Head of Cybersecurity Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Cybersecurity salary in the UK excluding London is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2024.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 639 584 786
Rank change year-on-year -55 +202 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 10 7 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.021% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.022% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 17
10th Percentile £93,250 £90,000 £62,000
25th Percentile £94,375 £101,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £117,500 £75,790
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +55.03% +10.24%
75th Percentile £99,375 £120,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £99,750 £135,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -11.36% +15.79% +35.71%

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 51,389 32,173 64,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 95.94% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25,354 22,021 38,524
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Head of Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Head of Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Head of Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Head of Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 November 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 West - 7 - -
North of England - 7 - -
Midlands - 2 £100,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £100,000 -
South East -24 1 £95,000 - 1
Head of Cybersecurity
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Head of Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (80.00%) Information Security
3 6 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 6 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (60.00%) Ubuntu
3 6 (60.00%) Git
3 6 (60.00%) nginx
3 6 (60.00%) Mercurial
3 6 (60.00%) AWS
3 6 (60.00%) Open Source
3 6 (60.00%) PHP
3 6 (60.00%) MySQL
3 6 (60.00%) ITIL
3 6 (60.00%) Linux
3 6 (60.00%) Apache
3 6 (60.00%) Service Management
3 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (60.00%) LAMP
3 6 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (60.00%) IT Strategy
3 6 (60.00%) LEMP Stack
3 6 (60.00%) LAPP Stack
3 6 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 6 (60.00%) People Management
3 6 (60.00%) SDLC
3 6 (60.00%) Application Security
3 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps

Head of Cybersecurity 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) Apache
1 6 (60.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) MySQL
1 6 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Git
1 6 (60.00%) Mercurial
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) LAMP
1 6 (60.00%) LAPP Stack
1 6 (60.00%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 6 (60.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
1 6 (60.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (80.00%) Information Security
3 6 (60.00%) Application Security
3 6 (60.00%) IT Strategy
3 6 (60.00%) ITIL
3 6 (60.00%) Open Source
3 6 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (60.00%) People Management
3 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (60.00%) SDLC
3 6 (60.00%) Service Management
3 6 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 6 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (10.00%) SIEM
5 1 (10.00%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CISM
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (10.00%) NIST