Data Protection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 263 264
Rank change year-on-year +46 +1 +52
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,366 1,398 2,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 1.38% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.44% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,004 794 1,523
10th Percentile £31,143 £36,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,398 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.74% +0.72% +2.80%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.02% +6.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 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
England +47 1,232 £50,000 -9.09% 473
UK excluding London +39 907 £48,750 -8.02% 332
Work from Home -21 437 £54,575 -0.77% 156
London +42 394 £58,750 -6.00% 147
North of England +52 264 £50,000 -0.47% 74
Midlands +67 212 £50,000 -11.50% 82
South East +11 212 £45,802 -16.72% 108
West Midlands +61 141 £50,000 -11.89% 28
North West +10 140 £43,183 -14.04% 43
South West +13 104 £48,750 -8.02% 28
Yorkshire +84 95 £50,000 -3.42% 26
East Midlands +19 66 £50,000 -9.09% 54
Scotland -63 45 £45,000 - 15
East of England +4 40 £55,000 +23.94% 45
North East +11 29 £42,000 -12.04% 8
Wales +23 23 £37,000 -28.26% 9
Northern Ireland +31 7 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £110,000 -

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 120 (8.78%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.54%) IIS
4 11 (0.81%) Confluence
4 11 (0.81%) WordPress
5 8 (0.59%) CMS
5 8 (0.59%) nginx
6 6 (0.44%) Apache
7 5 (0.37%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) Site Server
9 3 (0.22%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.15%) Kentico
10 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.073%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.073%) Moodle
11 1 (0.073%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.073%) Totara
Applications
1 129 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (0.51%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.073%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 34 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.073%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.073%) Primavera
7 1 (0.073%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 233 (17.06%) Azure
2 153 (11.20%) Microsoft 365
3 146 (10.69%) Power Platform
4 121 (8.86%) AWS
5 39 (2.86%) Entra ID
6 35 (2.56%) GCP
7 33 (2.42%) SaaS
8 25 (1.83%) PowerApps
9 24 (1.76%) Power Automate
10 20 (1.46%) Google Workspace
11 18 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
12 17 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.24%) IaaS
12 17 (1.24%) Serverless
13 16 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (1.17%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.10%) PaaS
15 14 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 89 (6.52%) Firewall
2 47 (3.44%) DNS
3 38 (2.78%) Network Security
4 36 (2.64%) Internet
4 36 (2.64%) LAN
5 34 (2.49%) Wireless
6 28 (2.05%) WAN
7 26 (1.90%) DHCP
8 25 (1.83%) Intranet
9 24 (1.76%) VPN
10 21 (1.54%) SAN
11 17 (1.24%) Cisco IPT
12 16 (1.17%) Broadband
12 16 (1.17%) TCP/IP
13 15 (1.10%) NAS
14 14 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
14 14 (1.02%) SNMP
15 12 (0.88%) VoIP
15 12 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (0.66%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (9.88%) Power BI
2 83 (6.08%) SQL Server
3 58 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (2.78%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (2.12%) Data Lake
7 26 (1.90%) Metadata
8 22 (1.61%) MySQL
9 18 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.10%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.10%) Tableau
12 13 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 12 (0.88%) Big Data
13 12 (0.88%) Power Query
14 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (0.59%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 82 (6.00%) JIRA
2 26 (1.90%) Git
3 10 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.59%) Selenium
5 6 (0.44%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.29%) Moq
7 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.22%) GitLab
8 2 (0.15%) Hudson
8 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.073%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.073%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.073%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.073%) NUnit
9 1 (0.073%) Postman
9 1 (0.073%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.073%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.073%) Storybook
9 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 461 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 367 (26.87%) Finance
3 282 (20.64%) Legal
4 190 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
5 151 (11.05%) Banking
6 89 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 85 (6.22%) Law
8 80 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
8 80 (5.86%) Retail
9 71 (5.20%) Marketing
10 52 (3.81%) Public Sector
11 49 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (2.49%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.20%) Local Government
15 27 (1.98%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.17%) Games
18 13 (0.95%) Police
19 11 (0.81%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 211 (15.45%) Senior
2 156 (11.42%) Analyst
3 129 (9.44%) Developer
4 101 (7.39%) Lead
5 88 (6.44%) Data Manager
6 83 (6.08%) Senior Analyst
7 68 (4.98%) IT Manager
8 50 (3.66%) Security Manager
9 49 (3.59%) Architect
9 49 (3.59%) Consultant
10 45 (3.29%) Data Protection Manager
11 34 (2.49%) Cloud Engineer
11 34 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 34 (2.49%) Security Analyst
12 33 (2.42%) Information Manager
13 32 (2.34%) Senior Manager
14 31 (2.27%) Administrator
15 30 (2.20%) Data Protection Officer
15 30 (2.20%) Governance Manager
16 29 (2.12%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.95%) .NET
2 33 (2.42%) RESTful
3 23 (1.68%) Web Services
4 22 (1.61%) Node.js
5 17 (1.24%) HTML
5 17 (1.24%) React
6 16 (1.17%) CSS
7 14 (1.02%) gRPC
8 13 (0.95%) ASP.NET
9 11 (0.81%) EDI
10 10 (0.73%) Vue
11 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
11 8 (0.59%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.59%) Spring
11 8 (0.59%) Spring Boot
11 8 (0.59%) XML
12 7 (0.51%) Hibernate
12 7 (0.51%) JPA
12 7 (0.51%) REST
12 7 (0.51%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 239 (17.50%) Data Protection Act
2 208 (15.23%) Management Information System
3 63 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (3.88%) Data Centre
5 51 (3.73%) Freedom of Information
6 34 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
7 33 (2.42%) NHS
8 32 (2.34%) Security Posture
9 28 (2.05%) Mobile App
10 26 (1.90%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.39%) CCTV
11 19 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 19 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.32%) Virtual Team
13 17 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.17%) IoT
14 16 (1.17%) Replication
15 14 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.02%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.44%) Windows
2 54 (3.95%) Windows Server
3 33 (2.42%) Linux
4 25 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 22 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.54%) Windows 10
7 18 (1.32%) Android
8 13 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.44%) Unix
11 4 (0.29%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.29%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (21.52%) Information Security
2 288 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
3 274 (20.06%) Cybersecurity
4 238 (17.42%) Data Management
5 213 (15.59%) Data Governance
6 210 (15.37%) Risk Management
7 199 (14.57%) Data Privacy
8 166 (12.15%) Business Intelligence
9 156 (11.42%) Process Improvement
10 148 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 141 (10.32%) Impact Assessments
12 139 (10.18%) Agile
12 139 (10.18%) DevOps
13 137 (10.03%) Matrix Organization
14 131 (9.59%) Matrix Management
15 122 (8.93%) Disaster Recovery
16 121 (8.86%) Project Management
17 118 (8.64%) Coaching
18 104 (7.61%) Customer Service
19 102 (7.47%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 128 (9.37%) SQL
2 78 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 70 (5.12%) Python
4 41 (3.00%) T-SQL
5 40 (2.93%) C#
6 33 (2.42%) Bash
7 29 (2.12%) Java
8 28 (2.05%) JavaScript
9 20 (1.46%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.02%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.95%) Bicep
11 13 (0.95%) Swift
12 10 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.66%) Scala
14 8 (0.59%) R
15 5 (0.37%) C++
15 5 (0.37%) JSX
15 5 (0.37%) PHP
16 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 274 (20.06%) Degree
2 110 (8.05%) CISSP
3 79 (5.78%) CISM
4 74 (5.42%) Security Cleared
5 67 (4.90%) Master's Degree
6 61 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.59%) SC Cleared
8 43 (3.15%) CISA
9 30 (2.20%) CRISC
10 28 (2.05%) DBS Check
10 28 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.68%) AWS Certification
12 20 (1.46%) Azure Certification
13 17 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.24%) PMI Certification
14 16 (1.17%) PMP
15 15 (1.10%) GIAC
16 13 (0.95%) ISEB
16 13 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 12 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 413 (30.23%) GDPR
2 168 (12.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 114 (8.35%) Data Quality
4 77 (5.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 57 (4.17%) NIST
6 56 (4.10%) GRC
7 50 (3.66%) PCI DSS
8 47 (3.44%) QA
9 23 (1.68%) NCSC
10 20 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (1.39%) SOC 2
12 14 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 13 (0.95%) SLA
14 11 (0.81%) ISO 14000
15 10 (0.73%) HIPAA
16 9 (0.66%) Accessibility
16 9 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 8 (0.59%) COBIT
18 7 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 7 (0.51%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 84 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 61 (4.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (3.07%) Docker
4 39 (2.86%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.51%) SRDF
5 7 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.44%) XenApp
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.15%) vSphere
8 1 (0.073%) Ceph
8 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 53 (3.88%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.49%) Terraform
3 24 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.88%) CASB
6 9 (0.66%) Ansible
7 6 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.44%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.44%) WSUS
8 4 (0.29%) Suricata
9 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.22%) SCCM
10 2 (0.15%) Istio
10 2 (0.15%) Nessus
10 2 (0.15%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.073%) VxRail
Vendors
1 346 (25.33%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.76%) VMware
3 49 (3.59%) Google
4 35 (2.56%) SAP
5 32 (2.34%) Cisco
6 26 (1.90%) Oracle
7 25 (1.83%) Apple
8 17 (1.24%) Aruba
8 17 (1.24%) Meraki
8 17 (1.24%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.95%) Databricks
9 13 (0.95%) HP
10 12 (0.88%) Adobe
11 11 (0.81%) Citrix
11 11 (0.81%) Veeam
12 10 (0.73%) Dell
13 9 (0.66%) IBM
13 9 (0.66%) Sage
14 8 (0.59%) EMC
15 7 (0.51%) Minitab