Data Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Security over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 454 461
Rank change year-on-year +79 +7 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 723 634 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.65% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.68% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 480 391 563
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £30,553
25th Percentile £42,688 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.27% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £50,119
% change year-on-year +27.78% -10.21% +5.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Security.

Salary trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +99 684 £67,500 +21.62% 217
UK excluding London +104 478 £57,500 +27.78% 143
Work from Home +100 242 £63,823 +7.22% 92
London +66 206 £75,000 +11.11% 77
South East +70 134 £75,000 +53.85% 30
North of England +113 133 £47,500 -13.64% 51
Midlands +63 114 £58,750 +10.33% 29
West Midlands +54 81 £65,000 +22.07% 13
North West +43 76 £57,500 +13.30% 25
South West -56 47 £40,000 +45.45% 10
Yorkshire +96 42 £45,000 -24.40% 20
East Midlands +6 28 £55,000 -13.73% 16
East of England +10 25 £60,000 - 13
Scotland -57 16 £43,250 -2.26% 7
North East +8 15 £42,000 -4.55% 7
Wales -12 10 £46,604 +69.47% 3

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 39 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.43%) Apache
3 27 (3.73%) IIS
3 27 (3.73%) Tomcat
4 25 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.66%) WordPress
6 7 (0.97%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.69%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.55%) CMS
8 4 (0.55%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.28%) Confluence
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.28%) Moodle
10 2 (0.28%) SAS
11 1 (0.14%) Drupal
Applications
1 45 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (4.15%) NEC Housing
2 9 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.28%) Shopify
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 332 (45.92%) Azure
2 221 (30.57%) AWS
3 147 (20.33%) GCP
4 93 (12.86%) Microsoft 365
5 85 (11.76%) Power Platform
6 59 (8.16%) SaaS
7 29 (4.01%) Entra ID
8 25 (3.46%) PowerApps
9 23 (3.18%) PaaS
10 22 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (3.04%) IaaS
11 20 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (2.35%) OneDrive
13 16 (2.21%) Serverless
14 15 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.80%) Snowflake
16 12 (1.66%) Matillion
17 11 (1.52%) Power Automate
18 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 58 (8.02%) Firewall
2 31 (4.29%) Network Security
3 27 (3.73%) VPN
4 24 (3.32%) DHCP
4 24 (3.32%) DNS
5 22 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (2.21%) WAN
7 14 (1.94%) LAN
8 10 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (1.24%) Internet
9 9 (1.24%) VLAN
10 7 (0.97%) IPsec
11 6 (0.83%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.69%) VoIP
12 5 (0.69%) Wireless
13 4 (0.55%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.55%) IP Telephony
13 4 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.41%) Bluetooth
14 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (21.58%) Data Warehouse
2 115 (15.91%) BigQuery
3 113 (15.63%) Looker
4 79 (10.93%) Power BI
5 72 (9.96%) SQL Server
6 34 (4.70%) Oracle Database
7 28 (3.87%) Metadata
8 24 (3.32%) Data Lake
9 21 (2.90%) Relational Database
9 21 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.24%) GIS
14 8 (1.11%) MySQL
14 8 (1.11%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.97%) Big Data
15 7 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.97%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.97%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (2.35%) Git
2 8 (1.11%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.97%) JIRA
4 6 (0.83%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.55%) ESLint
5 4 (0.55%) IntelliJ
5 4 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.28%) GitLab
6 2 (0.28%) Snyk
6 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.14%) JUnit
7 1 (0.14%) MLflow
General
1 224 (30.98%) Analytical Skills
2 178 (24.62%) Social Skills
3 143 (19.78%) Finance
4 51 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (6.09%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.67%) Legal
7 39 (5.39%) Local Government
8 34 (4.70%) Police
9 27 (3.73%) Marketing
10 25 (3.46%) Law
11 23 (3.18%) Retail
12 19 (2.63%) Banking
13 18 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.24%) Back Office
17 7 (0.97%) Billing
17 7 (0.97%) Games
17 7 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 225 (31.12%) Architect
2 146 (20.19%) Data Architect
3 69 (9.54%) Senior
4 67 (9.27%) Analyst
5 54 (7.47%) Lead
6 40 (5.53%) Data Engineer
7 33 (4.56%) Developer
7 33 (4.56%) Security Analyst
8 27 (3.73%) Applications Support
9 26 (3.60%) IT Manager
10 25 (3.46%) Administrator
11 23 (3.18%) Security Engineer
12 21 (2.90%) Enterprise Architect
13 19 (2.63%) Security Architect
13 19 (2.63%) Security Manager
13 19 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.49%) DBA
15 16 (2.21%) Data Manager
15 16 (2.21%) Technical Analyst
16 15 (2.07%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.98%) Web Services
2 29 (4.01%) .NET
3 12 (1.66%) ASP.NET
3 12 (1.66%) React
4 11 (1.52%) .NET Framework
