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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 177 223
Rank change year-on-year +45 +46 +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 62 80 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.51% 1.03% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.26% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 54 54 32
10th Percentile £28,800 £26,700 £33,575
25th Percentile £47,500 £34,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +22.07% +8.67%
75th Percentile £62,190 £85,000 £57,690
90th Percentile £77,750 £104,925 £72,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +21.62% -3.48%

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 3,747 6,332 5,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.17% 81.48% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 4,654 3,182
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,605
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
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 28 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 28 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 +46 49 £55,000 -15.90% 18
Shropshire - 6 £28,500 - 20
Staffordshire +16 2 £47,500 +66.66% 18
Herefordshire +4 1 £32,500 +18.18%
Warwickshire +3 1 - - 2
Coventry - 1 £62,500 - 12
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 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (20.97%) SAP HCM
1 13 (20.97%) SAP HR
1 13 (20.97%) SAP Payroll
1 13 (20.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (9.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (9.68%) SAP ERP
3 3 (4.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (35.48%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (33.87%) Azure
3 13 (20.97%) SuccessFactors
4 7 (11.29%) Power Platform
5 4 (6.45%) AWS
5 4 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (4.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.61%) GCP
7 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.61%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (33.87%) Firewall
1 21 (33.87%) LAN
1 21 (33.87%) WAN
2 7 (11.29%) VPN
3 6 (9.68%) DHCP
3 6 (9.68%) TCP/IP
4 5 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) Power BI
2 5 (8.06%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (8.06%) Metadata
3 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (4.84%) Tableau
4 2 (3.23%) Looker
5 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.61%) Big Data
5 1 (1.61%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.61%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.61%) Spark SQL
5 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) JIRA
2 3 (4.84%) ERwin
General
1 23 (37.10%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Finance
4 8 (12.90%) Marketing
4 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 7 (11.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (11.29%) Telecoms
6 6 (9.68%) Law
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (33.87%) Analyst
2 19 (30.65%) Support Analyst
3 15 (24.19%) Support Engineer
4 13 (20.97%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 13 (20.97%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 13 (20.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 13 (20.97%) 3rd Line Support
4 13 (20.97%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 13 (20.97%) SAP Analyst
4 13 (20.97%) SAP Support
4 13 (20.97%) SAP Support Analyst
5 7 (11.29%) IT Support
6 6 (9.68%) IT Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Lead
6 6 (9.68%) Marketing Manager
6 6 (9.68%) Operations Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Technology Director
8 3 (4.84%) Platform Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.97%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (6.45%) EDI
3 1 (1.61%) ADO
3 1 (1.61%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.19%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.68%) Driving Licence
2 6 (9.68%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.61%) CESG
3 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (33.87%) Windows
1 21 (33.87%) Windows Server
2 15 (24.19%) Windows Server 2016
2 15 (24.19%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (9.68%) Apple iOS
3 6 (9.68%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.42%) Mentoring
2 16 (25.81%) Decision-Making
3 15 (24.19%) Infrastructure Management
3 15 (24.19%) Network Design
4 14 (22.58%) Analytics
4 14 (22.58%) Data Governance
4 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (20.97%) Time Management
6 11 (17.74%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (16.13%) Actionable Insight
8 9 (14.52%) Data Privacy
9 8 (12.90%) Data Management
10 7 (11.29%) Agile
10 7 (11.29%) Customer Service
10 7 (11.29%) Data Architecture
10 7 (11.29%) ERP
10 7 (11.29%) Software Engineering
10 7 (11.29%) Visualisation
11 6 (9.68%) Business Strategy
11 6 (9.68%) Intelligent Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.19%) PowerShell
2 13 (20.97%) ABAP
3 6 (9.68%) SQL
4 2 (3.23%) Python
5 1 (1.61%) Java
5 1 (1.61%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (12.90%) Degree
2 6 (9.68%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (4.84%) CITP
4 1 (1.61%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.61%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (1.61%) CISM
4 1 (1.61%) ISEB
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (38.71%) GDPR
2 6 (9.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (3.23%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 22 (35.48%) Active Directory
2 15 (24.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (24.19%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.61%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 19 (30.65%) SAP
2 15 (24.19%) CheckPoint
2 15 (24.19%) Cisco
2 15 (24.19%) Citrix
2 15 (24.19%) Meraki
2 15 (24.19%) SonicWALL
2 15 (24.19%) VMware
3 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
4 6 (9.68%) Apple
5 3 (4.84%) Informatica
5 3 (4.84%) Sparx
6 1 (1.61%) Databricks
6 1 (1.61%) Google
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle