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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 209 172
Rank change year-on-year +24 -37 +149
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 49 61 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.89% 0.68% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.84% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 43 29 42
10th Percentile £29,000 £49,000 £25,967
25th Percentile £44,375 £58,500 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.90% +18.91% +15.18%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,400 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £79,500 £114,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £59,556
% change year-on-year -3.70% +13.34% -4.71%

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 4,794 7,300 4,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.68% 80.87% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,796 3,322 3,747
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,195 £52,000 £52,170
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% -0.33% +4.34%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,473 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 22 October 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 22 October 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 +32 37 £55,000 -15.90% 17
East Midlands +17 12 £61,250 -6.49% 10
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 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (20.41%) SAP HCM
1 10 (20.41%) SAP HR
1 10 (20.41%) SAP Payroll
1 10 (20.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (4.08%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (4.08%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.78%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (30.61%) Azure
3 10 (20.41%) SuccessFactors
4 6 (12.24%) Power Platform
5 4 (8.16%) AWS
6 3 (6.12%) GitHub
7 2 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (4.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (4.08%) GCP
8 1 (2.04%) Amazon Macie
8 1 (2.04%) Azure AI
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.04%) Serverless
8 1 (2.04%) ShareGate
8 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.45%) DHCP
2 10 (20.41%) Firewall
2 10 (20.41%) WAN
3 9 (18.37%) DNS
4 7 (14.29%) LAN
5 6 (12.24%) VPN
6 5 (10.20%) TCP/IP
7 3 (6.12%) Softphone
7 3 (6.12%) VLAN
8 1 (2.04%) Internet
8 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.29%) Metadata
2 5 (10.20%) Power BI
3 3 (6.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (6.12%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (6.12%) Tableau
4 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) ERwin
3 1 (2.04%) Git
General
1 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.12%) Back Office
4 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.12%) Publishing
4 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.04%) Law
5 1 (2.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Analyst
2 11 (22.45%) Support Analyst
3 10 (20.41%) SAP Support
4 9 (18.37%) SAP Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) SAP Support Analyst
5 7 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (14.29%) Lead
5 7 (14.29%) Support Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) 2nd Line Technical Support
6 6 (12.24%) IT Support
6 6 (12.24%) Technical Support
7 3 (6.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Business Intelligence Architect
7 3 (6.12%) Data Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) IT Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (20.41%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (14.29%) EDI
3 3 (6.12%) JSON
3 3 (6.12%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (6.12%) REST
4 1 (2.04%) .NET
4 1 (2.04%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.12%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.08%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.04%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (28.57%) Windows
2 12 (24.49%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.24%) Linux
4 4 (8.16%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (8.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (4.08%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) Time Management
2 10 (20.41%) CRM
2 10 (20.41%) Infrastructure Management
3 8 (16.33%) Data Modelling
3 8 (16.33%) ERP
4 7 (14.29%) Agile
4 7 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (14.29%) Data Management
5 6 (12.24%) Data Architecture
5 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.24%) Security Operations
6 5 (10.20%) CI/CD
6 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.20%) Data Governance
6 5 (10.20%) DevOps
6 5 (10.20%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.16%) Data Transformation
7 4 (8.16%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (8.16%) Network Design
7 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) ABAP
2 5 (10.20%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.16%) C#
3 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.16%) SQL
4 3 (6.12%) Python
5 1 (2.04%) Java
5 1 (2.04%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) Degree
2 3 (6.12%) A+ Certification
2 3 (6.12%) CITP
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (4.08%) MCDST
4 1 (2.04%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.04%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (38.78%) GDPR
2 4 (8.16%) QA
3 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (32.65%) Active Directory
2 11 (22.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (12.24%) Hyper-V
4 4 (8.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (24.49%) SAP
3 11 (22.45%) VMware
4 4 (8.16%) CheckPoint
4 4 (8.16%) Cisco
4 4 (8.16%) Citrix
4 4 (8.16%) Meraki
4 4 (8.16%) SonicWALL
5 3 (6.12%) Oracle
5 3 (6.12%) Sparx
6 2 (4.08%) Apple
7 1 (2.04%) Autodesk
7 1 (2.04%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (2.04%) Pega
7 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.04%) Splunk