Data Protection Jobs in England

Data Protection
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 215 274
Rank change year-on-year -48 +59 -32
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 637 1,203 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.25% 1.28% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.55% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 442 857 651
10th Percentile £28,100 £30,868 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,751 £37,500 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.00% -11.50% +2.73%
75th Percentile £80,938 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £106,125 £85,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +18.00% -12.28% +3.64%

All Process and 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 46,845 77,718 75,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 91.63% 82.55% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 24,324 55,094 47,411
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,228
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
% change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in England.

Salary trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025. 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 +49 288 £75,000 +45.63% 1,263
North of England -59 123 £50,000 +5.26% 389
South East -3 103 £45,000 -6.74% 348
North West -39 89 £46,250 +8.82% 223
Midlands -48 55 £50,000 - 246
East of England +31 41 £36,161 -32.09% 183
West Midlands -19 40 £51,887 -0.22% 154
Yorkshire -3 31 £60,000 +14.29% 123
South West +39 22 £62,500 +28.21% 179
East Midlands +1 14 £27,500 -45.00% 92
North East +21 3 £57,500 +59.72% 44
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 53 (8.32%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.88%) CMS
4 7 (1.10%) Confluence
5 5 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.78%) SAS
5 5 (0.78%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.63%) IIS
7 2 (0.31%) GemFire
8 1 (0.16%) Apache
8 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 45 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (6.75%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.26%) Trello
5 7 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.78%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.78%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) InDesign
7 1 (0.16%) Sketch
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (3.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.78%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.63%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.16%) Lorenzo
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 181 (28.41%) Azure
2 135 (21.19%) Microsoft 365
3 99 (15.54%) AWS
4 62 (9.73%) Power Platform
5 49 (7.69%) GCP
6 36 (5.65%) Entra ID
7 25 (3.92%) Serverless
8 23 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (2.67%) OneDrive
11 17 (2.67%) PowerApps
12 16 (2.51%) Rubrik
12 16 (2.51%) SaaS
13 15 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (2.04%) GitHub
16 11 (1.73%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.75%) Firewall
2 42 (6.59%) Network Security
3 21 (3.30%) DNS
4 18 (2.83%) WAN
5 17 (2.67%) LAN
5 17 (2.67%) TCP/IP
5 17 (2.67%) VPN
6 14 (2.20%) VLAN
7 12 (1.88%) Wireless
8 10 (1.57%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.41%) DHCP
9 9 (1.41%) HTTP
9 9 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (1.41%) Remote Desktop
9 9 (1.41%) SMTP
10 8 (1.26%) Internet
11 7 (1.10%) Ethernet
11 7 (1.10%) VoIP
12 6 (0.94%) Intranet
12 6 (0.94%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.54%) Power BI
2 22 (3.45%) Tableau
3 18 (2.83%) Metadata
4 16 (2.51%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.35%) MySQL
6 13 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.73%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.41%) IBM InfoSphere
9 9 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (1.10%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.10%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.63%) Big Data
13 4 (0.63%) DTS
13 4 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.63%) Metadata Repository
13 4 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (4.08%) JIRA
2 19 (2.98%) Git
3 6 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.63%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.63%) PHPUnit
5 3 (0.47%) GitLab
5 3 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.47%) Vite
6 2 (0.31%) Postman
7 1 (0.16%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.16%) ERwin
7 1 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.16%) Selenium
7 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 289 (45.37%) Social Skills
2 128 (20.09%) Finance
3 94 (14.76%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (11.62%) Legal
5 57 (8.95%) Law
6 53 (8.32%) Marketing
7 50 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (3.61%) Banking
8 23 (3.61%) Retail
9 20 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (2.51%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.04%) Front Office
13 12 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.73%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.94%) Back Office
16 6 (0.94%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (13.03%) Lead
2 69 (10.83%) Senior
3 67 (10.52%) Analyst
4 50 (7.85%) Developer
5 47 (7.38%) Architect
6 38 (5.97%) Administrator
7 26 (4.08%) Security Engineer
8 23 (3.61%) IT Administrator
8 23 (3.61%) IT Support
9 22 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (3.30%) IT Manager
11 16 (2.51%) AWS Architect
11 16 (2.51%) Security Manager
11 16 (2.51%) Support Analyst
11 16 (2.51%) Support Engineer
12 15 (2.35%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (2.35%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.20%) 1st Line Support
13 14 (2.20%) Data Analyst
13 14 (2.20%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.61%) CSS
1 23 (3.61%) HTML
2 21 (3.30%) .NET
2 21 (3.30%) React
3 19 (2.98%) Kafka
3 19 (2.98%) RESTful
4 14 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (1.57%) REST
6 9 (1.41%) Node.js
7 8 (1.26%) JSON
7 8 (1.26%) Laravel
7 8 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.10%) Middleware
9 6 (0.94%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.94%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.94%) XML
10 5 (0.78%) GraphQL
10 5 (0.78%) LAMP
10 5 (0.78%) React Native
11 4 (0.63%) Handlebars
Miscellaneous
1 161 (25.27%) Data Protection Act
2 90 (14.13%) Management Information System
3 39 (6.12%) Social Media
4 24 (3.77%) Security Posture
4 24 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 22 (3.45%) Freedom of Information
7 18 (2.83%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.83%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
9 15 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.20%) NHS
11 13 (2.04%) Driving Licence
12 11 (1.73%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.73%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.57%) Freedom of Information Act
14 9 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (1.26%) Cyberattack
16 7 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 92 (14.44%) Windows
2 36 (5.65%) Windows Server
3 33 (5.18%) Linux
4 19 (2.98%) Windows Vista
5 11 (1.73%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.10%) Android
8 6 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.94%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.78%) Unix
9 5 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.47%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.47%) VMS
11 2 (0.31%) Debian
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
2 137 (21.51%) Cybersecurity
3 114 (17.90%) Information Security
4 105 (16.48%) Agile
4 105 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 83 (13.03%) Mentoring
6 80 (12.56%) Customer Service
7 79 (12.40%) Risk Management
8 78 (12.24%) Project Management
9 73 (11.46%) CI/CD
10 69 (10.83%) DevOps
11 67 (10.52%) Incident Response
12 65 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 62 (9.73%) Collaborative Working
14 58 (9.11%) ITIL
14 58 (9.11%) Process Improvement
15 56 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
15 56 (8.79%) Disaster Recovery
16 55 (8.63%) Cloud Security
17 54 (8.48%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 74 (11.62%) SQL
2 65 (10.20%) Python
3 43 (6.75%) JavaScript
4 35 (5.49%) C#
4 35 (5.49%) PowerShell
5 34 (5.34%) Java
6 17 (2.67%) R
7 12 (1.88%) PHP
7 12 (1.88%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.73%) Go
9 8 (1.26%) Bash
10 4 (0.63%) C++
11 3 (0.47%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.31%) Bicep
12 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.16%) Scala
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
13 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 127 (19.94%) Degree
2 49 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 40 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (5.49%) CISSP
4 35 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (5.18%) CISM
6 28 (4.40%) CISA
7 26 (4.08%) Security Cleared
8 20 (3.14%) SC Cleared
9 18 (2.83%) AWS Certification
10 16 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (2.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 15 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (2.35%) PMI Certification
11 15 (2.35%) PMP
12 12 (1.88%) Azure Certification
13 11 (1.73%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.57%) CRISC
15 9 (1.41%) CCSP
16 8 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (25.59%) GDPR
2 75 (11.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (7.54%) NIST
4 40 (6.28%) SLA
5 37 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 33 (5.18%) Data Quality
7 30 (4.71%) Accessibility
8 24 (3.77%) HIPAA
9 23 (3.61%) QA
10 18 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 18 (2.83%) PCI DSS
11 16 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 9 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 9 (1.41%) SOC 2
13 8 (1.26%) GRC
14 7 (1.10%) COBIT
15 6 (0.94%) GxP
16 4 (0.63%) Basel II
16 4 (0.63%) Basel III
16 4 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (12.09%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.34%) Docker
3 21 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (2.35%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.47%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.16%) Firmware
8 1 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.16%) IAG
8 1 (0.16%) pfSense
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (4.87%) Kubernetes
3 22 (3.45%) Terraform
4 21 (3.30%) Grafana
5 17 (2.67%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.20%) NetBackup
7 12 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (1.41%) SCCM
9 6 (0.94%) Avamar
10 5 (0.78%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.63%) Ansible
11 4 (0.63%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (0.63%) Nagios
11 4 (0.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 3 (0.47%) CASB
13 2 (0.31%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.31%) Puppet
Vendors
1 199 (31.24%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.28%) Google
3 38 (5.97%) VMware
4 26 (4.08%) Oracle
5 18 (2.83%) Cisco
6 17 (2.67%) Informatica
7 14 (2.20%) Citrix
7 14 (2.20%) Meraki
8 13 (2.04%) Commvault
8 13 (2.04%) Facebook
8 13 (2.04%) SAP
9 11 (1.73%) Zerto
10 10 (1.57%) Adobe
10 10 (1.57%) IBM
10 10 (1.57%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.26%) Apple
12 7 (1.10%) Databricks
12 7 (1.10%) OneTrust
13 6 (0.94%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.94%) Splunk