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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 342 449
Rank change year-on-year +18 +107 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 440 680 569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.91% 0.77% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.91% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 285 446 345
10th Percentile £47,000 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,438 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +21.62% -3.48%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £97,200
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.35% +22.27% -4.35%

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 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
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 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 28 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 28 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 +107 194 £87,000 +16.00% 309
South East +51 94 £65,000 -13.33% 322
Midlands +19 70 £55,000 -4.35% 194
West Midlands +45 62 £55,000 -15.38% 105
North of England -52 37 £57,500 +21.05% 251
East of England +38 20 £50,000 -16.67% 157
Yorkshire +39 19 £57,500 +27.78% 100
South West +89 18 £62,500 +56.25% 125
North West -59 16 £60,684 +5.54% 117
East Midlands +19 8 £41,500 -24.55% 77
North East +35 2 £65,750 +56.55% 36
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 35 (7.95%) Apache Spark
2 17 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.64%) SharePoint
4 14 (3.18%) Apache
5 6 (1.36%) Moodle
6 5 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.91%) SAS
8 3 (0.68%) nginx
9 2 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.23%) CMS
10 1 (0.23%) Confluence
10 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.82%) Acrobat
4 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.68%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.41%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (3.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (2.95%) SAP HCM
3 13 (2.95%) SAP HR
3 13 (2.95%) SAP Payroll
4 10 (2.27%) Raiser’s Edge
5 6 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (1.36%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.91%) Relativity
6 4 (0.91%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.23%) iTrent
9 1 (0.23%) Lorenzo
9 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
9 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 166 (37.73%) Azure
2 86 (19.55%) AWS
3 76 (17.27%) Power Platform
4 62 (14.09%) GCP
5 49 (11.14%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (7.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 33 (7.50%) Amazon S3
8 28 (6.36%) Serverless
9 25 (5.68%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (5.68%) Microsoft Purview
10 14 (3.18%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (2.95%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (2.95%) Snowflake
11 13 (2.95%) SuccessFactors
12 12 (2.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (2.73%) Collibra
12 12 (2.73%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.82%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 65 (14.77%) Firewall
2 28 (6.36%) Network Security
3 22 (5.00%) LAN
3 22 (5.00%) WAN
4 9 (2.05%) Intranet
4 9 (2.05%) VPN
5 7 (1.59%) DHCP
5 7 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.91%) DNS
8 3 (0.68%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.45%) Internet
10 1 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.23%) DKIM
10 1 (0.23%) DMARC
10 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.23%) VoIP
10 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (20.23%) Data Warehouse
2 74 (16.82%) Power BI
3 35 (7.95%) Data Lake
4 31 (7.05%) Big Data
5 28 (6.36%) Tableau
6 26 (5.91%) NoSQL
6 26 (5.91%) SQL Server
7 20 (4.55%) Metadata
8 15 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (3.41%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (3.41%) Oracle ODI
8 15 (3.41%) Relational Database
9 14 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (2.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (2.73%) Hadoop
12 10 (2.27%) MySQL
13 9 (2.05%) IBM InfoSphere
13 9 (2.05%) Looker
14 8 (1.82%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (3.18%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.27%) Moq
2 10 (2.27%) SpecFlow
3 9 (2.05%) GitLab
4 8 (1.82%) CircleCI
5 7 (1.59%) JIRA
6 5 (1.14%) Git
6 5 (1.14%) MLflow
7 3 (0.68%) ERwin
8 1 (0.23%) Selenium
8 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 133 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 107 (24.32%) Finance
3 88 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (14.09%) Law
5 46 (10.45%) Legal
6 31 (7.05%) Marketing
7 29 (6.59%) Pharmaceutical
7 29 (6.59%) Retail
8 27 (6.14%) Banking
8 27 (6.14%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.82%) Games
11 8 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.36%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.91%) Back Office
15 3 (0.68%) Electronics
15 3 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (13.41%) Analyst
2 58 (13.18%) Data Engineer
2 58 (13.18%) Lead
3 45 (10.23%) Senior
