Data Security Jobs in the North West

Data Security
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 250 266
Rank change year-on-year +33 +16 -84
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 74 40 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.74% 0.52% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.54% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 50 17 28
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year - -22.48% +35.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £85,375 £62,833 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +17.39% - +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,207 7,382 9,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.31% 95.54% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,214 3,877 5,302
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
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 North West

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in the North West

Data Security
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Data Security in the North West

Data Security
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the North West

Data Security
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Manchester +37 53 £72,500 +23.90% 19
Cheshire 0 11 £45,000 - 7
Merseyside +12 6 £40,000 +6.67% 1
Lancashire -10 4 £45,000 -12.62% 1
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (14.86%) Apache
2 8 (10.81%) IIS
2 8 (10.81%) Tomcat
3 3 (4.05%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.70%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (10.81%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 29 (39.19%) Azure
2 24 (32.43%) AWS
3 10 (13.51%) SaaS
4 9 (12.16%) GCP
4 9 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.05%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.70%) OCI
8 1 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) Firewall
2 4 (5.41%) VoIP
2 4 (5.41%) VPN
3 3 (4.05%) VLAN
3 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.70%) LAN
4 2 (2.70%) WAN
5 1 (1.35%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (1.35%) IMAP
5 1 (1.35%) Internet
5 1 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.35%) IPsec
5 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.35%) SMTP
5 1 (1.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (21.62%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (13.51%) Oracle Database
3 9 (12.16%) BigQuery
4 8 (10.81%) Looker
5 6 (8.11%) Metadata
5 6 (8.11%) SQL Server
6 5 (6.76%) Data Lake
7 4 (5.41%) Power BI
7 4 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (4.05%) Flink
9 2 (2.70%) Data Mining
10 1 (1.35%) MySQL
10 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (1.35%) RDBMS
10 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Git
General
1 31 (41.89%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (25.68%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.92%) Finance
4 12 (16.22%) Legal
5 8 (10.81%) Local Government
5 8 (10.81%) Police
5 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 7 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.70%) Law
9 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Retail
9 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) Architect
2 18 (24.32%) Data Architect
3 9 (12.16%) IT Manager
4 8 (10.81%) Applications Support
5 5 (6.76%) Analyst
5 5 (6.76%) Data Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (5.41%) Compliance Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Developer
6 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Risk Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Security Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Data Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.81%) Web Services
2 3 (4.05%) Kafka
2 3 (4.05%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (13.51%) Algorithms
3 8 (10.81%) Public Cloud
3 8 (10.81%) Security Posture
4 7 (9.46%) Management Information System
5 6 (8.11%) Blog
6 4 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.70%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.03%) Windows
2 11 (14.86%) Linux
3 8 (10.81%) Solaris
3 8 (10.81%) Unix
4 6 (8.11%) Mac OS
5 4 (5.41%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.35%) CentOS
6 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (35.14%) ETL
3 23 (31.08%) Data Modelling
4 20 (27.03%) Data Architecture
5 19 (25.68%) Data Governance
6 17 (22.97%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (22.97%) Information Security
7 16 (21.62%) Data Engineering
8 15 (20.27%) Decision-Making
9 14 (18.92%) Computer Science
10 12 (16.22%) Data Integration
11 11 (14.86%) Data Science
11 11 (14.86%) Mentoring
11 11 (14.86%) Project Management
12 10 (13.51%) Data Management
12 10 (13.51%) Platform Engineering
12 10 (13.51%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 9 (12.16%) Artificial Intelligence
13 9 (12.16%) Risk Management
14 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.51%) Shell Script
2 5 (6.76%) SQL
3 4 (5.41%) T-SQL
4 3 (4.05%) Python
5 1 (1.35%) Bash
5 1 (1.35%) Bicep
5 1 (1.35%) Java
5 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.35%) Perl
5 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (39.19%) Degree
2 13 (17.57%) CISSP
3 10 (13.51%) CISM
4 8 (10.81%) CISA
4 8 (10.81%) Security Cleared
5 6 (8.11%) PCI QSA
6 5 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.41%) CCNA
7 4 (5.41%) CEH
7 4 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.05%) MCSE
8 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.70%) SAS Certification
10 1 (1.35%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (28.38%) GDPR
2 19 (25.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (24.32%) Data Quality
4 15 (20.27%) NIST
5 12 (16.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (14.86%) PCI DSS
7 8 (10.81%) Accessibility
7 8 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (5.41%) ISO 9001
8 4 (5.41%) SOC 2
8 4 (5.41%) TickIT
9 2 (2.70%) GRC
9 2 (2.70%) ITGC
10 1 (1.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.41%) Docker
3 3 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.35%) Dovecot
4 1 (1.35%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.35%) Ansible
2 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.22%) Oracle
3 8 (10.81%) Google
3 8 (10.81%) NEC
4 4 (5.41%) Alteryx
5 3 (4.05%) VMware
6 2 (2.70%) Databricks
7 1 (1.35%) Cisco
7 1 (1.35%) Fortinet