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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 218 220
Rank change year-on-year +34 +2 +39
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,048 661 923
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 1.51% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.69% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 705 453 596
10th Percentile £33,500 £27,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,650 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £90,625
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -4.47%

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 69,225 39,040 59,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.69% 89.39% 81.41%
Number of salaries quoted 48,876 22,555 38,883
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 12 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 12 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 +34 435 £66,041 -8.91% 654
North of England -5 166 £52,500 +5.00% 219
South East +1 164 £45,000 - 180
Midlands +60 149 £54,068 +35.17% 114
West Midlands +40 98 £53,600 +2.10% 80
North West -10 93 £51,000 +30.35% 116
South West -32 62 £48,750 -7.13% 82
East of England -20 59 £45,000 +38.46% 68
Yorkshire 0 57 £57,500 -4.17% 74
East Midlands +9 51 £55,000 +96.43% 34
North East -45 16 £80,500 +40.00% 29
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 84 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.57%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.57%) Confluence
3 6 (0.57%) WordPress
4 4 (0.38%) Apache
4 4 (0.38%) CMS
4 4 (0.38%) IIS
5 2 (0.19%) nginx
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.095%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.095%) Documentum
6 1 (0.095%) JBoss
6 1 (0.095%) Moodle
6 1 (0.095%) WebSphere
Applications
1 52 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.48%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.095%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.095%) InDesign
8 1 (0.095%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.05%) Raiser’s Edge
3 6 (0.57%) Shopify
4 5 (0.48%) SystmOne
5 4 (0.38%) iTrent
6 3 (0.29%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.29%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.19%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.095%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.095%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.095%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 232 (22.14%) Azure
2 186 (17.75%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (13.36%) AWS
4 94 (8.97%) Power Platform
5 77 (7.35%) Entra ID
6 71 (6.77%) SaaS
7 47 (4.48%) Microsoft Purview
8 38 (3.63%) GCP
9 37 (3.53%) Power Automate
10 34 (3.24%) Microsoft Copilot
11 32 (3.05%) Serverless
12 27 (2.58%) PowerApps
13 25 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
14 24 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (1.91%) OneDrive
16 19 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
18 15 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
19 14 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.15%) Network Security
2 35 (3.34%) Firewall
3 25 (2.39%) VPN
4 24 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (2.00%) DNS
6 18 (1.72%) DHCP
7 14 (1.34%) Internet
7 14 (1.34%) VLAN
7 14 (1.34%) WAN
8 13 (1.24%) LAN
8 13 (1.24%) Wireless
9 10 (0.95%) CHAP
10 9 (0.86%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.57%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.57%) SSL
12 5 (0.48%) SMS
13 4 (0.38%) Intranet
13 4 (0.38%) VoIP
14 2 (0.19%) DKIM
14 2 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.87%) Power BI
2 30 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (2.58%) Metadata
4 19 (1.81%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.81%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.81%) Tableau
5 17 (1.62%) MySQL
6 14 (1.34%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.24%) Power Query
8 12 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.95%) MariaDB
10 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.57%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.48%) Big Data
12 5 (0.48%) Looker
13 4 (0.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (1.91%) Git
2 18 (1.72%) JIRA
3 8 (0.76%) GitLab
3 8 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.48%) MLflow
5 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.29%) JMeter
7 2 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.19%) git-flow
7 2 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.19%) Maven
7 2 (0.19%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.095%) Ant
8 1 (0.095%) ERwin
8 1 (0.095%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.095%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.095%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 398 (37.98%) Social Skills
2 214 (20.42%) Finance
3 174 (16.60%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (15.55%) Legal
5 95 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 94 (8.97%) Retail
7 92 (8.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 89 (8.49%) Law
9 72 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
10 64 (6.11%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (3.82%) Marketing
12 35 (3.34%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.96%) Banking
14 21 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.81%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.62%) Local Government
17 16 (1.53%) Aerospace
18 15 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
19 14 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
20 12 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (10.21%) Senior
2 96 (9.16%) Analyst
3 74 (7.06%) Lead
4 73 (6.97%) Architect
5 64 (6.11%) Data Manager
6 53 (5.06%) IT Manager
7 51 (4.87%) Developer
8 44 (4.20%) IT Support
9 35 (3.34%) Data Protection Manager
