Data Security Jobs in England

Data Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 443 451
Rank change year-on-year +96 +8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 696 550 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.67% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.70% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 451 345 527
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,125 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -7.50% +26.32%
75th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,500 £93,500
UK median annual salary £67,250 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.27% -8.33% +26.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,129 78,899 137,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.94% 95.45% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 55,773 48,272 73,854
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,309 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Security in England.

Salary trend for Data Security in England

Data Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Security in England

Data Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London +2 209 £75,000 +15.38% 56
South East +60 139 £75,000 +53.85% 27
North of England +100 137 £47,500 -17.39% 56
Midlands +38 112 £61,000 +14.55% 22
West Midlands +36 82 £65,000 +22.07% 11
North West +39 80 £57,500 +17.95% 26
South West -52 47 £40,000 +45.45% 12
Yorkshire +81 43 £45,000 -24.40% 25
East of England +5 28 £52,500 +75.00% 10
East Midlands -12 25 £52,500 -16.00% 11
North East -2 14 £42,000 -4.55% 7
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.17%) Apache
3 24 (3.45%) IIS
3 24 (3.45%) Tomcat
4 20 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.72%) WordPress
6 7 (1.01%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.57%) CMS
7 4 (0.57%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.29%) Confluence
9 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.29%) Moodle
9 2 (0.29%) SAS
9 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) Mattermost
Applications
1 44 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (3.88%) NEC Housing
2 8 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.29%) Shopify
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 326 (46.84%) Azure
2 222 (31.90%) AWS
3 150 (21.55%) GCP
4 86 (12.36%) Microsoft 365
5 73 (10.49%) Power Platform
6 53 (7.61%) SaaS
7 27 (3.88%) Entra ID
8 22 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (3.16%) PaaS
8 22 (3.16%) PowerApps
9 21 (3.02%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (3.02%) IaaS
10 18 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (2.30%) OneDrive
11 16 (2.30%) Serverless
12 12 (1.72%) Matillion
12 12 (1.72%) Snowflake
13 10 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.29%) Google Drive
14 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 63 (9.05%) Firewall
2 34 (4.89%) Network Security
3 29 (4.17%) VPN
4 25 (3.59%) DHCP
4 25 (3.59%) DNS
5 20 (2.87%) WAN
5 20 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (2.59%) LAN
7 12 (1.72%) VLAN
8 10 (1.44%) Internet
8 10 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (1.15%) IPsec
10 5 (0.72%) Wireless
10 5 (0.72%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.57%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.57%) IP Telephony
11 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.57%) VoIP
12 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (21.84%) Data Warehouse
2 116 (16.67%) BigQuery
3 113 (16.24%) Looker
4 70 (10.06%) Power BI
5 60 (8.62%) SQL Server
6 28 (4.02%) Oracle Database
7 27 (3.88%) Metadata
8 25 (3.59%) Data Lake
9 18 (2.59%) Relational Database
10 16 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.15%) MySQL
13 7 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.01%) Big Data
14 6 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.86%) GIS
14 6 (0.86%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.86%) Tableau
15 5 (0.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (2.44%) Git
2 8 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.01%) JIRA
4 6 (0.86%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.57%) ESLint
5 4 (0.57%) IntelliJ
5 4 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.29%) GitLab
6 2 (0.29%) Snyk
6 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.14%) JUnit
7 1 (0.14%) MLflow
General
1 228 (32.76%) Analytical Skills
2 169 (24.28%) Social Skills
3 138 (19.83%) Finance
4 47 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (5.75%) Legal
5 40 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 32 (4.60%) Local Government
7 28 (4.02%) Law
8 27 (3.88%) Marketing
8 27 (3.88%) Police
9 23 (3.30%) Retail
10 20 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (2.73%) Banking
12 11 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.01%) Billing
14 7 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.86%) Back Office
16 5 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 221 (31.75%) Architect
2 145 (20.83%) Data Architect
3 64 (9.20%) Analyst
4 62 (8.91%) Senior
5 51 (7.33%) Lead
6 35 (5.03%) Data Engineer
7 32 (4.60%) Security Analyst
8 31 (4.45%) Developer
9 28 (4.02%) IT Manager
10 24 (3.45%) Applications Support
11 23 (3.30%) Security Engineer
12 21 (3.02%) Administrator
13 20 (2.87%) Security Manager
14 19 (2.73%) Security Architect
15 18 (2.59%) Enterprise Architect
16 16 (2.30%) Data Manager
16 16 (2.30%) DBA
16 16 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
17 15 (2.16%) Technical Analyst
17 15 (2.16%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.89%) Web Services
2 22 (3.16%) .NET
3 12 (1.72%) React
4 11 (1.58%) .NET Framework
4 11 (1.58%) Entity Framework
4 11 (1.58%) RESTful
5 10 (1.44%) Kafka
6 9 (1.29%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.29%) REST
7 8 (1.15%) ASP.NET
7 8 (1.15%) EDI
7 8 (1.15%) HTML
7 8 (1.15%) Middleware
8 7 (1.01%) CSS
8 7 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
8 7 (1.01%) Visualforce
9 6 (0.86%) Blazor
9 6 (0.86%) XML
10 5 (0.72%) ADO
10 5 (0.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 125 (17.96%) Self-Motivation
2 99 (14.22%) Management Information System
3 50 (7.18%) Public Cloud
4 29 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 25 (3.59%) Cyber Threat
6 20 (2.87%) Algorithms
7 19 (2.73%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.73%) Product Ownership
8 18 (2.59%) Cloud Native
9 14 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.58%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.44%) PKI
13 9 (1.29%) Cloud Security Posture
14 8 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.15%) Housing Association
14 8 (1.15%) NHS
15 7 (1.01%) Driving Licence
15 7 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.01%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 102 (14.66%) Windows
2 45 (6.47%) Linux
3 31 (4.45%) Unix
4 28 (4.02%) Solaris
5 26 (3.74%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.72%) Mac OS
7 11 (1.58%) Windows 10
8 9 (1.29%) Android
8 9 (1.29%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.72%) CentOS
9 5 (0.72%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.72%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.57%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.57%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.57%) zOS
11 2 (0.29%) VMS
11 2 (0.29%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (38.65%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (27.16%) Data Governance
3 186 (26.72%) ETL
4 184 (26.44%) Data Modelling
5 175 (25.14%) Mentoring
6 153 (21.98%) Data Architecture
7 148 (21.26%) Data Integration
8 145 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
9 136 (19.54%) Data Engineering
10 119 (17.10%) Innovative Thinking
11 117 (16.81%) Platform Engineering
12 114 (16.38%) Information Security
13 111 (15.95%) ERD
14 101 (14.51%) Computer Science
15 86 (12.36%) Data Protection
16 78 (11.21%) Agile
16 78 (11.21%) Analytics
16 78 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
17 77 (11.06%) Data Management
18 74 (10.63%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (13.94%) SQL
2 55 (7.90%) Python
3 37 (5.32%) PowerShell
4 29 (4.17%) T-SQL
5 27 (3.88%) Shell Script
6 21 (3.02%) C#
7 17 (2.44%) Java
8 14 (2.01%) Scala
9 8 (1.15%) Bash
9 8 (1.15%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.01%) Apex Code
10 7 (1.01%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.01%) R
10 7 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.86%) C
12 5 (0.72%) Bicep
13 2 (0.29%) Gremlin
14 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 186 (26.72%) Degree
2 79 (11.35%) CISSP
3 55 (7.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 48 (6.90%) CISM
5 40 (5.75%) Security Cleared
6 27 (3.88%) CISA
7 25 (3.59%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.45%) Master's Degree
9 22 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (2.44%) CEH
12 16 (2.30%) PCI QSA
13 12 (1.72%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.72%) CCSP
14 11 (1.58%) SC Cleared
15 10 (1.44%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.44%) PMP
15 10 (1.44%) SANS
16 9 (1.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (1.29%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (25.57%) GDPR
2 158 (22.70%) Data Quality
3 88 (12.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (6.90%) NIST
5 47 (6.75%) PCI DSS
6 43 (6.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 39 (5.60%) Accessibility
8 17 (2.44%) NCSC
9 16 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 16 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 11 (1.58%) GRC
10 11 (1.58%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.01%) HIPAA
11 7 (1.01%) QA
12 6 (0.86%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.86%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.72%) SOC 1
14 4 (0.57%) TickIT
15 3 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (9.91%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.31%) Docker
3 12 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.01%) XenApp
4 7 (1.01%) XenDesktop
5 5 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.14%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.14%) Postfix
8 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (3.88%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (2.59%) Terraform
4 12 (1.72%) Ansible
5 11 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.15%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.86%) CASB
7 6 (0.86%) SCCM
8 5 (0.72%) PaperCut
8 5 (0.72%) Suricata
9 4 (0.57%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.43%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.29%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.14%) DatAdvantage
12 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.14%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 195 (28.02%) Microsoft
2 154 (22.13%) Google
3 40 (5.75%) Oracle
4 27 (3.88%) NEC
5 24 (3.45%) VMware
6 22 (3.16%) Cisco
6 22 (3.16%) Databricks
7 12 (1.72%) Splunk
8 11 (1.58%) Qualys
8 11 (1.58%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.44%) Xero
10 8 (1.15%) Guidewire
10 8 (1.15%) Zscaler
11 7 (1.01%) Citrix
11 7 (1.01%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.01%) Dell
11 7 (1.01%) SAP
11 7 (1.01%) WatchGuard
12 6 (0.86%) CA