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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 187 201
Rank change year-on-year -11 +14 +50
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 812 720 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.00% 1.85% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.99% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 583 494 905
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,746
25th Percentile £40,125 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £88,750 £81,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.64%

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 60,661 36,230 71,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.64% 93.14% 85.49%
Number of salaries quoted 38,592 20,612 53,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -9 332 £80,000 +3.90% 164
North of England -36 141 £57,239 +4.07% 77
South East -19 124 £40,000 -11.11% 65
Midlands -23 96 £55,000 +10.00% 49
North West -26 82 £50,000 - 35
West Midlands -27 59 £50,000 - 35
Yorkshire -34 52 £57,239 -2.16% 32
East of England 0 51 £43,000 -4.44% 31
South West -21 48 £36,998 -40.80% 29
East Midlands -20 35 £67,500 +135.81% 14
North East -24 7 £48,750 -4.88% 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 30 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.74%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.49%) CMS
5 3 (0.37%) Apache
5 3 (0.37%) IIS
6 2 (0.25%) Confluence
6 2 (0.25%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) JBoss
Applications
1 42 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.49%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.37%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.37%) Shopify
4 3 (0.37%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.25%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.12%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 177 (21.80%) Azure
2 116 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (8.25%) Entra ID
4 63 (7.76%) AWS
5 62 (7.64%) Power Platform
6 60 (7.39%) Microsoft Purview
7 57 (7.02%) SaaS
8 26 (3.20%) GCP
9 17 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 15 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.85%) PaaS
11 14 (1.72%) Google Workspace
12 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (1.60%) Serverless
13 11 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (1.35%) OneDrive
13 11 (1.35%) Power Automate
14 10 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.11%) GitHub
16 8 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.14%) Firewall
2 29 (3.57%) CHAP
3 28 (3.45%) WAN
4 23 (2.83%) Network Security
5 18 (2.22%) VPN
6 17 (2.09%) LAN
7 14 (1.72%) DNS
8 11 (1.35%) DHCP
9 9 (1.11%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.86%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.74%) VLAN
11 6 (0.74%) VoIP
11 6 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.62%) SMS
13 4 (0.49%) Internet
13 4 (0.49%) Wireless
14 3 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.37%) PuTTY
15 2 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
15 2 (0.25%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.40%) Power BI
2 23 (2.83%) Data Lake
3 20 (2.46%) Metadata
4 19 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.60%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.23%) Power Query
6 10 (1.23%) Tableau
7 8 (0.99%) MySQL
8 7 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.62%) Big Data
10 5 (0.62%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.49%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.37%) DB2
12 3 (0.37%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.37%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (2.59%) Git
2 14 (1.72%) JIRA
3 9 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.86%) GitLab
5 5 (0.62%) Maven
5 5 (0.62%) MLflow
6 4 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.37%) JMeter
7 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) Storybook
9 1 (0.12%) ERwin
9 1 (0.12%) GCC
9 1 (0.12%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 337 (41.50%) Social Skills
2 193 (23.77%) Finance
3 144 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (15.02%) Legal
5 64 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 63 (7.76%) Law
7 52 (6.40%) Marketing
7 52 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (6.28%) Retail
9 44 (5.42%) Banking
10 38 (4.68%) Financial Institution
11 29 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (3.08%) Public Sector
13 22 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (2.34%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 9 (1.11%) Local Government
17 9 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 108 (13.30%) Analyst
2 69 (8.50%) Lead
3 62 (7.64%) Senior
4 42 (5.17%) IT Manager
5 37 (4.56%) Report Analyst
6 35 (4.31%) Architect
7 32 (3.94%) IT Support
8 31 (3.82%) Auditor
9 29 (3.57%) Data Manager
9 29 (3.57%) Security Manager
10 28 (3.45%) Data Protection Officer
10 28 (3.45%) Security Auditor
11 26 (3.20%) Development Manager
11 26 (3.20%) Internal Auditor
12 25 (3.08%) Business Manager