10 34 (3.24%) Data Protection Officer
11 32 (3.05%) Consultant
12 31 (2.96%) Governance Manager
12 31 (2.96%) Sales Manager
13 30 (2.86%) Information Manager
14 29 (2.77%) IT Engineer
14 29 (2.77%) Service Manager
15 26 (2.48%) Security Manager
16 24 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
16 24 (2.29%) Service Delivery Manager
17 22 (2.10%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.67%) HTML
2 25 (2.39%) CSS
3 19 (1.81%) OpenID
4 16 (1.53%) AWS CDK
4 16 (1.53%) SAML
5 15 (1.43%) OAuth
6 12 (1.15%) React
6 12 (1.15%) REST
7 10 (0.95%) .NET
8 9 (0.86%) LDAP
8 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (0.86%) ModSecurity
8 9 (0.86%) Node.js
9 8 (0.76%) HTML5 Canvas
9 8 (0.76%) SPFx
10 7 (0.67%) Kafka
10 7 (0.67%) PySpark
11 6 (0.57%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.57%) RESTful
11 6 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 128 (12.21%) Management Information System
2 114 (10.88%) Data Protection Act
3 96 (9.16%) Onboarding
4 52 (4.96%) Security Posture
5 48 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
6 46 (4.39%) Cloud Native
7 35 (3.34%) Driving Licence
7 35 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (3.34%) Product Ownership
8 33 (3.15%) Virtual Team
9 25 (2.39%) Social Media
10 20 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 19 (1.81%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.81%) Enterprise Cloud
12 18 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
13 15 (1.43%) Freedom of Information Act
13 15 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.24%) CCTV
14 13 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
15 12 (1.15%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 77 (7.35%) Windows
2 16 (1.53%) Linux
2 16 (1.53%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.76%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.48%) Android
5 5 (0.48%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.38%) Unix
7 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.19%) AIX
9 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (25.38%) Cybersecurity
2 258 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
3 250 (23.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 205 (19.56%) AI
5 185 (17.65%) Information Security
6 174 (16.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 162 (15.46%) Decision-Making
8 160 (15.27%) Agile
9 154 (14.69%) Risk Management
10 125 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 112 (10.69%) Data Governance
12 109 (10.40%) Incident Response
13 108 (10.31%) Service Delivery
14 107 (10.21%) Analytics
15 102 (9.73%) Roadmaps
16 98 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
17 95 (9.06%) ITIL
18 87 (8.30%) Business Continuity
18 87 (8.30%) Mentoring
19 85 (8.11%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 86 (8.21%) SQL
2 80 (7.63%) Python
3 44 (4.20%) JavaScript
4 31 (2.96%) Java
4 31 (2.96%) PowerShell
5 29 (2.77%) PHP
6 22 (2.10%) Bash
7 16 (1.53%) C#
8 14 (1.34%) Perl
8 14 (1.34%) Ruby
9 13 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.24%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.29%) Go
10 3 (0.29%) Groovy
10 3 (0.29%) VBA
11 2 (0.19%) Bicep
11 2 (0.19%) C
11 2 (0.19%) R
11 2 (0.19%) RPG
11 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 140 (13.36%) Degree
2 90 (8.59%) CISSP
3 75 (7.16%) Security Cleared
4 63 (6.01%) CISM
5 40 (3.82%) SC Cleared
6 39 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (3.15%) AWS Certification
8 28 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.48%) Azure Certification
10 25 (2.39%) CRISC
11 24 (2.29%) CISA
12 20 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 20 (1.91%) DBS Check
13 18 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (1.62%) DV Cleared
15 16 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 16 (1.53%) CCSP
16 13 (1.24%) SANS
17 12 (1.15%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (30.44%) GDPR
2 124 (11.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 101 (9.64%) Data Quality
4 88 (8.40%) NIST
5 61 (5.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 47 (4.48%) GRC
7 36 (3.44%) Accessibility
8 33 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 26 (2.48%) QA
10 22 (2.10%) COBIT
10 22 (2.10%) SOC 2
11 21 (2.00%) PCI DSS
12 17 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (1.24%) SLA
14 11 (1.05%) ISO 22301
15 10 (0.95%) PERC
16 9 (0.86%) ISO 9001
17 8 (0.76%) NCSC
18 7 (0.67%) PMO
18 7 (0.67%) SOC 1
System Software
1 70 (6.68%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.81%) Docker
3 11 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.76%) vSphere
5 7 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.095%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (3.63%) Terraform
2 32 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (2.10%) Kubernetes
4 16 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.76%) Ansible
6 7 (0.67%) CASB
6 7 (0.67%) Nessus
7 6 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.29%) Argo
9 3 (0.29%) Puppet
9 3 (0.29%) SCCM
10 2 (0.19%) Grafana
10 2 (0.19%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.19%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.095%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.095%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.095%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.095%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.095%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 274 (26.15%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.05%) Google
3 23 (2.19%) Salesforce
4 19 (1.81%) Oracle
5 18 (1.72%) SAP
6 15 (1.43%) OpenAI
7 13 (1.24%) VMware
8 12 (1.15%) Databricks
9 10 (0.95%) iManage
9 10 (0.95%) Infor
9 10 (0.95%) Okta
10 9 (0.86%) ForgeRock
10 9 (0.86%) Palo Alto
10 9 (0.86%) ServiceNow
11 8 (0.76%) Cisco
11 8 (0.76%) Sage
12 6 (0.57%) IBM
12 6 (0.57%) Informatica
12 6 (0.57%) Workday
13 5 (0.48%) Veeam