Head of Security Jobs in the South East

Head of Security
England > South East

The median Head of Security salary in the South East is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 363 484
Rank change year-on-year -37 +121 -95
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Security 4 14 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.021% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 22
10th Percentile £70,500 £68,405 -
25th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +16.13% -3.13%
75th Percentile £77,500 £97,500 £86,250
90th Percentile - £120,500 £119,250
England median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £91,250
% change year-on-year -9.52% +15.07% +14.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Head of Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in the South East

Head of Security
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Security in the South East.

Salary trend for Head of Security in the South East

Head of Security
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
East Sussex +15 2 £75,000 -
Berkshire +9 1 - -
Thames Valley -10 1 - - 1
Sussex - 1 £70,000 -
Head of Security
England

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 13 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 South East region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) ISMS
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) Splunk
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Nessus
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) ISMS
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
1 1 (25.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk
1 1 (25.00%) VMware