Data Security Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Security
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 187 167
Rank change year-on-year +6 -20 +134
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 45 59 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.57% 0.91% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.01% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 36 36 39
10th Percentile £29,000 £45,625 £25,878
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £26,768
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% -11.54%
75th Percentile £63,000 £69,920 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,625 £73,125 £117,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% +10.00% -1.32%

All Process & 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 6,401 5,860 4,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.41% 89.96% 87.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,542 2,565 3,848
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Data Security job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Security
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Security

Data Security
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

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 7 January 2026. 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 +3 28 £53,500 +1.90% 10
East Midlands +9 17 £60,000 -9.09% 11
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (13.33%) SAP HCM
1 6 (13.33%) SAP HR
1 6 (13.33%) SAP Payroll
1 6 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (40.00%) Azure
2 15 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (15.56%) Power Platform
4 6 (13.33%) AWS
4 6 (13.33%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (6.67%) GitHub
5 3 (6.67%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.44%) GCP
7 1 (2.22%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.22%) OCI
7 1 (2.22%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.22%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.22%) Serverless
7 1 (2.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) DHCP
1 8 (17.78%) DNS
2 1 (2.22%) Firewall
2 1 (2.22%) Softphone
2 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.22%) VLAN
2 1 (2.22%) VPN
2 1 (2.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Data Lake
1 6 (13.33%) Power BI
2 5 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (8.89%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (6.67%) Metadata
5 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (4.44%) Tableau
6 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.22%) Power Query
6 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.78%) Finance
3 5 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.89%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Legal
6 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Back Office
7 1 (2.22%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) IT Manager
2 8 (17.78%) Infrastructure Manager
2 8 (17.78%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 7 (15.56%) IT Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (13.33%) 2nd Line Technical Support
4 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Lead
4 6 (13.33%) SAP Support
4 6 (13.33%) Technical Support
5 3 (6.67%) Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.67%) IT Operations Manager
5 3 (6.67%) IT Security Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Network Security Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Operations Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Oracle Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Project Coordinator
5 3 (6.67%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (11.11%) EDI
3 3 (6.67%) JSON
3 3 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (6.67%) REST
4 2 (4.44%) .NET
5 1 (2.22%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.67%) Replication
4 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.22%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.22%) NHS
5 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.33%) Linux
1 6 (13.33%) Windows
1 6 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (24.44%) Project Management
2 10 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (22.22%) CRM
3 9 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 9 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 9 (20.00%) Time Management
4 8 (17.78%) ERP
5 7 (15.56%) Agile
5 7 (15.56%) Data Architecture
5 7 (15.56%) Data Pipeline
5 7 (15.56%) PRINCE2
5 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 6 (13.33%) DevOps
6 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
7 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.11%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) SQL
2 6 (13.33%) ABAP
3 4 (8.89%) C#
3 4 (8.89%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.89%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.67%) Python
5 1 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.22%) Java
5 1 (2.22%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (35.56%) GDPR
2 5 (11.11%) QA
3 4 (8.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (6.67%) PMO
5 1 (2.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (24.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.22%) VMware
3 6 (13.33%) SAP
4 4 (8.89%) Oracle
4 4 (8.89%) Planon
4 4 (8.89%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.22%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.22%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow