Data Protection Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 May 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
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 732 745 853
Rank change year-on-year +13 +108 -179
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 30 2 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.003% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.004% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 14
10th Percentile £30,450 £37,559 £42,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,646 £43,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,085 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.26% -13.80% -15.45%
75th Percentile £66,125 £42,439 £51,334
90th Percentile £87,500 £42,476 £87,259
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,575
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.92% -13.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 71,095 51,017 70,429
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 89.00% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,097 29,544 42,670
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Data Protection Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Officer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East - 19 £55,000 - 2
North of England +49 4 - - 2
North West +4 4 - - 1
Midlands - 4 £65,000 - 2
West Midlands - 3 - - 1
Scotland - 2 £42,500 - 1
East of England - 1 £34,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
Data Protection Officer
UK

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 21 (70.00%) Information Security
3 12 (40.00%) Legal
4 11 (36.67%) Data Privacy
5 10 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (30.00%) Law
7 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
7 8 (26.67%) GDPR
8 6 (20.00%) Information Security Governance
8 6 (20.00%) Data Security
8 6 (20.00%) Finance
9 5 (16.67%) B2C
9 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
11 3 (10.00%) Data Sharing
11 3 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
11 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
11 3 (10.00%) Data Management
11 3 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
12 2 (6.67%) Marketing
12 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
12 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
12 2 (6.67%) ISEB
12 2 (6.67%) SQL
12 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
12 2 (6.67%) Time Management
12 2 (6.67%) SaaS
12 2 (6.67%) Information Governance

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) SaaS
General
1 12 (40.00%) Legal
2 10 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (30.00%) Law
4 6 (20.00%) Finance
5 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
6 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (6.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 21 (70.00%) Information Security
3 11 (36.67%) Data Privacy
4 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
5 6 (20.00%) Data Security
5 6 (20.00%) Information Security Governance
6 5 (16.67%) B2C
6 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (10.00%) Data Management
7 3 (10.00%) Data Sharing
7 3 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
8 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (6.67%) Information Governance
8 2 (6.67%) Time Management
9 1 (3.33%) Data Governance
9 1 (3.33%) Information Management
9 1 (3.33%) Internal Audit
9 1 (3.33%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) ISEB
2 1 (3.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (26.67%) GDPR
2 2 (6.67%) GRC
2 2 (6.67%) IASME
2 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft