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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 217 173
Rank change year-on-year +47 -44 +142
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 46 53 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.78% 0.59% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.72% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 38 30 36
10th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £26,323
25th Percentile £32,125 £49,063 £32,005
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £63,200 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.35% +14.91% +3.29%
75th Percentile £61,563 £69,980 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,625 £117,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -2.60%

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 4,889 7,322 4,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.32% 81.85% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,172 3,247 3,635
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -0.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,980 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +31 33 £50,000 -16.67% 13
East Midlands +28 13 £62,500 -8.09% 22
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 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 8 (17.39%) SAP HCM
1 8 (17.39%) SAP HR
1 8 (17.39%) SAP Payroll
1 8 (17.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (26.09%) Azure
3 8 (17.39%) SuccessFactors
4 6 (13.04%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) AWS
5 3 (6.52%) GitHub
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (4.35%) GCP
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (2.17%) Azure AI
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.17%) OCI
7 1 (2.17%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.17%) Serverless
7 1 (2.17%) ShareGate
7 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.57%) DHCP
1 9 (19.57%) DNS
2 5 (10.87%) Firewall
2 5 (10.87%) WAN
3 4 (8.70%) VPN
4 3 (6.52%) Softphone
4 3 (6.52%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.52%) VLAN
5 2 (4.35%) LAN
6 1 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Metadata
1 5 (10.87%) Power BI
2 4 (8.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (8.70%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (6.52%) Tableau
4 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.17%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
2 2 (4.35%) ERwin
3 1 (2.17%) Git
General
1 8 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Finance
2 4 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Back Office
3 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (6.52%) Legal
3 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.52%) Publishing
4 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.17%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.17%) Law
5 1 (2.17%) Local Government
5 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) SAP Support
2 7 (15.22%) Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (13.04%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 6 (13.04%) SAP Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) SAP Support Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) Support Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) Technical Support
4 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) IT Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) IT Manager
4 5 (10.87%) Lead
4 5 (10.87%) Support Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) IT Support
6 3 (6.52%) Business Intelligence Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Oracle Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.39%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (10.87%) EDI
3 3 (6.52%) JSON
3 3 (6.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (6.52%) REST
4 1 (2.17%) .NET
4 1 (2.17%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.52%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.52%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (19.57%) Windows
2 8 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 6 (13.04%) Linux
4 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Time Management
2 10 (21.74%) CRM
3 9 (19.57%) ERP
4 8 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (17.39%) Infrastructure Management
5 6 (13.04%) Agile
5 6 (13.04%) Data Governance
5 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
5 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
5 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.04%) Project Management
5 6 (13.04%) Security Operations
6 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
6 5 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.87%) Data Architecture
6 5 (10.87%) DevOps
6 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (8.70%) Analytics
7 4 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) ABAP
2 5 (10.87%) SQL
3 4 (8.70%) C#
3 4 (8.70%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.52%) Python
5 1 (2.17%) Java
5 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (4.35%) A+ Certification
1 2 (4.35%) CITP
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.17%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (2.17%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) MCDST
2 1 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (39.13%) GDPR
2 5 (10.87%) QA
3 3 (6.52%) PMO
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.17%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.04%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.17%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.39%) SAP
2 8 (17.39%) VMware
3 4 (8.70%) Oracle
4 2 (4.35%) CheckPoint
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco
4 2 (4.35%) Citrix
4 2 (4.35%) Meraki
4 2 (4.35%) SonicWALL
4 2 (4.35%) Sparx
5 1 (2.17%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.17%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (2.17%) Pega
5 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.17%) Splunk