%) Digital Strategy
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
4 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Business Case
5 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CISM
1 5 (35.71%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) CITP
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Accessibility
1 3 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft