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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 219 250
Rank change year-on-year +72 +31 +14
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,293 640 729
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.24% 1.48% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.66% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 817 423 400
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,495
25th Percentile £40,657 £36,450 £44,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -0.86%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,987 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.02% -4.37% -0.86%

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 76,481 38,519 54,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.55% 89.12% 82.39%
Number of salaries quoted 53,828 21,783 29,723
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,532 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +24 464 £65,000 -3.70% 907
North of England +34 248 £51,000 +2.00% 360
South East +41 242 £45,000 - 315
Midlands +50 162 £52,500 +1.18% 193
North West +20 135 £45,000 -10.00% 184
West Midlands +28 108 £53,600 -6.78% 110
South West -19 93 £48,125 +27.77% 116
Yorkshire +10 84 £44,000 -26.67% 141
East of England -4 73 £45,000 +38.46% 123
East Midlands -5 54 £45,000 +12.50% 83
North East -39 29 £80,500 +40.00% 36
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
1 115 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.85%) WordPress
4 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.31%) Apache
5 4 (0.31%) IIS
6 3 (0.23%) CMS
7 2 (0.15%) nginx
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.077%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.077%) Documentum
8 1 (0.077%) Moodle
8 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 82 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
4 12 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.39%) Fusion 360
6 4 (0.31%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.077%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.077%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.077%) Elementor
9 1 (0.077%) InDesign
9 1 (0.077%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.85%) Raiser’s Edge
3 9 (0.70%) SystmOne
4 5 (0.39%) Shopify
5 4 (0.31%) iTrent
6 3 (0.23%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.23%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.077%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.077%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.077%) Misys Midas
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.077%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.077%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.077%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 279 (21.58%) Azure
2 229 (17.71%) Microsoft 365
3 142 (10.98%) AWS
4 119 (9.20%) Power Platform
5 98 (7.58%) SaaS
6 94 (7.27%) Entra ID
7 59 (4.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 56 (4.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 52 (4.02%) Power Automate
10 46 (3.56%) PowerApps
11 44 (3.40%) OneDrive
12 41 (3.17%) GCP
13 40 (3.09%) Serverless
14 35 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
15 33 (2.55%) Copilot Studio
16 23 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
18 20 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
18 20 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
19 17 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 57 (4.41%) Network Security
2 43 (3.33%) Firewall
3 39 (3.02%) DNS
4 36 (2.78%) VPN
5 35 (2.71%) DHCP
6 27 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (1.78%) VLAN
8 20 (1.55%) TCP/IP
8 20 (1.55%) Wireless
9 17 (1.31%) Internet
10 15 (1.16%) LAN
11 13 (1.01%) WAN
12 9 (0.70%) SSL
13 8 (0.62%) Cisco IPT
14 7 (0.54%) VoIP
15 4 (0.31%) CHAP
15 4 (0.31%) Intranet
15 4 (0.31%) IPsec
15 4 (0.31%) Unified Communications
16 3 (0.23%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (6.34%) Power BI
2 42 (3.25%) Metadata
3 39 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (2.86%) SQL Server
5 29 (2.24%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.55%) Power Query
7 16 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.16%) MySQL
8 15 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.16%) Tableau
9 13 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.93%) Data Lake
11 11 (0.85%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.77%) DynamoDB
12 10 (0.77%) MariaDB
12 10 (0.77%) Star Schema
13 9 (0.70%) Amazon QuickSight
13 9 (0.70%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (2.17%) Git
2 13 (1.01%) JIRA
3 8 (0.62%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.23%) GitLab
5 3 (0.23%) MLflow
6 2 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.15%) git-flow
7 1 (0.077%) Ant
7 1 (0.077%) Appium
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.077%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.077%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.077%) Yeoman
General
1 499 (38.59%) Social Skills
2 309 (23.90%) Finance
3 251 (19.41%) Legal
4 228 (17.63%) Analytical Skills
5 140 (10.83%) Organisational Skills
6 137 (10.60%) Public Sector
7 135 (10.44%) Law
8 122 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 111 (8.58%) Retail
10 106 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
11 77 (5.96%) Marketing
12 45 (3.48%) Manufacturing
13 37 (2.86%) Banking
14 30 (2.32%) Local Government
15 23 (1.78%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.55%) Financial Institution
17 18 (1.39%) Back Office
17 18 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
18 17 (1.31%) Fire and Rescue
19 14 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 138 (10.67%) Senior
2 124 (9.59%) Architect
3 94 (7.27%) Lead
4 85 (6.57%) Analyst
5 74 (5.72%) Data Manager
6 52 (4.02%) Developer
7 51 (3.94%) IT Manager
