Data Protection Job Trends in Bolton

Data Protection
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 7 17 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 10.14% 15.04% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.73% 15.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 0
10th Percentile £24,375 - -
25th Percentile £37,188 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile - £77,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +10.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 55 110 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 79.71% 97.35% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 28 69 35
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,649 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -16.67% +48.84%
75th Percentile £55,313 £48,750 £52,578
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £64,500
Manchester median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Protection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Bolton

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Bolton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Bolton over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Bolton

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Commercial Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Commercial Project Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) 1st Line Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) Budget Management
1 5 (71.43%) Business Case
1 5 (71.43%) Business Transformation
1 5 (71.43%) Change Management
1 5 (71.43%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (71.43%) Demand Management
1 5 (71.43%) Matrix Organization
1 5 (71.43%) PRINCE2
1 5 (71.43%) Process Improvement
1 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
1 5 (71.43%) Project Governance
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
1 5 (71.43%) Project Planning
1 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) DBS Check
2 5 (71.43%) PMI Certification
2 5 (71.43%) PMP
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (28.57%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Meraki
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft