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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 183 177
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 +111
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 41 60 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.48% 1.01% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.10% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 32 37 58
10th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £25,240
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £28,876
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £63,188 £66,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,000 £107,875
England median annual salary £62,500 £66,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.30% +14.78% -4.17%

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 6,810 5,476 7,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.42% 91.73% 85.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,798 2,446 5,808
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £34,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.02% -4.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 11 February 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 11 February 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 -10 23 £55,000 +10.00% 17
East Midlands -7 18 £60,000 -9.09% 14
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 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) SAP HCM
1 4 (9.76%) SAP HR
1 4 (9.76%) SAP Payroll
1 4 (9.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (17.07%) AWS
4 6 (14.63%) Power Platform
5 4 (9.76%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (7.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (7.32%) GitHub
6 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.44%) GCP
8 1 (2.44%) Nutanix
8 1 (2.44%) OCI
8 1 (2.44%) Serverless
8 1 (2.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) DHCP
1 4 (9.76%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.07%) Data Lake
2 6 (14.63%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (12.20%) Power BI
4 3 (7.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (7.32%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (4.88%) Metadata
5 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.44%) Power Query
6 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Git
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
5 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Legal
7 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) IT Manager
2 8 (19.51%) Infrastructure Manager
2 8 (19.51%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Lead
4 6 (14.63%) IT Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Data Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) SAP Support
7 3 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (7.32%) 2nd Line Technical Support
7 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
7 3 (7.32%) IT Security Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Network Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Network Security Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Operational Security Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Operations Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (7.32%) Security Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) EDI
2 4 (9.76%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (7.32%) JSON
4 2 (4.88%) .NET
4 2 (4.88%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (4.88%) REST
5 1 (2.44%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.32%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.32%) Replication
4 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.44%) NHS
4 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Project Management
2 10 (24.39%) CRM
3 9 (21.95%) Data Governance
4 8 (19.51%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (19.51%) Data Pipeline
4 8 (19.51%) PRINCE2
4 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (17.07%) Agile
5 7 (17.07%) Data Architecture
5 7 (17.07%) Time Management
6 6 (14.63%) Data Integration
6 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
6 6 (14.63%) ERP
6 6 (14.63%) ETL
6 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (14.63%) Security Operations
7 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (12.20%) Data Modelling
7 5 (12.20%) Data Strategy
7 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) SQL
2 4 (9.76%) ABAP
2 4 (9.76%) C#
2 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) CITP
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.44%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.44%) MCDST
3 1 (2.44%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) GDPR
2 5 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (12.20%) QA
3 4 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (7.32%) PMO
5 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
5 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) VMware
3 5 (12.20%) Planon
3 5 (12.20%) Salesforce
4 4 (9.76%) SAP
5 3 (7.32%) Oracle
6 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow