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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 210 232
Rank change year-on-year +32 +22 +27
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,094 662 845
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.13% 1.51% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.70% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 740 455 534
10th Percentile £33,500 £27,150 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,643 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,887 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% -5.66% -8.33%
75th Percentile £81,438 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £54,221 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.05% -1.42% -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 71,357 38,940 57,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.40% 88.80% 81.14%
Number of salaries quoted 50,719 22,637 35,999
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 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

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 30 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 30 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 +25 432 £65,000 -7.14% 359
South East +12 186 £45,000 +2.86% 152
North of England 0 181 £51,000 +2.00% 166
Midlands +51 154 £53,600 +27.62% 111
West Midlands +42 102 £53,600 -2.49% 74
North West 0 97 £50,000 +27.80% 93
South West -35 69 £55,000 +27.64% 68
Yorkshire -4 66 £52,500 -12.50% 52
East of England -4 62 £39,250 +20.77% 55
East Midlands -1 52 £55,000 +37.64% 37
North East -49 18 £80,500 +40.00% 23
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 92 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.64%) WordPress
4 6 (0.55%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.55%) Confluence
5 4 (0.37%) Apache
6 3 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) nginx
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.091%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.091%) Documentum
8 1 (0.091%) JBoss
8 1 (0.091%) Moodle
8 1 (0.091%) WebSphere
Applications
1 53 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.46%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.27%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.091%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.091%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.091%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.091%) InDesign
8 1 (0.091%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.01%) Raiser’s Edge
3 7 (0.64%) SystmOne
4 5 (0.46%) Shopify
5 4 (0.37%) iTrent
6 3 (0.27%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.27%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.18%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.091%) FastStats
8 1 (0.091%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.091%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.091%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 245 (22.39%) Azure
2 200 (18.28%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (12.52%) AWS
4 98 (8.96%) Power Platform
5 91 (8.32%) SaaS
6 82 (7.50%) Entra ID
7 46 (4.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 39 (3.56%) GCP
9 38 (3.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 38 (3.47%) Power Automate
10 33 (3.02%) Serverless
11 31 (2.83%) PowerApps
12 27 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
13 25 (2.29%) OneDrive
14 24 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
16 18 (1.65%) Copilot Studio
17 15 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
17 15 (1.37%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (5.12%) Network Security
2 39 (3.56%) Firewall
3 31 (2.83%) VPN
4 28 (2.56%) DNS
5 25 (2.29%) DHCP
5 25 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (1.65%) Internet
6 18 (1.65%) VLAN
7 17 (1.55%) LAN
8 16 (1.46%) WAN
8 16 (1.46%) Wireless
9 15 (1.37%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.64%) CHAP
10 7 (0.64%) VoIP
11 6 (0.55%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.55%) SSL
12 4 (0.37%) Intranet
12 4 (0.37%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.27%) SMS
14 2 (0.18%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.67%) Power BI
2 35 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (2.93%) Metadata
4 28 (2.56%) SQL Server
5 24 (2.19%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.46%) MySQL
6 16 (1.46%) Tableau
7 14 (1.28%) Data Lake
8 13 (1.19%) Power Query
9 12 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.91%) MariaDB
10 10 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.73%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.55%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.55%) Delta Lake
13 6 (0.55%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (2.29%) Git
2 18 (1.65%) JIRA
3 8 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.55%) GitLab
5 5 (0.46%) MLflow
6 4 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.27%) JMeter
8 2 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.18%) git-flow
8 2 (0.18%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.18%) Maven
8 2 (0.18%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.091%) Appium
9 1 (0.091%) Gatling
9 1 (0.091%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.091%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.091%) Yeoman
General
1 417 (38.12%) Social Skills
2 229 (20.93%) Finance
3 195 (17.82%) Legal
4 184 (16.82%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (9.23%) Public Sector
6 99 (9.05%) Law
7 96 (8.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 94 (8.59%) Retail
9 82 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
10 74 (6.76%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (4.02%) Marketing
12 40 (3.66%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.74%) Banking
14 19 (1.74%) Aerospace
14 19 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.74%) Local Government
15 18 (1.65%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.55%) Fire and Rescue
17 13 (1.19%) Back Office
18 12 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (10.33%) Senior
2 85 (7.77%) Architect
3 84 (7.68%) Analyst
4 79 (7.22%) Lead
5 65 (5.94%) Data Manager
6 54 (4.94%) IT Manager
7 50 (4.57%) Developer
8 49 (4.48%) IT Support
9 38 (3.47%) Data Protection Manager
10 34 (3.11%) Data Protection Officer
11 32 (2.93%) Consultant
11 32 (2.93%) IT Engineer
12 31 (2.83%) Information Manager
12 31 (2.83%) Sales Manager
13 30 (2.74%) Governance Manager
13 30 (2.74%) Service Manager
14 27 (2.47%) Security Manager
15 25 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
15 25 (2.29%) Service Delivery Manager
16 23 (2.10%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.38%) Terraform
2 27 (2.47%) HTML
3 22 (2.01%) CSS
3 22 (2.01%) OpenID
4 19 (1.74%) SAML
5 18 (1.65%) OAuth
5 18 (1.65%) REST
6 16 (1.46%) AWS CDK
7 12 (1.10%) LDAP
7 12 (1.10%) ModSecurity
7 12 (1.10%) React
8 11 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
9 10 (0.91%) .NET
9 10 (0.91%) SPFx
10 8 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
10 8 (0.73%) Node.js
10 8 (0.73%) SOAP
11 7 (0.64%) Kafka
11 7 (0.64%) PySpark
12 6 (0.55%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 137 (12.52%) Management Information System
2 107 (9.78%) Data Protection Act
3 102 (9.32%) Onboarding
4 52 (4.75%) Security Posture
5 48 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (4.30%) Cloud Native
6 47 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
7 41 (3.75%) Product Ownership
8 34 (3.11%) Virtual Team
9 33 (3.02%) Driving Licence
10 28 (2.56%) Social Media
11 21 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.74%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.74%) Enterprise Cloud
12 19 (1.74%) Freedom of Information
13 16 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
14 15 (1.37%) Freedom of Information Act
15 14 (1.28%) CCTV
15 14 (1.28%) Life Science
15 14 (1.28%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 83 (7.59%) Windows
2 17 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 15 (1.37%) Linux
4 10 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.46%) Android
5 5 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.091%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (26.14%) Cybersecurity
2 264 (24.13%) Problem-Solving
3 262 (23.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 214 (19.56%) AI
5 206 (18.83%) Information Security
6 189 (17.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 168 (15.36%) Agile
8 165 (15.08%) Risk Management
9 161 (14.72%) Decision-Making
10 153 (13.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 114 (10.42%) Incident Response
12 113 (10.33%) Service Delivery
13 111 (10.15%) Disaster Recovery
14 110 (10.05%) Analytics
14 110 (10.05%) Data Governance
15 107 (9.78%) Roadmaps
16 96 (8.78%) Business Continuity
16 96 (8.78%) ITIL
17 89 (8.14%) Mentoring
18 86 (7.86%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 89 (8.14%) SQL
2 79 (7.22%) Python
3 41 (3.75%) JavaScript
4 36 (3.29%) PowerShell
5 32 (2.93%) Java
6 28 (2.56%) PHP
7 20 (1.83%) Bash
7 20 (1.83%) C#
8 14 (1.28%) Perl
8 14 (1.28%) Ruby
8 14 (1.28%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.27%) Go
10 3 (0.27%) Groovy
11 2 (0.18%) Bicep
11 2 (0.18%) C
11 2 (0.18%) R
11 2 (0.18%) RPG
11 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.091%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 150 (13.71%) Degree
2 94 (8.59%) CISSP
3 75 (6.86%) Security Cleared
4 67 (6.12%) CISM
5 39 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (3.38%) SC Cleared
7 34 (3.11%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.93%) Azure Certification
9 31 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (2.38%) CRISC
11 24 (2.19%) DBS Check
12 22 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (1.92%) CISA
14 20 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (1.83%) DV Cleared
15 18 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 17 (1.55%) CCSP
16 17 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (0.91%) CEH
17 10 (0.91%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 332 (30.35%) GDPR
2 140 (12.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 102 (9.32%) Data Quality
4 95 (8.68%) NIST
5 68 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 54 (4.94%) GRC
7 37 (3.38%) Accessibility
8 36 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (2.47%) QA
10 22 (2.01%) SOC 2
11 21 (1.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 20 (1.83%) COBIT
12 20 (1.83%) PCI DSS
13 15 (1.37%) ISO 22301
14 13 (1.19%) SLA
15 11 (1.01%) ISO 9001
16 10 (0.91%) PERC
17 8 (0.73%) NCSC
18 7 (0.64%) SOC 1
18 7 (0.64%) TickIT
System Software
1 72 (6.58%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.74%) Docker
3 14 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.91%) vSphere
5 8 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.64%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.091%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (0.82%) Ansible
4 8 (0.73%) Nessus
5 5 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.37%) CASB
6 4 (0.37%) Puppet
7 3 (0.27%) SCCM
8 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.18%) Grafana
8 2 (0.18%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.18%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.091%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.091%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.091%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.091%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.091%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 293 (26.78%) Microsoft
2 31 (2.83%) Google
3 23 (2.10%) Oracle
3 23 (2.10%) Salesforce
4 17 (1.55%) VMware
5 16 (1.46%) OpenAI
5 16 (1.46%) SAP
6 13 (1.19%) Okta
7 12 (1.10%) Cisco
7 12 (1.10%) Databricks
7 12 (1.10%) ForgeRock
8 11 (1.01%) Informatica
9 10 (0.91%) Infor
10 8 (0.73%) iManage
10 8 (0.73%) Palo Alto
10 8 (0.73%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.55%) Adobe
11 6 (0.55%) IBM
11 6 (0.55%) Sage
11 6 (0.55%) Workday