Data Protection Jobs

Data Protection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 275 269
Rank change year-on-year +55 -6 +38
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,367 1,233 2,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 1.29% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.36% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 980 745 1,563
10th Percentile £31,210 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,625 £91,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Protection 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 87,477 90,991 161,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.84% 95.49% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,023 54,512 83,003
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +63 1,232 £50,000 -9.09% 522
UK excluding London +67 929 £48,750 -7.14% 377
Work from Home -12 441 £55,000 - 179
London +25 376 £55,000 -12.00% 162
North of England +93 271 £50,000 -0.24% 94
South East +9 218 £45,802 -16.72% 96
Midlands +77 217 £50,000 -9.09% 75
North West +33 148 £42,500 -15.40% 51
West Midlands +55 144 £54,000 +0.47% 45
South West +17 104 £48,750 -11.36% 42
Yorkshire +92 94 £52,500 +1.40% 30
East Midlands +19 68 £50,000 -9.09% 30
Scotland -54 50 £45,000 -7.46% 23
East of England -8 38 £51,500 +27.15% 49
North East +10 29 £36,000 -24.38% 15
Wales +19 23 £37,000 -7.58% 7
Northern Ireland +28 7 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £110,000 -

Data Protection
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
1 118 (8.63%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.54%) IIS
4 11 (0.80%) Confluence
4 11 (0.80%) WordPress
5 8 (0.59%) CMS
5 8 (0.59%) nginx
6 7 (0.51%) Apache
7 4 (0.29%) IBM Domino
7 4 (0.29%) SAS
7 4 (0.29%) Site Server
8 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.15%) Kentico
9 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.073%) Moodle
10 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.073%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.073%) Totara
Applications
1 126 (9.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (0.51%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.073%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 28 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.073%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.073%) Primavera
8 1 (0.073%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 237 (17.34%) Azure
2 149 (10.90%) Microsoft 365
3 139 (10.17%) Power Platform
4 123 (9.00%) AWS
5 41 (3.00%) Entra ID
6 35 (2.56%) GCP
7 32 (2.34%) SaaS
8 24 (1.76%) Power Automate
9 22 (1.61%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.46%) Google Workspace
11 19 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.39%) IaaS
12 18 (1.32%) PaaS
13 17 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (1.24%) Serverless
14 16 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (1.17%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 90 (6.58%) Firewall
2 47 (3.44%) DNS
3 36 (2.63%) Internet
3 36 (2.63%) Network Security
3 36 (2.63%) Wireless
4 34 (2.49%) LAN
5 27 (1.98%) WAN
6 26 (1.90%) DHCP
7 24 (1.76%) Intranet
7 24 (1.76%) VPN
8 18 (1.32%) Cisco IPT
9 17 (1.24%) SAN
9 17 (1.24%) TCP/IP
10 16 (1.17%) Broadband
11 15 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
11 15 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (1.02%) SNMP
13 13 (0.95%) NAS
14 12 (0.88%) VoIP
15 9 (0.66%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (9.58%) Power BI
2 88 (6.44%) SQL Server
3 61 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (2.85%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (2.12%) Data Lake
7 28 (2.05%) Metadata
8 22 (1.61%) MySQL
9 17 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.17%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 15 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (1.02%) Tableau
13 13 (0.95%) Big Data
14 11 (0.80%) Power Query
15 10 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.59%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 82 (6.00%) JIRA
2 24 (1.76%) Git
3 11 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.44%) Mercurial
4 6 (0.44%) Selenium
5 4 (0.29%) Moq
6 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.22%) GitLab
7 2 (0.15%) Hudson
7 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.073%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.073%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.073%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.073%) NUnit
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.073%) Postman
8 1 (0.073%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.073%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.073%) Storybook
General
1 456 (33.36%) Social Skills
2 370 (27.07%) Finance
3 297 (21.73%) Legal
4 191 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
5 164 (12.00%) Banking
6 87 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 85 (6.22%) Law
7 85 (6.22%) Retail
8 84 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
9 74 (5.41%) Marketing
10 49 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
11 45 (3.29%) Public Sector
12 39 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (2.49%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.19%) Local Government
15 25 (1.83%) Telecoms
16 21 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.17%) Games
18 13 (0.95%) Police
19 11 (0.80%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 219 (16.02%) Senior
2 169 (12.36%) Analyst
3 120 (8.78%) Developer
4 100 (7.32%) Lead
5 96 (7.02%) Senior Analyst
6 85 (6.22%) Data Manager
7 64 (4.68%) IT Manager
8 50 (3.66%) Consultant
9 49 (3.58%) Security Manager
10 45 (3.29%) Architect
11 44 (3.22%) Data Protection Manager
12 37 (2.71%) Information Manager
13 36 (2.63%) Data Protection Officer
13 36 (2.63%) Security Analyst
14 35 (2.56%) Administrator
15 34 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 33 (2.41%) Cloud Engineer
17 32 (2.34%) Data Analyst
17 32 (2.34%) Governance Manager
17 32 (2.34%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.88%) .NET
2 32 (2.34%) RESTful
3 24 (1.76%) Web Services
4 20 (1.46%) Node.js
5 19 (1.39%) React
6 14 (1.02%) CSS
6 14 (1.02%) gRPC
6 14 (1.02%) HTML
7 13 (0.95%) ASP.NET
8 11 (0.80%) EDI
9 10 (0.73%) Vue
10 9 (0.66%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
11 8 (0.59%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.59%) Spring
11 8 (0.59%) Spring Boot
11 8 (0.59%) XML
12 7 (0.51%) Hibernate
12 7 (0.51%) JPA
12 7 (0.51%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 239 (17.48%) Data Protection Act
2 202 (14.78%) Management Information System
3 60 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (3.95%) Data Centre
5 52 (3.80%) Freedom of Information
6 34 (2.49%) NHS
7 33 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
8 32 (2.34%) Security Posture
9 26 (1.90%) Mobile App
10 25 (1.83%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.46%) Algorithms
11 20 (1.46%) Virtual Team
12 19 (1.39%) CCTV
12 19 (1.39%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.24%) IoT
15 14 (1.02%) Replication
15 14 (1.02%) Taxonomies
16 13 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 132 (9.66%) Windows
2 54 (3.95%) Windows Server
3 36 (2.63%) Linux
4 25 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 23 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 20 (1.46%) Android
8 12 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.44%) Unix
11 5 (0.37%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.29%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.073%) NetWare
14 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.073%) Solaris
14 1 (0.073%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (21.51%) Information Security
2 291 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
3 263 (19.24%) Cybersecurity
4 242 (17.70%) Data Management
5 218 (15.95%) Data Governance
6 211 (15.44%) Data Privacy
7 206 (15.07%) Risk Management
8 165 (12.07%) Process Improvement
9 162 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
10 153 (11.19%) Impact Assessments
11 148 (10.83%) Matrix Organization
12 145 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 142 (10.39%) Matrix Management
14 135 (9.88%) Agile
14 135 (9.88%) DevOps
15 122 (8.92%) Project Management
16 118 (8.63%) Disaster Recovery
17 115 (8.41%) Coaching
18 107 (7.83%) Customer Service
19 105 (7.68%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 133 (9.73%) SQL
2 79 (5.78%) PowerShell
3 71 (5.19%) Python
4 41 (3.00%) T-SQL
5 40 (2.93%) C#
6 36 (2.63%) Bash
7 31 (2.27%) Java
8 22 (1.61%) JavaScript
9 21 (1.54%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.02%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.95%) Bicep
11 13 (0.95%) Swift
12 10 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.66%) Scala
14 8 (0.59%) R
15 6 (0.44%) C++
16 5 (0.37%) JSX
16 5 (0.37%) PHP
17 3 (0.22%) VB
18 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 270 (19.75%) Degree
2 96 (7.02%) CISSP
3 77 (5.63%) Security Cleared
4 74 (5.41%) CISM
5 64 (4.68%) Master's Degree
6 62 (4.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (3.66%) SC Cleared
8 45 (3.29%) CISA
9 33 (2.41%) DBS Check
10 32 (2.34%) CRISC
11 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.76%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.61%) Azure Certification
14 19 (1.39%) PMI Certification
15 18 (1.32%) PMP
16 17 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
17 15 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 13 (0.95%) ISEB
19 12 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 12 (0.88%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 433 (31.68%) GDPR
2 177 (12.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 109 (7.97%) Data Quality
4 85 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 57 (4.17%) GRC
6 56 (4.10%) NIST
7 50 (3.66%) PCI DSS
8 44 (3.22%) QA
9 24 (1.76%) NCSC
10 21 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (1.39%) SOC 2
12 16 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 15 (1.10%) SLA
14 11 (0.80%) ISO 14000
15 10 (0.73%) COBIT
15 10 (0.73%) HIPAA
15 10 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.66%) Accessibility
17 8 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 7 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 83 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 61 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (3.15%) Docker
4 37 (2.71%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.44%) SRDF
6 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.44%) XenApp
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.15%) vSphere
8 1 (0.073%) Ceph
8 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 52 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 37 (2.71%) Terraform
3 22 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.88%) Ansible
5 12 (0.88%) CASB
6 6 (0.44%) CSIRT
7 5 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.37%) Suricata
7 5 (0.37%) WSUS
8 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.15%) Control-M
9 2 (0.15%) Istio
9 2 (0.15%) Nessus
9 2 (0.15%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.073%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.073%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 342 (25.02%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.83%) VMware
3 52 (3.80%) Google
4 33 (2.41%) Cisco
5 29 (2.12%) SAP
6 26 (1.90%) Apple
7 24 (1.76%) Oracle
8 17 (1.24%) Aruba
8 17 (1.24%) Meraki
8 17 (1.24%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.02%) HP
10 13 (0.95%) Databricks
11 12 (0.88%) Adobe
11 12 (0.88%) Citrix
12 10 (0.73%) IBM
13 9 (0.66%) Dell
13 9 (0.66%) Sage
14 8 (0.59%) EMC
14 8 (0.59%) Veeam
15 7 (0.51%) Minitab