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 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 370 466 411
Rank change year-on-year +96 -55 -65
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 473 305 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.52% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.54% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 291 216 310
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,775 £50,119
Median % change year-on-year +25.61% -8.67% +5.51%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,833 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,400 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.74% - +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 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 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 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
South East +77 132 £75,000 +53.85% 32
North of England +96 131 £45,000 -18.18% 51
Midlands +57 111 £57,500 +7.98% 31
West Midlands +53 78 £65,000 +22.07% 11
North West +33 74 £50,000 - 28
South West -44 50 £40,000 +45.45% 14
Yorkshire +96 42 £45,000 -24.40% 20
East Midlands +3 28 £55,000 -13.73% 20
East of England +19 25 £60,000 +35.33% 16
Scotland -63 16 £43,250 -2.26% 9
North East +13 15 £42,000 -4.55% 4
Wales -6 9 £46,604 +31.28% 4
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 36 (7.61%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.02%) Apache
3 16 (3.38%) IIS
3 16 (3.38%) Tomcat
4 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (2.54%) WordPress
6 5 (1.06%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.85%) CMS
7 4 (0.85%) 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 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (3.38%) NEC Housing
2 5 (1.06%) 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 (49.05%) Azure
2 169 (35.73%) AWS
3 116 (24.52%) GCP
4 63 (13.32%) Power Platform
5 56 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (8.03%) SaaS
7 21 (4.44%) Entra ID
8 19 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (4.02%) OneDrive
8 19 (4.02%) PowerApps
9 14 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (2.75%) Snowflake
11 12 (2.54%) Matillion
12 11 (2.33%) Serverless
13 9 (1.90%) Google Drive
14 8 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (1.48%) GitHub
16 6 (1.27%) PaaS
16 6 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.13%) VPN
2 27 (5.71%) Firewall
3 24 (5.07%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (4.02%) Network Security
5 16 (3.38%) DHCP
5 16 (3.38%) DNS
5 16 (3.38%) LAN
6 13 (2.75%) WAN
7 11 (2.33%) VLAN
8 10 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (1.90%) Internet
9 9 (1.90%) IPsec
10 5 (1.06%) VoIP
10 5 (1.06%) Wireless
11 4 (0.85%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.85%) 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 (24.95%) Data Warehouse
2 99 (20.93%) BigQuery
3 98 (20.72%) Looker
4 57 (12.05%) Power BI
5 37 (7.82%) SQL Server
6 23 (4.86%) Oracle Database
7 22 (4.65%) Data Lake
8 20 (4.23%) Metadata
9 13 (2.75%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.48%) MySQL
13 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.27%) GIS
14 5 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 5 (1.06%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.85%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (3.17%) Git
2 6 (1.27%) JIRA
3 4 (0.85%) ESLint
3 4 (0.85%) IntelliJ
3 4 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (0.85%) 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
1 168 (35.52%) Analytical Skills
2 95 (20.08%) Social Skills
3 72 (15.22%) Finance
4 39 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (5.92%) Local Government
6 26 (5.50%) Legal
7 22 (4.65%) Police
8 20 (4.23%) Marketing
9 16 (3.38%) Public Sector
10 14 (2.96%) Law
11 13 (2.75%) Retail
12 11 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.27%) Billing
13 6 (1.27%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.06%) Games
14 5 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.85%) Wearables
16 3 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 171 (36.15%) Architect
2 121 (25.58%) Data Architect
3 35 (7.40%) Lead
4 29 (6.13%) Analyst
5 28 (5.92%) Senior
6 21 (4.44%) Administrator
6 21 (4.44%) Developer
7 18 (3.81%) IT Manager
8 17 (3.59%) Data Engineer
9 16 (3.38%) Applications Support
9 16 (3.38%) DBA
10 14 (2.96%) IT Support
10 14 (2.96%) Security Analyst
10 14 (2.96%) Support Engineer
11 13 (2.75%) Enterprise Architect
11 13 (2.75%) Security Architect
12 11 (2.33%) Lead Architect
12 11 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.33%) Technical Architect
13 10 (2.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.86%) Web Services
2 13 (2.75%) .NET
3 11 (2.33%) React
4 10 (2.11%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.11%) Entity Framework
5 9 (1.90%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.27%) RESTful
7 5 (1.06%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (1.06%) Blazor
7 5 (1.06%) Jest
7 5 (1.06%) REST
8 4 (0.85%) CSS
8 4 (0.85%) HTML
8 4 (0.85%) Kafka
8 4 (0.85%) Redux
9 3 (0.63%) COM
9 3 (0.63%) EDI
9 3 (0.63%) Node.js
9 3 (0.63%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.63%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 111 (23.47%) Self-Motivation
2 57 (12.05%) Management Information System
3 29 (6.13%) Public Cloud
4 17 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.59%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.59%) Security Posture
5 14 (2.96%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.69%) NHS
8 7 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.48%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.27%) Blog
9 6 (1.27%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.27%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.27%) Replication
10 5 (1.06%) Clustering
10 5 (1.06%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 69 (14.59%) Windows
2 28 (5.92%) Linux
3 21 (4.44%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.38%) Solaris
4 16 (3.38%) Unix
5 12 (2.54%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.27%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.06%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.85%) Android
8 4 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.85%) 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
1 198 (41.86%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (30.66%) Data Modelling
2 145 (30.66%) Mentoring
3 139 (29.39%) Data Governance
3 139 (29.39%) ETL
4 132 (27.91%) Data Architecture
5 111 (23.47%) Data Engineering
5 111 (23.47%) Data Integration
6 105 (22.20%) Innovative Thinking
7 98 (20.72%) Platform Engineering
8 96 (20.30%) ERD
9 82 (17.34%) Cybersecurity
10 73 (15.43%) Computer Science
11 66 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
12 60 (12.68%) Data Management
13 59 (12.47%) Information Security
14 52 (10.99%) Analytics
15 50 (10.57%) Agile
16 48 (10.15%) Data Protection
17 44 (9.30%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 70 (14.80%) SQL
2 35 (7.40%) Python
3 21 (4.44%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.81%) Shell Script
5 17 (3.59%) T-SQL
6 13 (2.75%) C#
7 10 (2.11%) Java
8 6 (1.27%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.27%) Scala
9 5 (1.06%) C
9 5 (1.06%) R
9 5 (1.06%) 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
1 130 (27.48%) Degree
2 37 (7.82%) CISSP
3 32 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (6.13%) CISM
5 21 (4.44%) CISA
6 17 (3.59%) Security Cleared
7 14 (2.96%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.33%) PCI QSA
9 10 (2.11%) A+ Certification
9 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.48%) CRISC
10 7 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.27%) CEH
11 6 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.06%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.06%) OCA
12 5 (1.06%) OCP
12 5 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (1.06%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (29.60%) GDPR
2 118 (24.95%) Data Quality
3 54 (11.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (6.98%) NIST
5 31 (6.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (6.13%) PCI DSS
7 28 (5.92%) Accessibility
8 11 (2.33%) SOC 2
9 10 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (1.48%) NCSC
11 5 (1.06%) GRC
11 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (1.06%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.85%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.85%) QA
12 4 (0.85%) 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 41 (8.67%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.02%) Docker
3 12 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.06%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.42%) XenApp
6 2 (0.42%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.21%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 15 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.48%) Terraform
4 5 (1.06%) Data Guard
4 5 (1.06%) Oracle RMAN
4 5 (1.06%) Suricata
5 4 (0.85%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.85%) Ansible
6 3 (0.63%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.21%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.21%) QRadar
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.21%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 129 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 127 (26.85%) Google
3 26 (5.50%) Oracle
4 19 (4.02%) Cisco
5 16 (3.38%) Databricks
5 16 (3.38%) NEC
5 16 (3.38%) VMware
6 9 (1.90%) Xero
7 7 (1.48%) Guidewire
7 7 (1.48%) WatchGuard
8 6 (1.27%) Nuix
9 5 (1.06%) Juniper
9 5 (1.06%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.06%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.06%) Splunk
10 4 (0.85%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.85%) Apple
10 4 (0.85%) Mapbox
11 3 (0.63%) Meraki
11 3 (0.63%) Veracode