Data Security Jobs

Data Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 375 461
Rank change year-on-year +68 +86 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 476 685 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.70% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.81% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 313 467 383
10th Percentile £47,000 £31,250 £32,600
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £98,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -4.35% +17.95% -6.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +45 441 £66,000 +1.54% 425
UK excluding London +52 253 £55,000 -4.35% 257
London +102 190 £90,000 +20.00% 216
Work from Home +145 164 £62,500 +6.38% 220
South East +68 86 £65,000 -8.45% 89
Midlands +55 74 £52,500 -8.70% 32
West Midlands +48 67 £53,750 -17.31% 19
North of England -3 38 £57,500 +27.78% 61
East of England +59 27 £50,000 -4.76% 30
North West -17 22 £66,367 +32.73% 37
South West +73 17 £62,500 +56.25% 33
Yorkshire +47 14 £57,500 +27.78% 23
Scotland +124 7 £57,500 +15.00% 17
East Midlands +31 7 £47,500 -11.63% 10
Wales +39 2 £80,000 +71.66% 5
North East +37 2 £47,000 +11.90% 4
Isle of Man - 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (5.67%) Apache Spark
2 21 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (3.15%) Apache
5 9 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.05%) SAS
7 4 (0.84%) Moodle
8 3 (0.63%) nginx
9 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.42%) Confluence
10 1 (0.21%) CMS
10 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.89%) Acrobat
3 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.63%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (3.15%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.31%) SAP HCM
3 11 (2.31%) SAP HR
3 11 (2.31%) SAP Payroll
4 10 (2.10%) Raiser’s Edge
5 6 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.26%) SAP ERP
6 5 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.84%) Relativity
8 2 (0.42%) ResourceLink
9 1 (0.21%) iTrent
9 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 179 (37.61%) Azure
2 91 (19.12%) AWS
3 78 (16.39%) Power Platform
4 58 (12.18%) GCP
5 53 (11.13%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (6.93%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (6.72%) Amazon S3
8 27 (5.67%) Serverless
9 24 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (4.83%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (4.20%) Snowflake
12 16 (3.36%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.73%) Collibra
14 12 (2.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (2.52%) SaaS
14 12 (2.52%) SuccessFactors
15 11 (2.31%) Entra ID
16 10 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (1.89%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 61 (12.82%) Firewall
2 25 (5.25%) Network Security
3 22 (4.62%) WAN
4 21 (4.41%) LAN
5 14 (2.94%) Intranet
6 8 (1.68%) VPN
7 7 (1.47%) DHCP
8 6 (1.26%) Bluetooth
8 6 (1.26%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.05%) DNS
10 3 (0.63%) Internet
11 1 (0.21%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.21%) DKIM
11 1 (0.21%) DMARC
11 1 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.21%) VLAN
11 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (19.12%) Data Warehouse
2 71 (14.92%) Power BI
3 38 (7.98%) Data Lake
4 29 (6.09%) Tableau
5 28 (5.88%) Big Data
6 21 (4.41%) Metadata
6 21 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (4.41%) SQL Server
7 16 (3.36%) Relational Database
8 15 (3.15%) Oracle ODI
9 14 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (2.94%) NoSQL
10 13 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (2.31%) Hadoop
13 9 (1.89%) IBM InfoSphere
13 9 (1.89%) Looker
13 9 (1.89%) MySQL
14 8 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.10%) JIRA
1 10 (2.10%) Moq
1 10 (2.10%) SpecFlow
2 9 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.68%) GitLab
4 6 (1.26%) Git
5 5 (1.05%) CircleCI
6 4 (0.84%) MLflow
7 1 (0.21%) Selenium
7 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 148 (31.09%) Social Skills
2 107 (22.48%) Finance
3 87 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (11.97%) Law
5 56 (11.76%) Legal
6 30 (6.30%) Pharmaceutical
7 29 (6.09%) Marketing
8 28 (5.88%) Retail
9 25 (5.25%) Public Sector
10 24 (5.04%) Banking
11 19 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.89%) Games
13 9 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.05%) Back Office
15 5 (1.05%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.84%) Electronics
16 4 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (13.66%) Lead
2 64 (13.45%) Data Engineer
3 50 (10.50%) Analyst
4 48 (10.08%) Senior
5 30 (6.30%) Architect
6 23 (4.83%) Data Manager
6 23 (4.83%) IT Manager
7 21 (4.41%) Software Engineer
8 19 (3.99%) Data Architect
9 18 (3.78%) Developer
9 18 (3.78%) Head of IT
9 18 (3.78%) Senior Data Engineer
9 18 (3.78%) Support Analyst
10 17 (3.57%) Consultant
11 16 (3.36%) Oracle Consultant
12 15 (3.15%) Data Consultant
12 15 (3.15%) Migration Consultant
