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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 214 224
Rank change year-on-year +37 +10 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,079 664 920
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 1.51% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.70% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 730 457 559
10th Percentile £33,500 £26,520 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,813 £35,536 £40,264
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,887 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% -5.66% -8.33%
75th Percentile £81,813 £77,500 £73,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -8.33%

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 70,979 38,973 59,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.36% 88.89% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 50,404 22,584 37,530
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £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% - -8.33%

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 27 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 27 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 +22 430 £65,000 -7.14% 671
South East +27 182 £45,000 +5.88% 196
North of England -1 179 £51,000 +2.00% 242
Midlands +57 154 £53,600 +21.82% 121
West Midlands +33 102 £53,600 -6.68% 75
North West -3 96 £50,000 +27.80% 134
Yorkshire -4 65 £52,500 -11.39% 72
South West -40 63 £50,000 +16.03% 101
East of England -17 61 £39,250 +20.77% 88
East Midlands +7 52 £55,000 +37.64% 46
North East -47 18 £80,500 +40.00% 38
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 90 (8.34%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.65%) WordPress
4 6 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.56%) Confluence
5 4 (0.37%) Apache
6 3 (0.28%) CMS
6 3 (0.28%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) nginx
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.093%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.093%) Documentum
8 1 (0.093%) JBoss
8 1 (0.093%) Moodle
8 1 (0.093%) WebSphere
Applications
1 52 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.46%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.19%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.093%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.093%) InDesign
8 1 (0.093%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.02%) Raiser’s Edge
3 7 (0.65%) SystmOne
4 6 (0.56%) Shopify
5 4 (0.37%) iTrent
6 3 (0.28%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.28%) 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 (0.093%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.093%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.093%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.093%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 242 (22.43%) Azure
2 197 (18.26%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (12.70%) AWS
4 96 (8.90%) Power Platform
5 93 (8.62%) SaaS
6 81 (7.51%) Entra ID
7 46 (4.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 40 (3.71%) GCP
9 37 (3.43%) Microsoft Copilot
9 37 (3.43%) Power Automate
10 32 (2.97%) Serverless
11 30 (2.78%) PowerApps
12 25 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
13 24 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (2.22%) OneDrive
14 19 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
14 19 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (1.67%) Copilot Studio
16 15 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 15 (1.39%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (5.19%) Network Security
2 38 (3.52%) Firewall
3 29 (2.69%) VPN
4 26 (2.41%) DNS
5 25 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (2.13%) DHCP
7 17 (1.58%) Internet
7 17 (1.58%) LAN
7 17 (1.58%) VLAN
8 16 (1.48%) WAN
8 16 (1.48%) Wireless
9 14 (1.30%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.65%) CHAP
10 7 (0.65%) VoIP
11 6 (0.56%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.56%) SSL
12 4 (0.37%) Intranet
12 4 (0.37%) SMS
12 4 (0.37%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.19%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.67%) Power BI
2 35 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (2.87%) Metadata
4 26 (2.41%) SQL Server
5 23 (2.13%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.48%) MySQL
6 16 (1.48%) Tableau
7 14 (1.30%) Data Lake
8 13 (1.20%) Power Query
9 12 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.93%) MariaDB
11 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.56%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.56%) Delta Lake
13 6 (0.56%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (2.32%) Git
2 18 (1.67%) JIRA
3 8 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.56%) GitLab
5 5 (0.46%) MLflow
6 4 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.28%) JMeter
8 2 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.19%) git-flow
8 2 (0.19%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.19%) Maven
8 2 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.093%) Gatling
9 1 (0.093%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.093%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.093%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.093%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.093%) Yeoman
General
1 402 (37.26%) Social Skills
2 219 (20.30%) Finance
3 192 (17.79%) Legal
4 178 (16.50%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (9.36%) Public Sector
6 96 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 96 (8.90%) Law
7 94 (8.71%) Retail
8 73 (6.77%) Organisational Skills
9 71 (6.58%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (3.89%) Marketing
11 38 (3.52%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.78%) Banking
13 19 (1.76%) Aerospace
13 19 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.67%) Financial Institution
14 18 (1.67%) Local Government
15 16 (1.48%) Fire and Rescue
16 13 (1.20%) Back Office
17 12 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (10.57%) Senior
2 87 (8.06%) Analyst
3 84 (7.78%) Architect
4 80 (7.41%) Lead
5 63 (5.84%) Data Manager
6 54 (5.00%) IT Manager
7 50 (4.63%) Developer
8 49 (4.54%) IT Support
9 37 (3.43%) Data Protection Manager
10 34 (3.15%) Data Protection Officer
11 31 (2.87%) Information Manager
11 31 (2.87%) IT Engineer
11 31 (2.87%) Sales Manager
12 30 (2.78%) Consultant
12 30 (2.78%) Service Manager
13 29 (2.69%) Governance Manager
14 27 (2.50%) Security Manager
15 25 (2.32%) Delivery Manager
15 25 (2.32%) Service Delivery Manager
16 21 (1.95%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.43%) Terraform
2 27 (2.50%) HTML
3 22 (2.04%) CSS
3 22 (2.04%) OpenID
4 19 (1.76%) SAML
5 18 (1.67%) OAuth
6 16 (1.48%) AWS CDK
6 16 (1.48%) REST
7 12 (1.11%) LDAP
7 12 (1.11%) ModSecurity
7 12 (1.11%) React
8 10 (0.93%) .NET
8 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
9 9 (0.83%) SPFx
10 8 (0.74%) HTML5 Canvas
10 8 (0.74%) Node.js
11 7 (0.65%) Kafka
11 7 (0.65%) PySpark
11 7 (0.65%) SOAP
12 6 (0.56%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 134 (12.42%) Management Information System
2 107 (9.92%) Data Protection Act
3 103 (9.55%) Onboarding
4 50 (4.63%) Security Posture
5 48 (4.45%) Cloud Native
6 46 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
6 46 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
7 40 (3.71%) Product Ownership
8 34 (3.15%) Virtual Team
9 33 (3.06%) Driving Licence
10 27 (2.50%) Social Media
11 21 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.76%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
12 19 (1.76%) Freedom of Information
13 16 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
14 15 (1.39%) Freedom of Information Act
15 14 (1.30%) CCTV
15 14 (1.30%) Life Science
15 14 (1.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 83 (7.69%) Windows
2 16 (1.48%) Windows Server
3 15 (1.39%) Linux
4 10 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.46%) Android
5 5 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.093%) AIX
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (25.95%) Cybersecurity
2 259 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
3 254 (23.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 211 (19.56%) AI
5 202 (18.72%) Information Security
6 183 (16.96%) Stakeholder Management
7 164 (15.20%) Agile
8 163 (15.11%) Risk Management
9 160 (14.83%) Decision-Making
10 151 (13.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 113 (10.47%) Incident Response
12 109 (10.10%) Data Governance
12 109 (10.10%) Disaster Recovery
13 108 (10.01%) Analytics
14 107 (9.92%) Service Delivery
15 105 (9.73%) Roadmaps
16 93 (8.62%) Business Continuity
16 93 (8.62%) ITIL
17 89 (8.25%) Mentoring
18 85 (7.88%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 89 (8.25%) SQL
2 79 (7.32%) Python
3 41 (3.80%) JavaScript
4 35 (3.24%) PowerShell
5 32 (2.97%) Java
6 28 (2.59%) PHP
7 20 (1.85%) Bash
7 20 (1.85%) C#
8 14 (1.30%) Perl
8 14 (1.30%) Ruby
8 14 (1.30%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.28%) Go
10 3 (0.28%) Groovy
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
12 1 (0.093%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 147 (13.62%) Degree
2 91 (8.43%) CISSP
3 75 (6.95%) Security Cleared
4 65 (6.02%) CISM
5 38 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (3.43%) SC Cleared
7 34 (3.15%) AWS Certification
8 31 (2.87%) Azure Certification
8 31 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.41%) CRISC
10 22 (2.04%) DBS Check
11 21 (1.95%) CISA
12 20 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 20 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.85%) DV Cleared
13 17 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 16 (1.48%) CCSP
14 16 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (0.93%) CEH
15 10 (0.93%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 326 (30.21%) GDPR
2 135 (12.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 101 (9.36%) Data Quality
4 94 (8.71%) NIST
5 66 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 50 (4.63%) GRC
7 37 (3.43%) Accessibility
8 35 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 26 (2.41%) QA
10 22 (2.04%) SOC 2
11 21 (1.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 20 (1.85%) COBIT
12 20 (1.85%) PCI DSS
13 13 (1.20%) ISO 22301
13 13 (1.20%) SLA
14 11 (1.02%) ISO 9001
15 10 (0.93%) PERC
16 8 (0.74%) NCSC
17 7 (0.65%) SOC 1
17 7 (0.65%) TickIT
System Software
1 72 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.76%) Docker
3 13 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.83%) vSphere
5 7 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.093%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.95%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.83%) Ansible
5 8 (0.74%) Nessus
6 5 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.37%) CASB
7 4 (0.37%) Puppet
8 3 (0.28%) SCCM
9 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.19%) Grafana
9 2 (0.19%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.19%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.093%) Argo
10 1 (0.093%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.093%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.093%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.093%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 286 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 31 (2.87%) Google
3 24 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 23 (2.13%) Oracle
5 17 (1.58%) SAP
6 16 (1.48%) OpenAI
6 16 (1.48%) VMware
7 13 (1.20%) Okta
8 12 (1.11%) Cisco
8 12 (1.11%) Databricks
8 12 (1.11%) ForgeRock
9 10 (0.93%) Infor
9 10 (0.93%) Informatica
10 9 (0.83%) iManage
10 9 (0.83%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.74%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.56%) IBM
12 6 (0.56%) Sage
12 6 (0.56%) Workday
12 6 (0.56%) YouTube