Head of Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Security
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Security salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 746 691 813
Rank change year-on-year -55 +122 -145
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 34 37 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.067% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.075% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 25 26 55
10th Percentile £60,000 £66,659 £64,151
25th Percentile £60,639 £75,938 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £95,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +22.58% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £95,625
90th Percentile £113,500 £130,287 £110,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £88,750
% change year-on-year -9.52% +18.31% +10.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Head of Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in the UK excluding London

Head of Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Head of Security in the UK excluding London

Head of Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Security in the UK excluding London

Head of Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England +20 17 £60,000 -36.84% 4
North West -19 9 £60,000 -36.84% 2
Midlands -31 9 £100,000 +21.21%
West Midlands -5 8 £102,250 +23.94%
North East - 5 £62,946 -
South East -37 4 £75,000 -16.67% 1
Yorkshire +66 3 £92,500 -29.28% 2
Scotland -70 2 £200,000 +128.60%
Wales - 2 £87,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £100,000 -
Head of Security
UK

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Head of 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 21 (61.76%) Information Security
2 19 (55.88%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (35.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (32.35%) NIST
6 10 (29.41%) Risk Management
7 9 (26.47%) ISMS
8 8 (23.53%) Finance
9 7 (20.59%) Degree
9 7 (20.59%) Security Operations
10 6 (17.65%) GRC
10 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
10 6 (17.65%) Azure
11 5 (14.71%) SIEM
11 5 (14.71%) Agile
11 5 (14.71%) CISM
11 5 (14.71%) CISSP
11 5 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (11.76%) IT Strategy
12 4 (11.76%) Due Diligence
12 4 (11.76%) Legal
12 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (11.76%) SaaS
12 4 (11.76%) Data Protection
13 3 (8.82%) CITP
13 3 (8.82%) QA
13 3 (8.82%) Problem Management
13 3 (8.82%) SSCP
13 3 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
13 3 (8.82%) Data Security

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (17.65%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Firewall
1 1 (2.94%) LAN
1 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.94%) WAN
General
1 8 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (11.76%) Legal
3 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.94%) e-Learning
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Information Security
2 19 (55.88%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 9 (26.47%) ISMS
5 7 (20.59%) Security Operations
6 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
7 5 (14.71%) Agile
7 5 (14.71%) SIEM
8 4 (11.76%) Data Protection
8 4 (11.76%) Due Diligence
8 4 (11.76%) IT Strategy
8 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (8.82%) Code Quality
9 3 (8.82%) Contract Negotiation
9 3 (8.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 3 (8.82%) Digital Strategy
9 3 (8.82%) Incident Response
9 3 (8.82%) Problem Management
9 3 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (8.82%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) CISM
2 5 (14.71%) CISSP
3 3 (8.82%) CITP
3 3 (8.82%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (8.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (35.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (32.35%) NIST
4 6 (17.65%) GRC
5 5 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (8.82%) Accessibility
6 3 (8.82%) QA
7 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.94%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (2.94%) Nessus
1 1 (2.94%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Cisco
2 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.94%) Citrix
2 1 (2.94%) Meraki
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Splunk
2 1 (2.94%) VMware