Data Protection Jobs in Bristol

Data Protection
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 124 148
Rank change year-on-year +32 +24 -39
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 7 37 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.60% 1.14% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.32% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6 21 11
10th Percentile £45,500 £37,506 £36,250
25th Percentile £59,688 £45,668 £44,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £48,750 £49,900
Median % change year-on-year +64.10% -2.30% -44.56%
75th Percentile £91,875 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £120,125 £82,500 £97,500
South West median annual salary £62,500 £48,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.21% -11.36% -16.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,098 2,799 2,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 93.69% 85.89% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 716 2,097 1,437
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £34,723
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,750 £43,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.40% +8.23%
75th Percentile £70,208 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,375 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Bristol

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in Bristol

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Bristol

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) Amazon S3
4 1 (14.29%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Collibra
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) Serverless
4 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) DHCP
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) VLAN
4 1 (14.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata
2 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) AWS Architect
2 2 (28.57%) AWS Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (14.29%) CCTV
3 1 (14.29%) Data Fabric
3 1 (14.29%) FMCG
3 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (14.29%) Life Science
3 1 (14.29%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) API Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (28.57%) Data Science
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Network Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CEH
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) GIAC
2 2 (28.57%) ISSAP
2 2 (28.57%) SANS
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) MBA
3 1 (14.29%) Postgraduate
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) COBIT
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
3 2 (28.57%) SOC 2
4 1 (14.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks
1 1 (14.29%) Informatica
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Verint
1 1 (14.29%) VMware