Data Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Security
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 464 402
Rank change year-on-year +91 -62 -48
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 476 308 574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.53% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.55% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 294 222 312
10th Percentile £27,575 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,500 £30,688 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.43% +5.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,833 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £71,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,250 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.27% -4.35% +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,593 55,780 68,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.77% 95.57% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 41,777 28,809 41,151
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the UK excluding London

Data Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Security in the UK excluding London

Data Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the UK excluding London

Data Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
North of England +107 133 £47,500 -15.56% 49
South East +63 133 £75,000 +50.00% 54
Midlands +60 113 £57,500 +7.98% 34
West Midlands +47 80 £65,000 +22.07% 13
North West +41 76 £57,500 +13.30% 27
South West -56 47 £40,000 +45.45% 11
Yorkshire +99 42 £45,000 -24.40% 19
East Midlands +5 28 £55,000 -13.73% 19
East of England +28 25 £60,000 - 19
Scotland -59 16 £43,250 +5.49% 8
North East +8 15 £42,000 -4.55% 4
Wales -3 10 £46,604 +69.47% 3
Data Security
UK

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 34 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.99%) Apache
3 16 (3.36%) IIS
3 16 (3.36%) Tomcat
4 14 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (2.52%) WordPress
6 5 (1.05%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.84%) CMS
7 4 (0.84%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.42%) SAS
9 1 (0.21%) Drupal
Applications
1 36 (7.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (3.36%) NEC Housing
2 5 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.42%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) iTrent
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 232 (48.74%) Azure
2 168 (35.29%) AWS
3 116 (24.37%) GCP
4 63 (13.24%) Power Platform
5 53 (11.13%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (7.98%) SaaS
7 20 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.99%) Entra ID
8 19 (3.99%) PowerApps
9 17 (3.57%) OneDrive
10 14 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (2.73%) Snowflake
12 12 (2.52%) Matillion
13 11 (2.31%) Serverless
14 9 (1.89%) Google Drive
15 8 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (1.47%) GitHub
17 6 (1.26%) PaaS
18 5 (1.05%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.67%) Firewall
1 27 (5.67%) VPN
2 22 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (3.78%) Network Security
4 15 (3.15%) DHCP
4 15 (3.15%) DNS
5 14 (2.94%) LAN
6 11 (2.31%) WAN
7 10 (2.10%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.89%) Internet
8 9 (1.89%) VLAN
9 7 (1.47%) IPsec
10 5 (1.05%) VoIP
10 5 (1.05%) Wireless
11 4 (0.84%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.84%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.63%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.63%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.42%) NAS
13 2 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (24.79%) Data Warehouse
2 99 (20.80%) BigQuery
3 98 (20.59%) Looker
4 57 (11.97%) Power BI
5 36 (7.56%) SQL Server
6 23 (4.83%) Oracle Database
7 22 (4.62%) Data Lake
8 20 (4.20%) Metadata
9 13 (2.73%) Relational Database
10 12 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.47%) MySQL
14 6 (1.26%) GIS
15 5 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (1.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.05%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.84%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (3.15%) Git
2 6 (1.26%) JIRA
3 4 (0.84%) ESLint
3 4 (0.84%) IntelliJ
3 4 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.42%) Snyk
5 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.21%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) JUnit
General
1 169 (35.50%) Analytical Skills
2 96 (20.17%) Social Skills
3 72 (15.13%) Finance
4 39 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (5.88%) Legal
5 28 (5.88%) Local Government
6 22 (4.62%) Police
7 21 (4.41%) Marketing
8 17 (3.57%) Public Sector
9 15 (3.15%) Law
10 13 (2.73%) Retail
11 11 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.26%) Billing
12 6 (1.26%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.05%) Games
13 5 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.84%) Wearables
15 3 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 172 (36.13%) Architect
2 121 (25.42%) Data Architect
3 35 (7.35%) Lead
4 30 (6.30%) Analyst
5 28 (5.88%) Senior
6 21 (4.41%) Developer
7 20 (4.20%) Administrator
8 18 (3.78%) Data Engineer
8 18 (3.78%) IT Manager
9 16 (3.36%) Applications Support
10 15 (3.15%) DBA
11 14 (2.94%) IT Support
11 14 (2.94%) Security Analyst
11 14 (2.94%) Support Engineer
12 13 (2.73%) Enterprise Architect
12 13 (2.73%) Security Architect
13 12 (2.52%) Technical Architect
14 11 (2.31%) Lead Architect
14 11 (2.31%) Power Platform Architect
