Data Security Job Trends in Central London

Data Security
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 145 159
Rank change year-on-year +30 +14 +79
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 30 39 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.17% 1.21% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.27% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 19 12 12
10th Percentile £61,500 £52,675 £52,500
25th Percentile £66,625 £64,375 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £78,750 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -10.00% +50.86%
75th Percentile £108,750 £94,688 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,750 £127,875 £111,750
London median annual salary £72,500 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -19.44% +20.00% +15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Data Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,233 3,083 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.26% 95.89% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 1,839 2,542
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Data Security job vacancy trend in Central London

Data Security
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Data Security

Data Security
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in Central London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Security in Central London

Data Security
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
City of London +38 30 £90,000 +14.29% 10
City of Westminster +30 5 - -
Data Security
London

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (30.00%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) dbt
2 7 (23.33%) Power Platform
2 7 (23.33%) Snowflake
3 5 (16.67%) AWS
4 3 (10.00%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (6.67%) Amazon Kinesis
5 2 (6.67%) Amazon S3
5 2 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (6.67%) Fivetran
5 2 (6.67%) Serverless
5 2 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (3.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
1 2 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (6.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (23.33%) Power BI
2 4 (13.33%) Data Lake
3 3 (10.00%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (10.00%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (10.00%) Metadata
4 2 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (6.67%) Delta Lake
5 1 (3.33%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (3.33%) Big Data
5 1 (3.33%) Hadoop
5 1 (3.33%) MS Access
5 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) ERwin
2 3 (10.00%) Git
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (26.67%) Finance
4 4 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (10.00%) Banking
5 3 (10.00%) Law
6 2 (6.67%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Architect
2 9 (30.00%) Data Engineer
3 7 (23.33%) Lead
4 6 (20.00%) Data Architect
5 5 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (16.67%) Enterprise Integration Architect
5 5 (16.67%) Integration Architect
5 5 (16.67%) Integration Specialist
5 5 (16.67%) Lead Architect
5 5 (16.67%) Lead Data Architect
6 4 (13.33%) Developer
7 3 (10.00%) Senior
8 2 (6.67%) AWS Architect
8 2 (6.67%) AWS Data Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) AWS Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) HR Manager
8 2 (6.67%) Systems Manager
9 1 (3.33%) Head of IT
9 1 (3.33%) Information Security Officer
9 1 (3.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) Middleware
2 2 (6.67%) XML
3 1 (3.33%) JSON
3 1 (3.33%) Kafka
3 1 (3.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Data Structures
1 5 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.33%) Life Science
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
1 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Data Governance
1 13 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (40.00%) Analytics
2 12 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 12 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 11 (36.67%) DevOps
4 10 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (30.00%) Data Architecture
5 9 (30.00%) Data Engineering
5 9 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (26.67%) Data Integration
6 8 (26.67%) Data Strategy
6 8 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (23.33%) Data Analysis
7 7 (23.33%) Data Pipeline
7 7 (23.33%) Data Science
7 7 (23.33%) Strategic Roadmap
8 6 (20.00%) Coaching
8 6 (20.00%) Data Protection
8 6 (20.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) Python
2 7 (23.33%) SQL
3 3 (10.00%) Scala
4 2 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (3.33%) Bash
5 1 (3.33%) C#
5 1 (3.33%) Java
5 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (10.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.67%) CCNA
4 2 (6.67%) CCNP
4 2 (6.67%) CCSP
4 2 (6.67%) CISA
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.67%) CISM
4 2 (6.67%) CISSP
4 2 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (6.67%) MCITP
4 2 (6.67%) MCSA
4 2 (6.67%) MCSE
4 2 (6.67%) SnowPro
4 2 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (46.67%) GDPR
2 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.67%) HIPAA
3 2 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (3.33%) Basel III
4 1 (3.33%) MiFID
4 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Terraform
2 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 3 (10.00%) Databricks
4 2 (6.67%) SAP
4 2 (6.67%) VMware
5 1 (3.33%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.33%) OneTrust
5 1 (3.33%) Refinitiv