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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 199 195
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +64
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 830 693 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.01% 1.76% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.89% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 586 477 911
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,114
25th Percentile £42,125 £41,250 £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 £79,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,250 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.42% +20.00% -9.09%

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 60,429 36,751 71,864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.71% 93.37% 84.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39,858 20,257 53,833
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -10.10%

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 19 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 19 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 0 337 £77,500 +1.97% 169
North of England -14 144 £57,239 +4.07% 76
South East -1 132 £40,000 -11.11% 76
Midlands 0 100 £59,720 +19.44% 54
North West -2 80 £52,500 +5.00% 33
West Midlands -8 66 £53,750 +7.50% 36
Yorkshire -25 58 £57,239 -3.39% 33
East of England -6 53 £43,000 +14.18% 23
South West -32 44 £40,000 -44.83% 28
East Midlands -7 32 £70,000 +145.61% 18
North East -36 6 £56,250 -6.25% 11
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 34 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.60%) CMS
5 3 (0.36%) Apache
5 3 (0.36%) IIS
5 3 (0.36%) WordPress
6 2 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.12%) JBoss
Applications
1 38 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.24%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.72%) Shopify
3 4 (0.48%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.48%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.36%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.36%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
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
1 179 (21.57%) Azure
2 120 (14.46%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (8.55%) AWS
4 69 (8.31%) Entra ID
5 65 (7.83%) Power Platform
6 61 (7.35%) Microsoft Purview
7 55 (6.63%) SaaS
8 28 (3.37%) GCP
9 17 (2.05%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 15 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 14 (1.69%) Google Workspace
12 14 (1.69%) PaaS
13 13 (1.57%) Serverless
14 12 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (1.45%) OneDrive
15 11 (1.33%) Copilot Studio
16 10 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (1.20%) GitHub
16 10 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 50 (6.02%) Firewall
2 27 (3.25%) WAN
3 23 (2.77%) CHAP
4 19 (2.29%) Network Security
4 19 (2.29%) VPN
5 16 (1.93%) LAN
6 12 (1.45%) DNS
7 9 (1.08%) DHCP
7 9 (1.08%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.72%) VLAN
9 6 (0.72%) VoIP
9 6 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.60%) Internet
10 5 (0.60%) SMS
11 4 (0.48%) Wireless
12 3 (0.36%) PuTTY
13 2 (0.24%) HSRP
13 2 (0.24%) IPv4
13 2 (0.24%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (6.75%) Power BI
2 19 (2.29%) Data Lake
3 17 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (2.05%) Metadata
4 15 (1.81%) Tableau
5 14 (1.69%) MySQL
6 12 (1.45%) SQL Server
7 8 (0.96%) MariaDB
8 7 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.84%) Power Query
9 6 (0.72%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.60%) Big Data
10 5 (0.60%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.48%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.36%) DB2
12 3 (0.36%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.24%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (2.77%) Git
2 14 (1.69%) JIRA
3 9 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.84%) GitLab
5 5 (0.60%) Maven
5 5 (0.60%) MLflow
6 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.36%) JMeter
7 3 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.24%) Storybook
9 1 (0.12%) Appium
9 1 (0.12%) Gatling
9 1 (0.12%) GCC
9 1 (0.12%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 336 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 190 (22.89%) Finance
3 136 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (15.90%) Legal
5 62 (7.47%) Law
6 61 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (6.39%) Marketing
7 53 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
7 53 (6.39%) Retail
8 38 (4.58%) Banking
9 33 (3.98%) Financial Institution
10 32 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (3.61%) Public Sector
12 20 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.45%) Local Government
15 11 (1.33%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.84%) Police
Job Titles
1 100 (12.05%) Analyst
2 68 (8.19%) Senior
3 64 (7.71%) Lead
4 40 (4.82%) IT Manager
5 39 (4.70%) Architect
6 37 (4.46%) Report Analyst
7 36 (4.34%) Data Manager
8 31 (3.73%) Developer
9 30 (3.61%) Data Protection Officer
9 30 (3.61%) IT Support
10 29 (3.49%) Development Manager
11 28 (3.37%) Business Manager
12 26 (3.13%) Sales Manager
13 25 (3.01%) Auditor
13 25 (3.01%) Business Development Manager
13 25 (3.01%) Security Manager
14 24 (2.89%) Account Manager
15 23 (2.77%) IT Engineer
16 22 (2.65%) Governance Manager
16 22 (2.65%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.05%) CSS
2 14 (1.69%) HTML
3 10 (1.20%) Node.js
4 9 (1.08%) OAuth
5 7 (0.84%) EDI
5 7 (0.84%) REST
6 6 (0.72%) Middleware
6 6 (0.72%) OpenID
6 6 (0.72%) SOAP
7 5 (0.60%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.60%) Jest
7 5 (0.60%) PySpark
7 5 (0.60%) React
7 5 (0.60%) RESTful
8 4 (0.48%) .NET
8 4 (0.48%) JWT
8 4 (0.48%) Next.js
8 4 (0.48%) XML
9 3 (0.36%) ActiveMQ
9 3 (0.36%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 125 (15.06%) Data Protection Act
2 104 (12.53%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 31 (3.73%) Driving Licence
5 27 (3.25%) Cloud Native
6 25 (3.01%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.89%) Security Posture
8 19 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (2.29%) NHS
8 19 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.81%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.45%) Blockchain
11 11 (1.33%) CMDB
11 11 (1.33%) Social Media
12 10 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
13 8 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.84%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.84%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 68 (8.19%) Windows
2 22 (2.65%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.41%) Linux
4 6 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.60%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.60%) Unix
6 4 (0.48%) Android
7 3 (0.36%) AIX
7 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (25.06%) Cybersecurity
2 183 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
3 145 (17.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 137 (16.51%) Decision-Making
5 125 (15.06%) AI
6 123 (14.82%) Risk Management
7 117 (14.10%) Information Security
8 110 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 102 (12.29%) Agile
10 98 (11.81%) Incident Response
11 96 (11.57%) Data Governance
12 86 (10.36%) Analytics
12 86 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 77 (9.28%) ITIL
14 75 (9.04%) Disaster Recovery
15 73 (8.80%) Business Continuity
16 71 (8.55%) Project Management
17 70 (8.43%) Process Improvement
18 67 (8.07%) Information Governance
19 66 (7.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 53 (6.39%) SQL
2 48 (5.78%) Python
3 28 (3.37%) JavaScript
4 19 (2.29%) PowerShell
5 15 (1.81%) Java
6 13 (1.57%) PHP
7 11 (1.33%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.08%) Bash
9 5 (0.60%) C#
9 5 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.48%) Go
10 4 (0.48%) VBA
11 3 (0.36%) Bicep
11 3 (0.36%) Groovy
12 2 (0.24%) C
12 2 (0.24%) RPG
12 2 (0.24%) Ruby
12 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 99 (11.93%) Degree
2 74 (8.92%) CISSP
3 58 (6.99%) CISM
4 42 (5.06%) CISA
5 41 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.13%) FFIEC
7 24 (2.89%) CGEIT
7 24 (2.89%) SANS
8 23 (2.77%) Security Cleared
9 20 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
10 19 (2.29%) DBS Check
10 19 (2.29%) SC Cleared
11 18 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.81%) PMI Certification
13 14 (1.69%) CRISC
13 14 (1.69%) PMP
14 13 (1.57%) CEH
15 11 (1.33%) Azure Certification
16 8 (0.96%) AWS Certification
17 7 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (29.76%) GDPR
2 109 (13.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 84 (10.12%) NIST
4 68 (8.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 64 (7.71%) Data Quality
6 34 (4.10%) COBIT
7 27 (3.25%) Accessibility
7 27 (3.25%) PCI DSS
8 23 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 18 (2.17%) GRC
10 17 (2.05%) QA
11 15 (1.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 12 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (1.45%) SOC 2
13 10 (1.20%) HIPAA
14 9 (1.08%) PMO
15 7 (0.84%) SLA
16 6 (0.72%) PERC
16 6 (0.72%) TickIT
System Software
1 52 (6.27%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.45%) Docker
3 8 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (3.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.17%) Terraform
3 14 (1.69%) CASB
4 13 (1.57%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (0.96%) SCCM
7 7 (0.84%) Ansible
8 5 (0.60%) SmoothWall
9 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.24%) Argo
10 2 (0.24%) 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%) Nessus
11 1 (0.12%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 213 (25.66%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.25%) Google
3 19 (2.29%) Salesforce
4 12 (1.45%) Oracle
4 12 (1.45%) SAP
5 11 (1.33%) iManage
6 9 (1.08%) Cisco
6 9 (1.08%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.96%) Databricks
7 8 (0.96%) Meraki
8 7 (0.84%) Sage
8 7 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.84%) VMware
8 7 (0.84%) Workday
9 5 (0.60%) Citrix
9 5 (0.60%) MuleSoft
9 5 (0.60%) YouTube
9 5 (0.60%) Zscaler
10 4 (0.48%) Tenable
10 4 (0.48%) Varonis