Data Security Jobs in England

Data Security
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Security over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 344 438
Rank change year-on-year +20 +94 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 444 677 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.89% 0.78% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.92% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 293 445 349
10th Percentile £47,092 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +17.39% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,400 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.61% +13.74% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,835 73,609 84,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.17% 85.09% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 23,750 53,947 50,379
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 20 May 2025.

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 20 May 2025. 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 +102 193 £87,250 +16.33% 292
South East +46 88 £65,000 -13.33% 116
Midlands +20 71 £55,000 -4.35% 45
West Midlands +44 63 £55,000 -15.38% 25
North of England -39 40 £58,750 +30.56% 81
East of England +38 25 £50,000 -4.76% 26
South West +72 19 £62,500 +56.25% 31
North West -63 19 £66,367 +32.73% 38
Yorkshire +47 18 £57,500 +27.78% 33
East Midlands +4 8 £47,500 -13.64% 18
North East +29 3 £51,500 +22.62% 14
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 (6.98%) Apache Spark
2 17 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.83%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.15%) Apache
4 6 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.13%) Moodle
6 3 (0.68%) nginx
6 3 (0.68%) SAS
7 2 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.03%) Acrobat
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.68%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.38%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (2.93%) SAP HCM
3 13 (2.93%) SAP HR
3 13 (2.93%) SAP Payroll
4 10 (2.25%) Raiser’s Edge
5 6 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (1.35%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.90%) Relativity
7 2 (0.45%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.23%) iTrent
8 1 (0.23%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
8 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 167 (37.61%) Azure
2 87 (19.59%) AWS
3 76 (17.12%) Power Platform
4 59 (13.29%) GCP
5 49 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (7.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (7.21%) Amazon S3
8 27 (6.08%) Serverless
9 24 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (4.95%) Microsoft Purview
11 15 (3.38%) Snowflake
12 13 (2.93%) Power Automate
12 13 (2.93%) SuccessFactors
13 12 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (2.48%) Collibra
15 10 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (2.03%) Entra ID
16 9 (2.03%) Google Workspace
17 8 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 63 (14.19%) Firewall
2 28 (6.31%) Network Security
3 22 (4.95%) WAN
4 21 (4.73%) LAN
5 10 (2.25%) Intranet
6 8 (1.80%) VPN
7 7 (1.58%) DHCP
7 7 (1.58%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.90%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.90%) DNS
10 2 (0.45%) Internet
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.23%) DKIM
11 1 (0.23%) DMARC
11 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.23%) VoIP
11 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (19.59%) Data Warehouse
2 71 (15.99%) Power BI
3 34 (7.66%) Data Lake
4 28 (6.31%) Big Data
5 27 (6.08%) Tableau
6 22 (4.95%) SQL Server
7 21 (4.73%) NoSQL
8 19 (4.28%) Metadata
9 16 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (3.38%) Oracle ODI
10 15 (3.38%) Relational Database
11 14 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (3.15%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (3.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (2.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (2.03%) Hadoop
13 9 (2.03%) IBM InfoSphere
13 9 (2.03%) Looker
14 8 (1.80%) MySQL
15 7 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (2.70%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.25%) Moq
2 10 (2.25%) SpecFlow
3 9 (2.03%) GitLab
4 7 (1.58%) CircleCI
4 7 (1.58%) JIRA
5 5 (1.13%) Git
5 5 (1.13%) MLflow
6 2 (0.45%) ERwin
7 1 (0.23%) Selenium
7 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 132 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 103 (23.20%) Finance
3 87 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (13.51%) Law
5 49 (11.04%) Legal
6 29 (6.53%) Marketing
6 29 (6.53%) Pharmaceutical
7 28 (6.31%) Retail
8 27 (6.08%) Banking
9 25 (5.63%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.80%) Games
12 8 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.35%) Health Technology
13 6 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.13%) Back Office
14 5 (1.13%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.68%) Electronics
15 3 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (13.29%) Data Engineer
1 59 (13.29%) Lead
2 56 (12.61%) Analyst
3 46 (10.36%) Senior
4 25 (5.63%) Architect
5 21 (4.73%) IT Manager
5 21 (4.73%) Support Analyst
6 20 (4.50%) Software Engineer
7 19 (4.28%) Developer
7 19 (4.28%) Senior Data Engineer
8 17 (3.83%) Consultant
8 17 (3.83%) Data Manager
9 16 (3.60%) Data Architect
10 15 (3.38%) Data Consultant
