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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 286 459
Rank change year-on-year -55 +173 +140
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 285 480 243
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.99% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.10% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 178 142 164
10th Percentile £26,000 £45,000 £33,600
25th Percentile £29,250 £57,484 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £74,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +6.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £85,938 £97,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £96,975 £119,875 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +15.70%

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 42,481 43,790 44,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.29% 90.69% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 25,455 21,528 34,408
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
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 11 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 11 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 -31 117 £75,000 -15.49% 70
Midlands +33 58 £30,000 -57.89% 54
South East -16 49 £65,000 -7.14% 94
East Midlands +28 48 £30,000 -38.46% 31
North of England -32 41 £63,750 +10.87% 80
Yorkshire -13 22 £67,500 +22.73% 34
North West -31 18 £61,959 -31.16% 38
West Midlands +9 10 £75,000 -1.64% 23
East of England +10 6 £190,000 +155.03% 47
South West +1 6 - - 38
North East +4 1 £88,431 - 8
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 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.05%) WordPress
4 2 (0.70%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.05%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.05%) InDesign
4 3 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.05%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.40%) Shopify
3 3 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.05%) SAP CX
3 3 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 104 (36.49%) SaaS
2 77 (27.02%) Azure
3 49 (17.19%) AWS
4 40 (14.04%) GCP
5 31 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (9.82%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.86%) Google Analytics
9 9 (3.16%) PaaS
10 8 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.46%) IaaS
12 6 (2.11%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.40%) GitHub
14 4 (1.40%) Google Ads
14 4 (1.40%) Google Tag Manager
15 3 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.98%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (3.86%) VPN
3 5 (1.75%) Firewall
4 3 (1.05%) Internet
5 2 (0.70%) ATM
5 2 (0.70%) DHCP
5 2 (0.70%) DNS
5 2 (0.70%) Network Security
5 2 (0.70%) VLAN
5 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.35%) Broadband
6 1 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.88%) Metadata
2 30 (10.53%) Data Lake
3 16 (5.61%) Power BI
4 13 (4.56%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.46%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.46%) MySQL
6 7 (2.46%) Tableau
7 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.05%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.05%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.35%) DB2
9 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.35%) QlikView
9 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) JIRA
2 3 (1.05%) Cucumber
2 3 (1.05%) ERwin
2 3 (1.05%) GitLab
2 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.05%) JMeter
2 3 (1.05%) LoadRunner
2 3 (1.05%) Postman
2 3 (1.05%) PowerDesigner
2 3 (1.05%) Selenium
2 3 (1.05%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.70%) MLflow
3 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.35%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 110 (38.60%) Analytical Skills
2 109 (38.25%) Social Skills
3 106 (37.19%) Finance
4 73 (25.61%) Legal
5 70 (24.56%) Retail
6 49 (17.19%) Law
7 46 (16.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (12.63%) Marketing
9 30 (10.53%) Banking
10 26 (9.12%) Financial Institution
10 26 (9.12%) Retail Banking
11 21 (7.37%) Public Sector
12 16 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (4.21%) Publishing
15 8 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (2.46%) Advertising
16 7 (2.46%) Billing
17 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
18 5 (1.75%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 50 (17.54%) Architect
2 43 (15.09%) Lead
3 40 (14.04%) 2nd Line Support
4 38 (13.33%) Analyst
5 32 (11.23%) Data Architect
6 27 (9.47%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 21 (7.37%) Senior
8 14 (4.91%) Developer
9 13 (4.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 13 (4.56%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 13 (4.56%) ERP Analyst
9 13 (4.56%) ERP Support
9 13 (4.56%) SaaS Analyst
9 13 (4.56%) Senior Manager
9 13 (4.56%) Software Analyst
9 13 (4.56%) Software Support Analyst
9 13 (4.56%) Support Analyst
10 11 (3.86%) Applications Support
11 10 (3.51%) Support Engineer
11 10 (3.51%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.86%) Middleware
2 10 (3.51%) RESTful
2 10 (3.51%) TensorFlow
3 9 (3.16%) PyTorch
4 6 (2.11%) REST
5 3 (1.05%) CSS
5 3 (1.05%) HTML
5 3 (1.05%) LangChain
5 3 (1.05%) Next.js
5 3 (1.05%) React
5 3 (1.05%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.05%) SOAP
5 3 (1.05%) XML
6 2 (0.70%) DOM
6 2 (0.70%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.70%) Hugging Face
6 2 (0.70%) Kafka
6 2 (0.70%) pydantic
6 2 (0.70%) XGBoost
7 1 (0.35%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.14%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.37%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.96%) Cloud Native
5 15 (5.26%) Enterprise Cloud
6 10 (3.51%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.16%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.81%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (2.46%) Social Media
10 6 (2.11%) Driving Licence
10 6 (2.11%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.75%) Podcast
12 4 (1.40%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.40%) Blog
12 4 (1.40%) NHS
13 3 (1.05%) Graphic Design
13 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.05%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.26%) Windows
2 5 (1.75%) Android
3 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (31.93%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (27.72%) AI
2 79 (27.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (24.21%) Agile
4 67 (23.51%) Mentoring
5 64 (22.46%) CRM
6 63 (22.11%) Analytics
7 56 (19.65%) ERP
8 51 (17.89%) Customer Service
9 48 (16.84%) E-Commerce
10 47 (16.49%) Data Management
11 45 (15.79%) Analytical Thinking
11 45 (15.79%) Data Governance
12 41 (14.39%) Logistics
12 41 (14.39%) Roadmaps
13 40 (14.04%) Migration
14 39 (13.68%) Data Architecture
14 39 (13.68%) Data Modelling
15 38 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
15 38 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (19.30%) SQL
2 41 (14.39%) C#
3 30 (10.53%) Python
4 4 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.05%) Java
6 2 (0.70%) Bicep
7 1 (0.35%) C
7 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.35%) R
7 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (12.28%) Degree
2 27 (9.47%) AWS Certification
2 27 (9.47%) Azure Certification
3 13 (4.56%) CISM
3 13 (4.56%) CISSP
4 12 (4.21%) CISA
5 10 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.16%) Master's Degree
6 9 (3.16%) PMI Certification
6 9 (3.16%) PMP
7 7 (2.46%) CRISC
8 6 (2.11%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.75%) MBA
9 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.40%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.05%) MCP
11 3 (1.05%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.70%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (16.14%) QA
2 42 (14.74%) GDPR
3 27 (9.47%) Data Quality
4 25 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (5.26%) NIST
6 12 (4.21%) Accessibility
7 11 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (1.75%) GLBA
9 5 (1.75%) GRC
9 5 (1.75%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.75%) PMO
10 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.05%) PERC
11 2 (0.70%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.70%) RMADS
11 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.70%) SLA
11 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (4.91%) Docker
2 10 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 3 (1.05%) SCCM
4 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (31.23%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.26%) SAP
3 14 (4.91%) Google
4 9 (3.16%) Oracle
5 7 (2.46%) Databricks
6 6 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.75%) Adobe
7 5 (1.75%) iManage
7 5 (1.75%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.75%) Zoho
8 4 (1.40%) Foundry
8 4 (1.40%) Workday
9 3 (1.05%) Cisco
9 3 (1.05%) QAD
10 2 (0.70%) Ariba
10 2 (0.70%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.70%) Pardot
10 2 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.70%) VMware
10 2 (0.70%) VocaLink