Data Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 460 469
Rank change year-on-year +82 +9 -39
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 715 646 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.65% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.68% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 478 398 559
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £30,488
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,010 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,400 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% - +21.05%
75th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £46,775 £51,375
% change year-on-year +22.93% -8.95% +8.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the UK

Data Security
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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
England +105 677 £67,500 +17.39% 211
UK excluding London +78 472 £57,500 +22.93% 149
Work from Home +91 237 £60,500 +1.64% 87
London +38 204 £75,000 +15.38% 71
South East +65 132 £75,000 +50.00% 32
North of England +111 131 £45,000 -18.18% 51
Midlands +55 111 £57,500 +7.98% 30
West Midlands +52 78 £65,000 +22.07% 10
North West +39 74 £50,000 - 27
South West -48 50 £40,000 +45.45% 14
Yorkshire +97 42 £45,000 -24.40% 22
East Midlands +13 28 £55,000 -13.73% 20
East of England +16 24 £52,500 +18.41% 15
Scotland -61 16 £43,250 -2.26% 7
North East +8 15 £42,000 -4.55% 4
Wales -7 9 £46,604 +7.13% 3

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 40 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.34%) Apache
3 27 (3.78%) IIS
3 27 (3.78%) Tomcat
4 24 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.68%) WordPress
6 6 (0.84%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.70%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.56%) CMS
8 4 (0.56%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.28%) Moodle
9 2 (0.28%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) Confluence
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
Applications
1 44 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (4.20%) NEC Housing
2 10 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.28%) Shopify
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 330 (46.15%) Azure
2 220 (30.77%) AWS
3 146 (20.42%) GCP
4 97 (13.57%) Microsoft 365
5 84 (11.75%) Power Platform
6 60 (8.39%) SaaS
7 31 (4.34%) Entra ID
8 25 (3.50%) PowerApps
9 23 (3.22%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (3.22%) PaaS
10 22 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.08%) IaaS
11 20 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.66%) OneDrive
13 17 (2.38%) Serverless
14 14 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.82%) Snowflake
16 12 (1.68%) Matillion
16 12 (1.68%) Power Automate
17 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.83%) Firewall
2 31 (4.34%) Network Security
3 29 (4.06%) VPN
4 25 (3.50%) DHCP
4 25 (3.50%) DNS
5 24 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (2.52%) WAN
7 16 (2.24%) LAN
8 11 (1.54%) VLAN
9 10 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (1.26%) Internet
10 9 (1.26%) IPsec
11 6 (0.84%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.70%) VoIP
12 5 (0.70%) Wireless
13 4 (0.56%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.56%) IP Telephony
13 4 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.42%) Bluetooth
14 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (21.40%) Data Warehouse
2 115 (16.08%) BigQuery
3 113 (15.80%) Looker
4 77 (10.77%) Power BI
5 74 (10.35%) SQL Server
6 34 (4.76%) Oracle Database
7 28 (3.92%) Metadata
8 23 (3.22%) Data Lake
9 22 (3.08%) Relational Database
10 20 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 16 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.26%) GIS
14 9 (1.26%) RDBMS
15 8 (1.12%) MySQL
16 7 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.98%) Spatial Data
17 6 (0.84%) Big Data
17 6 (0.84%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (2.38%) Git
2 7 (0.98%) JIRA
3 6 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.84%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.56%) ESLint
4 4 (0.56%) IntelliJ
4 4 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.28%) GitLab
5 2 (0.28%) Snyk
5 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.14%) JUnit
General
1 220 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 175 (24.48%) Social Skills
3 139 (19.44%) Finance
4 51 (7.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (6.01%) Public Sector
6 40 (5.59%) Legal
7 39 (5.45%) Local Government
8 34 (4.76%) Police
9 26 (3.64%) Marketing
10 24 (3.36%) Law
10 24 (3.36%) Retail
11 18 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.24%) Banking
13 14 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.26%) Back Office
16 7 (0.98%) Billing
16 7 (0.98%) Games
16 7 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 221 (30.91%) Architect
2 144 (20.14%) Data Architect
3 69 (9.65%) Senior
4 65 (9.09%) Analyst
5 54 (7.55%) Lead
6 38 (5.31%) Data Engineer
7 34 (4.76%) Developer
8 33 (4.62%) Security Analyst
9 27 (3.78%) Applications Support
10 26 (3.64%) Administrator
10 26 (3.64%) IT Manager
11 23 (3.22%) Security Engineer
12 21 (2.94%) Enterprise Architect
13 20 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.66%) DBA
14 19 (2.66%) Security Architect
15 18 (2.52%) Security Manager
16 16 (2.24%) Data Manager
17 15 (2.10%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 15 (2.10%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.90%) Web Services
2 29 (4.06%) .NET
3 12 (1.68%) ASP.NET
4 11 (1.54%) .NET Framework
4 11 (1.54%) Entity Framework
4 11 (1.54%) React
4 11 (1.54%) RESTful
5 10 (1.40%) HTML
6 9 (1.26%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.26%) CSS