4 11 (1.52%) Entity Framework
4 11 (1.52%) HTML
4 11 (1.52%) RESTful
5 10 (1.38%) CSS
5 10 (1.38%) Kafka
6 9 (1.24%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.24%) REST
7 8 (1.11%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (1.11%) Middleware
8 7 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
8 7 (0.97%) Visualforce
9 6 (0.83%) Blazor
9 6 (0.83%) XML
10 5 (0.69%) ADO
10 5 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (17.57%) Self-Motivation
2 104 (14.38%) Management Information System
3 53 (7.33%) Public Cloud
4 32 (4.43%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
6 19 (2.63%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.49%) Algorithms
7 18 (2.49%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.52%) PKI
11 10 (1.38%) Cloud Security Posture
12 9 (1.24%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.24%) Housing Association
13 8 (1.11%) NHS
14 7 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (0.97%) Driving Licence
14 7 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 107 (14.80%) Windows
2 52 (7.19%) Linux
3 34 (4.70%) Unix
4 31 (4.29%) Solaris
5 26 (3.60%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.66%) Mac OS
7 11 (1.52%) Windows 10
8 9 (1.24%) Android
8 9 (1.24%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.69%) CentOS
9 5 (0.69%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.69%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.55%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.55%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.55%) zOS
11 2 (0.28%) VMS
11 2 (0.28%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (37.90%) Problem-Solving
2 194 (26.83%) ETL
3 190 (26.28%) Data Governance
3 190 (26.28%) Data Modelling
4 184 (25.45%) Mentoring
5 152 (21.02%) Data Architecture
6 146 (20.19%) Cybersecurity
7 145 (20.06%) Data Integration
8 135 (18.67%) Data Engineering
9 122 (16.87%) Innovative Thinking
10 116 (16.04%) Information Security
10 116 (16.04%) Platform Engineering
11 115 (15.91%) Computer Science
12 111 (15.35%) ERD
13 95 (13.14%) Data Protection
14 88 (12.17%) Agile
15 84 (11.62%) Business Intelligence
16 82 (11.34%) Data Management
17 80 (11.07%) Analytics
18 79 (10.93%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (16.04%) SQL
2 60 (8.30%) Python
3 36 (4.98%) PowerShell
4 34 (4.70%) T-SQL
5 30 (4.15%) Shell Script
6 28 (3.87%) C#
7 17 (2.35%) Java
8 14 (1.94%) Scala
9 11 (1.52%) JavaScript
10 8 (1.11%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.97%) R
11 7 (0.97%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.83%) Bash
12 6 (0.83%) C
13 5 (0.69%) Bicep
14 4 (0.55%) VBA
15 3 (0.41%) VB
16 2 (0.28%) Gremlin
17 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 200 (27.66%) Degree
2 83 (11.48%) CISSP
3 58 (8.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 52 (7.19%) CISM
5 41 (5.67%) Security Cleared
6 27 (3.73%) CISA
6 27 (3.73%) Master's Degree
7 25 (3.46%) Azure Certification
8 20 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (2.49%) PCI QSA
10 17 (2.35%) CEH
11 12 (1.66%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.66%) CCSP
12 11 (1.52%) CRISC
13 10 (1.38%) PMI Certification
13 10 (1.38%) PMP
13 10 (1.38%) SANS
13 10 (1.38%) SC Cleared
14 9 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (24.76%) GDPR
2 159 (21.99%) Data Quality
3 89 (12.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (6.92%) NIST
5 49 (6.78%) PCI DSS
6 44 (6.09%) Accessibility
7 42 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (2.63%) NCSC
9 16 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 16 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 12 (1.66%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.52%) GRC
12 8 (1.11%) QA
13 7 (0.97%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.83%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.83%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.69%) SOC 1
16 4 (0.55%) TickIT
17 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (9.82%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.29%) Docker
3 12 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.97%) XenApp
4 7 (0.97%) XenDesktop
5 5 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.14%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.14%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 28 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (2.35%) Terraform
4 12 (1.66%) Ansible
5 11 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.24%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.83%) CASB
7 6 (0.83%) SCCM
8 5 (0.69%) Data Guard
8 5 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (0.69%) PaperCut
8 5 (0.69%) Suricata
9 4 (0.55%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.14%) DatAdvantage
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.14%) QRadar
11 1 (0.14%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 217 (30.01%) Microsoft
2 154 (21.30%) Google
3 48 (6.64%) Oracle
4 30 (4.15%) NEC
5 23 (3.18%) Databricks
6 22 (3.04%) VMware
7 19 (2.63%) Cisco
8 12 (1.66%) Qualys
9 11 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.52%) Splunk
10 10 (1.38%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.38%) SAP
10 10 (1.38%) Xero
11 9 (1.24%) Guidewire
12 8 (1.11%) Zscaler
13 7 (0.97%) Citrix
13 7 (0.97%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.97%) Mapbox
13 7 (0.97%) WatchGuard
14 6 (0.83%) CA