Data Protection Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 263 211
Rank change year-on-year +41 -52 +54
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 929 763 1,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.31% 1.27% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.33% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 634 398 850
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,199 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,325 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,616 57,236 66,838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.97% 95.60% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,251 29,494 41,057
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
North of England +47 271 £50,000 -0.47% 75
Midlands +70 218 £50,000 -10.31% 84
South East +8 217 £45,250 -17.73% 74
West Midlands +65 145 £50,000 -11.50% 40
North West 0 144 £43,865 -12.69% 41
South West +20 105 £48,750 -9.72% 33
Yorkshire +88 97 £50,000 -1.26% 28
East Midlands +20 68 £50,000 -9.09% 45
Scotland -58 47 £45,000 - 19
East of England +9 41 £55,000 +27.54% 38
North East +11 30 £42,000 -12.04% 9
Wales +18 23 £37,000 -28.26% 9
Northern Ireland +28 7 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £110,000 -
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
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:

Application Platforms
1 89 (9.58%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.51%) IIS
4 11 (1.18%) WordPress
5 6 (0.65%) Apache
5 6 (0.65%) nginx
6 4 (0.43%) Site Server
7 3 (0.32%) CMS
8 2 (0.22%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.22%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.22%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Confluence
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
9 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) Totara
Applications
1 85 (9.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 157 (16.90%) Azure
2 107 (11.52%) Power Platform
3 88 (9.47%) AWS
4 76 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (3.34%) Entra ID
6 26 (2.80%) GCP
7 25 (2.69%) SaaS
8 18 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (1.83%) Serverless
10 16 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (1.72%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.61%) Amazon S3
12 13 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.40%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 12 (1.29%) IaaS
14 11 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (1.18%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 52 (5.60%) Firewall
2 33 (3.55%) DNS
3 32 (3.44%) Network Security
4 25 (2.69%) DHCP
5 24 (2.58%) Internet
6 21 (2.26%) LAN
7 15 (1.61%) Intranet
8 14 (1.51%) Cisco IPT
8 14 (1.51%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.51%) VPN
9 13 (1.40%) WAN
9 13 (1.40%) Wireless
10 10 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
10 10 (1.08%) SNMP
10 10 (1.08%) VoIP
11 9 (0.97%) HTTP
11 9 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.86%) SAN
13 6 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
14 5 (0.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (10.55%) Power BI
2 49 (5.27%) SQL Server
3 33 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.91%) Relational Database
5 24 (2.58%) Data Lake
6 18 (1.94%) Metadata
6 18 (1.94%) MySQL
7 16 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.40%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.08%) Power Query
10 10 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.86%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.75%) Big Data
13 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 5 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.43%) MongoDB
16 3 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 58 (6.24%) JIRA
2 8 (0.86%) Git
3 4 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.43%) Moq
4 3 (0.32%) GitLab
5 2 (0.22%) Hudson
6 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.11%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.11%) NUnit
6 1 (0.11%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.11%) Storybook
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 295 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 251 (27.02%) Finance
3 231 (24.87%) Legal
4 138 (14.85%) Banking
5 122 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (8.07%) Law
7 62 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (6.03%) Retail
9 50 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (4.31%) Marketing
11 34 (3.66%) Public Sector
12 32 (3.44%) Manufacturing
13 29 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (2.37%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.08%) Police
16 7 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.75%) Local Government
17 6 (0.65%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 153 (16.47%) Senior
2 128 (13.78%) Analyst
3 85 (9.15%) Senior Analyst
4 79 (8.50%) Developer
5 72 (7.75%) Lead
6 55 (5.92%) Data Manager
7 40 (4.31%) IT Manager
8 39 (4.20%) Security Manager
9 36 (3.88%) Data Protection Manager
10 33 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 29 (3.12%) Architect
12 28 (3.01%) Data Analyst
