Hiring a full-time CIO or CISO in 2026 is an ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. A ยฃ150,000 base salary is just theโฆ
Mark C. โ Executive Technology & Cyber Leader | CIO | Cyber, Governance & Operational Resilience
Hiring a full-time CIO or CISO in 2026 is an ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
A ยฃ150,000 base salary is just the ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด point.
When you account for:
โข Employer National Insurance
โข Pension and private healthcare
โข Executive bonuses
โข A ยฃ30,000+ recruitment fee
Your total investment exceeds ยฃ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
Most SMEs and scale-ups donโt have 40 hours of "strategic" work every week. They have 40 hours of work, but only 4โ8 hours of it requires a board-level head.
I provide that executive leadership for a ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ยฃ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
Whether you need a Fractional CIO to drive digital transformation or a Fractional CISO to manage cyber risk and compliance, the model is the same.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐:
At one day per week, your annual spend is ยฃ44,200.
That is a ยฃ165,000+ sอaอvอiอnอgอ compared to a traditional hire.
Stop paying for executive "availability."
Start paying for executive ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐.
Phenomlab. Fractional CIO & CISO Leadership.
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ. ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐.
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Mark C.: Why is the rate fixed at ยฃ850? My pricing is a deliberate move toward transparency and commercial integrity. Iโve stripped away the "extraction" model used by traditional consultancies to focus on three core principles: No "Bloat" Markup: Large agencies charge you for their city offices, marketing teams, and junior staff. With Phenomlab, you pay for a senior executive and the weight of the decisio
Innocent A.: The fractional model makes a lot of sense for SMEs that need executive-level thinking and impact without the full-time overhead. The cost breakdown here is honest. Most growing businesses don't have 40 hours of board-level strategic work every week, and paying for that gap in a traditional hire is one of the quieter budget drains that rarely gets challenged until it's too late. What stands out mos
Mark C.: Innocent O. Akpareva good points. There is also a significant shift in requirements for Cyber Security in 2026 for the UK market at least.