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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 181 200
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 809 722 1,217
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.01% 1.88% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 2.02% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 582 495 902
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,114
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.74%
75th Percentile £88,438 £81,250 £68,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.74%

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 60,045 35,779 71,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.70% 93.09% 85.50%
Number of salaries quoted 38,092 20,632 53,699
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £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 £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +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 4 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 4 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 +7 336 £80,000 +3.90% 162
North of England -46 139 £57,239 +4.07% 65
South East -31 121 £40,000 -11.11% 62
Midlands -21 96 £55,000 +10.00% 55
North West -38 80 £50,000 - 32
West Midlands -19 59 £50,000 - 40
Yorkshire -41 52 £57,239 -2.16% 24
East of England -7 49 £43,000 -4.44% 32
South West -20 48 £36,998 -40.80% 29
East Midlands -23 35 £67,500 +135.81% 15
North East -31 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 34 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 26 (3.21%) 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
7 1 (0.12%) JBoss
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.87%) 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 3 (0.37%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.37%) SystmOne
4 2 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.25%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.12%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 179 (22.13%) Azure
2 119 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (8.90%) Entra ID
4 63 (7.79%) Power Platform
5 61 (7.54%) AWS
5 61 (7.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 57 (7.05%) SaaS
7 25 (3.09%) GCP
8 17 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 15 (1.85%) OneDrive
9 15 (1.85%) PaaS
10 14 (1.73%) Google Workspace
11 13 (1.61%) Serverless
12 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (1.36%) Power Automate
14 10 (1.24%) GitHub
15 9 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.17%) Firewall
2 29 (3.58%) CHAP
3 28 (3.46%) WAN
4 22 (2.72%) Network Security
4 22 (2.72%) VPN
5 18 (2.22%) DNS
6 17 (2.10%) LAN
7 15 (1.85%) DHCP
8 9 (1.11%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.87%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.74%) VLAN
10 6 (0.74%) VoIP
10 6 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.62%) SMS
12 4 (0.49%) Internet
12 4 (0.49%) Wireless
13 3 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.37%) PuTTY
14 2 (0.25%) Cisco ASA
14 2 (0.25%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.55%) Power BI
2 23 (2.84%) Data Lake
3 19 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (2.35%) Metadata
4 13 (1.61%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.24%) Power Query
5 10 (1.24%) Tableau
6 7 (0.87%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.74%) MySQL
8 5 (0.62%) Big Data
8 5 (0.62%) Delta Lake
8 5 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.49%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.37%) DB2
10 3 (0.37%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.25%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (2.60%) Git
2 14 (1.73%) JIRA
3 9 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.87%) 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%) 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%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 332 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 191 (23.61%) Finance
3 145 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (14.96%) Legal
5 64 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 63 (7.79%) Law
7 53 (6.55%) Marketing
8 52 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
9 51 (6.30%) Retail
10 44 (5.44%) Banking
11 38 (4.70%) Financial Institution
12 28 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (3.21%) Public Sector
14 22 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (2.35%) Telecoms
16 13 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (1.36%) Manufacturing
18 9 (1.11%) Local Government
18 9 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 112 (13.84%) Analyst
2 67 (8.28%) Lead
3 62 (7.66%) Senior
4 40 (4.94%) IT Manager
5 37 (4.57%) Report Analyst
6 34 (4.20%) Architect
7 32 (3.96%) IT Support
8 31 (3.83%) Auditor
9 29 (3.58%) Data Protection Officer
9 29 (3.58%) Security Manager
10 28 (3.46%) Data Manager
10 28 (3.46%) Security Auditor
11 26 (3.21%) Development Manager
11 26 (3.21%) Internal Auditor
12 25 (3.09%) Business Manager
12 25 (3.09%) IT Engineer
13 23 (2.84%) Account Manager
13 23 (2.84%) Consultant
13 23 (2.84%) Developer
13 23 (2.84%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.85%) CSS
2 11 (1.36%) HTML
3 10 (1.24%) Node.js
4 9 (1.11%) OAuth
5 7 (0.87%) .NET
5 7 (0.87%) EDI
5 7 (0.87%) 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
1 132 (16.32%) Data Protection Act
2 108 (13.35%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.70%) Onboarding
4 30 (3.71%) Security Posture
5 29 (3.58%) Driving Licence
6 28 (3.46%) Cloud Native
7 22 (2.72%) NHS
8 19 (2.35%) Product Ownership
8 19 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.85%) Blockchain
11 14 (1.73%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.36%) CMDB
12 11 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
13 10 (1.24%) Social Media
14 7 (0.87%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 74 (9.15%) Windows
2 29 (3.58%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.10%) 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
1 216 (26.70%) Cybersecurity
2 198 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
3 149 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 133 (16.44%) Risk Management
5 128 (15.82%) Decision-Making
5 128 (15.82%) Information Security
6 109 (13.47%) Incident Response
7 105 (12.98%) Agile
8 103 (12.73%) AI
9 99 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 97 (11.99%) Analytics
11 93 (11.50%) Data Governance
12 90 (11.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 84 (10.38%) Project Management
14 82 (10.14%) ITIL
15 79 (9.77%) Business Continuity
16 74 (9.15%) Disaster Recovery
16 74 (9.15%) Process Improvement
17 69 (8.53%) Information Governance
18 65 (8.03%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 57 (7.05%) SQL
2 54 (6.67%) Python
3 26 (3.21%) PowerShell
4 18 (2.22%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.73%) Java
6 10 (1.24%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.11%) Bash
8 8 (0.99%) Bicep
8 8 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.74%) C#
10 5 (0.62%) PHP
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 96 (11.87%) Degree
2 81 (10.01%) CISSP
3 65 (8.03%) CISM
4 46 (5.69%) CISA
5 43 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.96%) FFIEC
7 30 (3.71%) CGEIT
7 30 (3.71%) SANS
8 20 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
8 20 (2.47%) Security Cleared
9 19 (2.35%) DBS Check
10 18 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (2.22%) PMI Certification
11 17 (2.10%) PMP
12 16 (1.98%) SC Cleared
13 14 (1.73%) CEH
14 13 (1.61%) CRISC
15 11 (1.36%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.87%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (30.66%) GDPR
2 118 (14.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (11.50%) NIST
4 71 (8.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 65 (8.03%) Data Quality
6 39 (4.82%) COBIT
7 29 (3.58%) PCI DSS
8 26 (3.21%) Accessibility
9 23 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 21 (2.60%) GRC
11 20 (2.47%) 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 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 10 (1.24%) HIPAA
15 9 (1.11%) PMO
16 7 (0.87%) PERC
17 6 (0.74%) SLA
17 6 (0.74%) TickIT
System Software
1 59 (7.29%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.24%) Docker
3 7 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.87%) 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 36 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (2.72%) Terraform
3 14 (1.73%) CASB
4 12 (1.48%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.24%) Ansible
5 10 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
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%) Avamar
11 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
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
1 223 (27.56%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.21%) Google
3 17 (2.10%) Salesforce
4 13 (1.61%) SAP
5 12 (1.48%) iManage
5 12 (1.48%) Oracle
6 10 (1.24%) Databricks
6 10 (1.24%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.11%) Cisco
8 8 (0.99%) Meraki
8 8 (0.99%) OpenAI
9 7 (0.87%) Sage
9 7 (0.87%) VMware
10 6 (0.74%) Splunk
11 5 (0.62%) Citrix
11 5 (0.62%) Freshdesk
11 5 (0.62%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.62%) Workday
11 5 (0.62%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.49%) Commvault