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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 144 222
Rank change year-on-year -49 +78 +54
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 61 76 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.48% 1.50% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.68% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 43 64 74
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +7.98%
75th Percentile £63,000 £57,813 £92,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £71,000 £104,450
England median annual salary £62,989 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.26%

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 9,299 4,519 9,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.67% 89.15% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5,550 2,612 7,120
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £34,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £61,563
90th Percentile £80,024 £77,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 4 May 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 4 May 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
East Midlands -19 33 £55,000 +15.79% 7
West Midlands -51 28 £62,000 +18.10% 8
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 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.56%) SAP HCM
1 4 (6.56%) SAP HR
1 4 (6.56%) SAP Payroll
1 4 (6.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.70%) Azure
2 20 (32.79%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (21.31%) Power Platform
4 8 (13.11%) AWS
5 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (6.56%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (4.92%) Google Workspace
6 3 (4.92%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.64%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) DHCP
1 1 (1.64%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (21.31%) Power BI
2 8 (13.11%) Data Lake
3 7 (11.48%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.28%) DB2
4 2 (3.28%) Easytrieve
4 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.28%) Tableau
5 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.64%) MySQL
5 1 (1.64%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Git
General
1 24 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Finance
2 12 (19.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (19.67%) Public Sector
3 9 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.11%) Retail
5 6 (9.84%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.64%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) IT Manager
2 11 (18.03%) Lead
3 8 (13.11%) IT Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Infrastructure Manager
4 7 (11.48%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 6 (9.84%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 6 (9.84%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (8.20%) Data Manager
7 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) IT Support
7 4 (6.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) SAP Support
7 4 (6.56%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Data Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Data Integration Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.48%) EDI
2 4 (6.56%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (3.28%) ISPF
4 1 (1.64%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.20%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (8.20%) Driving Licence
2 5 (8.20%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.92%) Replication
4 2 (3.28%) Cyberattack
4 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.28%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.28%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.64%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) NHS
5 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.39%) Windows
2 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.70%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (27.87%) Data Governance
3 16 (26.23%) Agile
3 16 (26.23%) Project Management
4 15 (24.59%) Data Strategy
5 14 (22.95%) Data Management
6 13 (21.31%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (19.67%) Data Protection
8 11 (18.03%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (18.03%) Computer Science
8 11 (18.03%) PRINCE2
9 10 (16.39%) ETL
10 9 (14.75%) Analytics
10 9 (14.75%) Data Integration
10 9 (14.75%) Roadmaps
10 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (13.11%) AI
11 8 (13.11%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (13.11%) Data Engineering
11 8 (13.11%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.31%) SQL
2 7 (11.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (6.56%) ABAP
4 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.28%) Assembly Language
5 2 (3.28%) COBOL
5 2 (3.28%) JCL
6 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (11.48%) CITP
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.92%) Degree
4 1 (1.64%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.64%) MCDST
4 1 (1.64%) PCI QSA
4 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.95%) GDPR
2 6 (9.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.20%) Data Quality
3 5 (8.20%) PERC
4 4 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.28%) Accessibility
6 2 (3.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.64%) PMO
7 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 6 (9.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.28%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.48%) Planon
2 7 (11.48%) Salesforce
3 6 (9.84%) Databricks
4 4 (6.56%) SAP
4 4 (6.56%) VMware
5 3 (4.92%) Google
6 2 (3.28%) IBM