10 15 (3.38%) Head of IT
10 15 (3.38%) Migration Consultant
10 15 (3.38%) Oracle Consultant
10 15 (3.38%) Oracle Technical Consultant
10 15 (3.38%) Support Engineer
10 15 (3.38%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.73%) Kafka
1 21 (4.73%) REST
2 16 (3.60%) .NET
3 15 (3.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (2.93%) OAuth
4 13 (2.93%) OAuth2
4 13 (2.93%) SAP Fiori
5 12 (2.70%) PySpark
6 11 (2.48%) RESTful
7 10 (2.25%) HTML
8 9 (2.03%) CSS
8 9 (2.03%) Entity Framework
8 9 (2.03%) FHIR
9 8 (1.80%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.80%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.80%) Swagger
10 7 (1.58%) gRPC
10 7 (1.58%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (1.58%) web3js
11 6 (1.35%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.78%) Management Information System
2 25 (5.63%) Security Posture
3 24 (5.41%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (3.38%) Data Structures
6 14 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.03%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.58%) Blockchain
9 7 (1.58%) PKI
9 7 (1.58%) Web3
10 6 (1.35%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.35%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
10 6 (1.35%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.13%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.90%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.90%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 57 (12.84%) Windows
2 33 (7.43%) Linux
3 28 (6.31%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (3.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.80%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.58%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.13%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.68%) Unix
9 1 (0.23%) Android
9 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (23.20%) Analytics
3 84 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
4 82 (18.47%) Cybersecurity
5 79 (17.79%) ETL
6 76 (17.12%) Data Governance
7 74 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 73 (16.44%) DevOps
9 71 (15.99%) Data Protection
10 70 (15.77%) Agile
11 65 (14.64%) CI/CD
12 63 (14.19%) Decision-Making
12 63 (14.19%) Project Management
13 55 (12.39%) Mentoring
14 54 (12.16%) Validation
15 51 (11.49%) Roadmaps
16 50 (11.26%) Artificial Intelligence
16 50 (11.26%) Information Security
17 49 (11.04%) Data Architecture
17 49 (11.04%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 116 (26.13%) SQL
2 97 (21.85%) Python
3 36 (8.11%) PowerShell
4 20 (4.50%) PL/SQL
5 19 (4.28%) Bash
6 15 (3.38%) C#
6 15 (3.38%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.93%) ABAP
8 12 (2.70%) Go
8 12 (2.70%) JavaScript
9 11 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.80%) Java
10 8 (1.80%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.58%) C++
11 7 (1.58%) Scala
12 6 (1.35%) Perl
13 5 (1.13%) C
14 4 (0.90%) Ladder Logic
15 3 (0.68%) PHP
16 2 (0.45%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 76 (17.12%) Degree
2 40 (9.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (6.08%) PMI Certification
4 26 (5.86%) PMP
5 18 (4.05%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.83%) Security Cleared
7 16 (3.60%) SC Cleared
8 13 (2.93%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.70%) CISSP
10 11 (2.48%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.58%) CCSP
12 7 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.58%) CISM
12 7 (1.58%) OSCP
13 6 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.13%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.90%) CEH
15 4 (0.90%) GCIH
15 4 (0.90%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (29.73%) GDPR
2 44 (9.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (9.68%) Data Quality
4 37 (8.33%) NIST
5 34 (7.66%) PCI DSS
6 26 (5.86%) QA
7 23 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (5.18%) GxP
8 21 (4.73%) Accessibility
9 12 (2.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (2.03%) PERC
11 7 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (1.35%) CDISC
12 6 (1.35%) HIPAA
13 5 (1.13%) NCSC
14 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.90%) SLA
15 3 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 3 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
15 3 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.31%) Docker
3 20 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.15%) XenApp
5 3 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.68%) Samba
5 3 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (4.95%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.93%) Prometheus
4 10 (2.25%) Terraform
5 9 (2.03%) Ansible
6 7 (1.58%) CASB
7 6 (1.35%) Grafana
7 6 (1.35%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.13%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.90%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.45%) SCCM
12 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.23%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 86 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.46%) SAP
3 30 (6.76%) Oracle
4 29 (6.53%) Google
5 22 (4.95%) Workday
6 21 (4.73%) Databricks
7 20 (4.50%) VMware
8 19 (4.28%) Concur
9 18 (4.05%) Cisco
10 15 (3.38%) Informatica
10 15 (3.38%) Meraki
11 14 (3.15%) CheckPoint
11 14 (3.15%) Citrix
11 14 (3.15%) SonicWALL
12 13 (2.93%) ServiceNow
13 12 (2.70%) IBM
14 9 (2.03%) Adobe
14 9 (2.03%) OneTrust
15 7 (1.58%) Apple
16 6 (1.35%) Red Hat