Data Security Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Security
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 133 181 231
Rank change year-on-year +48 +50 -13
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 67 69 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.50% 0.95% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.15% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 56 50 32
10th Percentile £42,500 £26,250 £38,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £30,625 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £65,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +22.07% +1.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £85,000 £59,632
90th Percentile £76,250 £105,000 £79,875
England median annual salary £66,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +1.54% +11.11% +1.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,072 6,020 6,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.16% 83.15% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 4,530 3,268
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Birmingham +50 50 £55,000 -15.90% 12
Shropshire - 5 £28,500 -
Coventry - 3 £62,500 -
Staffordshire +26 2 £47,500 +66.66% 8
Warwickshire -24 2 £52,500 - 2
Solihull - 2 £55,000 - 1
Herefordshire +7 1 - -
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 14 (20.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.48%) Apache Spark
4 2 (2.99%) Apache
4 2 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (16.42%) SAP HCM
1 11 (16.42%) SAP HR
1 11 (16.42%) SAP Payroll
1 11 (16.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (7.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (7.46%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (41.79%) Azure
2 20 (29.85%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (16.42%) SuccessFactors
4 10 (14.93%) AWS
5 8 (11.94%) Power Platform
6 6 (8.96%) IBM Cloud
7 5 (7.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (4.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (4.48%) SaaS
9 1 (1.49%) GCP
9 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (28.36%) Firewall
1 19 (28.36%) LAN
1 19 (28.36%) WAN
2 5 (7.46%) DHCP
2 5 (7.46%) TCP/IP
2 5 (7.46%) VPN
3 4 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (10.45%) Power BI
2 3 (4.48%) Big Data
2 3 (4.48%) Hadoop
2 3 (4.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (4.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (4.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (4.48%) Tableau
3 2 (2.99%) Looker
3 2 (2.99%) Metadata
3 2 (2.99%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.99%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.49%) Spark SQL
4 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 22 (32.84%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Finance
3 10 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (11.94%) Marketing
4 8 (11.94%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.96%) Law
6 5 (7.46%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (26.87%) Analyst
2 16 (23.88%) Support Analyst
3 14 (20.90%) Support Engineer
4 13 (19.40%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 13 (19.40%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 13 (19.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 13 (19.40%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (19.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (16.42%) SAP Analyst
5 11 (16.42%) SAP Support
5 11 (16.42%) SAP Support Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Service Manager
7 6 (8.96%) Data Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Marketing Manager
7 6 (8.96%) Operations Manager
8 5 (7.46%) IT Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) IT Support
8 5 (7.46%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Service Desk Manager
9 4 (5.97%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.42%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.99%) .NET
2 2 (2.99%) NumPy
2 2 (2.99%) Pandas
2 2 (2.99%) SciPy
3 1 (1.49%) ADO
3 1 (1.49%) EDI
3 1 (1.49%) JSON
3 1 (1.49%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.90%) Onboarding
2 6 (8.96%) Marketing Technology
3 5 (7.46%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) CESG
5 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 19 (28.36%) Windows
1 19 (28.36%) Windows Server
2 14 (20.90%) Windows Server 2016
2 14 (20.90%) Windows Server 2019
3 5 (7.46%) Apple iOS
3 5 (7.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.88%) Analytics
1 16 (23.88%) Decision-Making
1 16 (23.88%) Mentoring
2 14 (20.90%) Data Governance
2 14 (20.90%) Infrastructure Management
2 14 (20.90%) Network Design
2 14 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (19.40%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (17.91%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (16.42%) ITIL
5 11 (16.42%) Time Management
6 9 (13.43%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (13.43%) Data Protection
6 9 (13.43%) Visualisation
7 8 (11.94%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (10.45%) Agile
8 7 (10.45%) Cloud Operations
8 7 (10.45%) Cloud Security
8 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (10.45%) Escalation Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (23.88%) PowerShell
2 11 (16.42%) ABAP
3 9 (13.43%) SQL
4 4 (5.97%) Python
5 3 (4.48%) Java
6 2 (2.99%) C++
6 2 (2.99%) R
7 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) Degree
2 5 (7.46%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.49%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (1.49%) CISM
3 1 (1.49%) ISEB
3 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (35.82%) GDPR
2 7 (10.45%) SLA
3 6 (8.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 19 (28.36%) Active Directory
2 14 (20.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (20.90%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (20.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) SAP
2 14 (20.90%) CheckPoint
2 14 (20.90%) Cisco
2 14 (20.90%) Citrix
2 14 (20.90%) Meraki
2 14 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (20.90%) SonicWALL
2 14 (20.90%) VMware
3 8 (11.94%) ServiceNow
4 7 (10.45%) LogicMonitor
4 7 (10.45%) SolarWinds
5 6 (8.96%) IBM
5 6 (8.96%) Veeam
6 5 (7.46%) Apple
7 3 (4.48%) Informatica
8 1 (1.49%) Databricks
8 1 (1.49%) Google
8 1 (1.49%) Oracle