Data Sovereignty Job Trends in Birmingham

Data Sovereignty
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Sovereignty in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Sovereignty over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	133	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Data Sovereignty	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham	0.054%	-	-
As % of the General category	0.13%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£71,349	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£74,830	-	-
75^th Percentile	£78,312	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
West Midlands median annual salary	£74,830	-	-

All General Skills
Birmingham

Data Sovereignty falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Birmingham.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	1,516	731	1,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham	41.22%	61.64%	58.26%
Number of salaries quoted	1,010	472	553
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,750	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£41,250	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£57,435	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	-4.24%	-0.11%	+4.55%
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£73,750	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£83,750	£90,000
West Midlands median annual salary	£47,500	£47,500	£52,500
% change year-on-year	-	-9.52%	+5.00%

Data Sovereignty Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Sovereignty relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Data Sovereignty Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Sovereignty.

Data Sovereignty Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing Data Sovereignty also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Data Sovereignty.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	2
1	AI	100.0%	2
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	2
1	Data Protection	100.0%	2
1	dbt	100.0%	2
1	LLM	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft	100.0%	2
1	Open Source	100.0%	2
1	OpenAI	100.0%	2
1	Prototyping	100.0%	2
1	Rapid Prototyping	100.0%	2
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Service Design	100.0%	2
1	Stakeholder Engagement	100.0%	2
1	Technical Architecture	100.0%	2

Data Sovereignty Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Inclusion and Diversity	100.0%	2
1	Social Skills	100.0%	2