Data Security Jobs in London

Data Security
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 321 353
Rank change year-on-year +111 +32 +101
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 193 200 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.49% 0.85% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 0.93% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 126 156 159
10th Percentile £56,250 £43,375 £47,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +15.38% -1.89%
75th Percentile £110,000 £91,991 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £107,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +17.39% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,446 21,516 32,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.25% 90.97% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,205 15,872 23,232
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,171
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in London

Data Security
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Security in London.

Salary trend for Data Security in London

Data Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Security in London

Data Security
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London +34 33 £70,000 +14.29% 15
West London - 7 £95,000 - 4
East London -10 4 - - 2
South London -11 2 - - 2
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (2.59%) Moodle
1 5 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.55%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.55%) nginx
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.55%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.18%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (2.07%) Relativity
3 3 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) iTrent
4 1 (0.52%) Lorenzo
4 1 (0.52%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (42.49%) Azure
2 44 (22.80%) AWS
3 38 (19.69%) GCP
4 30 (15.54%) Power Platform
5 17 (8.81%) Microsoft Purview
5 17 (8.81%) Serverless
6 14 (7.25%) Amazon S3
6 14 (7.25%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (7.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (5.70%) Collibra
8 10 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (4.66%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (4.66%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (4.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (4.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (3.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (3.63%) Datadog
12 6 (3.11%) GitHub
13 4 (2.07%) Entra ID
13 4 (2.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (18.65%) Firewall
2 23 (11.92%) Network Security
3 4 (2.07%) Bluetooth
4 3 (1.55%) DNS
5 1 (0.52%) DKIM
5 1 (0.52%) DMARC
5 1 (0.52%) VPN
5 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (15.03%) Data Warehouse
1 29 (15.03%) Power BI
2 15 (7.77%) Metadata
3 13 (6.74%) NoSQL
4 12 (6.22%) Data Lake
4 12 (6.22%) Tableau
5 11 (5.70%) Relational Database
6 10 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (4.66%) IBM InfoSphere
7 9 (4.66%) SQL Server
8 8 (4.15%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (3.63%) DynamoDB
10 6 (3.11%) Big Data
11 4 (2.07%) Data Vault
11 4 (2.07%) EDRMS
12 3 (1.55%) ClickHouse
12 3 (1.55%) MySQL
13 2 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (6.22%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.63%) CircleCI
2 7 (3.63%) GitLab
3 6 (3.11%) Moq
3 6 (3.11%) SpecFlow
4 4 (2.07%) Git
5 2 (1.04%) MLflow
6 1 (0.52%) Selenium
6 1 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 54 (27.98%) Finance
2 49 (25.39%) Social Skills
3 29 (15.03%) Legal
4 23 (11.92%) Pharmaceutical
5 22 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (9.33%) Law
6 18 (9.33%) Marketing
7 17 (8.81%) Banking
8 14 (7.25%) Retail
9 8 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (4.15%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.11%) Games
10 6 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.55%) Back Office
12 3 (1.55%) Electronics
12 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.04%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (12.95%) Senior
2 22 (11.40%) Analyst
3 21 (10.88%) Data Engineer
4 19 (9.84%) Architect
5 18 (9.33%) IT Manager
6 16 (8.29%) Software Engineer
7 14 (7.25%) Lead
8 13 (6.74%) Head of IT
8 13 (6.74%) Platform Engineer
9 12 (6.22%) Delivery Manager
10 11 (5.70%) Data Architect
10 11 (5.70%) Security Analyst
11 10 (5.18%) Database Manager
11 10 (5.18%) Developer
11 10 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (4.66%) Data Steward
13 8 (4.15%) Head of Security
13 8 (4.15%) Security Manager
14 7 (3.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 7 (3.63%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.25%) Kafka
2 12 (6.22%) REST
3 9 (4.66%) OAuth