8 46 (3.56%) Data Protection Manager
8 46 (3.56%) IT Support
9 38 (2.94%) Consultant
10 34 (2.63%) Sales Manager
11 33 (2.55%) Governance Manager
11 33 (2.55%) Information Manager
12 31 (2.40%) IT Engineer
12 31 (2.40%) Service Manager
13 30 (2.32%) Security Architect
14 29 (2.24%) Business Manager
14 29 (2.24%) Security Manager
15 28 (2.17%) Data Protection Officer
16 27 (2.09%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.02%) Terraform
2 29 (2.24%) HTML
3 28 (2.17%) REST
4 23 (1.78%) OpenID
5 20 (1.55%) OAuth
5 20 (1.55%) SAML
6 17 (1.31%) CSS
7 16 (1.24%) AWS CDK
8 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
8 14 (1.08%) Middleware
9 12 (0.93%) LDAP
9 12 (0.93%) ModSecurity
9 12 (0.93%) React
9 12 (0.93%) SPFx
10 10 (0.77%) .NET
10 10 (0.77%) SOAP
11 9 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
12 8 (0.62%) EDI
12 8 (0.62%) Model Context Protocol
12 8 (0.62%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 177 (13.69%) Management Information System
2 121 (9.36%) Onboarding
3 108 (8.35%) Data Protection Act
4 63 (4.87%) Enterprise Software
5 61 (4.72%) Security Posture
6 53 (4.10%) Cloud Native
7 52 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (3.87%) Product Ownership
9 38 (2.94%) Driving Licence
10 36 (2.78%) Social Media
11 34 (2.63%) Virtual Team
12 29 (2.24%) Freedom of Information
13 27 (2.09%) Data Centre
13 27 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 25 (1.93%) NHS
15 24 (1.86%) AI Agents
16 20 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
16 20 (1.55%) Life Science
17 19 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
18 17 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (7.04%) Windows
2 22 (1.70%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.24%) Linux
4 12 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.46%) Android
5 6 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.077%) AIX
9 1 (0.077%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (25.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 325 (25.14%) Cybersecurity
3 302 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
4 276 (21.35%) AI
5 250 (19.33%) Information Security
6 242 (18.72%) Stakeholder Management
7 204 (15.78%) Risk Management
8 196 (15.16%) Agile
9 189 (14.62%) Decision-Making
10 166 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 147 (11.37%) Roadmaps
12 132 (10.21%) Service Delivery
13 130 (10.05%) Analytics
14 129 (9.98%) Collaborative Working
15 125 (9.67%) Incident Response
16 115 (8.89%) Data Governance
17 111 (8.58%) Information Governance
18 110 (8.51%) Business Continuity
19 108 (8.35%) CRM
19 108 (8.35%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 94 (7.27%) SQL
2 88 (6.81%) Python
3 47 (3.63%) PowerShell
4 42 (3.25%) JavaScript
5 28 (2.17%) Java
6 26 (2.01%) PHP
7 25 (1.93%) C#
8 18 (1.39%) Bash
9 17 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.08%) Perl
10 14 (1.08%) Ruby
11 12 (0.93%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.39%) Bicep
13 3 (0.23%) Go
13 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.15%) R
14 2 (0.15%) RPG
15 1 (0.077%) COBOL
15 1 (0.077%) Delphi
15 1 (0.077%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 170 (13.15%) Degree
2 108 (8.35%) CISSP
3 96 (7.42%) Security Cleared
4 78 (6.03%) CISM
5 47 (3.63%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (3.02%) AWS Certification
8 38 (2.94%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.78%) DBS Check
9 36 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (1.93%) DV Cleared
12 23 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 22 (1.70%) CCSP
13 22 (1.70%) CRISC
14 19 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 19 (1.47%) CISA
15 16 (1.24%) ACCA
15 16 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
16 13 (1.01%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 392 (30.32%) GDPR
2 172 (13.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 117 (9.05%) Data Quality
4 111 (8.58%) NIST
5 83 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 60 (4.64%) GRC
7 48 (3.71%) Accessibility
8 42 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 39 (3.02%) QA
10 30 (2.32%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 22 (1.70%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.55%) ISO 22301
13 20 (1.55%) SLA
14 17 (1.31%) COBIT
15 16 (1.24%) ISO 9001
15 16 (1.24%) NCSC
16 11 (0.85%) PERC
17 9 (0.70%) NIST 800
18 7 (0.54%) SOC 1
System Software
1 73 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.08%) Docker
3 14 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.85%) vSphere
5 8 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.15%) UAG
8 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.077%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 42 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.62%) Ansible
3 8 (0.62%) Nessus
4 5 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.39%) Puppet
4 5 (0.39%) SCCM
5 4 (0.31%) Grafana
5 4 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.31%) NetBackup
6 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.23%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.15%) Autotask
7 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.077%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.077%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.077%) SCOM
8 1 (0.077%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 382 (29.54%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.01%) Google
3 24 (1.86%) Salesforce
4 22 (1.70%) VMware
5 21 (1.62%) Oracle
6 17 (1.31%) Cisco
6 17 (1.31%) Informatica
7 15 (1.16%) OpenAI
7 15 (1.16%) YouTube
8 14 (1.08%) SAP
9 13 (1.01%) Okta
10 12 (0.93%) Databricks
10 12 (0.93%) ForgeRock
11 11 (0.85%) Adobe
12 10 (0.77%) Infor
12 10 (0.77%) OneTrust
12 10 (0.77%) Xero
13 9 (0.70%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.70%) Talend
14 8 (0.62%) Sage