4 25 (5.68%) Architect
5 21 (4.77%) IT Manager
5 21 (4.77%) Support Analyst
6 20 (4.55%) Senior Data Engineer
6 20 (4.55%) Software Engineer
7 19 (4.32%) Developer
8 17 (3.86%) Consultant
8 17 (3.86%) Data Manager
9 16 (3.64%) Support Engineer
10 15 (3.41%) Data Architect
10 15 (3.41%) Data Consultant
10 15 (3.41%) Data Migration Consultant
10 15 (3.41%) Migration Consultant
10 15 (3.41%) Oracle Consultant
10 15 (3.41%) Oracle Technical Consultant
10 15 (3.41%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.68%) Kafka
2 21 (4.77%) REST
3 15 (3.41%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (3.18%) .NET
4 14 (3.18%) OAuth
4 14 (3.18%) OAuth2
5 13 (2.95%) SAP Fiori
6 12 (2.73%) PySpark
7 9 (2.05%) FHIR
7 9 (2.05%) HTML
8 8 (1.82%) .NET Core
8 8 (1.82%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.82%) CSS
8 8 (1.82%) Entity Framework
8 8 (1.82%) gRPC
8 8 (1.82%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (1.82%) RESTful
8 8 (1.82%) Swagger
8 8 (1.82%) web3js
9 7 (1.59%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.77%) Management Information System
2 29 (6.59%) Cloud Native
3 24 (5.45%) Security Posture
4 15 (3.41%) Data Structures
4 15 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (1.82%) Blockchain
6 8 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.82%) e-Learning
6 8 (1.82%) Web3
7 7 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
7 7 (1.59%) PKI
8 6 (1.36%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.36%) Learning Management System
8 6 (1.36%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.14%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 60 (13.64%) Windows
2 33 (7.50%) Linux
3 30 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.59%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.91%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.68%) Unix
9 1 (0.23%) Android
9 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (23.86%) Analytics
3 90 (20.45%) Business Intelligence
4 82 (18.64%) Data Governance
5 81 (18.41%) ETL
6 79 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
7 78 (17.73%) Data Modelling
8 74 (16.82%) DevOps
9 73 (16.59%) Agile
10 67 (15.23%) CI/CD
11 66 (15.00%) Data Protection
11 66 (15.00%) Decision-Making
12 60 (13.64%) Project Management
13 54 (12.27%) Mentoring
13 54 (12.27%) Validation
14 52 (11.82%) Artificial Intelligence
14 52 (11.82%) Computer Science
15 51 (11.59%) Data Architecture
16 48 (10.91%) Data Engineering
16 48 (10.91%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 118 (26.82%) SQL
2 94 (21.36%) Python
3 33 (7.50%) PowerShell
4 20 (4.55%) PL/SQL
5 17 (3.86%) Bash
6 15 (3.41%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.18%) C#
8 13 (2.95%) ABAP
8 13 (2.95%) Go
9 11 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (2.27%) JavaScript
11 9 (2.05%) Java
11 9 (2.05%) Scala
12 8 (1.82%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.36%) C++
13 6 (1.36%) Perl
14 4 (0.91%) C
15 3 (0.68%) Ladder Logic
15 3 (0.68%) PHP
16 2 (0.45%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 79 (17.95%) Degree
2 46 (10.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (5.91%) PMI Certification
3 26 (5.91%) PMP
4 23 (5.23%) Master's Degree
5 18 (4.09%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.86%) Security Cleared
7 16 (3.64%) SC Cleared
8 15 (3.41%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.73%) CISSP
10 10 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.59%) CISM
12 6 (1.36%) CCSP
12 6 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (1.36%) OSCP
13 4 (0.91%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.91%) SSCP
14 3 (0.68%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (30.91%) GDPR
2 46 (10.45%) Data Quality
3 42 (9.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (8.41%) NIST
5 33 (7.50%) PCI DSS
6 29 (6.59%) QA
7 23 (5.23%) Accessibility
7 23 (5.23%) GxP
8 22 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (3.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (1.82%) PERC
11 6 (1.36%) CDISC
11 6 (1.36%) HIPAA
11 6 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (1.14%) NCSC
13 4 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 3 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
14 3 (0.68%) GRC
14 3 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.36%) Docker
3 21 (4.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.41%) 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 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (3.64%) Prometheus
4 11 (2.50%) Terraform
5 9 (2.05%) Ansible
6 8 (1.82%) Grafana
7 6 (1.36%) CASB
7 6 (1.36%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.14%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.68%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.23%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 42 (9.55%) SAP
3 32 (7.27%) Oracle
4 30 (6.82%) Google
5 22 (5.00%) Workday
6 21 (4.77%) VMware
7 19 (4.32%) Concur
7 19 (4.32%) Databricks
8 18 (4.09%) Cisco
9 16 (3.64%) Informatica
9 16 (3.64%) Meraki
10 15 (3.41%) CheckPoint
10 15 (3.41%) Citrix
10 15 (3.41%) SonicWALL
11 9 (2.05%) IBM
12 8 (1.82%) Adobe
12 8 (1.82%) OneTrust
13 7 (1.59%) Salesforce
14 6 (1.36%) Apple
14 6 (1.36%) Red Hat