3 9 (4.66%) OAuth2
4 8 (4.15%) .NET
5 7 (3.63%) CSS
5 7 (3.63%) gRPC
5 7 (3.63%) HTML
5 7 (3.63%) RabbitMQ
5 7 (3.63%) RESTful
5 7 (3.63%) web3js
6 6 (3.11%) FHIR
7 5 (2.59%) .NET Core
7 5 (2.59%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.59%) Entity Framework
7 5 (2.59%) Swagger
8 4 (2.07%) Django
8 4 (2.07%) WebSockets
9 3 (1.55%) Jest
9 3 (1.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.44%) Security Posture
2 19 (9.84%) Management Information System
3 14 (7.25%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.63%) Blockchain
4 7 (3.63%) PKI
4 7 (3.63%) Web3
5 6 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.59%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.59%) Learning Management System
7 4 (2.07%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.07%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (2.07%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.07%) IoT
7 4 (2.07%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.55%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.55%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.95%) Linux
2 24 (12.44%) Windows
3 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.07%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.55%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.12%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (25.91%) Data Protection
3 46 (23.83%) DevOps
4 43 (22.28%) Analytics
4 43 (22.28%) CI/CD
5 39 (20.21%) Roadmaps
6 38 (19.69%) Data Modelling
6 38 (19.69%) Risk Management
7 33 (17.10%) Information Security
8 32 (16.58%) Data Governance
9 31 (16.06%) Business Intelligence
9 31 (16.06%) Decision-Making
9 31 (16.06%) IT Strategy
10 30 (15.54%) Artificial Intelligence
10 30 (15.54%) Project Management
11 29 (15.03%) Validation
12 28 (14.51%) Data Architecture
12 28 (14.51%) Data Privacy
12 28 (14.51%) Technical Leadership
13 27 (13.99%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 51 (26.42%) Python
2 32 (16.58%) SQL
3 12 (6.22%) Bash
3 12 (6.22%) Go
3 12 (6.22%) TypeScript
4 10 (5.18%) PowerShell
5 9 (4.66%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.15%) C#
7 7 (3.63%) C++
8 6 (3.11%) Java
8 6 (3.11%) Perl
9 5 (2.59%) C
10 4 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (2.07%) Ladder Logic
11 3 (1.55%) PHP
12 2 (1.04%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (20.73%) Degree
2 24 (12.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (5.18%) CISSP
3 10 (5.18%) Master's Degree
4 7 (3.63%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.63%) PMP
4 7 (3.63%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.63%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.11%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.11%) CCSP
5 6 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.11%) OSCP
6 5 (2.59%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.07%) CISM
7 4 (2.07%) SSCP
8 3 (1.55%) CEH
8 3 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.55%) GCIH
8 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (34.20%) GDPR
2 30 (15.54%) NIST
3 29 (15.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (12.44%) PCI DSS
5 23 (11.92%) GxP
6 19 (9.84%) Data Quality
7 16 (8.29%) QA
8 15 (7.77%) Accessibility
9 10 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (3.11%) HIPAA
10 6 (3.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (2.59%) NCSC
12 4 (2.07%) CDISC
12 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (1.55%) GRC
13 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
14 2 (1.04%) MiFID
15 1 (0.52%) DICOM
15 1 (0.52%) HL7
15 1 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (8.81%) Docker
2 7 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.55%) Samba
4 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (7.25%) Kubernetes
1 14 (7.25%) Prometheus
2 9 (4.66%) Ansible
2 9 (4.66%) Terraform
3 7 (3.63%) Grafana
4 6 (3.11%) CASB
4 6 (3.11%) Red Hat Satellite
5 5 (2.59%) HP Fortify
5 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.55%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.52%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.52%) SCCM
7 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (20.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.22%) Databricks
2 12 (6.22%) Informatica
3 9 (4.66%) IBM
4 6 (3.11%) Google
4 6 (3.11%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.07%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.07%) Siemens
5 4 (2.07%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.55%) SAP
6 3 (1.55%) Symantec
6 3 (1.55%) Workday
6 3 (1.55%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.04%) Sun
8 1 (0.52%) Apple
8 1 (0.52%) Cerner
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco
8 1 (0.52%) Dell
8 1 (0.52%) InterSystems
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle