Data Security Jobs in the Midlands

Data Security
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 230 259
Rank change year-on-year +53 +29 +33
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 77 102 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.11% 0.76% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.96% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 67 70 34
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,426 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,606 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +18.36%
75th Percentile £58,125 £85,000 £58,627
90th Percentile £75,500 £100,000 £68,110
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,500 £57,750
% change year-on-year -6.47% +20.35% -3.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,069 10,643 7,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.54% 79.64% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,906 7,032 4,389
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the Midlands

Data Security
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Security in the Midlands

Data Security
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the Midlands

Data Security
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
West Midlands +58 68 £55,000 -15.38% 14
East Midlands +32 9 £35,500 -35.45% 17
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (11.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (24.68%) SAP HCM
1 19 (24.68%) SAP HR
1 19 (24.68%) SAP Payroll
1 19 (24.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (7.79%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (7.79%) SAP ERP
3 3 (3.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (2.60%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (35.06%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (25.97%) Azure
3 19 (24.68%) SuccessFactors
4 8 (10.39%) Power Platform
5 7 (9.09%) AWS
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.60%) GCP
7 1 (1.30%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (1.30%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.30%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.30%) SaaS
7 1 (1.30%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (29.87%) Firewall
1 23 (29.87%) WAN
2 20 (25.97%) LAN
3 10 (12.99%) VPN
4 9 (11.69%) DHCP
4 9 (11.69%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.49%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (3.90%) DNS
6 3 (3.90%) Softphone
6 3 (3.90%) VLAN
7 1 (1.30%) Internet
7 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.39%) Power BI
2 5 (6.49%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (6.49%) Tableau
3 4 (5.19%) Metadata
4 3 (3.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (3.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.60%) Looker
5 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.30%) Big Data
6 1 (1.30%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (7.79%) JIRA
2 3 (3.90%) ERwin
General
1 22 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (22.08%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.58%) Finance
4 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
5 8 (10.39%) Marketing
6 7 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (9.09%) Law
6 7 (9.09%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.90%) Back Office
7 3 (3.90%) Publishing
8 1 (1.30%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.30%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (38.96%) Analyst
2 24 (31.17%) Support Analyst
3 19 (24.68%) SAP Support
4 18 (23.38%) SAP Analyst
4 18 (23.38%) SAP Support Analyst
5 16 (20.78%) Support Engineer
6 11 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 11 (14.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 11 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 11 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
6 11 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 10 (12.99%) IT Support
8 6 (7.79%) IT Analyst
8 6 (7.79%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (7.79%) Lead
8 6 (7.79%) Marketing Manager
8 6 (7.79%) Operations Manager
9 4 (5.19%) Technology Director
10 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support
10 3 (3.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (24.68%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (9.09%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.79%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.79%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.90%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.30%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (28.57%) Windows
2 19 (24.68%) Windows Server
3 13 (16.88%) Windows Server 2016
3 13 (16.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (7.79%) Apple iOS
4 6 (7.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) Time Management
2 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.78%) Data Governance
4 15 (19.48%) Mentoring
5 14 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 13 (16.88%) CRM
6 13 (16.88%) Infrastructure Management
6 13 (16.88%) Network Design
7 12 (15.58%) Data Management
8 11 (14.29%) Analytics
8 11 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (11.69%) Data Privacy
10 9 (11.69%) ERP
11 8 (10.39%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (10.39%) Customer Service
12 7 (9.09%) Agile
12 7 (9.09%) Business Strategy
12 7 (9.09%) Data Architecture
12 7 (9.09%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 19 (24.68%) ABAP
2 14 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 7 (9.09%) SQL
4 3 (3.90%) Python
5 2 (2.60%) Java
5 2 (2.60%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.30%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.30%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (10.39%) Degree
2 6 (7.79%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (5.19%) A+ Certification
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.90%) CITP
4 3 (3.90%) MCDST
5 1 (1.30%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (41.56%) GDPR
2 6 (7.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 4 (5.19%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.30%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (29.87%) Active Directory
2 14 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (16.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.30%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 25 (32.47%) SAP
2 19 (24.68%) Microsoft
3 14 (18.18%) VMware
4 13 (16.88%) CheckPoint
4 13 (16.88%) Cisco
4 13 (16.88%) Citrix
4 13 (16.88%) Meraki
4 13 (16.88%) SonicWALL
5 6 (7.79%) Apple
6 3 (3.90%) Informatica
6 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.90%) Sparx
7 1 (1.30%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.30%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.30%) Google
7 1 (1.30%) Oracle
7 1 (1.30%) Pega
7 1 (1.30%) Splunk