Data Security Job Trends in Worcestershire

Data Security
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 0.43% - 3.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% - 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £70,000
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +3.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 194 249 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 82.55% 76.62% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 166 125 120
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £30,750 £38,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £60,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -35.54% +46.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,750 £54,688
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,000 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -1.96%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Data Security job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Data Security
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Data Security

Data Security
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 21 November 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
Redditch - 1 £37,500 -
Data Security
West Midlands

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware