Hybrid/Remote Head of Information Security Job Trends

Head of Information Security
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Information Security salary for remote/hybrid work is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 - 575
Rank change year-on-year - - +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 6 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.033% - 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% - 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £80,500 - £87,250
25th Percentile - - £90,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.59%
75th Percentile - - £101,875
90th Percentile £102,500 - £109,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 16,996 12,353 31,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 91.73% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,322 9,032 24,949
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,104
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,401
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -9.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,475 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%

Head of Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Information Security' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Head of Information Security job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Head of Information Security
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Head of Information Security job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Head of Information Security job vacancies

Head of Information Security
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Head of Information Security over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Head of Information Security salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, Head of Information 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) GRC
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) CISA
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (16.67%) NIST
4 1 (16.67%) People Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISA
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GRC
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Splunk