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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 216 274
Rank change year-on-year +37 +58 -16
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 76 108 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.08% 0.91% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.11% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 64 75 37
10th Percentile £32,300 £26,250 £36,450
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.98% +25.29%
75th Percentile £57,813 £90,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,000 £104,350 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,550 £58,500
% change year-on-year -0.84% +12.05% +1.74%

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 6,479 9,747 8,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.67% 82.00% 96.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,672 7,160 4,510
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,834 £38,362
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,270 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
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 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 May 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 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
West Midlands +52 68 £55,000 -15.38% 22
East Midlands +23 8 £47,500 -13.64% 14
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 15 (19.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.63%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.32%) Apache
4 1 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (17.11%) SAP HCM
1 13 (17.11%) SAP HR
1 13 (17.11%) SAP Payroll
1 13 (17.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (7.89%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (7.89%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 27 (35.53%) Azure
2 25 (32.89%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (17.11%) SuccessFactors
4 10 (13.16%) Power Platform
5 9 (11.84%) AWS
6 5 (6.58%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (5.26%) IBM Cloud
8 3 (3.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (3.95%) SaaS
9 1 (1.32%) GCP
9 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (28.95%) Firewall
1 22 (28.95%) LAN
1 22 (28.95%) WAN
2 6 (7.89%) DHCP
2 6 (7.89%) TCP/IP
2 6 (7.89%) VPN
3 4 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.32%) Internet
4 1 (1.32%) Intranet
4 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.84%) Power BI
2 8 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (6.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (6.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.95%) Metadata
4 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.95%) Tableau
5 2 (2.63%) Big Data
5 2 (2.63%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.63%) Looker
5 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (1.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.32%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) ERwin
General
1 23 (30.26%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 11 (14.47%) Finance
4 9 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (11.84%) Public Sector
5 8 (10.53%) Marketing
6 6 (7.89%) Law
6 6 (7.89%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.32%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (32.89%) Analyst
2 19 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 15 (19.74%) Support Engineer
4 13 (17.11%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 13 (17.11%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 13 (17.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 13 (17.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (17.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 13 (17.11%) SAP Analyst
4 13 (17.11%) SAP Support
4 13 (17.11%) SAP Support Analyst
5 6 (7.89%) IT Analyst
5 6 (7.89%) IT Support
5 6 (7.89%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (7.89%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (7.89%) Operations Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Data Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Lead
7 4 (5.26%) Service Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (17.11%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.63%) EDI
3 1 (1.32%) .NET
3 1 (1.32%) ADO
3 1 (1.32%) JSON
3 1 (1.32%) NumPy
3 1 (1.32%) Pandas
3 1 (1.32%) PySpark
3 1 (1.32%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.74%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.89%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.89%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.32%) CESG
4 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.32%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (30.26%) Windows
2 21 (27.63%) Windows Server
3 15 (19.74%) Windows Server 2016
3 15 (19.74%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (7.89%) Apple iOS
4 6 (7.89%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (23.68%) Mentoring
3 16 (21.05%) Data Governance
3 16 (21.05%) Decision-Making
4 15 (19.74%) Analytics
4 15 (19.74%) Infrastructure Management
4 15 (19.74%) Network Design
5 14 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (18.42%) Time Management
6 11 (14.47%) Actionable Insight
6 11 (14.47%) ITIL
7 9 (11.84%) Data Management
8 8 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
8 8 (10.53%) CRM
8 8 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (10.53%) ETL
8 8 (10.53%) Visualisation
9 7 (9.21%) Customer Service
9 7 (9.21%) Data Privacy
9 7 (9.21%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.37%) PowerShell
2 13 (17.11%) ABAP
3 10 (13.16%) SQL
4 3 (3.95%) Python
4 3 (3.95%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.63%) Java
6 1 (1.32%) C++
6 1 (1.32%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.32%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (14.47%) Degree
2 6 (7.89%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.63%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.63%) MCDST
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.32%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (1.32%) CISM
4 1 (1.32%) CITP
4 1 (1.32%) ISEB
4 1 (1.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (34.21%) GDPR
2 6 (7.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 5 (6.58%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.58%) SLA
4 3 (3.95%) QA
5 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 21 (27.63%) Active Directory
2 16 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (19.74%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (25.00%) SAP
2 18 (23.68%) Microsoft
3 16 (21.05%) VMware
4 15 (19.74%) CheckPoint
4 15 (19.74%) Cisco
4 15 (19.74%) Citrix
4 15 (19.74%) Meraki
4 15 (19.74%) SonicWALL
5 6 (7.89%) Apple
6 5 (6.58%) ServiceNow
7 4 (5.26%) IBM
7 4 (5.26%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (5.26%) SolarWinds
7 4 (5.26%) Veeam
8 3 (3.95%) Informatica
9 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
10 1 (1.32%) Databricks
10 1 (1.32%) Google
10 1 (1.32%) Oracle
10 1 (1.32%) Sparx