Data Security Jobs in England

Data Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 464 453
Rank change year-on-year +110 -11 -25
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 654 599 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.77% 0.65% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.68% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 439 351 513
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £31,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +1.74% +21.05%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% - +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,083 88,114 126,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.76% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,858 52,089 73,941
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,650 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
London +36 198 £75,000 +15.38% 66
North of England +105 128 £45,000 -18.18% 39
South East +69 126 £71,500 +37.50% 42
Midlands +73 101 £57,500 +7.98% 26
West Midlands +51 70 £65,000 +22.07% 8
North West +43 70 £50,000 +8.11% 20
South West -40 51 £40,000 +45.45% 13
Yorkshire +101 43 £45,000 -23.75% 20
East Midlands +9 26 £53,750 -17.31% 18
East of England +31 25 £52,500 +18.41% 11
North East +7 15 £42,000 -4.55% 1
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.45%) Apache
2 16 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.83%) IIS
3 12 (1.83%) Tomcat
4 11 (1.68%) WordPress
5 5 (0.76%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.61%) CMS
6 4 (0.61%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.31%) Moodle
8 2 (0.31%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 36 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (2.29%) NEC Housing
2 10 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.76%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.31%) Shopify
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 315 (48.17%) Azure
2 214 (32.72%) AWS
3 143 (21.87%) GCP
4 87 (13.30%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (10.55%) Power Platform
6 54 (8.26%) SaaS
7 26 (3.98%) Entra ID
8 19 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (2.91%) OneDrive
8 19 (2.91%) PaaS
8 19 (2.91%) PowerApps
9 18 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (2.75%) IaaS
10 17 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.60%) Serverless
11 12 (1.83%) Matillion
11 12 (1.83%) Snowflake
12 10 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (1.53%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.38%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 52 (7.95%) Firewall
2 29 (4.43%) Network Security
3 27 (4.13%) VPN
4 23 (3.52%) DHCP
4 23 (3.52%) DNS
5 22 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (2.75%) WAN
7 16 (2.45%) LAN
8 12 (1.83%) VLAN
9 9 (1.38%) Internet
9 9 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (1.38%) IPsec
10 6 (0.92%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.76%) Wireless
12 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.61%) IP Telephony
12 4 (0.61%) VoIP
13 3 (0.46%) TCP/IP
14 2 (0.31%) NAS
14 2 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (22.17%) Data Warehouse
2 115 (17.58%) BigQuery
3 113 (17.28%) Looker
4 65 (9.94%) Power BI
5 57 (8.72%) SQL Server
6 28 (4.28%) Metadata
7 23 (3.52%) Data Lake
8 20 (3.06%) Oracle Database
9 17 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (2.29%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.07%) MongoDB
14 7 (1.07%) MySQL
15 6 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (0.92%) GIS
16 5 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.76%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (2.29%) Git
2 7 (1.07%) JIRA
3 6 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.92%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.61%) ESLint
4 4 (0.61%) IntelliJ
4 4 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.31%) GitLab
5 2 (0.31%) Snyk
5 2 (0.31%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
General
1 217 (33.18%) Analytical Skills
2 167 (25.54%) Social Skills
3 121 (18.50%) Finance
4 47 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (5.81%) Legal
6 28 (4.28%) Public Sector
7 24 (3.67%) Law
7 24 (3.67%) Marketing
8 22 (3.36%) Retail
9 20 (3.06%) Local Government
10 18 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.29%) Banking
11 15 (2.29%) Police
12 13 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.38%) Back Office
15 7 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.07%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.92%) Billing
17 4 (0.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 214 (32.72%) Architect
2 144 (22.02%) Data Architect
3 62 (9.48%) Senior
4 55 (8.41%) Analyst
5 49 (7.49%) Lead
6 38 (5.81%) Developer
7 33 (5.05%) Data Engineer
8 29 (4.43%) Security Analyst
9 25 (3.82%) IT Manager
10 23 (3.52%) Administrator
10 23 (3.52%) Security Engineer
11 22 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (3.21%) Enterprise Architect
13 19 (2.91%) Security Architect
14 18 (2.75%) DBA
15 17 (2.60%) Data Manager
15 17 (2.60%) Security Manager
16 15 (2.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 14 (2.14%) IT Support
17 14 (2.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.36%) .NET
2 18 (2.75%) Web Services
3 12 (1.83%) React
4 11 (1.68%) RESTful
5 10 (1.53%) .NET Framework
5 10 (1.53%) Entity Framework
6 9 (1.38%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.38%) Kafka
7 8 (1.22%) Middleware