6 9 (1.26%) Kafka
7 8 (1.12%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (1.12%) Middleware
7 8 (1.12%) REST
8 7 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
8 7 (0.98%) Visualforce
9 6 (0.84%) Blazor
10 5 (0.70%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (0.70%) Jest
10 5 (0.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (17.76%) Self-Motivation
2 103 (14.41%) Management Information System
3 52 (7.27%) Public Cloud
4 32 (4.48%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
6 19 (2.66%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.38%) Algorithms
9 16 (2.24%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.54%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.54%) PKI
13 10 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
13 10 (1.40%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.26%) Housing Association
15 8 (1.12%) NHS
16 7 (0.98%) Driving Licence
16 7 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
17 6 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 108 (15.10%) Windows
2 51 (7.13%) Linux
3 33 (4.62%) Unix
4 31 (4.34%) Solaris
5 27 (3.78%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.68%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.40%) Windows 10
8 9 (1.26%) Android
8 9 (1.26%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.70%) CentOS
9 5 (0.70%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.70%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.56%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.56%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.56%) zOS
11 2 (0.28%) VMS
11 2 (0.28%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (38.18%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (27.27%) ETL
3 187 (26.15%) Data Governance
3 187 (26.15%) Data Modelling
4 183 (25.59%) Mentoring
5 151 (21.12%) Data Architecture
6 145 (20.28%) Cybersecurity
7 141 (19.72%) Data Integration
8 134 (18.74%) Data Engineering
9 122 (17.06%) Innovative Thinking
10 116 (16.22%) Platform Engineering
11 112 (15.66%) Information Security
12 111 (15.52%) Computer Science
12 111 (15.52%) ERD
13 93 (13.01%) Data Protection
14 89 (12.45%) Agile
15 83 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
16 82 (11.47%) Data Management
17 79 (11.05%) Analytics
17 79 (11.05%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (16.08%) SQL
2 57 (7.97%) Python
3 37 (5.17%) PowerShell
4 35 (4.90%) T-SQL
5 29 (4.06%) Shell Script
6 28 (3.92%) C#
7 15 (2.10%) Java
8 12 (1.68%) Scala
9 11 (1.54%) JavaScript
10 8 (1.12%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.98%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.98%) R
11 7 (0.98%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.84%) Bash
12 6 (0.84%) C
13 5 (0.70%) Bicep
14 4 (0.56%) VBA
15 3 (0.42%) VB
16 2 (0.28%) Gremlin
17 1 (0.14%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 195 (27.27%) Degree
2 82 (11.47%) CISSP
3 54 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (7.13%) CISM
5 39 (5.45%) Security Cleared
6 27 (3.78%) CISA
7 24 (3.36%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.22%) Master's Degree
9 20 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (2.52%) PCI QSA
11 17 (2.38%) CEH
11 17 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (1.68%) CCSP
13 11 (1.54%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.40%) A+ Certification
14 10 (1.40%) CRISC
14 10 (1.40%) PMI Certification
14 10 (1.40%) PMP
14 10 (1.40%) SANS
15 9 (1.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (24.76%) GDPR
2 155 (21.68%) Data Quality
3 88 (12.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (6.99%) NIST
5 49 (6.85%) PCI DSS
6 44 (6.15%) Accessibility
7 41 (5.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (2.66%) NCSC
9 16 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 16 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 12 (1.68%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.54%) GRC
12 9 (1.26%) QA
13 7 (0.98%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.84%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.84%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.70%) SOC 1
16 4 (0.56%) TickIT
17 3 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 2 (0.28%) ITGC
System Software
1 73 (10.21%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.34%) Docker
3 12 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.84%) XenApp
4 6 (0.84%) XenDesktop
5 5 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.14%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.14%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 28 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.10%) Terraform
4 10 (1.40%) Ansible
4 10 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.26%) CSIRT
6 6 (0.84%) CASB
7 5 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.70%) Data Guard
7 5 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
7 5 (0.70%) PaperCut
7 5 (0.70%) SCCM
7 5 (0.70%) Suricata
8 4 (0.56%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.42%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.14%) DatAdvantage
10 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.14%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (30.07%) Microsoft
2 154 (21.54%) Google
3 48 (6.71%) Oracle
4 30 (4.20%) NEC
5 23 (3.22%) Databricks
6 20 (2.80%) VMware
7 18 (2.52%) Cisco
8 12 (1.68%) Qualys
9 11 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.54%) Splunk
10 10 (1.40%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.40%) SAP
10 10 (1.40%) Xero
11 9 (1.26%) Guidewire
12 7 (0.98%) CyberArk
12 7 (0.98%) Mapbox
12 7 (0.98%) WatchGuard
12 7 (0.98%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.84%) CA
13 6 (0.84%) Citrix