UK Salary Survey 2025-26


Salary Range (£)


76-95k 51-75k 43-50k 34-42k 23-34k


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% Cyber Analyst / Ethical Hacker


A role that is developed across a range of sectors as organisations elevate their response to cyber attacks. The rapid controls on WFH, OOO users’ organisations need to implement a robust cyber policy against perennial and growing risk. As a hunter role they will coordinate attacks across a range of holistic actors. Computer sciences degree. You are seeking technicians who have an exploring nature, ‘in harmony with machine code’ and neurodivergent. Bonus medium 15%.


Salary Range (£)


137-147k 112-132k 97-106k 81-96k 50-76k


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% European Security Head


Regional reporting, policy implementation, promulgates corporate policy. Develop crisis response, manage investigations, local information regulation; travel, physical and information security. Budget responsibility £5m – £10m. Bonus medium 30%, health plan; car or allowance up to £9K, share purchase scheme.


Salary Range (£)


102-120k 88-100k 65-83k 50-61k 37-48k


0% 20% National Security Head


Responsible for all aspects of corporate personnel and asset security, maintaining standards across an estate. Developing a programme for internet-connected devices, BOYD and exterior critical plant overlooked by IT departments. GDPR has been and remains a major part of this role with a counter point of NIS2. Organised pandemic response across all sites. Budget responsibility £2m–£10m. Bonus medium 20%; car £5k; health care.


40% 60%


Salary Range (£)


250-300k 215-249k 191-212k 167-188k 141-162k


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% CSO / Global Resilience & Risk Director


Responsible for policy, executive board briefings. Dotted line or direct responsibility for subsidiary CSO / Head of Security position. Oversight budget responsibility of £30m+. Revenues of £2bn+. Responsibility for cyber and resilience response, sustainability, crisis and pandemic management. Included in LTIP: executive bonus range to 50%; share options; health care; travel allowance £12K; executive share purchase.


Salary Range (£)


177-192k 142-170k 120-135k 89-115k


0% 20% 40% 60% Director, Risk & Resilience / Head of Security


Responsible for delivering localised policy, executive board briefings. They are a driver for change and service expansion. Increasingly managing sustainability, information security, investigations, cyber and pandemic response. Budget responsibility of £10m–£30m. Revenues of £1bn+. Included in the LTIP. Executive bonus medium 35%; share options; health care travel; allowance £12K; executive share purchase.


Switzerland Luxembourg Germany UK


Denmark Norway


Netherlands Austria Ireland Italy


France Sweden Finland Spain


...............................................€168.091 ......................................€114,698 ..................................€104,754 .................................€103,068 .................................€99,849 ...............................€94,537 .............................€90,819 .............................€90,661 ...........................€87,060 ..........................€82,556 .........................€82,259 .......................€79,475 ....................€74,670 ...................€72,865


Middle Management Salary Comparison in Europe


Collected across a selection of leading European nations – middle management roles pre-tax salary across a multiplicity of sectors.


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Salary Range (£)


150-175k 120-149k 92-112k 79-85k 66-71k


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% Cyber Resilience Manager / Head of Cyber


The internal case manager, provide proactive attack strategies, work with cyber agencies to encourage coordinated actions. Increasing the application of AI technologies as marketing and protection application. You will be deciding on which events you can successfully pursue. A visionary in 5.0 vulnerabilities, allowing business leadership to understand the threat actors, national or criminal groups. Experience drawn from a mixture of physical and digital backgrounds. Bonus medium 25%, company benefits.


Salary Range (£)


158-171k 126-150k 101-121k 90-100k 70-89k


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% EMEA Security Head


Regional policy development, executive reporting, promulgating corporate policy overview of physical and intellectual protection. Responsibilities could include GDPR, information security, business resilience, crisis and pandemic management. Medium bonus range 30%; share options; travel allowance up to £10K.


Dundee Edinburgh Manchester Glasgow Leeds


Sheffield Liverpool Bradford Birmingham London


................................................. £3.50 ............................................. £3.40 .................................................. £3.56 ........................................... £3.30 ........................................... £3.30 ............................................ £3.42 ...................................£3.18 ................................... £3.19 ..................................... £3.23 ....................................................... £3.61


Cost of one cappuccino across the UK


Anchoring the UK Salary Survey through comparing the cost of a cappuccino provides more indicators as to the regional variances we find in salaries. In these indices we see that cost has risen in all major cities across the UK, highlighted by a 71p increase in Dundee. The difference between the lowest cost (£3.18 in Liverpool) and the highest cost (£3.61 in London) is 12.7%, Interestingly, that gap has closed from 25.2% last year, which emphasises rising costs outside the capital.


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