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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 162 221
Rank change year-on-year -20 +59 +37
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 66 69 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.54% 1.39% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.56% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 45 59 77
10th Percentile £32,600 £30,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.84% +14.55%
75th Percentile £63,000 £58,880 £85,000
90th Percentile £73,500 £80,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +21.62%

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 8,552 4,427 10,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.46% 88.95% 79.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,955 2,507 7,620
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 June 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 June 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 -46 34 £62,000 +12.73% 13
East Midlands 0 32 £55,000 +32.53% 11
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 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) SAP HCM
1 1 (1.52%) SAP HR
1 1 (1.52%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.33%) Azure
2 21 (31.82%) Power Platform
3 19 (28.79%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (12.12%) AWS
6 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.55%) Google Workspace
8 2 (3.03%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.52%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.52%) SaaS
9 1 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (31.82%) Power BI
2 8 (12.12%) Data Lake
3 7 (10.61%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (10.61%) Tableau
4 2 (3.03%) Db2
4 2 (3.03%) Easytrieve
5 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.52%) EDMS
5 1 (1.52%) MySQL
5 1 (1.52%) Power Query
5 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Git
General
1 34 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (19.70%) Finance
4 12 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 8 (12.12%) Retail
6 6 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Marketing
8 2 (3.03%) Automotive
8 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (16.67%) IT Manager
1 11 (16.67%) Lead
2 10 (15.15%) Data Manager
3 7 (10.61%) Data Governance Analyst
3 7 (10.61%) Data Governance Manager
3 7 (10.61%) Governance Manager
4 6 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 6 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (7.58%) Data Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) IT Support
6 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) IT Technician
7 3 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.61%) EDI
2 2 (3.03%) ISPF
3 1 (1.52%) .NET
3 1 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.61%) Product Ownership
3 5 (7.58%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (7.58%) Security Posture
4 4 (6.06%) Data Structures
4 4 (6.06%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.03%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.03%) Mainframe
5 2 (3.03%) Replication
6 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.03%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 19 (28.79%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (28.79%) Data Management
4 17 (25.76%) Data Protection
5 16 (24.24%) Project Management
6 15 (22.73%) Agile
6 15 (22.73%) Data Strategy
7 14 (21.21%) AI
8 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (18.18%) Analytics
9 12 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (16.67%) Computer Science
10 11 (16.67%) PRINCE2
10 11 (16.67%) Roadmaps
11 10 (15.15%) Data Modelling
11 10 (15.15%) ETL
12 9 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (13.64%) Data Integration
12 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.70%) SQL
2 7 (10.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (3.03%) Assembly Language
3 2 (3.03%) COBOL
3 2 (3.03%) JCL
3 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.52%) ABAP
4 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (10.61%) CITP
2 6 (9.09%) Degree
2 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.52%) MCDST
3 1 (1.52%) PCI QSA
3 1 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (28.79%) GDPR
2 11 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 7 (10.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (7.58%) PERC
5 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
6 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.03%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.61%) Planon
2 7 (10.61%) Salesforce
3 6 (9.09%) Databricks
4 3 (4.55%) Google
5 2 (3.03%) IBM
5 2 (3.03%) VMware
6 1 (1.52%) SAP