Data Security Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Data Security
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 53 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.22% 0.60% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.75% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,328 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.46% +12.21% -4.00%

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 373 402 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 82.34% 80.56% 92.62%
Number of salaries quoted 162 188 223
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Data Security job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Data Security
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Data Security

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 21 November 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 - 1 £77,500 - 1
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) iPaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft