Head of Information Security Jobs in Yorkshire

Head of Information Security
England > Yorkshire

The median Head of Information Security salary in Yorkshire is £92,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 308 289
Rank change year-on-year +90 -19 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 2 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.035% 0.024% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.026% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £85,750 - -
25th Percentile £86,875 £75,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £80,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -15.79% -
75th Percentile £96,875 £85,000 -
90th Percentile £97,250 - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £97,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +2.63% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 5,500 7,584 6,959
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 91.20% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,233 3,583 4,722
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,195
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £54,882 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% +9.76% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Head of Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Head of Information Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information Security in Yorkshire

Head of Information Security
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Information Security in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Head of Information Security in Yorkshire

Head of Information Security
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Information Security within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
West Yorkshire +83 1 £95,000 +18.75% 1
South Yorkshire - 1 £90,000 -
Head of Information Security
England

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Head of Information Security 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 Yorkshire region featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) NIST