12 25 (3.08%) IT Engineer
13 24 (2.96%) Account Manager
13 24 (2.96%) Developer
14 23 (2.83%) Consultant
14 23 (2.83%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.97%) CSS
2 12 (1.48%) HTML
3 10 (1.23%) Node.js
4 9 (1.11%) OAuth
5 7 (0.86%) .NET
5 7 (0.86%) EDI
5 7 (0.86%) REST
6 6 (0.74%) Middleware
6 6 (0.74%) OpenID
6 6 (0.74%) SOAP
7 5 (0.62%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.62%) Jest
7 5 (0.62%) PySpark
7 5 (0.62%) RESTful
8 4 (0.49%) JWT
8 4 (0.49%) XML
9 3 (0.37%) ActiveMQ
9 3 (0.37%) RAML
9 3 (0.37%) React Native
9 3 (0.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 131 (16.13%) Data Protection Act
2 109 (13.42%) Management Information System
3 37 (4.56%) Onboarding
4 30 (3.69%) Security Posture
5 29 (3.57%) Driving Licence
6 27 (3.33%) Cloud Native
7 22 (2.71%) NHS
8 19 (2.34%) Product Ownership
8 19 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.85%) Blockchain
11 14 (1.72%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.35%) CMDB
12 11 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
13 10 (1.23%) Social Media
14 8 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.86%) Data Structures
16 6 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 69 (8.50%) Windows
2 24 (2.96%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.09%) Linux
4 6 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.62%) Unix
6 4 (0.49%) Android
6 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.49%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.37%) AIX
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (26.35%) Cybersecurity
2 197 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
3 147 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 134 (16.50%) Risk Management
5 131 (16.13%) Decision-Making
6 130 (16.01%) Information Security
7 108 (13.30%) Agile
7 108 (13.30%) Incident Response
8 105 (12.93%) AI
9 103 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 98 (12.07%) Analytics
11 91 (11.21%) Data Governance
12 89 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 85 (10.47%) Project Management
14 80 (9.85%) ITIL
15 78 (9.61%) Business Continuity
16 74 (9.11%) Process Improvement
17 72 (8.87%) Disaster Recovery
18 70 (8.62%) Information Governance
19 64 (7.88%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 58 (7.14%) SQL
2 54 (6.65%) Python
3 23 (2.83%) PowerShell
4 20 (2.46%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.72%) Java
6 10 (1.23%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.11%) Bash
8 8 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.86%) Bicep
9 7 (0.86%) PHP
10 6 (0.74%) C#
11 4 (0.49%) Go
11 4 (0.49%) VBA
12 3 (0.37%) Groovy
12 3 (0.37%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.25%) RPG
13 2 (0.25%) Ruby
13 2 (0.25%) Scala
13 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 98 (12.07%) Degree
2 81 (9.98%) CISSP
3 65 (8.00%) CISM
4 46 (5.67%) CISA
5 43 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.94%) FFIEC
7 30 (3.69%) CGEIT
7 30 (3.69%) SANS
8 21 (2.59%) Security Cleared
9 20 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
9 20 (2.46%) DBS Check
10 19 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (2.22%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.09%) PMP
12 17 (2.09%) SC Cleared
13 14 (1.72%) CEH
14 13 (1.60%) CRISC
15 11 (1.35%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.86%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (31.16%) GDPR
2 119 (14.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (11.45%) NIST
4 71 (8.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 65 (8.00%) Data Quality
6 39 (4.80%) COBIT
7 29 (3.57%) PCI DSS
8 26 (3.20%) Accessibility
9 23 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 21 (2.59%) GRC
11 20 (2.46%) QA
12 15 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 15 (1.85%) SOC 2
13 12 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 10 (1.23%) HIPAA
15 9 (1.11%) PMO
16 7 (0.86%) PERC
17 6 (0.74%) EU AI Act
17 6 (0.74%) TickIT
System Software
1 55 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.23%) Docker
3 7 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (2.59%) Terraform
3 14 (1.72%) CASB
4 12 (1.48%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (0.99%) Ansible
6 8 (0.99%) SCCM
7 5 (0.62%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.37%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.37%) QRadar
10 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.25%) Argo
10 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.12%) Grafana
11 1 (0.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 218 (26.85%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.33%) Google
3 17 (2.09%) Salesforce
4 13 (1.60%) SAP
5 12 (1.48%) iManage
5 12 (1.48%) Oracle
6 10 (1.23%) Databricks
7 9 (1.11%) Cisco
7 9 (1.11%) OpenAI
7 9 (1.11%) ServiceNow
8 8 (0.99%) Meraki
9 7 (0.86%) Sage
9 7 (0.86%) VMware
9 7 (0.86%) Workday
10 6 (0.74%) Splunk
11 5 (0.62%) Citrix
11 5 (0.62%) Freshdesk
11 5 (0.62%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.62%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.49%) IBM