Data Protection Jobs in Northern Ireland

Data Protection
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 92 66
Rank change year-on-year +22 -26 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 7 6 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.01% 0.69% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.71% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £46,875 £41,000
90th Percentile £48,625 £51,750 -
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
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 625 842 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.06% 97.34% 90.91%
Number of salaries quoted 297 452 332
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £31,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,900 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Northern Ireland

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in Northern Ireland

Data Protection
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 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
County Antrim +26 7 £42,500 +13.33% 3
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (71.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) ICT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Data Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (71.43%) Contract Management
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Management
1 5 (71.43%) PRINCE
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Fault Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) VMware