7 8 (1.22%) REST
8 7 (1.07%) ASP.NET
8 7 (1.07%) HTML
9 6 (0.92%) CSS
9 6 (0.92%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (0.92%) Visualforce
10 5 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (0.76%) Blazor
10 5 (0.76%) Jest
10 5 (0.76%) SOAP
11 4 (0.61%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 125 (19.11%) Self-Motivation
2 96 (14.68%) Management Information System
3 34 (5.20%) Public Cloud
4 30 (4.59%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
6 17 (2.60%) Algorithms
6 17 (2.60%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.45%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.29%) Cloud Native
8 15 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.68%) PKI
11 10 (1.53%) Cloud Security Posture
12 9 (1.38%) Housing Association
13 8 (1.22%) Driving Licence
13 8 (1.22%) NHS
14 7 (1.07%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.07%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 87 (13.30%) Windows
2 34 (5.20%) Linux
3 25 (3.82%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.75%) Unix
5 16 (2.45%) Solaris
6 12 (1.83%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.53%) Android
7 10 (1.53%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.92%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.76%) CentOS
9 5 (0.76%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.61%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.61%) Kali Linux
10 4 (0.61%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.61%) zOS
11 2 (0.31%) VMS
11 2 (0.31%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (39.91%) Problem-Solving
2 192 (29.36%) ETL
3 182 (27.83%) Data Governance
3 182 (27.83%) Data Modelling
4 169 (25.84%) Mentoring
5 148 (22.63%) Data Architecture
6 141 (21.56%) Data Integration
7 140 (21.41%) Cybersecurity
8 133 (20.34%) Data Engineering
9 119 (18.20%) Innovative Thinking
10 115 (17.58%) Platform Engineering
11 111 (16.97%) ERD
12 104 (15.90%) Information Security
13 99 (15.14%) Computer Science
14 82 (12.54%) Data Protection
15 81 (12.39%) Agile
16 76 (11.62%) Data Management
17 75 (11.47%) Business Intelligence
18 74 (11.31%) Analytics
19 68 (10.40%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (14.98%) SQL
2 53 (8.10%) Python
3 34 (5.20%) T-SQL
4 25 (3.82%) PowerShell
5 21 (3.21%) C#
6 16 (2.45%) Java
7 14 (2.14%) Shell Script
8 12 (1.83%) Scala
9 10 (1.53%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.38%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.22%) R
12 7 (1.07%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.92%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.92%) Bash
13 6 (0.92%) C
14 4 (0.61%) Bicep
15 1 (0.15%) ActionScript
15 1 (0.15%) ActionScript 2.0
15 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 166 (25.38%) Degree
2 81 (12.39%) CISSP
3 55 (8.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (7.80%) CISM
5 25 (3.82%) CISA
6 24 (3.67%) Master's Degree
6 24 (3.67%) Security Cleared
7 21 (3.21%) Azure Certification
8 20 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (2.75%) PCI QSA
10 17 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (2.45%) CEH
12 12 (1.83%) CCSP
13 11 (1.68%) A+ Certification
14 10 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (1.53%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.53%) PMI Certification
14 10 (1.53%) PMP
14 10 (1.53%) SANS
15 8 (1.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (27.22%) GDPR
2 157 (24.01%) Data Quality
3 82 (12.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (7.65%) NIST
5 45 (6.88%) PCI DSS
6 41 (6.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (3.98%) Accessibility
8 18 (2.75%) NCSC
9 16 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 15 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 12 (1.83%) SOC 2
12 11 (1.68%) GRC
13 7 (1.07%) HIPAA
13 7 (1.07%) QA
14 6 (0.92%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.92%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.76%) SOC 1
16 4 (0.61%) TickIT
17 3 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 2 (0.31%) ITGC
System Software
1 65 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.59%) Docker
3 12 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.76%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.46%) XenApp
6 3 (0.46%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.15%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.15%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 27 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.68%) Terraform
4 9 (1.38%) Ansible
4 9 (1.38%) CSIRT
5 7 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.92%) CASB
7 5 (0.76%) Data Guard
7 5 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.76%) PaperCut
8 4 (0.61%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.61%) Suricata
9 3 (0.46%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.31%) SCCM
11 1 (0.15%) DatAdvantage
11 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 172 (26.30%) Microsoft
2 151 (23.09%) Google
3 31 (4.74%) Oracle
4 24 (3.67%) Databricks
5 17 (2.60%) Cisco
5 17 (2.60%) VMware
6 15 (2.29%) NEC
7 13 (1.99%) Qualys
8 12 (1.83%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.68%) SAP
10 10 (1.53%) Splunk
10 10 (1.53%) Xero
11 8 (1.22%) Guidewire
11 8 (1.22%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.07%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.07%) Varonis
12 7 (1.07%) WatchGuard
13 6 (0.92%) CA
13 6 (0.92%) Nuix
14 5 (0.76%) Apple