12 15 (3.15%) Oracle Technical Consultant
12 15 (3.15%) Support Engineer
12 15 (3.15%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.62%) REST
2 21 (4.41%) .NET
3 16 (3.36%) Kafka
4 15 (3.15%) Oracle Fusion
5 14 (2.94%) PySpark
6 11 (2.31%) OAuth
6 11 (2.31%) OAuth2
6 11 (2.31%) RESTful
6 11 (2.31%) SAP Fiori
7 10 (2.10%) HTML
8 9 (1.89%) CSS
8 9 (1.89%) Entity Framework
9 8 (1.68%) .NET Core
9 8 (1.68%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.68%) FHIR
9 8 (1.68%) Pandas
9 8 (1.68%) SOAP
9 8 (1.68%) Swagger
10 6 (1.26%) Django
10 6 (1.26%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.66%) Management Information System
2 25 (5.25%) Security Posture
3 17 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.57%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (1.89%) e-Learning
7 8 (1.68%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.47%) PKI
9 6 (1.26%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.26%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.26%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.26%) IoT
9 6 (1.26%) Marketing Technology
9 6 (1.26%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.05%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 55 (11.55%) Windows
2 32 (6.72%) Linux
3 26 (5.46%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.47%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.26%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.42%) Unix
9 1 (0.21%) Android
9 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (27.52%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (24.58%) Analytics
3 88 (18.49%) Business Intelligence
4 87 (18.28%) Cybersecurity
5 79 (16.60%) Data Protection
6 78 (16.39%) Data Governance
7 77 (16.18%) ETL
7 77 (16.18%) Project Management
8 69 (14.50%) DevOps
9 65 (13.66%) Agile
10 63 (13.24%) Decision-Making
11 60 (12.61%) Data Modelling
12 59 (12.39%) Data Pipeline
13 58 (12.18%) CI/CD
14 56 (11.76%) Roadmaps
14 56 (11.76%) Validation
15 55 (11.55%) Artificial Intelligence
15 55 (11.55%) Data Engineering
16 53 (11.13%) Information Security
16 53 (11.13%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 124 (26.05%) SQL
2 105 (22.06%) Python
3 40 (8.40%) PowerShell
4 24 (5.04%) PL/SQL
5 17 (3.57%) Bash
6 16 (3.36%) C#
7 15 (3.15%) JavaScript
7 15 (3.15%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.94%) Java
9 11 (2.31%) ABAP
9 11 (2.31%) C++
10 10 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (2.10%) Scala
10 10 (2.10%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.89%) Go
12 6 (1.26%) C
12 6 (1.26%) Ladder Logic
13 4 (0.84%) Perl
14 3 (0.63%) PHP
14 3 (0.63%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (17.65%) Degree
2 41 (8.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (6.72%) PMI Certification
4 31 (6.51%) PMP
5 18 (3.78%) Master's Degree
6 16 (3.36%) Security Cleared
7 15 (3.15%) SC Cleared
8 13 (2.73%) CISSP
9 9 (1.89%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.89%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.47%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.47%) CCSP
11 7 (1.47%) OSCP
12 6 (1.26%) CISM
13 5 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.84%) CEH
14 4 (0.84%) GCIH
14 4 (0.84%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (27.31%) GDPR
2 50 (10.50%) Data Quality
3 44 (9.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (7.56%) NIST
5 35 (7.35%) PCI DSS
6 26 (5.46%) Accessibility
6 26 (5.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (5.04%) GxP
8 22 (4.62%) QA
9 11 (2.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 9 (1.89%) PERC
11 7 (1.47%) SLA
12 6 (1.26%) CDISC
12 6 (1.26%) HIPAA
13 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (1.05%) GRC
13 5 (1.05%) NCSC
13 5 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 3 (0.63%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 37 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.88%) Docker
3 19 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.94%) XenApp
5 3 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.63%) Samba
5 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.83%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.89%) Terraform
4 8 (1.68%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.47%) CASB
6 6 (1.26%) Ansible
7 4 (0.84%) CSIRT
7 4 (0.84%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.84%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.63%) Grafana
8 3 (0.63%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.42%) SCCM
10 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 94 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.87%) SAP
3 33 (6.93%) Oracle
4 30 (6.30%) Databricks
5 29 (6.09%) Google
6 22 (4.62%) Workday
7 19 (3.99%) Cisco
7 19 (3.99%) Concur
7 19 (3.99%) ServiceNow
7 19 (3.99%) VMware
8 17 (3.57%) Informatica
9 16 (3.36%) IBM
10 15 (3.15%) Meraki
11 14 (2.94%) CheckPoint
11 14 (2.94%) Citrix
11 14 (2.94%) SonicWALL
12 9 (1.89%) Adobe
12 9 (1.89%) OneTrust
13 8 (1.68%) SolarWinds
14 7 (1.47%) Veeam