Data Privacy Job Trends in England

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Privacy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 296 443
Rank change year-on-year -34 +147 +123
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 298 468 228
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 0.94% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.05% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 181 136 149
10th Percentile £26,000 £43,745 £42,294
25th Percentile £30,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% +2.07% +26.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £86,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £116,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £74,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -15.54% +5.71% +19.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Data Privacy 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,728 44,744 41,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.15% 90.24% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25,461 22,347 32,089
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Privacy job vacancy trend in England

Data Privacy
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Privacy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Privacy

Data Privacy
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Privacy in England

Data Privacy
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Privacy within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
London -45 120 £73,750 -13.24% 106
Midlands +38 64 £30,000 -57.89% 28
East Midlands +33 52 £30,000 -38.46% 9
South East -15 51 £66,250 -5.36% 32
North of England -29 42 £67,500 +17.39% 38
Yorkshire -3 21 £68,750 +25.00% 13
North West -30 18 £63,750 +6.25% 25
West Midlands -5 12 £75,000 -1.64% 19
South West +5 7 - - 11
East of England +16 6 £190,000 +155.03% 10
North East +9 3 £88,431 -
Data Privacy
UK

Data Privacy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 10 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.01%) WordPress
4 2 (0.67%) IIS
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.01%) InDesign
4 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.01%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (2.35%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.68%) Shopify
3 4 (1.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.01%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.01%) SAP CX
4 3 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.34%) Magento
6 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 112 (37.58%) SaaS
2 86 (28.86%) Azure
3 58 (19.46%) AWS
4 49 (16.44%) GCP
5 33 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (9.40%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.36%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.69%) Google Analytics
9 10 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (3.36%) GitHub
10 9 (3.02%) Azure AI
10 9 (3.02%) PaaS
11 8 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.35%) IaaS
12 7 (2.35%) Vertex AI
13 6 (2.01%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (1.34%) Google Ads
15 4 (1.34%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 39 (13.09%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (4.03%) VPN
3 5 (1.68%) Firewall
4 3 (1.01%) Internet
5 2 (0.67%) ATM
5 2 (0.67%) DHCP
5 2 (0.67%) DNS
5 2 (0.67%) Network Security
5 2 (0.67%) VLAN
5 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.34%) Broadband
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.40%) Metadata
2 30 (10.07%) Data Lake
3 19 (6.38%) SQL Server
4 17 (5.70%) Power BI
5 9 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.68%) MongoDB
6 8 (2.68%) MySQL
7 7 (2.35%) Tableau
8 5 (1.68%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.01%) Data Mining
9 3 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.01%) SAP BW
9 3 (1.01%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.34%) Big Data
11 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.34%) DB2
11 1 (0.34%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (1.68%) JIRA
2 3 (1.01%) Cucumber
2 3 (1.01%) ERwin
2 3 (1.01%) GitLab
2 3 (1.01%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.01%) JMeter
2 3 (1.01%) LoadRunner
2 3 (1.01%) Postman
2 3 (1.01%) PowerDesigner
2 3 (1.01%) Selenium
2 3 (1.01%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.67%) MLflow
3 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 114 (38.26%) Social Skills
2 113 (37.92%) Analytical Skills
3 106 (35.57%) Finance
4 76 (25.50%) Legal
5 74 (24.83%) Retail
6 54 (18.12%) Law
7 45 (15.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (12.42%) Marketing
9 30 (10.07%) Banking
10 26 (8.72%) Financial Institution
10 26 (8.72%) Retail Banking
11 21 (7.05%) Public Sector
12 14 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (4.03%) Publishing
