Data Protection Jobs in the East Midlands

Data Protection
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 139 132 141
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +16
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 13 68 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.48% 1.41% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.80% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13 37 10
10th Percentile - £26,200 £35,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £40,970 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £48,750 £67,000 £85,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

All Process and 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 2,479 3,787 2,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 92.36% 78.47% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 928 2,625 1,216
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £52,375
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -14.08% +10.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the East Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Data Protection in the East Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

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 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
Northamptonshire +3 10 £27,500 -14.06% 27
Derbyshire -1 2 £47,500 -5.00% 44
Leicestershire +27 1 £39,919 +50.64% 23
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 8 (61.54%) SharePoint
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 9 (69.23%) Entra ID
3 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Remote Desktop
2 7 (53.85%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.69%) DHCP
3 1 (7.69%) DNS
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Automotive
2 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
2 1 (7.69%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) 1st Line Support
2 5 (38.46%) First Line Help Desk Support
2 5 (38.46%) Help Desk Support
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) IT Support
4 2 (15.38%) Head of IT
4 2 (15.38%) Head of Support
5 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.69%) Information Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Technology Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
1 7 (53.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Customer Service
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) ITSM
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
2 3 (23.08%) Service Management
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (7.69%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security
4 1 (7.69%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) CISA
1 1 (7.69%) CISM
1 1 (7.69%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
1 7 (53.85%) Hyper-V
1 7 (53.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco