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 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 220 288 289
Rank change year-on-year +68 +1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 3 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.046% 0.014% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.015% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £85,750 - -
25th Percentile £86,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - £95,000
75th Percentile £96,875 - -
90th Percentile £97,250 - -
England median annual salary £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
% change year-on-year -1.30% +1.32% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,187 6,596 7,208
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 90.74% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,656 3,387 4,501
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,189
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,813 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,620 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,125 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +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 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
South Yorkshire - 2 £90,000 - 1
West Yorkshire +78 1 £95,000 - 1
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 12 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 Yorkshire region featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) ISMS
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) NIST

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 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) ISMS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) NIST