Data Security Job Trends in Merseyside

Data Security
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Data Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 67 93
Rank change year-on-year +5 +26 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 1 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.18% 0.81% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 1.06% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £35,625 £38,029
25th Percentile - £37,500 £39,816
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £40,000 £44,669
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -10.45% -40.44%
75th Percentile - £42,500 £51,397
90th Percentile - £55,250 £54,309
North West median annual salary £51,498 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -26.43% +16.67% -2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 506 752 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 89.88% 76.42% 96.75%
Number of salaries quoted 231 452 354
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £29,325
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £37,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,497 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +4.76%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Merseyside

Data Security
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Data Security

Data Security
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Liverpool +15 1 £65,000 +62.50% 1
Data Security
North West

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (100.00%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) AssetCenter
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Kepware
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) VMware