Data Protection Job Trends in the East Midlands

Data Protection
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 127 135
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 -25
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 51 22 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.86% 0.95% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.11% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 43 18 22
10th Percentile £33,250 £24,575 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,500 £26,250 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £28,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -42.86% -8.84%
75th Percentile £69,375 £40,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,400 £50,150 £70,000
England median annual salary £58,545 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.44% - -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,191 1,980 3,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.88% 85.34% 75.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,762 1,095 1,839
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,208 £27,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the East Midlands

Data Protection
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Northamptonshire 0 15 £70,000 +154.55% 5
Derbyshire +7 10 £55,000 - 7
Leicestershire -29 10 £45,000 +109.30% 8
Nottinghamshire -5 9 £58,589 -31.07% 8
Lincolnshire -18 7 £132,943 +232.36% 3
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.96%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.49%) Azure
2 11 (21.57%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.80%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.84%) AWS
4 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) DHCP
1 3 (5.88%) DNS
1 3 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.96%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Power BI
2 2 (3.92%) Power Query
3 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.96%) JMeter
1 1 (1.96%) LoadRunner
General
1 27 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 14 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Finance
4 9 (17.65%) Law
5 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (9.80%) Legal
5 5 (9.80%) Retail
6 4 (7.84%) Financial Institution
6 4 (7.84%) Japanese Language
7 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 8 (15.69%) IT Manager
2 6 (11.76%) Lead
3 5 (9.80%) IT Support
4 4 (7.84%) IT Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Security Specialist
4 4 (7.84%) Senior
4 4 (7.84%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 3 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Senior IT Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Test Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Administrator
6 2 (3.92%) Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Data Administrator
6 2 (3.92%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (3.92%) IT Technician
6 2 (3.92%) Support Technician
6 2 (3.92%) Test Automation Engineer
7 1 (1.96%) Information Governance Officer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (9.80%) Low-Code
3 5 (9.80%) Management Information System
3 5 (9.80%) Security Posture
4 4 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.92%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.96%) PKI
6 1 (1.96%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Windows
2 3 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.96%) Linux
3 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (35.29%) Decision-Making
3 11 (21.57%) ERP
3 11 (21.57%) Strategic Thinking
4 10 (19.61%) AI
5 9 (17.65%) Data Security
5 9 (17.65%) Risk Management
6 8 (15.69%) Process Improvement
7 7 (13.73%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (13.73%) Data Management
7 7 (13.73%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 6 (11.76%) Agile
8 6 (11.76%) Information Security
8 6 (11.76%) ITIL
8 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (9.80%) Change Management
9 5 (9.80%) ITSM
9 5 (9.80%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) VBA
2 1 (1.96%) Java
2 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (7.84%) CCSP
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.84%) CISM
4 4 (7.84%) CISSP
4 4 (7.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 4 (7.84%) MOS
5 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (41.18%) GDPR
2 7 (13.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (13.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (9.80%) PERC
4 4 (7.84%) GRC
5 2 (3.92%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.92%) NIST
6 1 (1.96%) NCSC
6 1 (1.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.96%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) Freshdesk
2 3 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.92%) Infor
4 1 (1.96%) Qualys