Data Protection Jobs in the South West

Data Protection
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 218 152
Rank change year-on-year +31 -66 +51
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 105 56 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.14% 0.83% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 0.87% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 87 38 70
10th Percentile £33,719 £35,100 £34,175
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,488 £44,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £54,000 £65,344
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% -17.36% +45.21%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £78,000 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +0.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,724 6,402 7,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.50% 94.42% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,557 3,594 5,014
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,627 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the South West

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the South West.

Salary trend for Data Protection in the South West

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the South West

Data Protection
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Bristol +18 37 £48,750 -2.50% 11
Wiltshire +1 21 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Cornwall - 14 £39,005 - 2
Somerset +15 12 £60,000 +33.33% 5
Dorset -17 12 £45,000 -15.09% 2
Gloucestershire -22 5 £40,482 -40.03% 3
Devon - 2 £26,000 - 4
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.81%) Site Server
3 2 (1.90%) IIS
3 2 (1.90%) nginx
3 2 (1.90%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 13 (12.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (5.71%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.62%) AWS
1 8 (7.62%) Azure
2 7 (6.67%) GCP
2 7 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.71%) OCI
4 5 (4.76%) SaaS
5 4 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.95%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.95%) IaaS
6 1 (0.95%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.95%) PaaS
6 1 (0.95%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.95%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.33%) Cisco IPT
2 6 (5.71%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (1.90%) DHCP
3 2 (1.90%) DNS
3 2 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.95%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.67%) Power BI
2 4 (3.81%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (2.86%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.90%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.95%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 46 (43.81%) Social Skills
2 29 (27.62%) Finance
3 17 (16.19%) Legal
4 15 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (13.33%) Banking
6 11 (10.48%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (10.48%) Retail
7 8 (7.62%) Telecoms
8 7 (6.67%) Public Sector
9 6 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (5.71%) Military
10 5 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.86%) Local Government
12 3 (2.86%) Police
13 1 (0.95%) Electronics
13 1 (0.95%) Law
13 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (19.05%) Analyst
1 20 (19.05%) Senior
2 15 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 14 (13.33%) Project Manager
4 13 (12.38%) Data Manager
4 13 (12.38%) Data Protection Manager
5 9 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 9 (8.57%) IT Analyst
5 9 (8.57%) IT Security Analyst
5 9 (8.57%) Security Analyst
6 8 (7.62%) Security Officer
7 7 (6.67%) Architect
7 7 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 7 (6.67%) Senior IT Security Analyst
7 7 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) Data Protection Specialist
8 6 (5.71%) Infrastructure Architect
8 6 (5.71%) IT Manager
9 5 (4.76%) Head of IT
10 4 (3.81%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.62%) ModSecurity
2 2 (1.90%) JSON
2 2 (1.90%) RESTful
2 2 (1.90%) SOAP
2 2 (1.90%) WCF
3 1 (0.95%) .NET
3 1 (0.95%) Laravel
3 1 (0.95%) React
3 1 (0.95%) SAML
3 1 (0.95%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 29 (27.62%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
3 14 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 9 (8.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (7.62%) Driving Licence
6 7 (6.67%) Data Centre
6 7 (6.67%) NHS
6 7 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (5.71%) CCTV
8 2 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.90%) Cybercrime
8 2 (1.90%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.95%) Blog
9 1 (0.95%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.95%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.95%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.67%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.86%) Android
3 2 (1.90%) Linux
3 2 (1.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.52%) Impact Assessments
2 28 (26.67%) Data Governance
3 25 (23.81%) Information Security
4 23 (21.90%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (20.95%) Project Management
6 21 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 18 (17.14%) Data Sharing
8 17 (16.19%) Data Management
9 16 (15.24%) Cloud Security
9 16 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (15.24%) Project Delivery
10 15 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (14.29%) Process Improvement
11 14 (13.33%) Data Privacy
11 14 (13.33%) Matrix Management
11 14 (13.33%) Matrix Organization
11 14 (13.33%) PRINCE2
12 13 (12.38%) Regulatory Compliance
13 12 (11.43%) Change Management
13 12 (11.43%) Culture Change
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.81%) SQL
2 2 (1.90%) Kotlin
2 2 (1.90%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.90%) Swift
2 2 (1.90%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.95%) PHP
3 1 (0.95%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (54.29%) Degree
2 18 (17.14%) CISSP
3 17 (16.19%) Security Cleared
4 11 (10.48%) SC Cleared
5 9 (8.57%) CISA
5 9 (8.57%) CISM
5 9 (8.57%) CompTIA CySA+
5 9 (8.57%) Master's Degree
6 6 (5.71%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.71%) ISEB
7 4 (3.81%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.86%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.90%) CCIE
9 2 (1.90%) CCNP
10 1 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.95%) CBAP
10 1 (0.95%) CRISC
10 1 (0.95%) ECDL
10 1 (0.95%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (39.05%) GDPR
2 11 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (10.48%) NIST
3 10 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (8.57%) PCI DSS
5 8 (7.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (7.62%) NCSC
6 7 (6.67%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.90%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
7 2 (1.90%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.90%) QA
8 1 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.95%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (8.57%) CASB
Vendors
1 34 (32.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.57%) VMware
3 8 (7.62%) Google
3 8 (7.62%) Oracle
4 4 (3.81%) Apple
5 2 (1.90%) Cisco
6 1 (0.95%) Commvault
6 1 (0.95%) EMC
6 1 (0.95%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.95%) SAP