Data Security Job Trends in Wakefield

Data Security
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 1.49% 9.38% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 9.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £65,033
% change year-on-year +26.32% -26.96% +44.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59 32 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 88.06% 100.00% 84.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28 16 41
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +0.52% +14.12%
75th Percentile £70,313 £54,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £58,750 £73,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year +8.49% -4.40% +0.80%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Data Security
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Data Security

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft