Data Protection Jobs in Wales

Data Protection
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 120 106
Rank change year-on-year +25 -14 -18
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 23 12 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.13% 0.72% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 0.74% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 16
10th Percentile £30,825 - £42,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £23,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £51,573 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.26% -1.77% +1.37%
75th Percentile £46,813 £61,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,875 £70,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,332 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.64% +0.60% +0.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,615 1,611 1,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 79.44% 96.06% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 816 1,140
10th Percentile £26,725 £26,391 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,125 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Wales

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in Wales

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Wales

Data Protection
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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 Wales +3 11 £43,500 +52.63% 6
Dyfed - 5 - -
Mid Wales - 4 £37,000 - 1
West Wales - 3 £32,500 -
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Bluetooth
1 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (8.70%) SSL
2 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) MySQL
1 2 (8.70%) NoSQL
1 2 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
General
1 10 (43.48%) Law
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 6 (26.09%) Legal
3 6 (26.09%) Police
4 5 (21.74%) Retail
5 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
6 3 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
7 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
8 1 (4.35%) Local Government
8 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Compliance Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Software Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Full Stack Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Full Stack Software Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Compliance Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.35%) Head of Security
5 1 (4.35%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Information Systems Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Lead
5 1 (4.35%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) .NET
1 3 (13.04%) COM
1 3 (13.04%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Data Collection
2 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
3 4 (17.39%) Information Security
3 4 (17.39%) Open Source
4 3 (13.04%) Analytics
4 3 (13.04%) Data Security
4 3 (13.04%) Document Management
4 3 (13.04%) Information Security Management
4 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
4 3 (13.04%) Security Management
4 3 (13.04%) User Experience
4 3 (13.04%) Validation
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (8.70%) Data Modelling
5 2 (8.70%) Data Privacy
5 2 (8.70%) High Availability
5 2 (8.70%) Information Governance
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) C#
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) CISSP
4 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.35%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) Thales