Data Security Jobs in Northern Ireland

Data Security
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Security over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 97
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.78% - 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% - 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.35% +22.27% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 235 649 836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 91.80% 87.47% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 58 308 435
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,625 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,454 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.78% +6.91% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,750 £87,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Northern Ireland

Data Security
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Security in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Data Security in Northern Ireland

Data Security
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
County Antrim - 2 - - 4
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Encryption
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Google