Data Protection Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Protection
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 190 154
Rank change year-on-year +78 -36 +25
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 145 83 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.97% 1.29% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 1.34% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 105 61 87
10th Percentile £30,446 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £40,559
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +25.56% -9.87%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £56,875
90th Percentile £67,000 £93,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +0.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,111 6,208 6,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.83% 96.80% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,560 3,220 4,705
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,550 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +5.10% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Birmingham +26 56 £55,000 +0.92% 12
Staffordshire -7 22 £40,000 -23.81% 9
Warwickshire +51 12 £45,000 -43.75% 2
Shropshire - 11 £37,500 - 1
Wolverhampton +11 2 £40,000 -20.00% 2
Solihull -3 2 £27,000 -55.92% 1
Walsall - 2 £39,649 - 1
Halesowen - 2 £40,000 -
Smethwick - 2 £28,000 -
Coventry +24 1 £42,661 -46.67% 3
Worcestershire -20 1 £33,383 +20.43% 4
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 11 (7.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.14%) Apache
2 6 (4.14%) IIS
3 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.07%) CMS
4 3 (2.07%) WordPress
5 2 (1.38%) SAS
6 1 (0.69%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (5.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.07%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 36 (24.83%) Azure
2 20 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 15 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (2.76%) SaaS
6 3 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.07%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.07%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.38%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.38%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.69%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.83%) Firewall
2 5 (3.45%) DNS
2 5 (3.45%) LAN
3 4 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.07%) DHCP
5 2 (1.38%) HTTP
5 2 (1.38%) Internet
5 2 (1.38%) Intranet
5 2 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.38%) VPN
6 1 (0.69%) ISDN
6 1 (0.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (16.55%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (13.79%) Power BI
3 14 (9.66%) Relational Database
4 12 (8.28%) Data Lake
5 10 (6.90%) Metadata
5 10 (6.90%) SQL Server
5 10 (6.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (6.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (4.83%) Big Data
6 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.69%) GIS
7 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.69%) QGIS
7 1 (0.69%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.69%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (4.14%) JIRA
2 2 (1.38%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.69%) Moq
3 1 (0.69%) NUnit
3 1 (0.69%) Sourcetree
3 1 (0.69%) Storybook
General
1 39 (26.90%) Legal
2 35 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 34 (23.45%) Finance
4 23 (15.86%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (11.72%) Banking
6 11 (7.59%) Marketing
7 7 (4.83%) Law
7 7 (4.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.07%) Retail
10 3 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.38%) Advertising
11 2 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.38%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.38%) Publishing
12 1 (0.69%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 17 (11.72%) Analyst
1 17 (11.72%) Senior
2 15 (10.34%) Data Manager
3 13 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (8.28%) Data Engineer
5 11 (7.59%) Developer
6 10 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (6.90%) Data Governance Analyst
6 10 (6.90%) Data Governance Manager
6 10 (6.90%) Governance Manager
7 9 (6.21%) Administrator
8 8 (5.52%) Azure Data Engineer
8 8 (5.52%) Lead
8 8 (5.52%) Penetration Tester
8 8 (5.52%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (5.52%) Strategy Manager
8 8 (5.52%) Tester
9 5 (3.45%) IT Support
9 5 (3.45%) Security Manager
9 5 (3.45%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.90%) .NET
2 6 (4.14%) .NET Framework
2 6 (4.14%) XML
3 5 (3.45%) Node.js
3 5 (3.45%) RESTful
4 4 (2.76%) Jest
5 3 (2.07%) Web Services
6 2 (1.38%) EDI
6 2 (1.38%) Express.js
6 2 (1.38%) Next.js
6 2 (1.38%) PySpark
6 2 (1.38%) React
7 1 (0.69%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.69%) CSS
7 1 (0.69%) FHIR
7 1 (0.69%) HTML
7 1 (0.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (22.76%) Data Protection Act
2 16 (11.03%) Management Information System
3 15 (10.34%) Freedom of Information
4 14 (9.66%) Taxonomies
5 12 (8.28%) Security Posture
6 8 (5.52%) Algorithms
6 8 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (5.52%) NHS
6 8 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.45%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.45%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.07%) Social Media
9 2 (1.38%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.38%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.69%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.14%) Windows
2 5 (3.45%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.76%) Linux
4 3 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.38%) Android
5 2 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.34%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (27.59%) Business Intelligence
3 36 (24.83%) Information Security
4 33 (22.76%) Risk Management
5 32 (22.07%) Data Privacy
6 29 (20.00%) Analytics
6 29 (20.00%) Data Modelling
7 28 (19.31%) Data Governance
8 22 (15.17%) DevOps
8 22 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.79%) CI/CD
10 19 (13.10%) Microservices
11 18 (12.41%) Agile
11 18 (12.41%) Data Management
12 17 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (11.03%) Process Improvement
14 15 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (10.34%) Information Management
14 15 (10.34%) Mentoring
15 14 (9.66%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.72%) SQL
2 10 (6.90%) T-SQL
3 8 (5.52%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.14%) Python
5 5 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.45%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.76%) Java
7 2 (1.38%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.38%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.38%) Swift
8 1 (0.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (11.72%) Degree
2 11 (7.59%) CISSP
3 10 (6.90%) DBS Check
4 8 (5.52%) OSCP
5 7 (4.83%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.83%) CISM
6 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (2.76%) CISA
8 4 (2.76%) CRISC
8 4 (2.76%) GIAC
8 4 (2.76%) SANS
9 3 (2.07%) SSCP
10 2 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.69%) CCA
11 1 (0.69%) CCNA
11 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (30.34%) GDPR
2 21 (14.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (12.41%) Data Quality
4 11 (7.59%) GRC
5 10 (6.90%) QA
6 5 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.45%) NIST
7 4 (2.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (1.38%) IASME
9 1 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (6.90%) Hyper-V
2 7 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.14%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (11.72%) Terraform
2 6 (4.14%) Ansible
3 2 (1.38%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.69%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 39 (26.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.28%) Databricks
3 8 (5.52%) VMware
4 6 (4.14%) SAP
5 4 (2.76%) Cisco
6 3 (2.07%) Google
6 3 (2.07%) HubSpot
6 3 (2.07%) Meraki
6 3 (2.07%) Oracle
7 2 (1.38%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.69%) Citrix
8 1 (0.69%) Dell
8 1 (0.69%) Facebook
8 1 (0.69%) Qualys