Head of Information Security Jobs in England

Head of Information Security
UK > England

The median Head of Information Security salary in England is £95,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 881 1133
Rank change year-on-year +41 +252 -289
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 25 20 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.024% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.026% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 21 15 38
10th Percentile £65,000 £73,213 £66,625
25th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £102,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +10.81% +15.63%
75th Percentile £111,250 £115,000 £105,938
90th Percentile £115,000 £139,500 £120,375
UK median annual salary £95,000 £102,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information Security in England

Head of Information Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Head of Information Security in England

Head of Information Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Information Security in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Information Security in England

Head of Information Security
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +118 10 £103,892 +22.23% 3
North of England +38 7 £90,000 +12.50% 4
Midlands -10 4 £102,500 -
South East -11 4 £75,000 -25.00% 1
Yorkshire +64 3 £92,500 +15.63% 3
West Midlands -12 3 £105,000 +2.44%
North East - 3 £62,946 - 1
North West - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £100,000 -
Head of Information Security
UK

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 England region featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Information Security
2 16 (64.00%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (36.00%) Risk Management
4 9 (36.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (24.00%) Degree
5 6 (24.00%) CISSP
5 6 (24.00%) CISM
5 6 (24.00%) NIST
6 5 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 5 (20.00%) ISMS
6 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 4 (16.00%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (16.00%) Agile
7 4 (16.00%) Project Management
7 4 (16.00%) GRC
7 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
8 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 3 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (12.00%) Contract Negotiation
8 3 (12.00%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (12.00%) SSCP
8 3 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (12.00%) PMP
8 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
8 3 (12.00%) ITIL
8 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
8 3 (12.00%) Finance

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (8.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.00%) WAN
General
1 5 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.00%) SCADA
3 1 (4.00%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Information Security
2 16 (64.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (36.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (20.00%) ISMS
4 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (16.00%) Agile
5 4 (16.00%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (16.00%) Project Management
6 3 (12.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (12.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (12.00%) Data Security
6 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (12.00%) ITIL
6 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) CISM
1 6 (24.00%) CISSP
1 6 (24.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (12.00%) PMP
2 3 (12.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (36.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (24.00%) NIST
4 4 (16.00%) GRC
5 3 (12.00%) GDPR
6 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (4.00%) Nessus
1 1 (4.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (4.00%) Cisco
1 1 (4.00%) Citrix
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.00%) Splunk
1 1 (4.00%) VMware