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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 215 233
Rank change year-on-year +40 +18 -29
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 81 36 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.01% 0.62% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.64% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 55 32 46
10th Percentile £26,850 £33,575 £29,096
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,717
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,250 £48,472
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% +9.86% -11.87%
75th Percentile £85,000 £57,690 £71,250
90th Percentile £104,900 £72,125 £80,625
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.17% -3.91% +19.79%

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 6,476 5,626 7,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.51% 96.72% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,699 3,168 4,827
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £39,984 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +3 45 £65,400 +18.91% 8
Staffordshire -20 9 £28,501 -44.39% 1
Herefordshire - 4 £27,500 -
Dudley - 3 £24,500 -
Warwickshire - 2 - -
Worcestershire -25 1 £50,000 +17.65%
Solihull - 1 £67,000 - 1
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 (11.11%) WordPress
2 8 (9.88%) Apache
2 8 (9.88%) IIS
2 8 (9.88%) Tomcat
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.94%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.47%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.47%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.47%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.47%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.23%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (16.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (9.88%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 34 (41.98%) Azure
2 16 (19.75%) AWS
3 11 (13.58%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (12.35%) GCP
4 10 (12.35%) Power Platform
5 9 (11.11%) Google Drive
6 7 (8.64%) Entra ID
7 6 (7.41%) GitHub
7 6 (7.41%) SaaS
8 3 (3.70%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (3.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (2.47%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (2.47%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.47%) Serverless
10 1 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (1.23%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.88%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (8.64%) VPN
3 6 (7.41%) DHCP
3 6 (7.41%) DNS
4 5 (6.17%) Firewall
5 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.23%) HTTP
6 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.28%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (12.35%) Power BI
3 8 (9.88%) BigQuery
3 8 (9.88%) Looker
3 8 (9.88%) Oracle Database
4 6 (7.41%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (6.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (2.47%) DynamoDB
6 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.23%) MySQL
7 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.94%) ESLint
1 4 (4.94%) IntelliJ
1 4 (4.94%) JIRA
2 3 (3.70%) Git
3 2 (2.47%) Snyk
3 2 (2.47%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.23%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.23%) JUnit
General
1 21 (25.93%) Finance
2 18 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (14.81%) Local Government
3 12 (14.81%) Marketing
4 10 (12.35%) Social Skills
5 8 (9.88%) Police
5 8 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.94%) Retail
6 4 (4.94%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.47%) Digital Healthcare
7 2 (2.47%) Electronics
8 1 (1.23%) Law
8 1 (1.23%) Legal
8 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (18.52%) Architect
2 9 (11.11%) Technology Manager
3 8 (9.88%) Applications Support
3 8 (9.88%) Data Architect
4 7 (8.64%) Analyst
4 7 (8.64%) IT Technician
5 6 (7.41%) Developer
5 6 (7.41%) Head of Business Intelligence
5 6 (7.41%) Senior
6 4 (4.94%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 4 (4.94%) IT Support
6 4 (4.94%) IT Support Technician
6 4 (4.94%) React Developer
6 4 (4.94%) Support Technician
7 3 (3.70%) Head of Information
7 3 (3.70%) Head of Information Security
7 3 (3.70%) Head of Security
7 3 (3.70%) Senior IT Technician
7 3 (3.70%) Senior Technician
7 3 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.11%) Web Services
2 6 (7.41%) React
3 5 (6.17%) Jest
4 4 (4.94%) Redux
4 4 (4.94%) REST
5 3 (3.70%) EDI
5 3 (3.70%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (3.70%) Visualforce
6 2 (2.47%) Django
6 2 (2.47%) Express.js
6 2 (2.47%) Node.js
7 1 (1.23%) ADO
7 1 (1.23%) Next.js
7 1 (1.23%) Playwright
7 1 (1.23%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.99%) Onboarding
2 10 (12.35%) Product Ownership
3 9 (11.11%) Public Cloud
3 9 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (9.88%) Management Information System
5 6 (7.41%) Reference Data
6 3 (3.70%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.70%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.47%) BYOD
7 2 (2.47%) NHS
8 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.99%) Windows
2 8 (9.88%) Linux
2 8 (9.88%) Solaris
2 8 (9.88%) Unix
3 7 (8.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.94%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.47%) Android
5 2 (2.47%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.47%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.47%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (24.69%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (23.46%) Data Management
3 19 (23.46%) User Experience
4 18 (22.22%) Analytics
4 18 (22.22%) Data Governance
4 18 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 16 (19.75%) CRM
6 15 (18.52%) Data Analytics
6 15 (18.52%) Data Integration
6 15 (18.52%) Roadmaps
7 14 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (17.28%) Data Architecture
7 14 (17.28%) Data Engineering
7 14 (17.28%) Data Modelling
8 13 (16.05%) Customer Service
8 13 (16.05%) ETL
8 13 (16.05%) Information Security
9 12 (14.81%) Computer Science
9 12 (14.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.88%) Shell Script
2 4 (4.94%) SQL
3 3 (3.70%) Apex Code
3 3 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.70%) Python
4 2 (2.47%) Bash
4 2 (2.47%) Bicep
5 1 (1.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 29 (35.80%) Degree
2 11 (13.58%) CISM
2 11 (13.58%) CISSP
3 8 (9.88%) Security Cleared
4 7 (8.64%) CISA
5 6 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.17%) PCI QSA
7 4 (4.94%) A+ Certification
7 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.94%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (3.70%) SSCP
9 2 (2.47%) CEH
9 2 (2.47%) CRISC
9 2 (2.47%) GIAC
10 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (17.28%) Accessibility
2 13 (16.05%) Data Quality
3 11 (13.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (12.35%) GDPR
5 8 (9.88%) NIST
6 7 (8.64%) PCI DSS
7 4 (4.94%) QA
8 3 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.23%) GRC
9 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 11 (13.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.70%) XenApp
2 3 (3.70%) XenDesktop
3 2 (2.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (2.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.94%) AirWatch
3 3 (3.70%) Terraform
4 1 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.23%) SCCM
4 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (34.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (20.99%) Google
3 9 (11.11%) Xero
4 8 (9.88%) NEC
4 8 (9.88%) Oracle
5 6 (7.41%) Guidewire
5 6 (7.41%) VMware
6 5 (6.17%) WatchGuard
7 3 (3.70%) Cisco
7 3 (3.70%) Citrix
7 3 (3.70%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.23%) Cellebrite
8 1 (1.23%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.23%) Ivanti
8 1 (1.23%) Meraki
8 1 (1.23%) Symantec
8 1 (1.23%) Zscaler