Data Protection Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Protection
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 134 117
Rank change year-on-year +41 -17 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 18 17 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.17% 0.79% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.82% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 32
10th Percentile £25,750 £37,039 -
25th Percentile £33,375 £39,625 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,000 £40,568
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +8.46% -37.59%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,125 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £71,250 £68,250
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% -28.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,387 2,065 2,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 90.42% 96.18% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 973 1,192 1,335
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,539 £92,404 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,905 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% +10.30% +5.00%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Edinburgh

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in Edinburgh

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Edinburgh

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 3 (16.67%) Google Workspace
3 2 (11.11%) SaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.56%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) LAN
2 2 (11.11%) VPN
2 2 (11.11%) WAN
2 2 (11.11%) Wireless
2 2 (11.11%) WLAN
3 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Administrator
1 4 (22.22%) Head of Information
2 3 (16.67%) IT Administrator
2 3 (16.67%) IT Support
3 2 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 2 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (11.11%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Officer
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Risk Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Information Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) JIRA Administrator
4 1 (5.56%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Sales Executive
4 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 3 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
5 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
1 3 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Android
2 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Time Management
2 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (27.78%) Information Governance
5 4 (22.22%) Data Governance
5 4 (22.22%) Data Management
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) SIEM
6 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (16.67%) Internal Audit
6 3 (16.67%) Preventative Maintenance
7 2 (11.11%) Budget Management
7 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity
7 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 2 (11.11%) Information Security
7 2 (11.11%) ITSM
7 2 (11.11%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) GDPR
2 4 (22.22%) SOC 2
3 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) CASB
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Atlassian
2 3 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) CA
3 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.56%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.56%) Sun
3 1 (5.56%) Trustwave