Data Protection Job Trends in Croydon

Data Protection
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Croydon requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 31 25
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 9 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Croydon 3.77% 1.32% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.33% 1.54% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +30.95% +2.44%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £43,000
90th Percentile - - -
South London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +61.76% -38.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Croydon

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Croydon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 169 65 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Croydon 70.71% 85.53% 97.62%
Number of salaries quoted 148 10 31
10th Percentile £31,828 £33,825 £29,366
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,250 £41,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £35,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.93% -45.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £66,188 £57,813 £83,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £66,725 £86,000
South London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Protection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Croydon

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Croydon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Data Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Data Protection Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Information Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Compliance Officer
2 4 (44.44%) Data Compliance Officer
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection Officer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Freedom of Information
1 5 (55.56%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Information Governance
1 5 (55.56%) Line Management
1 5 (55.56%) Records Management