Data Security Jobs in the South East

Data Security
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 318 294
Rank change year-on-year +52 -24 +8
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 130 75 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.77% 0.52% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.54% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 71 50 97
10th Percentile £42,500 - £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £51,335 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.10% -17.86% +16.28%
75th Percentile £92,500 £63,750 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £74,125 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,400 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.79% +1.74% +20.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,207 13,763 18,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.52% 94.56% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,914 7,992 11,897
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,225 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the South East

Data Security
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Data Security in the South East

Data Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the South East

Data Security
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Hampshire +15 36 £85,000 +13.33% 8
Thames Valley -9 33 £48,750 -8.02% 11
Surrey +24 24 £82,500 +73.68% 5
West Sussex +44 15 £52,500 -38.24% 3
Buckinghamshire -46 13 £50,000 +33.33% 4
Kent +1 11 £71,000 +29.09% 2
Berkshire +17 10 £47,500 -18.80% 6
Oxfordshire - 10 £66,250 - 1
East Sussex +27 9 £90,000 +93.55% 7
Middlesex - 1 - -
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.77%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.77%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 72 (55.38%) Azure
2 49 (37.69%) AWS
3 40 (30.77%) GCP
4 28 (21.54%) Power Platform
5 12 (9.23%) Matillion
5 12 (9.23%) Snowflake
6 10 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (7.69%) SaaS
7 9 (6.92%) PowerApps
8 8 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (6.15%) Serverless
9 6 (4.62%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 3 (2.31%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.54%) PaaS
12 1 (0.77%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.77%) GitHub
12 1 (0.77%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.77%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.38%) Internet
1 7 (5.38%) Network Security
2 6 (4.62%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (3.85%) Firewall
3 5 (3.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (24.62%) BigQuery
1 32 (24.62%) Data Warehouse
1 32 (24.62%) Looker
2 28 (21.54%) Power BI
3 14 (10.77%) SQL Server
4 12 (9.23%) Data Lake
4 12 (9.23%) Metadata
5 8 (6.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.08%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Git
General
1 55 (42.31%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (13.85%) Finance
3 14 (10.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 12 (9.23%) Legal
6 6 (4.62%) Billing
6 6 (4.62%) Law
7 5 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.85%) Retail
8 4 (3.08%) Wearables
9 3 (2.31%) Local Government
10 2 (1.54%) Marketing
11 1 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (46.92%) Architect
2 44 (33.85%) Data Architect
3 18 (13.85%) Lead
4 9 (6.92%) Power Platform Architect
4 9 (6.92%) Technical Architect
5 8 (6.15%) DBA
5 8 (6.15%) Enterprise Architect
5 8 (6.15%) Enterprise Data Architect
5 8 (6.15%) Senior
6 7 (5.38%) Analyst
7 6 (4.62%) Data Custodian
7 6 (4.62%) Data Protection Officer
7 6 (4.62%) E-Discovery Specialist
7 6 (4.62%) IT Director
7 6 (4.62%) Security Architect
8 5 (3.85%) Developer
8 5 (3.85%) Lead Architect
8 5 (3.85%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.08%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.08%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.62%) .NET
1 6 (4.62%) .NET Framework
1 6 (4.62%) Entity Framework
1 6 (4.62%) RESTful
1 6 (4.62%) Web Services
2 5 (3.85%) .NET Core
2 5 (3.85%) ASP.NET Web API
2 5 (3.85%) React
3 3 (2.31%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.77%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.77%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.77%) Blazor
4 1 (0.77%) JSON
4 1 (0.77%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (26.15%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (13.85%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.62%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.31%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.54%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.77%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.77%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.77%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.77%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.77%) IoT
7 1 (0.77%) Mobile Computing
7 1 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.77%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.85%) Kali Linux
2 4 (3.08%) Windows
3 1 (0.77%) Linux
3 1 (0.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.46%) Mentoring
2 49 (37.69%) Data Modelling
3 46 (35.38%) Data Governance
4 44 (33.85%) ETL
4 44 (33.85%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (31.54%) Data Architecture
6 33 (25.38%) Innovative Thinking
7 32 (24.62%) Data Engineering
7 32 (24.62%) Data Integration
7 32 (24.62%) ERD
7 32 (24.62%) Platform Engineering
8 30 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
9 28 (21.54%) Data Protection
10 17 (13.08%) Agile
10 17 (13.08%) Analytics
10 17 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (13.08%) Data Privacy
11 16 (12.31%) Information Security
12 15 (11.54%) Computer Science
12 15 (11.54%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 23 (17.69%) SQL
2 12 (9.23%) T-SQL
3 9 (6.92%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.62%) C#
4 6 (4.62%) Python
5 5 (3.85%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.77%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 30 (23.08%) Degree
2 10 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.85%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.85%) CISSP
4 3 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.77%) ACCA
5 1 (0.77%) CFA
5 1 (0.77%) CISA
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (33.85%) GDPR
2 37 (28.46%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (3.85%) NIST
4 5 (3.85%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.54%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.77%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.85%) Suricata
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.54%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.77%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (31.54%) Google
2 39 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (10.00%) Databricks
4 6 (4.62%) Nuix
5 5 (3.85%) Cisco
5 5 (3.85%) Juniper
5 5 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.85%) Splunk
6 2 (1.54%) Forcepoint
6 2 (1.54%) LogRhythm
6 2 (1.54%) Qualys
6 2 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.54%) Varonis
7 1 (0.77%) Dell
7 1 (0.77%) Sage
7 1 (0.77%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.77%) Veeam