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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 171 217
Rank change year-on-year -26 +46 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 73 70 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.49% 1.20% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 1.42% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 48 59 45
10th Percentile £28,700 £28,750 £29,650
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £67,155
Median % change year-on-year - -18.10% +22.10%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £95,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -10.34% +20.83%

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 10,295 4,938 8,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.61% 84.73% 77.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,368 2,966 4,893
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,793 £63,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -47 46 £57,250 +4.09% 20
East Midlands -3 27 £55,000 +54.93% 18
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 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 29 (39.73%) Power Platform
2 24 (32.88%) Azure
3 13 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (13.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (4.11%) PaaS
9 2 (2.74%) AWS
9 2 (2.74%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.37%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) DHCP
1 1 (1.37%) DNS
1 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.37%) VLAN
1 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (39.73%) Power BI
2 12 (16.44%) Tableau
3 8 (10.96%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (10.96%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (9.59%) Data Lake
5 4 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (4.11%) Big Data
6 3 (4.11%) Data Mining
6 3 (4.11%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (4.11%) QlikView
6 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
7 2 (2.74%) Db2
7 2 (2.74%) Easytrieve
7 2 (2.74%) RDBMS
7 2 (2.74%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.37%) EDMS
8 1 (1.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Git
General
1 32 (43.84%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.29%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (19.18%) Finance
4 12 (16.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (10.96%) Retail
6 7 (9.59%) Marketing
6 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
7 6 (8.22%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.11%) Legal
9 2 (2.74%) Automotive
10 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (19.18%) Data Engineer
2 12 (16.44%) Lead
2 12 (16.44%) Senior
2 12 (16.44%) Senior Data Engineer
3 9 (12.33%) Data Manager
4 8 (10.96%) Azure Data Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Azure Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Elasticsearch Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Kafka Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Python Data Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Python Engineer
5 7 (9.59%) Data Governance Analyst
5 7 (9.59%) Data Governance Manager
5 7 (9.59%) Governance Manager
5 7 (9.59%) IT Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Analyst
7 5 (6.85%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
7 5 (6.85%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.96%) Kafka
1 8 (10.96%) Keycloak
2 3 (4.11%) PyTorch
2 3 (4.11%) TensorFlow
3 2 (2.74%) EDI
3 2 (2.74%) ISPF
3 2 (2.74%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.33%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (9.59%) Product Ownership
4 6 (8.22%) Data Structures
5 5 (6.85%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.85%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
6 3 (4.11%) Public Cloud
6 3 (4.11%) Reference Data
7 2 (2.74%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.74%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.37%) Educational Technology
8 1 (1.37%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.96%) Windows
2 2 (2.74%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.74%) zOS
3 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.99%) Analytics
1 27 (36.99%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (35.62%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (32.88%) Data Governance
4 19 (26.03%) AI
4 19 (26.03%) Data Management
5 17 (23.29%) ETL
5 17 (23.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (21.92%) Roadmaps
7 15 (20.55%) Data Protection
7 15 (20.55%) Project Management
8 13 (17.81%) Data Pipeline
9 12 (16.44%) Decision-Making
10 11 (15.07%) Data Modelling
11 10 (13.70%) Agile
11 10 (13.70%) Coaching
11 10 (13.70%) Data Strategy
11 10 (13.70%) Visualisation
11 10 (13.70%) Workflow
12 9 (12.33%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.18%) SQL
2 13 (17.81%) Python
3 8 (10.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 8 (10.96%) Go
4 3 (4.11%) Java
4 3 (4.11%) R
5 2 (2.74%) Assembly Language
5 2 (2.74%) COBOL
5 2 (2.74%) JCL
6 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Degree
2 9 (12.33%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) Azure Certification
3 8 (10.96%) DV Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.74%) CITP
6 1 (1.37%) CCNA
6 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (31.51%) GDPR
2 16 (21.92%) Data Quality
3 7 (9.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (6.85%) PERC
5 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (2.74%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.74%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.07%) Databricks
3 2 (2.74%) IBM
3 2 (2.74%) Planon
3 2 (2.74%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.37%) Cisco
4 1 (1.37%) Google