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 citing Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	230	168	211
Rank change year-on-year	-62	+43	-38
Permanent jobs citing Data Security	61	47	54
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	0.38%	0.84%	0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.53%	0.99%	0.75%
Number of salaries quoted	40	40	27
10^th Percentile	£26,225	£29,000	£45,000
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£36,813	£53,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£56,250	£53,500	£65,400
Median % change year-on-year	+5.14%	-18.20%	+18.91%
75^th Percentile	£85,000	£62,813	£70,625
90^th Percentile	-	£67,500	£85,250
England median annual salary	£66,250	£65,000	£67,500
% change year-on-year	+1.92%	-3.70%	+12.50%

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 citing process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	11,501	4,748	7,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	71.76%	84.95%	81.07%
Number of salaries quoted	8,056	3,011	3,247
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£38,000	£32,500	£38,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£47,000	£52,398
Median % change year-on-year	+6.38%	-10.30%	+4.80%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£63,938	£66,250
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£78,750	£80,000
England median annual salary	£59,999	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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 6 November 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 6 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Midlands	-42	48	£59,500	+19.00%	7
East Midlands	-50	13	£55,500	-11.20%	8
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Data Security Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, job vacancies citing Data Security also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region citing Data Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	41.0%	25
1	Azure	41.0%	25
3	ETL	36.1%	22
3	Python	36.1%	22
5	Business Intelligence	32.8%	20
5	Power Platform	32.8%	20
7	Power BI	31.1%	19
8	SC Cleared	29.5%	18
8	Security Cleared	29.5%	18
10	Azure Data Factory	27.9%	17
10	Data Governance	27.9%	17
10	Data Pipeline	27.9%	17
13	AI	26.2%	16
13	Data Quality	26.2%	16
15	GDPR	24.6%	15
15	Workflow	24.6%	15
17	Decision-Making	23.0%	14
17	Problem-Solving	23.0%	14
19	Azure Certification	21.3%	13
19	Continuous Improvement	21.3%	13
19	Data Management	21.3%	13
19	Degree	21.3%	13
19	DevOps	21.3%	13
19	Digital Transformation Programme	21.3%	13
19	DV Cleared	21.3%	13
19	Elasticsearch	21.3%	13
19	ETL Development	21.3%	13
19	Go	21.3%	13
19	Kafka	21.3%	13
19	Keycloak	21.3%	13

Data Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Analytics	41.0%	25
2	ETL	36.1%	22
3	Business Intelligence	32.8%	20
4	Data Governance	27.9%	17
4	Data Pipeline	27.9%	17
6	AI	26.2%	16
7	Workflow	24.6%	15
8	Decision-Making	23.0%	14
8	Problem-Solving	23.0%	14
10	Continuous Improvement	21.3%	13
10	Data Management	21.3%	13
10	DevOps	21.3%	13
10	Digital Transformation Programme	21.3%	13
10	ETL Development	21.3%	13
10	Stakeholder Management	21.3%	13
16	Visualisation	18.0%	11
17	Mentoring	16.4%	10
18	Project Management	14.8%	9
18	Roadmaps	14.8%	9
20	Cybersecurity	13.1%	8