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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 217 225
Rank change year-on-year +36 +8 +44
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,017 666 912
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.11% 1.52% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.70% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 684 465 603
10th Percentile £33,800 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,824 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £72,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -6.87%

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 67,880 39,178 58,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.83% 89.60% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 47,922 22,754 39,478
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +30 415 £70,000 -2.44% 318
North of England -6 158 £52,500 +5.00% 109
South East +7 156 £45,000 - 117
Midlands +57 154 £53,834 +11.57% 85
West Midlands +29 100 £53,600 +2.70% 58
North West -1 90 £51,000 +17.24% 54
South West -41 62 £48,750 +3.08% 43
East of England -11 58 £45,000 +38.46% 35
East Midlands +13 54 £55,000 +100.00% 27
Yorkshire -13 53 £57,500 -4.17% 41
North East -45 15 £80,500 +40.00% 14
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 77 (7.57%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.59%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.59%) WordPress
4 5 (0.49%) Confluence
4 5 (0.49%) IIS
5 4 (0.39%) Apache
5 4 (0.39%) CMS
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.098%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.098%) Documentum
7 1 (0.098%) JBoss
7 1 (0.098%) Moodle
7 1 (0.098%) nginx
7 1 (0.098%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.49%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.098%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.098%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.098%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.098%) InDesign
8 1 (0.098%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.18%) Raiser’s Edge
3 6 (0.59%) Shopify
4 4 (0.39%) SystmOne
5 3 (0.29%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.29%) iTrent
6 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.20%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.098%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.098%) FastStats
7 1 (0.098%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.098%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.098%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 215 (21.14%) Azure
2 176 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
3 134 (13.18%) AWS
4 93 (9.14%) Power Platform
5 72 (7.08%) Entra ID
6 69 (6.78%) SaaS
7 43 (4.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 37 (3.64%) Power Automate
9 32 (3.15%) GCP
10 31 (3.05%) Microsoft Copilot
11 30 (2.95%) Serverless
12 27 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
13 25 (2.46%) PowerApps
14 22 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (1.97%) OneDrive
16 18 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
16 18 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
16 18 (1.77%) Copilot Studio
17 15 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
18 14 (1.38%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 52 (5.11%) Network Security
2 34 (3.34%) Firewall
3 25 (2.46%) VPN
4 23 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (1.87%) DNS
6 16 (1.57%) DHCP
7 15 (1.47%) WAN
8 13 (1.28%) Internet
8 13 (1.28%) LAN
9 12 (1.18%) VLAN
10 11 (1.08%) CHAP
10 11 (1.08%) Wireless
11 8 (0.79%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.49%) SMS
12 5 (0.49%) SSL
13 4 (0.39%) Cisco IPT
13 4 (0.39%) Intranet
14 3 (0.29%) VoIP
15 2 (0.20%) DKIM
15 2 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.08%) Power BI
2 28 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (2.46%) Metadata
4 20 (1.97%) Tableau
5 17 (1.67%) MySQL
6 16 (1.57%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.47%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.38%) Power Query
8 14 (1.38%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.98%) MariaDB
11 9 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.59%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.49%) Big Data
14 4 (0.39%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.39%) Looker
15 3 (0.29%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (1.67%) Git
1 17 (1.67%) JIRA
2 8 (0.79%) GitLab
3 7 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.49%) MLflow
5 4 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.29%) JMeter
7 2 (0.20%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.20%) Maven
7 2 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.098%) Appium
8 1 (0.098%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.098%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.098%) Gatling
8 1 (0.098%) git-flow
8 1 (0.098%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.098%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.098%) Selenium
8 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 389 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 216 (21.24%) Finance
3 167 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (15.63%) Legal
5 95 (9.34%) Retail
6 89 (8.75%) Public Sector
7 86 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 85 (8.36%) Law
9 68 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
10 58 (5.70%) Influencing Skills
11 41 (4.03%) Marketing
12 31 (3.05%) Manufacturing
13 29 (2.85%) Banking
14 21 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.97%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.47%) Fire and Rescue
17 14 (1.38%) Local Government
17 14 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (9.73%) Analyst
2 98 (9.64%) Senior
3 72 (7.08%) Architect
4 68 (6.69%) Lead
5 58 (5.70%) Data Manager
6 52 (5.11%) IT Manager
7 50 (4.92%) Developer
8 42 (4.13%) IT Support
9 34 (3.34%) Data Protection Officer
10 32 (3.15%) Consultant
11 30 (2.95%) Governance Manager
11 30 (2.95%) Information Manager
11 30 (2.95%) Service Manager
12 29 (2.85%) Data Protection Manager
13 28 (2.75%) IT Engineer
13 28 (2.75%) Security Manager
14 26 (2.56%) Sales Manager
15 24 (2.36%) Business Manager
15 24 (2.36%) Delivery Manager
15 24 (2.36%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.56%) HTML
2 24 (2.36%) CSS
3 16 (1.57%) OpenID
4 15 (1.47%) AWS CDK
5 13 (1.28%) OAuth
5 13 (1.28%) SAML
6 12 (1.18%) React
7 10 (0.98%) REST
8 9 (0.88%) Node.js
9 8 (0.79%) .NET
9 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.69%) HTML5 Canvas
10 7 (0.69%) Kafka
10 7 (0.69%) PySpark
10 7 (0.69%) SPFx
11 6 (0.59%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.59%) LDAP
11 6 (0.59%) ModSecurity
11 6 (0.59%) Spring Boot
11 6 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 124 (12.19%) Management Information System
2 116 (11.41%) Data Protection Act
3 91 (8.95%) Onboarding
4 51 (5.01%) Security Posture
5 48 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (3.93%) Cloud Native
7 34 (3.34%) Driving Licence
8 32 (3.15%) Virtual Team
9 31 (3.05%) Product Ownership
10 28 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
11 19 (1.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 19 (1.87%) Social Media
12 17 (1.67%) Freedom of Information
13 15 (1.47%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.47%) Freedom of Information Act
14 14 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (1.28%) CCTV
15 13 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (1.08%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 74 (7.28%) Windows
2 17 (1.67%) Linux
3 16 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.49%) Android
6 4 (0.39%) Unix
6 4 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.20%) AIX
8 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (24.19%) Cybersecurity
1 246 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
2 229 (22.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 192 (18.88%) AI
4 180 (17.70%) Information Security
5 166 (16.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 159 (15.63%) Decision-Making
7 148 (14.55%) Agile
8 141 (13.86%) Risk Management
9 116 (11.41%) Data Governance
10 115 (11.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 105 (10.32%) Service Delivery
12 101 (9.93%) Incident Response
13 100 (9.83%) Analytics
14 98 (9.64%) Roadmaps
15 92 (9.05%) ITIL
16 91 (8.95%) Disaster Recovery
17 83 (8.16%) Information Governance
18 82 (8.06%) Business Continuity
19 81 (7.96%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 82 (8.06%) SQL
2 79 (7.77%) Python
3 43 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 31 (3.05%) Java
5 29 (2.85%) PHP
6 27 (2.65%) PowerShell
7 21 (2.06%) Bash
8 14 (1.38%) Perl
8 14 (1.38%) Ruby
9 13 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.28%) TypeScript
10 12 (1.18%) C#
11 4 (0.39%) VBA
12 3 (0.29%) Go
12 3 (0.29%) Groovy
13 2 (0.20%) Bicep
13 2 (0.20%) C
13 2 (0.20%) R
13 2 (0.20%) RPG
13 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (13.27%) Degree
2 92 (9.05%) CISSP
3 70 (6.88%) Security Cleared
4 64 (6.29%) CISM
5 38 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (3.74%) SC Cleared
6 33 (3.24%) AWS Certification
7 27 (2.65%) CISA
8 26 (2.56%) CRISC
8 26 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (2.16%) Azure Certification
10 21 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
11 18 (1.77%) DBS Check
12 16 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 16 (1.57%) CCSP
13 14 (1.38%) SANS
14 13 (1.28%) FFIEC
15 12 (1.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 305 (29.99%) GDPR
2 120 (11.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 96 (9.44%) Data Quality
4 85 (8.36%) NIST
5 61 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 46 (4.52%) GRC
7 35 (3.44%) Accessibility
8 34 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 24 (2.36%) COBIT
9 24 (2.36%) QA
10 22 (2.16%) PCI DSS
10 22 (2.16%) SOC 2
11 16 (1.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (1.18%) SLA
13 10 (0.98%) ISO 22301
14 8 (0.79%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 8 (0.79%) PERC
15 7 (0.69%) NCSC
15 7 (0.69%) SOC 1
System Software
1 66 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.67%) Docker
3 9 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.69%) vSphere
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.098%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.098%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (3.64%) Terraform
2 28 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (1.87%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.69%) Ansible
5 7 (0.69%) CASB
5 7 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.49%) Nessus
7 3 (0.29%) Argo
8 2 (0.20%) Grafana
8 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.20%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.20%) Puppet
9 1 (0.098%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.098%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.098%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.098%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.098%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.098%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.098%) SCCM
Vendors
1 260 (25.57%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.75%) Google
3 25 (2.46%) Salesforce
4 18 (1.77%) Oracle
4 18 (1.77%) SAP
5 15 (1.47%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.08%) VMware
7 10 (0.98%) Databricks
7 10 (0.98%) iManage
7 10 (0.98%) Infor
7 10 (0.98%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.88%) Palo Alto
8 9 (0.88%) Sage
9 7 (0.69%) Cisco
9 7 (0.69%) Okta
10 6 (0.59%) ForgeRock
10 6 (0.59%) IBM
11 5 (0.49%) Citrix
11 5 (0.49%) Informatica
11 5 (0.49%) Workday