Data Protection Jobs in Berkshire

Data Protection
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 118 146
Rank change year-on-year +5 +28 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 14 47 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.85% 1.46% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.72% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 7 31 8
10th Percentile £42,400 £27,750 £30,875
25th Percentile £53,875 £36,000 £45,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £60,025
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.37% +20.05%
75th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £102,250 £87,500 £75,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,802 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.75% -16.72% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,521 2,737 2,890
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.24% 84.84% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 550 1,811 1,577
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £31,650
25th Percentile £38,183 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% +1.27%
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Berkshire

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in Berkshire

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Berkshire

Data Protection
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Reading +40 10 £56,500 -13.08% 13
Slough -39 1 £57,500 +88.52% 2
Bracknell - 1 £110,000 - 1
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (7.14%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (7.14%) GCP
2 1 (7.14%) iPaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Publishing
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Games
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Governance Manager
1 6 (42.86%) Information Governance Manager
1 6 (42.86%) Information Manager
1 6 (42.86%) Information Security Manager
1 6 (42.86%) Security Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) AWS Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) JSON
1 1 (7.14%) Kafka
1 1 (7.14%) REST
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
1 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Data Protection Act
1 9 (64.29%) Freedom of Information
1 9 (64.29%) Management Information System
2 6 (42.86%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.14%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (50.00%) Security Management
2 6 (42.86%) Incident Management
2 6 (42.86%) Information Security
2 6 (42.86%) Information Security Management
2 6 (42.86%) ISMS
2 6 (42.86%) Psychology
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Records Management
4 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) ERP
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Java
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) CISA
1 6 (42.86%) CISM
1 6 (42.86%) CISSP
1 6 (42.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
2 1 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 7 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (35.71%) GDPR
4 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
5 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Grafana
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) HubSpot
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow