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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 220 179
Rank change year-on-year +46 -41 +127
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 61 66 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.09% 0.66% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.83% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 53 33 39
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,550 £25,878
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £30,259
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,900 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +14.36% +17.06%
75th Percentile - £69,920 £69,722
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £76,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -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 4,808 7,918 5,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.73% 78.61% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,883 4,035 3,831
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,893 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,954
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +41 50 £55,000 -15.90% 20
East Midlands +32 11 £47,750 -21.72% 9
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 9 (14.75%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.64%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (24.59%) SAP HCM
1 15 (24.59%) SAP HR
1 15 (24.59%) SAP Payroll
1 15 (24.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (9.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (9.84%) SAP ERP
3 3 (4.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (3.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (42.62%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (24.59%) SuccessFactors
3 14 (22.95%) Azure
4 5 (8.20%) AWS
5 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.28%) GCP
6 2 (3.28%) GitHub
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.64%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.64%) SaaS
7 1 (1.64%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (26.23%) Firewall
1 16 (26.23%) WAN
2 15 (24.59%) DHCP
3 13 (21.31%) LAN
4 10 (16.39%) VPN
5 9 (14.75%) DNS
5 9 (14.75%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.92%) Softphone
6 3 (4.92%) VLAN
7 1 (1.64%) Internet
7 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) Metadata
2 4 (6.56%) Power BI
3 3 (4.92%) Tableau
4 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.64%) Big Data
5 1 (1.64%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (9.84%) JIRA
2 3 (4.92%) ERwin
General
1 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.48%) Finance
3 7 (11.48%) Telecoms
4 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.92%) Back Office
6 3 (4.92%) Marketing
6 3 (4.92%) Publishing
7 1 (1.64%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.64%) Law
7 1 (1.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (37.70%) Analyst
2 20 (32.79%) Support Analyst
3 15 (24.59%) SAP Support
4 14 (22.95%) SAP Analyst
4 14 (22.95%) SAP Support Analyst
5 10 (16.39%) IT Support
6 9 (14.75%) Support Engineer
7 8 (13.11%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (9.84%) 2nd Line Technical Support
8 6 (9.84%) IT Analyst
8 6 (9.84%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (9.84%) Lead
8 6 (9.84%) Technical Support
9 4 (6.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 4 (6.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (4.92%) Operations Manager
10 3 (4.92%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (24.59%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (11.48%) EDI
3 2 (3.28%) JSON
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Data Centre
1 6 (9.84%) Driving Licence
1 6 (9.84%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.92%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (4.92%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.64%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (34.43%) Windows
2 18 (29.51%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.84%) Apple iOS
3 6 (9.84%) Linux
3 6 (9.84%) Mac OS
3 6 (9.84%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (9.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) Time Management
2 12 (19.67%) CRM
2 12 (19.67%) Infrastructure Management
3 10 (16.39%) ERP
4 8 (13.11%) Customer Service
4 8 (13.11%) Data Governance
4 8 (13.11%) Data Management
4 8 (13.11%) Mentoring
4 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (11.48%) Data Modelling
5 7 (11.48%) ITIL
6 6 (9.84%) Agile
6 6 (9.84%) Analytics
6 6 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.84%) Data Architecture
6 6 (9.84%) Data Privacy
6 6 (9.84%) Decision-Making
6 6 (9.84%) Network Design
6 6 (9.84%) Security Operations
7 4 (6.56%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.59%) ABAP
2 7 (11.48%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.92%) Python
3 3 (4.92%) SQL
4 2 (3.28%) C#
4 2 (3.28%) Java
4 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Degree
2 6 (9.84%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (6.56%) A+ Certification
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.92%) CITP
4 3 (4.92%) MCDST
5 1 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (44.26%) GDPR
2 3 (4.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 3 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.28%) QA
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (36.07%) Active Directory
2 13 (21.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (9.84%) Hyper-V
3 6 (9.84%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.64%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 21 (34.43%) SAP
2 18 (29.51%) Microsoft
3 13 (21.31%) VMware
4 6 (9.84%) Apple
4 6 (9.84%) CheckPoint
4 6 (9.84%) Cisco
4 6 (9.84%) Citrix
4 6 (9.84%) Meraki
4 6 (9.84%) SonicWALL
5 3 (4.92%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.92%) Sparx
6 1 (1.64%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.64%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (1.64%) Google
6 1 (1.64%) Informatica
6 1 (1.64%) Oracle
6 1 (1.64%) Pega
6 1 (1.64%) Splunk