Data Protection Job Trends in England

Data Protection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 218 219
Rank change year-on-year +32 +1 +50
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 901 632 1,238
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.07% 1.59% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.71% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 634 442 886
10th Percentile £32,575 £29,000 £30,807
25th Percentile £43,898 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.87%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,488 36,863 78,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.28% 92.45% 81.75%
Number of salaries quoted 43,312 20,255 56,794
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,939 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in England

Data Protection
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
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 Protection within the England region over the 6 months to 21 June 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 +13 359 £80,000 +4.92% 116
North of England +19 170 £57,239 +14.48% 66
South East +11 141 £45,000 - 65
Midlands +43 128 £55,000 +10.00% 45
North West +13 91 £50,500 +9.19% 32
West Midlands +15 80 £50,000 -4.76% 27
Yorkshire 0 69 £57,239 -4.60% 24
East of England +1 55 £43,000 +32.31% 16
East Midlands +8 46 £56,795 +106.53% 18
South West -47 32 £47,500 -24.00% 39
North East -39 10 £80,000 +14.29% 10
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
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 48 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.55%) CMS
4 5 (0.55%) IIS
5 4 (0.44%) WordPress
6 3 (0.33%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Confluence
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Moodle
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.55%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) InDesign
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.67%) Shopify
3 4 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.33%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.22%) iTrent
5 2 (0.22%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.22%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.11%) FastStats
6 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 193 (21.42%) Azure
2 143 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (10.21%) AWS
4 83 (9.21%) Entra ID
5 79 (8.77%) Power Platform
6 62 (6.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 58 (6.44%) SaaS
8 28 (3.11%) Power Automate
9 27 (3.00%) GCP
10 22 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
11 18 (2.00%) PowerApps
12 17 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
13 15 (1.66%) OneDrive
14 13 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (1.44%) Serverless
15 12 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (1.11%) Google Workspace
18 9 (1.00%) GitHub
18 9 (1.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.33%) Firewall
2 25 (2.77%) Network Security
3 20 (2.22%) WAN
4 19 (2.11%) CHAP
5 17 (1.89%) VPN
6 13 (1.44%) LAN
7 12 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (1.22%) DNS
9 8 (0.89%) DHCP
9 8 (0.89%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.67%) Internet
11 5 (0.55%) SMS
11 5 (0.55%) VLAN
12 4 (0.44%) Cisco IPT
12 4 (0.44%) VoIP
12 4 (0.44%) Wireless
13 3 (0.33%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.33%) SSL
14 2 (0.22%) Intranet
14 2 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.99%) Power BI
2 20 (2.22%) Tableau
3 19 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.89%) Data Lake
4 17 (1.89%) Metadata
5 16 (1.78%) MySQL
6 12 (1.33%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.22%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.11%) MariaDB
8 10 (1.11%) Power Query
9 6 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.55%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.44%) Big Data
12 3 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.33%) Db2
12 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.33%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (2.22%) Git
2 17 (1.89%) JIRA
3 7 (0.78%) GitLab
4 5 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.55%) MLflow
5 4 (0.44%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.33%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.33%) JMeter
7 2 (0.22%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.22%) Maven
7 2 (0.22%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.11%) Ant
8 1 (0.11%) ERwin
8 1 (0.11%) Gatling
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.11%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.11%) Storybook
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 365 (40.51%) Social Skills
2 204 (22.64%) Finance
3 147 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (15.87%) Legal
5 72 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 70 (7.77%) Law
7 66 (7.33%) Retail
8 59 (6.55%) Organisational Skills
9 58 (6.44%) Marketing
10 46 (5.11%) Public Sector
11 35 (3.88%) Banking
12 28 (3.11%) Financial Institution
13 25 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (2.11%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.78%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.44%) Local Government
16 13 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (1.00%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 105 (11.65%) Analyst
2 71 (7.88%) Lead
3 70 (7.77%) Senior
4 48 (5.33%) Architect
4 48 (5.33%) Data Manager
5 46 (5.11%) IT Manager
6 44 (4.88%) Developer
7 41 (4.55%) IT Support
8 34 (3.77%) Report Analyst
9 28 (3.11%) Business Manager
9 28 (3.11%) Development Manager
10 27 (3.00%) IT Engineer
10 27 (3.00%) Security Manager
11 25 (2.77%) Data Protection Officer
12 24 (2.66%) Business Development Manager
13 23 (2.55%) Governance Manager
14 21 (2.33%) Auditor
15 20 (2.22%) IT Support Engineer
15 20 (2.22%) Support Analyst
15 20 (2.22%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.33%) CSS
1 21 (2.33%) HTML
2 10 (1.11%) REST
3 9 (1.00%) OpenID
4 8 (0.89%) Node.js
4 8 (0.89%) OAuth
5 7 (0.78%) EDI
5 7 (0.78%) Middleware
6 6 (0.67%) Kafka
6 6 (0.67%) PySpark
6 6 (0.67%) React
6 6 (0.67%) SAML
6 6 (0.67%) Spring Boot
7 5 (0.55%) Next.js
7 5 (0.55%) XML
8 4 (0.44%) .NET
8 4 (0.44%) Jest
8 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (0.44%) SOAP
8 4 (0.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 129 (14.32%) Data Protection Act
2 109 (12.10%) Management Information System
3 52 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 35 (3.88%) Security Posture
5 33 (3.66%) Driving Licence
6 32 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (3.44%) Product Ownership
8 28 (3.11%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.33%) NHS
12 11 (1.22%) CMDB
12 11 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (1.11%) Blockchain
13 10 (1.11%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.11%) Freedom of Information
13 10 (1.11%) Social Media
14 9 (1.00%) Cyber Security Posture
14 9 (1.00%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 75 (8.32%) Windows
2 25 (2.77%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.22%) Linux
4 6 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.55%) Android
5 5 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.55%) Unix
6 4 (0.44%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.33%) AIX
7 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (25.31%) Cybersecurity
2 212 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 174 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 153 (16.98%) Decision-Making
5 148 (16.43%) AI
6 139 (15.43%) Risk Management
7 134 (14.87%) Information Security
8 127 (14.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 113 (12.54%) Data Governance
10 112 (12.43%) Agile
11 105 (11.65%) Incident Response
12 95 (10.54%) Analytics
13 91 (10.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 88 (9.77%) Disaster Recovery
15 84 (9.32%) Business Continuity
16 78 (8.66%) Roadmaps
17 75 (8.32%) ITIL
17 75 (8.32%) Service Delivery
18 70 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
18 70 (7.77%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 72 (7.99%) SQL
2 55 (6.10%) Python
3 37 (4.11%) JavaScript
4 19 (2.11%) Java
4 19 (2.11%) PowerShell
5 17 (1.89%) PHP
6 11 (1.22%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.00%) Bash
8 8 (0.89%) C#
8 8 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.44%) Go
9 4 (0.44%) VBA
10 3 (0.33%) Groovy
10 3 (0.33%) Ruby
11 2 (0.22%) Bicep
11 2 (0.22%) C
11 2 (0.22%) Perl
11 2 (0.22%) RPG
11 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.11%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 114 (12.65%) Degree
2 75 (8.32%) CISSP
3 58 (6.44%) CISM
4 39 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (4.22%) CISA
6 36 (4.00%) Security Cleared
7 28 (3.11%) SC Cleared
8 22 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 22 (2.44%) FFIEC
8 22 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.33%) SANS
10 20 (2.22%) CGEIT
11 18 (2.00%) CRISC
12 16 (1.78%) DBS Check
13 13 (1.44%) Azure Certification
14 11 (1.22%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (1.11%) CEH
16 9 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (32.30%) GDPR
2 125 (13.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 92 (10.21%) NIST
4 79 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 79 (8.77%) Data Quality
5 33 (3.66%) Accessibility
5 33 (3.66%) COBIT
6 31 (3.44%) GRC
7 30 (3.33%) PCI DSS
8 29 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (2.11%) SOC 2
10 18 (2.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 13 (1.44%) QA
12 12 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (1.11%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 8 (0.89%) PMO
14 8 (0.89%) SLA
15 7 (0.78%) PERC
15 7 (0.78%) TickIT
System Software
1 56 (6.22%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.55%) Docker
3 8 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (3.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (2.22%) Terraform
3 18 (2.00%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.22%) CASB
5 8 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.67%) Ansible
6 6 (0.67%) SCCM
7 3 (0.33%) Argo
8 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.22%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.22%) Nessus
8 2 (0.22%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.22%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.11%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 244 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.00%) Google
3 23 (2.55%) Salesforce
4 14 (1.55%) Oracle
5 13 (1.44%) SAP
6 11 (1.22%) iManage
7 10 (1.11%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.00%) Databricks
8 9 (1.00%) Sage
9 8 (0.89%) Infor
9 8 (0.89%) VMware
10 7 (0.78%) Cisco
10 7 (0.78%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.67%) Citrix
11 6 (0.67%) IBM
11 6 (0.67%) Workday
12 5 (0.55%) Xero
12 5 (0.55%) Zscaler
13 4 (0.44%) Freshdesk
13 4 (0.44%) Palo Alto