Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
UK
The median Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) salary in the UK is £80,000 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 | 898 | 907 | 1251 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | +344 | -293 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Information Security Officer | 6 | 12 | 12 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.005% | 0.013% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.006% | 0.014% | 0.007% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £73,500 | - | £97,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £75,000 | £78,750 | £117,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £115,000 | £125,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.43% | -8.00% | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £94,375 | - | £150,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,500 | £128,500 | £165,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £88,750 | £82,500 | £115,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.58% | -28.26% | +104.44% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 104,121 | 84,323 | 165,675 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.77% | 91.19% | 95.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 73,469 | 54,972 | 85,174 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,603 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,519 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.58% | +6.41% | +5.89% |
Chief Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Chief Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Chief Information Security Officer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer.
Chief Information Security Officer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.
Chief Information Security Officer
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer within the UK 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 |
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| England | +30 | 6 | £80,000 | -3.03% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | -52 | 4 | £88,750 | +7.58% | |
| South East | -26 | 3 | £97,500 | +18.18% | |
| London | +92 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | +11 | 1 | £80,000 | - | |
| North East | - | 1 | £80,000 | - |
Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Chief Information Security Officer 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 featuring Chief Information Security Officer in the job title.
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Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: