Data Protection Officer Jobs in England

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
UK > England

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 794 931 1108
Rank change year-on-year +137 +177 -275
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 28 10 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.011% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.012% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 21
10th Percentile £30,450 £32,900 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,085 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.26% -15.61% -13.64%
75th Percentile £87,500 £48,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £140,000 £52,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,085 £50,173
% change year-on-year +12.26% -20.11% -8.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Data Protection Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Data Protection Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Officer in England

Data Protection Officer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Officer in England

Data Protection Officer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Officer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Officer in England

Data Protection Officer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +45 17 £45,000 -41.94% 1
London +143 5 £140,000 +250.00% 3
North of England +43 3 - - 2
North West +9 3 - - 2
Midlands - 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 - - 1
East of England - 1 £34,500 -
Data Protection Officer
UK

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Data Protection Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 20 (71.43%) Information Security
3 12 (42.86%) Legal
4 11 (39.29%) Data Privacy
5 9 (32.14%) Finance
5 9 (32.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (28.57%) Law
6 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
7 7 (25.00%) GDPR
7 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 6 (21.43%) Information Security Governance
8 6 (21.43%) Data Security
9 5 (17.86%) B2C
10 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
11 3 (10.71%) Data Management
11 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
11 3 (10.71%) Data Sharing
11 3 (10.71%) Impact Assessments
12 2 (7.14%) GRC
12 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (7.14%) Marketing
12 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
12 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
12 2 (7.14%) ISEB
12 2 (7.14%) SQL
12 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
12 2 (7.14%) Time Management

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) SaaS
General
1 12 (42.86%) Legal
2 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 9 (32.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (28.57%) Law
4 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
6 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 20 (71.43%) Information Security
3 11 (39.29%) Data Privacy
4 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 6 (21.43%) Data Security
5 6 (21.43%) Information Security Governance
6 5 (17.86%) B2C
7 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (10.71%) Data Management
8 3 (10.71%) Data Sharing
8 3 (10.71%) Impact Assessments
9 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (7.14%) Time Management
10 1 (3.57%) Data Governance
10 1 (3.57%) Information Governance
10 1 (3.57%) Information Management
10 1 (3.57%) Internal Audit
10 1 (3.57%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) ISEB
2 1 (3.57%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) GRC
2 2 (7.14%) IASME
2 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft