Heidrick & Struggles CISO Survey
Considered by Fortune 100 CISOs to be the gold standard for top end roles. Half the salary data respondents are at companies with over $10B in revenue.
2024 US averages of $772k cash and $1.6M overall
IANS CISO Compensation Benchmarks
The 2025 version is for CISOs in Large Enterprises (over $1B in revenue).
2025 US median of $500k cash and total comp of $700k
Acumin Renumeration Report
Hitch Partners CISO Security Leadership Survey
Hitch Partners CISO Security Leadership Survey
UK-focused data across all Cyber roles, not just CISOs.
2023 UK salary range of £200- 400k
Hitch Partners CISO Security Leadership Survey
Hitch Partners CISO Security Leadership Survey
Hitch Partners CISO Security Leadership Survey
Specialist US CISO recruitment firm's survey with more than 500 respondents.
2025 US averages of $476k cash and $816k overall for publicly traded and $400k cash and $657k overall for privately held companies
Other Compensation Resources
CISO salary information from large, public job sites such as Salary.com or Glassdoor.com should be taken with a grain of salt. The most accurate information comes from focused survey responses from sitting CISOs.
If your recruitment process is being led by an internal recruiter, your best course of action may be to cite one of the surveys above as your guideline and any numbers you would give out initially would depend upon the Cyber risk and resilience levels in the company. When working with external recruiters you can generally get a better feel for the company's desired range.