15 8 (2.68%) Advertising
15 8 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (2.35%) Back Office
16 7 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (2.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 53 (17.79%) Architect
2 44 (14.77%) Lead
3 43 (14.43%) 2nd Line Support
4 34 (11.41%) Analyst
5 32 (10.74%) Data Architect
6 27 (9.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 23 (7.72%) Senior
8 21 (7.05%) Developer
9 15 (5.03%) SaaS Developer
10 13 (4.36%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
10 13 (4.36%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 13 (4.36%) ERP Analyst
10 13 (4.36%) ERP Support
10 13 (4.36%) SaaS Analyst
10 13 (4.36%) Senior Manager
10 13 (4.36%) Software Analyst
10 13 (4.36%) Software Support Analyst
10 13 (4.36%) Support Analyst
11 12 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 12 (4.03%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.69%) Middleware
1 11 (3.69%) RESTful
2 9 (3.02%) TensorFlow
2 9 (3.02%) XML
3 8 (2.68%) PyTorch
4 6 (2.01%) REST
5 4 (1.34%) HTML
6 3 (1.01%) CSS
6 3 (1.01%) LangChain
6 3 (1.01%) Next.js
6 3 (1.01%) React
6 3 (1.01%) scikit-learn
6 3 (1.01%) SOAP
7 2 (0.67%) DOM
7 2 (0.67%) FastAPI
7 2 (0.67%) FHIR
7 2 (0.67%) Hugging Face
7 2 (0.67%) Kafka
7 2 (0.67%) pydantic
7 2 (0.67%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.44%) Onboarding
2 23 (7.72%) Management Information System
3 19 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (5.03%) Enterprise Cloud
6 11 (3.69%) Mobile App
7 10 (3.36%) NHS
8 9 (3.02%) AI Agents
8 9 (3.02%) Algorithms
8 9 (3.02%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (2.68%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.35%) Social Media
11 5 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.68%) Podcast
11 5 (1.68%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.34%) Blog
12 4 (1.34%) iPhone
13 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 3 (1.01%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.37%) Windows
2 4 (1.34%) Android
3 3 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (28.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 84 (28.19%) AI
4 77 (25.84%) Agile
5 76 (25.50%) Mentoring
6 64 (21.48%) CRM
7 63 (21.14%) Analytics
7 63 (21.14%) ERP
8 53 (17.79%) E-Commerce
9 52 (17.45%) Customer Service
10 51 (17.11%) Data Management
11 47 (15.77%) Roadmaps
12 46 (15.44%) Analytical Thinking
12 46 (15.44%) Data Governance
13 45 (15.10%) Logistics
14 40 (13.42%) Data Modelling
14 40 (13.42%) Root Cause Analysis
15 39 (13.09%) Migration
15 39 (13.09%) Stakeholder Management
16 38 (12.75%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 60 (20.13%) SQL
2 51 (17.11%) C#
3 33 (11.07%) Python
4 12 (4.03%) Java
5 7 (2.35%) C
6 4 (1.34%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.01%) R
8 2 (0.67%) Bicep
9 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (14.09%) Degree
2 30 (10.07%) Azure Certification
3 29 (9.73%) AWS Certification
4 17 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.36%) CISM
5 13 (4.36%) CISSP
6 12 (4.03%) CISA
7 10 (3.36%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.36%) PMI Certification
7 10 (3.36%) PMP
8 7 (2.35%) CRISC
9 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.01%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.68%) MBA
11 4 (1.34%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.34%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.01%) MCP
12 3 (1.01%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (15.44%) QA
2 45 (15.10%) GDPR
3 31 (10.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (9.73%) Data Quality
5 17 (5.70%) NIST
6 13 (4.36%) Accessibility
7 11 (3.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (3.69%) ISO 9001
8 7 (2.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (1.68%) GLBA
9 5 (1.68%) GRC
9 5 (1.68%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.68%) PMO
10 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.01%) PERC
11 2 (0.67%) DICOM
11 2 (0.67%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.67%) HL7
11 2 (0.67%) RMADS
11 2 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (6.04%) Docker
2 12 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.01%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.34%) SCCM
3 4 (1.34%) Terraform
4 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (31.54%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.38%) Google
3 16 (5.37%) SAP
4 10 (3.36%) Oracle
5 9 (3.02%) Foundry
6 7 (2.35%) Databricks
7 5 (1.68%) Adobe
7 5 (1.68%) iManage
7 5 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.34%) Workday
8 4 (1.34%) Zoho
9 3 (1.01%) Cisco
9 3 (1.01%) QAD
9 3 (1.01%) VMware
10 2 (0.67%) Ariba
10 2 (0.67%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.67%) Pardot
10 2 (0.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.67%) VocaLink