Data Protection Manager Job Trends in the Channel Islands

Data Protection/Privacy Manager
UK > Channel Islands

The median Data Protection/Privacy Manager salary in the Channel Islands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 6 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Manager 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Channel Islands 11.11% 18.18% -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% 18.18% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £78,750 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £78,750 £58,298
% change year-on-year -42.86% +35.08% -20.68%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Channel Islands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Channel Islands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Channel Islands with a recognized job title 6 11 35
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 66.67% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 17
10th Percentile £47,250 £34,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,625 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +33.33% -22.58%
75th Percentile £79,375 £90,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £91,750 £91,250 £64,700
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

Data Protection Manager
Job Locations in the Channel Islands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Manager within the Channel Islands region over the 6 months to 21 September 2026. 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
Guernsey - 1 £45,000 -
Data Protection Manager
UK

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Channel Islands

For the 6 months to 21 September 2026, Data Protection Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Channel Islands region featuring Data Protection Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Channel Islands 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR