Head of Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Head of Security
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Security salary in Work from Home is £95,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 611 834
Rank change year-on-year +40 +223 -260
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 29 38 58
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.083% 0.099% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.10% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 25 31 35
10th Percentile £70,383 £75,000 £58,750
25th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £73,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £138,073 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,750 - £118,750
UK median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +12.50%

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 33,479 36,977 72,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 95.95% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25,508 26,851 42,434
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Head of Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Security
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 Security.

Head of Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Head of Security over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Head of Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 23 (79.31%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (55.17%) Information Security
3 11 (37.93%) CISSP
3 11 (37.93%) CISM
4 9 (31.03%) Risk Management
4 9 (31.03%) Legal
5 8 (27.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (24.14%) Agile
7 6 (20.69%) Finance
7 6 (20.69%) ITIL
7 6 (20.69%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (20.69%) SIEM
7 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (20.69%) Degree
7 6 (20.69%) Incident Response
8 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
8 5 (17.24%) Business Continuity
8 5 (17.24%) Project Management
9 4 (13.79%) Law
10 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (10.34%) SaaS
10 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (10.34%) CITP
10 3 (10.34%) QA
10 3 (10.34%) Problem Management
10 3 (10.34%) CISA
10 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
10 3 (10.34%) PMP
10 3 (10.34%) PMI Certification

Head of Security 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 3 (10.34%) SaaS
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.45%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) LAN
2 1 (3.45%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.45%) WAN
General
1 9 (31.03%) Legal
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Law
4 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Cyber Security Posture
1 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.90%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (55.17%) Information Security
3 9 (31.03%) Risk Management
4 7 (24.14%) Agile
5 6 (20.69%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (20.69%) Incident Response
5 6 (20.69%) ITIL
5 6 (20.69%) SIEM
6 5 (17.24%) Business Continuity
6 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
6 5 (17.24%) Project Management
7 3 (10.34%) Change Management
7 3 (10.34%) Configuration Management
7 3 (10.34%) Cyber Resilience
7 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
7 3 (10.34%) Problem Management
7 3 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (10.34%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) CISM
1 11 (37.93%) CISSP
2 6 (20.69%) Degree
3 3 (10.34%) CISA
3 3 (10.34%) CITP
3 3 (10.34%) PMI Certification
3 3 (10.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
3 3 (10.34%) GDPR
3 3 (10.34%) GRC
3 3 (10.34%) QA
4 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (6.90%) NIST
5 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Nessus
1 1 (3.45%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco
2 1 (3.45%) Citrix
2 1 (3.45%) Splunk
2 1 (3.45%) VMware