Data Protection Jobs in Central London

Data Protection
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 130 175
Rank change year-on-year +31 +45 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 60 55 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.52% 1.46% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 1.59% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 38 49 63
10th Percentile £44,590 £40,702 £41,875
25th Percentile £52,813 £41,325 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% -20.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £90,750 £77,500 £70,375
90th Percentile £97,375 £140,000 £106,250
London median annual salary £77,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -12.00% -3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,303 3,466 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.68% 91.81% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,570 2,631 3,919
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Central London

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in Central London

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Central London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Central London

Data Protection
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 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
City of London +56 50 £75,000 +50.00% 13
City of Westminster - 9 £44,590 - 1
Camden -8 8 - -
Southwark -16 1 - -
Data Protection
London

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (18.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) Confluence
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (13.33%) Raiser’s Edge
2 7 (11.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (46.67%) Azure
2 22 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (13.33%) Entra ID
6 7 (11.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (11.67%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (11.67%) Google Workspace
6 7 (11.67%) PowerApps
7 6 (10.00%) AWS
8 5 (8.33%) Collibra
9 3 (5.00%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (3.33%) GCP
10 2 (3.33%) Rubrik
11 1 (1.67%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (1.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.33%) Wireless
2 7 (11.67%) VLAN
3 6 (10.00%) SSL
4 2 (3.33%) Firewall
4 2 (3.33%) Internet
4 2 (3.33%) Network Security
5 1 (1.67%) DHCP
5 1 (1.67%) DKIM
5 1 (1.67%) DMARC
5 1 (1.67%) DNS
5 1 (1.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (8.33%) IBM InfoSphere
2 5 (8.33%) Metadata
2 5 (8.33%) Power BI
2 5 (8.33%) Tableau
3 1 (1.67%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 23 (38.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (28.33%) Marketing
3 15 (25.00%) Finance
4 14 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (23.33%) Law
5 5 (8.33%) Banking
5 5 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.00%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.67%) Billing
8 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Police
8 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (15.00%) Senior
2 8 (13.33%) Database Manager
2 8 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (13.33%) Lead
3 7 (11.67%) Platform Specialist
3 7 (11.67%) Power Platform Specialist
3 7 (11.67%) Programme Manager
4 6 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
5 5 (8.33%) Data Steward
5 5 (8.33%) Digital Programme Manager
6 4 (6.67%) Analyst
6 4 (6.67%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Platform Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Senior Platform Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) LDAP
1 1 (1.67%) OAuth
1 1 (1.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (11.67%) Data Structures
2 5 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (5.00%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (5.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.67%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.67%) IoT
5 1 (1.67%) iPad
5 1 (1.67%) iPhone
5 1 (1.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Windows
2 2 (3.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.67%) Linux
3 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (25.00%) CRM
3 14 (23.33%) Project Management
3 14 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (21.67%) Data Security
4 13 (21.67%) DevOps
5 11 (18.33%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (18.33%) Decision-Making
6 10 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 10 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 9 (15.00%) Data Analysis
7 9 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (15.00%) Information Security
8 8 (13.33%) Business Continuity
8 8 (13.33%) Change Management
8 8 (13.33%) Data Architecture
8 8 (13.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 8 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
8 8 (13.33%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (11.67%) C#
2 7 (11.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.67%) Java
3 1 (1.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (1.67%) Python
3 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (21.67%) Degree
2 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.00%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.33%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.33%) PMP
6 1 (1.67%) ACSA
6 1 (1.67%) ACSP
6 1 (1.67%) CCSK
6 1 (1.67%) CCSP
6 1 (1.67%) CISA
6 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.67%) CISM
6 1 (1.67%) CISSP
6 1 (1.67%) CRISC
6 1 (1.67%) ISSAP
6 1 (1.67%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (33.33%) GDPR
2 10 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 5 (8.33%) Data Quality
4 3 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.00%) NIST
5 2 (3.33%) NCSC
6 1 (1.67%) COBIT
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.67%) GLP
6 1 (1.67%) GRC
6 1 (1.67%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.67%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.67%) SLA
6 1 (1.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (11.67%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (3.33%) Avamar
4 2 (3.33%) SCCM
5 1 (1.67%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (1.67%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.67%) SCOM
5 1 (1.67%) Terraform
5 1 (1.67%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 31 (51.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.67%) Google
3 6 (10.00%) Cisco
3 6 (10.00%) Meraki
4 5 (8.33%) IBM
4 5 (8.33%) Informatica
5 2 (3.33%) Apple
5 2 (3.33%) Dell
6 1 (1.67%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.67%) Commvault
6 1 (1.67%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.67%) EMC
6 1 (1.67%) EqualLogic
6 1 (1.67%) iManage
6 1 (1.67%) Netskope
6 1 (1.67%) Okta
6 1 (1.67%) SAP
6 1 (1.67%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.67%) Veeam
6 1 (1.67%) Zscaler