Data Protection Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Protection
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 93 125
Rank change year-on-year +20 +32 -11
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 9 17 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.03% 1.13% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.28% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 11
10th Percentile £51,688 £25,750 £37,039
25th Percentile £52,721 £33,250 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,441 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.98% +2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £57,875 £57,500 £62,395
90th Percentile £58,400 £60,000 £77,715
Scotland median annual salary £54,441 £45,000 £53,717
% change year-on-year +20.98% -16.23% +19.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 851 1,332 1,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.04% 88.21% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 361 933 1,060
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £43,962
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Edinburgh

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in Edinburgh

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (33.33%) CMS
1 3 (33.33%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
1 3 (33.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Google Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Collibra
2 2 (22.22%) GCP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Firebase
3 1 (11.11%) GitHub
3 1 (11.11%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) ERwin
2 1 (11.11%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) GitLab
General
1 3 (33.33%) Advertising
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
1 3 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Data Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) React Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Web Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Web Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Web Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Web Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Apollo GraphQL
1 1 (11.11%) GraphQL
1 1 (11.11%) React
1 1 (11.11%) React Native
1 1 (11.11%) Redux
1 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Blog
1 3 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) User Experience
3 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 3 (33.33%) Business Development
3 3 (33.33%) Content Development
3 3 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Multichannel Marketing
3 3 (33.33%) OpenUP
3 3 (33.33%) Pay per click
3 3 (33.33%) SEO
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Data Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Data Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) Kotlin
1 1 (11.11%) Objective-C
1 1 (11.11%) Swift
1 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
1 2 (22.22%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Google
2 3 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 2 (22.22%) Informatica
4 1 (11.11%) Symantec