Data Protection Job Trends in Colchester

Data Protection
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Colchester requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Colchester 0.51% - 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% - 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £40,000 £32,500 -
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Colchester

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 Colchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 131 35 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester 66.16% 87.50% 77.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57 23 77
10th Percentile £27,600 £26,500 £33,050
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,750 £70,000 £90,000
Essex median annual salary £50,000 £41,000 £45,800
% change year-on-year +21.95% -10.48% -3.54%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Colchester

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Colchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree