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 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 376 461 460
Rank change year-on-year +85 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 711 645 1,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.65% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.68% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 475 398 562
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £30,550
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,625 £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 £45,775 £50,119
% change year-on-year +25.61% -8.67% +5.51%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

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 20 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 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
England +109 673 £67,500 +17.39% 227
UK excluding London +96 473 £57,500 +25.61% 154
Work from Home +107 236 £62,500 +5.00% 96
London +33 200 £75,000 +15.38% 83
South East +77 132 £75,000 +53.85% 33
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% 13
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% 8
North East +13 15 £42,000 -4.55% 4
Wales -6 9 £46,604 +31.28% 4

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 (5.63%) SharePoint
2 31 (4.36%) Apache
3 27 (3.80%) IIS
3 27 (3.80%) Tomcat
4 24 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.69%) 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 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (4.22%) NEC Housing
2 10 (1.41%) 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
1 327 (45.99%) Azure
2 220 (30.94%) AWS
3 145 (20.39%) GCP
4 95 (13.36%) Microsoft 365
5 84 (11.81%) Power Platform
6 59 (8.30%) SaaS
7 30 (4.22%) Entra ID
8 25 (3.52%) PowerApps
9 22 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
9 22 (3.09%) PaaS
10 21 (2.95%) IaaS
11 20 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.67%) OneDrive
13 16 (2.25%) Serverless
14 14 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.83%) Snowflake
16 12 (1.69%) Matillion
16 12 (1.69%) Power Automate
17 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 57 (8.02%) Firewall
2 32 (4.50%) Network Security
3 29 (4.08%) VPN
4 25 (3.52%) DHCP
4 25 (3.52%) DNS
5 24 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (2.53%) WAN
7 16 (2.25%) LAN
8 11 (1.55%) VLAN
9 10 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (1.27%) Internet
10 9 (1.27%) 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
1 152 (21.38%) Data Warehouse
2 115 (16.17%) BigQuery
3 113 (15.89%) Looker
4 77 (10.83%) Power BI
5 73 (10.27%) SQL Server
6 34 (4.78%) Oracle Database
7 28 (3.94%) Metadata
8 23 (3.23%) Data Lake
9 21 (2.95%) Relational Database
10 20 (2.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 16 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.27%) GIS
15 8 (1.13%) MySQL
15 8 (1.13%) RDBMS
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 (2.39%) 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 (30.94%) Analytical Skills
2 175 (24.61%) Social Skills
3 139 (19.55%) Finance
4 51 (7.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (6.05%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.49%) Legal
6 39 (5.49%) Local Government
7 34 (4.78%) Police
8 26 (3.66%) Marketing
9 24 (3.38%) Law
10 23 (3.23%) Retail
11 18 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.25%) Banking
13 14 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.27%) Back Office
16 7 (0.98%) Billing
16 7 (0.98%) Games
16 7 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 221 (31.08%) Architect
2 144 (20.25%) Data Architect
3 69 (9.70%) Senior
4 65 (9.14%) Analyst
5 53 (7.45%) Lead
6 37 (5.20%) Data Engineer
7 33 (4.64%) Developer
7 33 (4.64%) Security Analyst
8 27 (3.80%) Applications Support
9 26 (3.66%) Administrator
9 26 (3.66%) IT Manager
10 23 (3.23%) Security Engineer
11 21 (2.95%) Enterprise Architect
12 20 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (2.67%) DBA
13 19 (2.67%) Security Architect
14 18 (2.53%) Security Manager
15 16 (2.25%) Data Manager
16 15 (2.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 15 (2.11%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.92%) Web Services
2 29 (4.08%) .NET
3 12 (1.69%) ASP.NET
4 11 (1.55%) .NET Framework
4 11 (1.55%) Entity Framework
4 11 (1.55%) React
4 11 (1.55%) RESTful
5 10 (1.41%) HTML
6 9 (1.27%) .NET Core
6 9 (1.27%) CSS
6 9 (1.27%) Kafka
7 8 (1.13%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (1.13%) Middleware
7 8 (1.13%) 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 (17.86%) Self-Motivation
2 103 (14.49%) Management Information System
3 52 (7.31%) Public Cloud
4 32 (4.50%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
6 19 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.53%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.39%) Algorithms
9 16 (2.25%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.55%) PKI
13 10 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
13 10 (1.41%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.27%) Housing Association
15 8 (1.13%) NHS
16 7 (0.98%) Driving Licence
16 7 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
17 6 (0.84%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 108 (15.19%) Windows
2 51 (7.17%) Linux
3 33 (4.64%) Unix
4 31 (4.36%) Solaris
5 27 (3.80%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.69%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.41%) Windows 10
8 9 (1.27%) Android
8 9 (1.27%) 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
1 271 (38.12%) Problem-Solving
2 193 (27.14%) ETL
3 187 (26.30%) Data Governance
4 186 (26.16%) Data Modelling
5 183 (25.74%) Mentoring
6 151 (21.24%) Data Architecture
7 145 (20.39%) Cybersecurity
8 141 (19.83%) Data Integration
9 133 (18.71%) Data Engineering
10 122 (17.16%) Innovative Thinking
11 116 (16.32%) Platform Engineering
12 112 (15.75%) Information Security
13 111 (15.61%) Computer Science
13 111 (15.61%) ERD
14 93 (13.08%) Data Protection
15 88 (12.38%) Agile
16 82 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
16 82 (11.53%) Data Management
17 78 (10.97%) Project Management
18 77 (10.83%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 113 (15.89%) SQL
2 56 (7.88%) Python
3 35 (4.92%) PowerShell
3 35 (4.92%) T-SQL
4 29 (4.08%) Shell Script
5 28 (3.94%) C#
6 15 (2.11%) Java
7 12 (1.69%) Scala
8 11 (1.55%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.13%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.98%) Apex Code
10 7 (0.98%) R
10 7 (0.98%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.84%) Bash
11 6 (0.84%) C
12 5 (0.70%) Bicep
13 4 (0.56%) VBA
14 3 (0.42%) VB
15 2 (0.28%) Gremlin
16 1 (0.14%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 195 (27.43%) Degree
2 82 (11.53%) CISSP
3 54 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (7.17%) CISM
5 39 (5.49%) Security Cleared
6 27 (3.80%) CISA
7 24 (3.38%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.23%) Master's Degree
9 20 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (2.53%) PCI QSA
11 17 (2.39%) CEH
12 12 (1.69%) CCSP
13 11 (1.55%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.41%) A+ Certification
14 10 (1.41%) CRISC
14 10 (1.41%) PMI Certification
14 10 (1.41%) PMP
14 10 (1.41%) SANS
15 9 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (24.89%) GDPR
2 154 (21.66%) Data Quality
3 88 (12.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (7.03%) NIST
5 49 (6.89%) PCI DSS
6 44 (6.19%) Accessibility
7 41 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (2.67%) NCSC
9 16 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 16 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 12 (1.69%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.55%) GRC
12 8 (1.13%) 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 72 (10.13%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.36%) Docker
3 12 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.84%) XenApp
4 6 (0.84%) XenDesktop
5 5 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
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 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.11%) Terraform
4 10 (1.41%) Ansible
4 10 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.27%) 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
1 211 (29.68%) Microsoft
2 153 (21.52%) Google
3 48 (6.75%) Oracle
4 30 (4.22%) NEC
5 23 (3.23%) Databricks
6 20 (2.81%) VMware
7 19 (2.67%) Cisco
8 12 (1.69%) Qualys
9 11 (1.55%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.55%) Splunk
10 10 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.41%) SAP
10 10 (1.41%) Xero
11 9 (1.27%) 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%) Nuix
13 6 (0.84%) Varonis