Data Protection Jobs in England

Data Protection
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 207 260 262
Rank change year-on-year +53 +2 +47
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,217 1,331 2,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.43% 1.43% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.49% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 908 736 1,372
10th Percentile £31,114 £36,063 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,166 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.36% +0.30% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,398 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.74% +0.72% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,814 89,178 125,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.66% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,731 52,642 73,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,327
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +46 396 £60,000 -4.00% 117
North of England +35 249 £46,066 -8.30% 53
South East +23 212 £45,802 -16.72% 67
Midlands +61 211 £50,000 -9.09% 35
West Midlands +57 138 £50,000 -4.76% 23
North West -13 127 £41,867 -16.66% 34
South West +45 103 £48,750 -8.02% 31
Yorkshire +95 94 £51,250 +1.21% 16
East Midlands +19 68 £50,000 -9.09% 12
East of England -2 40 £49,000 +10.42% 22
North East +10 28 £42,000 -11.91% 4
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
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:

Application Platforms
1 111 (9.12%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.15%) IIS
4 11 (0.90%) Confluence
4 11 (0.90%) WordPress
5 8 (0.66%) nginx
6 7 (0.58%) CMS
7 6 (0.49%) Apache
8 5 (0.41%) SAS
9 4 (0.33%) Site Server
10 3 (0.25%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.16%) Kentico
11 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.082%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.082%) Moodle
12 1 (0.082%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.082%) Totara
Applications
1 111 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (0.49%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.49%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 32 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.082%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.082%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.082%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.082%) Primavera
6 1 (0.082%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.082%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 211 (17.34%) Azure
2 139 (11.42%) Power Platform
3 127 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (9.53%) AWS
5 34 (2.79%) GCP
6 33 (2.71%) Entra ID
7 29 (2.38%) SaaS
8 26 (2.14%) Power Automate
9 25 (2.05%) PowerApps
10 18 (1.48%) Google Workspace
11 17 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.40%) Serverless
12 16 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (1.31%) IaaS
13 15 (1.23%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.23%) PaaS
14 14 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 87 (7.15%) Firewall
2 45 (3.70%) DNS
3 38 (3.12%) Network Security
4 34 (2.79%) LAN
5 33 (2.71%) Internet
6 32 (2.63%) Wireless
7 27 (2.22%) WAN
8 25 (2.05%) DHCP
8 25 (2.05%) Intranet
9 22 (1.81%) VPN
10 15 (1.23%) Broadband
10 15 (1.23%) Cisco IPT
11 14 (1.15%) SNMP
11 14 (1.15%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
12 12 (0.99%) NAS
12 12 (0.99%) SAN
12 12 (0.99%) VoIP
13 9 (0.74%) HTTP
13 9 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (10.44%) Power BI
2 69 (5.67%) SQL Server
3 50 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (2.47%) Data Lake
5 26 (2.14%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.64%) MySQL
8 19 (1.56%) Metadata
9 17 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (1.15%) Power Query
12 13 (1.07%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.90%) Big Data
13 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (0.90%) Tableau
14 7 (0.58%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.58%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 75 (6.16%) JIRA
2 25 (2.05%) Git
3 9 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.66%) Selenium
5 6 (0.49%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.33%) Moq
7 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.25%) GitLab
8 2 (0.16%) Hudson
8 2 (0.16%) NUnit
8 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.082%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.082%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.082%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.082%) Postman
9 1 (0.082%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.082%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.082%) Storybook
9 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 399 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 328 (26.95%) Finance
3 250 (20.54%) Legal
4 165 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (10.19%) Banking
6 77 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
7 76 (6.24%) Law
8 73 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 72 (5.92%) Retail
10 60 (4.93%) Marketing
11 46 (3.78%) Public Sector
12 38 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
13 35 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
14 30 (2.47%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.30%) Local Government
16 26 (2.14%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (1.15%) Games
19 11 (0.90%) Back Office
20 10 (0.82%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 191 (15.69%) Senior
2 133 (10.93%) Analyst
3 122 (10.02%) Developer
4 92 (7.56%) Lead
5 80 (6.57%) Data Manager
6 65 (5.34%) Senior Analyst
7 62 (5.09%) IT Manager
8 47 (3.86%) Consultant
9 45 (3.70%) Architect
10 44 (3.62%) Data Protection Manager
10 44 (3.62%) Security Manager
11 35 (2.88%) Security Analyst
12 34 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
13 31 (2.55%) Information Manager
13 31 (2.55%) Senior Manager
14 30 (2.47%) Governance Manager
14 30 (2.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 28 (2.30%) Data Protection Officer
16 26 (2.14%) Administrator
17 25 (2.05%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.53%) .NET
2 29 (2.38%) RESTful
3 22 (1.81%) Node.js
3 22 (1.81%) Web Services
4 17 (1.40%) React
5 16 (1.31%) HTML
6 15 (1.23%) CSS
7 14 (1.15%) EDI
7 14 (1.15%) gRPC
8 10 (0.82%) Vue
9 8 (0.66%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.66%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.66%) REST
9 8 (0.66%) Spring
9 8 (0.66%) Spring Boot
9 8 (0.66%) XML
10 7 (0.58%) Hibernate
10 7 (0.58%) JPA
10 7 (0.58%) Kafka
10 7 (0.58%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 227 (18.65%) Data Protection Act
2 186 (15.28%) Management Information System
3 54 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 46 (3.78%) Freedom of Information
5 42 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 33 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
7 30 (2.47%) NHS
8 28 (2.30%) Security Posture
9 24 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 24 (1.97%) Onboarding
10 19 (1.56%) CCTV
10 19 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.31%) Driving Licence
11 16 (1.31%) IoT
12 15 (1.23%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.15%) Taxonomies
14 12 (0.99%) Social Media
14 12 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (9.53%) Windows
2 53 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 32 (2.63%) Linux
4 23 (1.89%) Mac OS
5 20 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.40%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.07%) Android
8 12 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.25%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.25%) Unix
11 2 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (21.77%) Information Security
2 250 (20.54%) Cybersecurity
3 243 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
4 200 (16.43%) Data Management
5 185 (15.20%) Risk Management
6 180 (14.79%) Data Governance
7 171 (14.05%) Data Privacy
8 157 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
9 132 (10.85%) DevOps
10 131 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 130 (10.68%) Agile
12 126 (10.35%) Impact Assessments
13 125 (10.27%) Process Improvement
14 114 (9.37%) Matrix Organization
15 111 (9.12%) Disaster Recovery
16 108 (8.87%) Matrix Management
17 107 (8.79%) Coaching
18 94 (7.72%) Mentoring
19 93 (7.64%) Customer Service
19 93 (7.64%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (9.20%) SQL
2 72 (5.92%) Python
3 65 (5.34%) PowerShell
4 37 (3.04%) C#
5 32 (2.63%) Bash
5 32 (2.63%) T-SQL
6 28 (2.30%) Java
7 27 (2.22%) JavaScript
8 21 (1.73%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.07%) Bicep
10 10 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.82%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.74%) Scala
11 9 (0.74%) Swift
12 8 (0.66%) R
13 6 (0.49%) C++
14 5 (0.41%) JSX
14 5 (0.41%) PHP
15 3 (0.25%) Go
15 3 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 236 (19.39%) Degree
2 100 (8.22%) CISSP
3 74 (6.08%) CISM
4 71 (5.83%) Security Cleared
5 56 (4.60%) Master's Degree
6 50 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (3.86%) SC Cleared
8 40 (3.29%) CISA
9 29 (2.38%) CRISC
10 26 (2.14%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.73%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.40%) Azure Certification
14 14 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.99%) GIAC
15 12 (0.99%) ISEB
16 11 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (0.90%) SANS
17 10 (0.82%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 355 (29.17%) GDPR
2 157 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (8.13%) Data Quality
4 66 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 54 (4.44%) NIST
6 49 (4.03%) GRC
7 47 (3.86%) PCI DSS
8 38 (3.12%) QA
9 23 (1.89%) NCSC
10 16 (1.31%) SOC 2
11 14 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 13 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (0.90%) ISO 14000
14 10 (0.82%) Accessibility
14 10 (0.82%) HIPAA
15 9 (0.74%) SLA
16 8 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 8 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (0.58%) COBIT
17 7 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 75 (6.16%) Active Directory
2 57 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (3.37%) Docker
4 36 (2.96%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.58%) SRDF
5 7 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.49%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.16%) vSphere
8 1 (0.082%) Ceph
8 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.63%) Terraform
3 22 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.99%) CASB
6 9 (0.74%) Ansible
7 6 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.49%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.49%) WSUS
8 3 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.25%) SCCM
8 3 (0.25%) Suricata
9 2 (0.16%) Nessus
9 2 (0.16%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.082%) Control-M
10 1 (0.082%) Istio
10 1 (0.082%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.082%) VxRail
Vendors
1 293 (24.08%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.93%) VMware
3 45 (3.70%) Google
4 34 (2.79%) SAP
5 30 (2.47%) Cisco
6 26 (2.14%) Oracle
7 24 (1.97%) Apple
8 17 (1.40%) Aruba
8 17 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.31%) Meraki
10 13 (1.07%) HP
11 11 (0.90%) Adobe
11 11 (0.90%) Citrix
11 11 (0.90%) Databricks
12 9 (0.74%) Sage
13 8 (0.66%) Dell
13 8 (0.66%) EMC
13 8 (0.66%) Veeam
14 7 (0.58%) Brocade
14 7 (0.58%) Minitab