Data Security Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Security
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Data Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Security over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 237 215
Rank change year-on-year +59 -22 -10
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 69 41 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.95% 0.62% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.64% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 50 32 53
10th Percentile £26,250 £38,875 £29,096
25th Percentile £30,625 £42,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% +1.43% +10.53%
75th Percentile £85,000 £59,632 £60,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £79,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +1.74% +20.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Data Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,016 6,455 6,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.09% 96.85% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,532 3,272 4,743
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,510 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the West Midlands

Data Security
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Security in the West Midlands

Data Security
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the West Midlands

Data Security
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +14 38 £65,400 +18.91% 4
Staffordshire -13 6 £28,501 -56.15% 1
Herefordshire - 4 £27,500 - 1
Dudley - 3 £24,500 -
Warwickshire +45 2 - - 2
Wolverhampton - 1 £52,500 -
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (13.04%) WordPress
2 4 (5.80%) Apache
2 4 (5.80%) IIS
2 4 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.80%) Tomcat
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.90%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.90%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.90%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.90%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (18.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 31 (44.93%) Azure
2 14 (20.29%) AWS
3 11 (15.94%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (14.49%) GCP
5 9 (13.04%) Google Drive
5 9 (13.04%) Power Platform
6 7 (10.14%) Entra ID
7 6 (8.70%) GitHub
7 6 (8.70%) SaaS
8 3 (4.35%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.90%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (2.90%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (2.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (2.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.59%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (10.14%) VPN
3 5 (7.25%) DHCP
3 5 (7.25%) DNS
4 3 (4.35%) Firewall
5 2 (2.90%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.39%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (13.04%) Power BI
3 8 (11.59%) BigQuery
3 8 (11.59%) Looker
4 4 (5.80%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (5.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 4 (5.80%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.90%) DynamoDB
5 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) ESLint
1 4 (5.80%) IntelliJ
1 4 (5.80%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) Snyk
2 2 (2.90%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.45%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.45%) JUnit
General
1 17 (24.64%) Analytical Skills
1 17 (24.64%) Finance
2 12 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (15.94%) Marketing
4 10 (14.49%) Social Skills
5 8 (11.59%) Local Government
6 4 (5.80%) Police
6 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.80%) Retail
6 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.90%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.45%) Back Office
8 1 (1.45%) Law
8 1 (1.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Architect
2 9 (13.04%) Technology Manager
3 8 (11.59%) Data Architect
4 7 (10.14%) IT Technician
5 6 (8.70%) Developer
6 5 (7.25%) Senior
7 4 (5.80%) Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Applications Support
7 4 (5.80%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (5.80%) Head of Business Intelligence
7 4 (5.80%) IT Support
7 4 (5.80%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (5.80%) React Developer
7 4 (5.80%) Support Technician
8 3 (4.35%) Service Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Technical Support
8 3 (4.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.70%) React
2 5 (7.25%) Jest
3 4 (5.80%) Redux
3 4 (5.80%) REST
3 4 (5.80%) Web Services
4 3 (4.35%) EDI
5 2 (2.90%) Django
5 2 (2.90%) Express.js
5 2 (2.90%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (2.90%) Node.js
5 2 (2.90%) Visualforce
6 1 (1.45%) Next.js
6 1 (1.45%) Playwright
6 1 (1.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.84%) Onboarding
2 9 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 9 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.80%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.80%) Reference Data
4 3 (4.35%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.90%) BYOD
5 2 (2.90%) NHS
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.39%) Windows
2 6 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.80%) Linux
3 4 (5.80%) Solaris
3 4 (5.80%) Unix
4 3 (4.35%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.90%) Android
5 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.90%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (26.09%) Mentoring
3 17 (24.64%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (24.64%) Data Management
3 17 (24.64%) User Experience
4 16 (23.19%) Data Governance
4 16 (23.19%) Roadmaps
5 15 (21.74%) CRM
6 13 (18.84%) Analytics
6 13 (18.84%) Customer Service
6 13 (18.84%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (18.84%) Data Analytics
7 12 (17.39%) Data Architecture
7 12 (17.39%) Data Engineering
7 12 (17.39%) Data Integration
7 12 (17.39%) Data Modelling
7 12 (17.39%) ETL
7 12 (17.39%) Project Management
8 10 (14.49%) Computer Science
9 9 (13.04%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) Shell Script
1 4 (5.80%) SQL
2 3 (4.35%) Python
3 2 (2.90%) Apex Code
3 2 (2.90%) Bash
3 2 (2.90%) Bicep
3 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (33.33%) Degree
2 9 (13.04%) CISM
2 9 (13.04%) CISSP
3 5 (7.25%) CISA
3 5 (7.25%) PCI QSA
4 4 (5.80%) A+ Certification
4 4 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.80%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (4.35%) SSCP
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 9 (13.04%) GDPR
3 8 (11.59%) Accessibility
3 8 (11.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (11.59%) NIST
4 5 (7.25%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.80%) QA
6 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 10 (14.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.35%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (2.90%) Docker
3 2 (2.90%) XenApp
3 2 (2.90%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.80%) AirWatch
3 2 (2.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (31.88%) Microsoft
2 17 (24.64%) Google
3 9 (13.04%) Xero
4 6 (8.70%) Guidewire
5 5 (7.25%) Oracle
5 5 (7.25%) VMware
5 5 (7.25%) WatchGuard
6 4 (5.80%) NEC
7 3 (4.35%) Cisco
8 2 (2.90%) Citrix
8 2 (2.90%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.45%) Cellebrite
9 1 (1.45%) Forcepoint
9 1 (1.45%) Meraki
9 1 (1.45%) SAP
9 1 (1.45%) Symantec