14 11 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.83%) Web Services
2 13 (2.73%) .NET
3 11 (2.31%) React
4 10 (2.10%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.10%) Entity Framework
5 9 (1.89%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.26%) RESTful
7 5 (1.05%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (1.05%) Blazor
7 5 (1.05%) Jest
7 5 (1.05%) REST
8 4 (0.84%) CSS
8 4 (0.84%) HTML
8 4 (0.84%) Kafka
8 4 (0.84%) Redux
9 3 (0.63%) COM
9 3 (0.63%) EDI
9 3 (0.63%) Node.js
9 3 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.63%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 111 (23.32%) Self-Motivation
2 58 (12.18%) Management Information System
3 30 (6.30%) Public Cloud
4 17 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.57%) Security Posture
5 14 (2.94%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.68%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.68%) NHS
8 7 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.47%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.26%) Blog
9 6 (1.26%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.05%) Clustering
10 5 (1.05%) IoT
10 5 (1.05%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 68 (14.29%) Windows
2 28 (5.88%) Linux
3 20 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.36%) Solaris
4 16 (3.36%) Unix
5 12 (2.52%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.47%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.05%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.84%) Android
8 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.84%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.42%) VMS
9 2 (0.42%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.21%) CentOS
10 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (42.02%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (30.46%) Data Modelling
3 144 (30.25%) Mentoring
4 140 (29.41%) Data Governance
5 139 (29.20%) ETL
6 132 (27.73%) Data Architecture
7 112 (23.53%) Data Engineering
8 111 (23.32%) Data Integration
9 105 (22.06%) Innovative Thinking
10 98 (20.59%) Platform Engineering
11 96 (20.17%) ERD
12 82 (17.23%) Cybersecurity
13 73 (15.34%) Computer Science
14 66 (13.87%) Business Intelligence
15 61 (12.82%) Data Management
15 61 (12.82%) Information Security
16 53 (11.13%) Analytics
17 51 (10.71%) Data Protection
18 50 (10.50%) Agile
19 44 (9.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 69 (14.50%) SQL
2 36 (7.56%) Python
3 22 (4.62%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.78%) Shell Script
5 16 (3.36%) T-SQL
6 13 (2.73%) C#
7 10 (2.10%) Java
8 6 (1.26%) Scala
9 5 (1.05%) C
9 5 (1.05%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.05%) R
9 5 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.63%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.63%) Bash
10 3 (0.63%) Bicep
10 3 (0.63%) VB
11 1 (0.21%) Gremlin
11 1 (0.21%) Perl
11 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 132 (27.73%) Degree
2 37 (7.77%) CISSP
3 32 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (6.09%) CISM
5 21 (4.41%) CISA
6 17 (3.57%) Security Cleared
7 14 (2.94%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.31%) PCI QSA
9 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.68%) A+ Certification
11 7 (1.47%) CRISC
11 7 (1.47%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.26%) CEH
12 6 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.05%) MCSE
13 5 (1.05%) OCA
13 5 (1.05%) OCP
13 5 (1.05%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (1.05%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (29.83%) GDPR
2 119 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 55 (11.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (6.93%) NIST
5 32 (6.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (6.09%) PCI DSS
7 27 (5.67%) Accessibility
8 11 (2.31%) SOC 2
9 10 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (1.47%) NCSC
11 5 (1.05%) GRC
11 5 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (1.05%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.84%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.84%) QA
12 4 (0.84%) TickIT
13 3 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.42%) COBIT
14 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.42%) ITGC
System Software
1 39 (8.19%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.99%) Docker
3 12 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.63%) XenApp
5 3 (0.63%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.21%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 15 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.68%) Terraform
4 5 (1.05%) Data Guard
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
4 5 (1.05%) Suricata
5 4 (0.84%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.84%) Ansible
6 3 (0.63%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.42%) SCCM
8 1 (0.21%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.21%) QRadar
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.21%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (27.73%) Microsoft
2 127 (26.68%) Google
3 26 (5.46%) Oracle
4 19 (3.99%) Cisco
5 18 (3.78%) VMware
6 16 (3.36%) Databricks
6 16 (3.36%) NEC
7 9 (1.89%) Xero
8 7 (1.47%) Guidewire
8 7 (1.47%) WatchGuard
9 6 (1.26%) Nuix
10 5 (1.05%) Juniper
10 5 (1.05%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.05%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.05%) Splunk
11 4 (0.84%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.84%) Apple
11 4 (0.84%) Mapbox
12 3 (0.63%) Meraki
12 3 (0.63%) Veracode