13 27 (2.91%) Cloud Engineer
14 26 (2.80%) Data Protection Officer
15 25 (2.69%) Consultant
16 24 (2.58%) Administrator
16 24 (2.58%) Governance Manager
16 24 (2.58%) Information Manager
17 23 (2.48%) Project Manager
18 22 (2.37%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.66%) .NET
2 31 (3.34%) RESTful
3 22 (2.37%) Web Services
4 19 (2.05%) Node.js
5 13 (1.40%) React
6 11 (1.18%) gRPC
7 9 (0.97%) HTML
8 8 (0.86%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.86%) CSS
8 8 (0.86%) EDI
8 8 (0.86%) ModSecurity
9 7 (0.75%) XML
10 6 (0.65%) LDAP
11 4 (0.43%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.43%) GraphQL
11 4 (0.43%) Jest
11 4 (0.43%) JSON
11 4 (0.43%) LEMP Stack
11 4 (0.43%) PySpark
11 4 (0.43%) Sequelize
Miscellaneous
1 157 (16.90%) Data Protection Act
2 130 (13.99%) Management Information System
3 39 (4.20%) Data Centre
3 39 (4.20%) Freedom of Information
4 37 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.01%) NHS
6 24 (2.58%) Mobile App
7 18 (1.94%) Security Posture
8 17 (1.83%) CCTV
8 17 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 15 (1.61%) IoT
11 14 (1.51%) Taxonomies
12 11 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.08%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
14 9 (0.97%) Social Media
15 8 (0.86%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 65 (7.00%) Windows
2 28 (3.01%) Windows Server
3 24 (2.58%) Linux
4 21 (2.26%) Apple iOS
5 16 (1.72%) Android
6 15 (1.61%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.54%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.54%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.22%) Unix
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (21.96%) Information Security
2 188 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
3 181 (19.48%) Data Governance
4 179 (19.27%) Data Management
5 173 (18.62%) Data Privacy
6 164 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
7 156 (16.79%) Risk Management
8 142 (15.29%) Process Improvement
9 128 (13.78%) Business Intelligence
9 128 (13.78%) Impact Assessments
9 128 (13.78%) Matrix Management
9 128 (13.78%) Matrix Organization
10 122 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 105 (11.30%) DevOps
12 92 (9.90%) Coaching
13 86 (9.26%) Agile
14 84 (9.04%) Disaster Recovery
15 83 (8.93%) Project Management
16 75 (8.07%) Customer Service
17 74 (7.97%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.07%) SQL
2 53 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 50 (5.38%) Python
4 27 (2.91%) T-SQL
5 17 (1.83%) Bash
5 17 (1.83%) C#
5 17 (1.83%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.72%) TypeScript
7 15 (1.61%) Java
8 13 (1.40%) Bicep
8 13 (1.40%) Kotlin
8 13 (1.40%) Swift
9 5 (0.54%) R
10 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.43%) JSX
10 4 (0.43%) PHP
11 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.32%) VB
12 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 168 (18.08%) Degree
2 71 (7.64%) Security Cleared
3 70 (7.53%) CISSP
4 49 (5.27%) CISM
5 45 (4.84%) SC Cleared
6 42 (4.52%) CISA
7 32 (3.44%) Master's Degree
8 27 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (2.69%) CRISC
10 21 (2.26%) AWS Certification
11 19 (2.05%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.05%) DBS Check
12 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.29%) GIAC
13 12 (1.29%) ISEB
14 11 (1.18%) PMI Certification
14 11 (1.18%) PMP
14 11 (1.18%) SANS
15 10 (1.08%) OSCP
15 10 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 323 (34.77%) GDPR
2 120 (12.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 83 (8.93%) Data Quality
4 54 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (4.31%) NIST
6 33 (3.55%) GRC
7 32 (3.44%) QA
8 31 (3.34%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.72%) NCSC
10 15 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (1.08%) SLA
13 9 (0.97%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.86%) COBIT
14 8 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.75%) ISO 14000
15 7 (0.75%) PMO
16 6 (0.65%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.65%) SOC 2
17 4 (0.43%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 42 (4.52%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (3.55%) Docker
4 28 (3.01%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.75%) SRDF
5 7 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.54%) XenApp
7 4 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.44%) Terraform
3 16 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.97%) CASB
5 7 (0.75%) Ansible
6 6 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (0.65%) WSUS
7 5 (0.54%) Suricata
8 3 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.22%) Nessus
10 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 223 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.88%) VMware
3 26 (2.80%) Google
4 21 (2.26%) Cisco
5 16 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.51%) SAP
7 13 (1.40%) Databricks
8 12 (1.29%) Oracle
9 9 (0.97%) Apple
9 9 (0.97%) Meraki
10 8 (0.86%) Aruba
10 8 (0.86%) EMC
11 7 (0.75%) Brocade
11 7 (0.75%) Minitab
12 6 (0.65%) Citrix
12 6 (0.65%) Dell
12 6 (0.65%) HP
12 6 (0.65%) Sage
12 6 (0.65%) Splunk
12 6 (0.65%) WorldPay