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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 157 217
Rank change year-on-year -43 +60 +27
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 70 76 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.49% 1.33% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.56% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 48 65 52
10th Percentile £26,175 £29,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £67,155
Median % change year-on-year - -18.10% +22.10%
75th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,000 £104,275
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -10.34% +21.80%

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 9,952 4,878 8,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.86% 85.12% 77.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7,098 2,971 5,137
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -53 41 £52,500 -4.55% 8
East Midlands +4 29 £55,000 +54.93% 15
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 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 26 (37.14%) Power Platform
2 20 (28.57%) Azure
3 15 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (4.29%) AWS
8 3 (4.29%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.86%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.43%) Nutanix
10 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.43%) DHCP
1 1 (1.43%) DNS
1 1 (1.43%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.43%) VLAN
1 1 (1.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (37.14%) Power BI
2 9 (12.86%) Tableau
3 5 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (5.71%) Data Lake
4 4 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.86%) Db2
6 2 (2.86%) Easytrieve
6 2 (2.86%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.86%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.43%) EDMS
7 1 (1.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Git
General
1 32 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.29%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (20.00%) Finance
4 12 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (11.43%) Retail
6 7 (10.00%) Marketing
6 7 (10.00%) Public Sector
7 6 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.86%) Automotive
8 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (15.71%) Data Engineer
2 9 (12.86%) Data Manager
2 9 (12.86%) IT Manager
2 9 (12.86%) Senior
2 9 (12.86%) Senior Data Engineer
3 7 (10.00%) Data Governance Analyst
3 7 (10.00%) Data Governance Manager
3 7 (10.00%) Governance Manager
3 7 (10.00%) IT Support
3 7 (10.00%) Lead
4 6 (8.57%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 6 (8.57%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (7.14%) Analyst
5 5 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 5 (7.14%) Elasticsearch Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Kafka Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Python Data Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Python Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) Kafka
1 5 (7.14%) Keycloak
2 2 (2.86%) EDI
2 2 (2.86%) ISPF
2 2 (2.86%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.57%) Data Structures
3 6 (8.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 5 (7.14%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.86%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.86%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.43%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.43%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.14%) Windows
2 3 (4.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.86%) zOS
4 1 (1.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.57%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (34.29%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (30.00%) Analytics
4 19 (27.14%) Data Governance
5 16 (22.86%) AI
5 16 (22.86%) Data Protection
6 15 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (20.00%) Data Management
8 13 (18.57%) Project Management
8 13 (18.57%) Roadmaps
9 11 (15.71%) Data Modelling
9 11 (15.71%) ETL
10 10 (14.29%) Agile
10 10 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
10 10 (14.29%) Data Strategy
10 10 (14.29%) Decision-Making
11 9 (12.86%) Business Strategy
11 9 (12.86%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (11.43%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.00%) SQL
2 8 (11.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (10.00%) Python
4 5 (7.14%) Go
5 2 (2.86%) Assembly Language
5 2 (2.86%) COBOL
5 2 (2.86%) JCL
6 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (12.86%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 5 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.86%) CITP
6 1 (1.43%) CCNA
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (30.00%) GDPR
2 11 (15.71%) Data Quality
3 7 (10.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (7.14%) PERC
5 2 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.86%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.86%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.43%) Databricks
3 3 (4.29%) Google
4 2 (2.86%) IBM
4 2 (2.86%) Planon
4 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.43%) Cisco