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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 215 225
Rank change year-on-year +32 +10 +37
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,050 668 909
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 1.53% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.71% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 699 462 591
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,775 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,156 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,250 £79,625 £72,433
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,125
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.62% -6.65%

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 69,000 39,152 58,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.88% 89.43% 81.36%
Number of salaries quoted 48,669 22,708 38,960
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 9 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 9 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 +30 428 £67,500 -6.90% 397
South East -4 167 £45,000 - 145
North of England -5 164 £52,500 +5.00% 130
Midlands +56 152 £53,834 +28.18% 86
West Midlands +31 101 £53,600 -0.28% 60
North West -2 92 £51,000 +27.50% 61
South West -30 65 £49,375 +4.40% 58
East of England -16 60 £45,000 +38.46% 47
Yorkshire -12 56 £57,500 -4.17% 53
East Midlands +4 51 £55,000 +96.43% 26
North East -42 16 £80,500 +40.00% 16
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 84 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.57%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.57%) Confluence
3 6 (0.57%) WordPress
4 5 (0.48%) IIS
5 4 (0.38%) Apache
5 4 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.19%) nginx
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.095%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.095%) Documentum
7 1 (0.095%) JBoss
7 1 (0.095%) Moodle
7 1 (0.095%) WebSphere
Applications
1 52 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.48%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.095%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.095%) InDesign
8 1 (0.095%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.14%) Raiser’s Edge
3 6 (0.57%) Shopify
4 5 (0.48%) SystmOne
5 3 (0.29%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.29%) iTrent
6 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.19%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.095%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.095%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.095%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 230 (21.90%) Azure
2 187 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (13.33%) AWS
4 95 (9.05%) Power Platform
5 78 (7.43%) Entra ID
6 72 (6.86%) SaaS
7 46 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 38 (3.62%) Power Automate
9 37 (3.52%) GCP
10 33 (3.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 32 (3.05%) Serverless
12 26 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
12 26 (2.48%) PowerApps
13 24 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (2.00%) OneDrive
15 19 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
16 18 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
17 15 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
18 14 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 53 (5.05%) Network Security
2 35 (3.33%) Firewall
3 25 (2.38%) VPN
4 23 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (2.00%) DNS
6 18 (1.71%) DHCP
7 14 (1.33%) Internet
7 14 (1.33%) WAN
8 13 (1.24%) VLAN
9 12 (1.14%) LAN
9 12 (1.14%) Wireless
10 10 (0.95%) CHAP
11 8 (0.76%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.57%) Cisco IPT
12 6 (0.57%) SSL
13 5 (0.48%) SMS
14 4 (0.38%) Intranet
14 4 (0.38%) VoIP
15 2 (0.19%) DKIM
15 2 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.95%) Power BI
2 29 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (2.57%) Metadata
4 20 (1.90%) Tableau
5 17 (1.62%) MySQL
5 17 (1.62%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.62%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.33%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.24%) Power Query
8 12 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.95%) MariaDB
10 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.57%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.48%) Big Data
12 5 (0.48%) Looker
13 4 (0.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (1.90%) Git
2 18 (1.71%) JIRA
3 8 (0.76%) GitLab
3 8 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.48%) MLflow
5 4 (0.38%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.29%) JMeter
7 2 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.19%) git-flow
7 2 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.19%) Maven
7 2 (0.19%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.095%) Appium
8 1 (0.095%) Gatling
8 1 (0.095%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.095%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.095%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.095%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 403 (38.38%) Social Skills
2 217 (20.67%) Finance
3 174 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (15.62%) Legal
5 96 (9.14%) Retail
6 95 (9.05%) Public Sector
7 93 (8.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 90 (8.57%) Law
9 73 (6.95%) Organisational Skills
10 65 (6.19%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (3.81%) Marketing
12 35 (3.33%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.86%) Banking
14 21 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.81%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.62%) Local Government
17 16 (1.52%) Aerospace
18 15 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
19 14 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
20 12 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (10.10%) Senior
2 98 (9.33%) Analyst
3 76 (7.24%) Architect
4 73 (6.95%) Lead
5 62 (5.90%) Data Manager
6 53 (5.05%) IT Manager
7 52 (4.95%) Developer
8 44 (4.19%) IT Support
9 33 (3.14%) Data Protection Manager
9 33 (3.14%) Data Protection Officer
10 32 (3.05%) Consultant
11 30 (2.86%) Governance Manager
11 30 (2.86%) Information Manager
11 30 (2.86%) Service Manager
12 29 (2.76%) IT Engineer
12 29 (2.76%) Sales Manager
13 27 (2.57%) Security Manager
14 24 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
14 24 (2.29%) Service Delivery Manager
15 23 (2.19%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.67%) HTML
2 26 (2.48%) CSS
3 19 (1.81%) OpenID
4 16 (1.52%) AWS CDK
4 16 (1.52%) OAuth
4 16 (1.52%) SAML
5 13 (1.24%) REST
6 12 (1.14%) React
7 10 (0.95%) .NET
8 9 (0.86%) LDAP
8 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (0.86%) ModSecurity
8 9 (0.86%) Node.js
9 8 (0.76%) HTML5 Canvas
9 8 (0.76%) SPFx
10 7 (0.67%) Kafka
10 7 (0.67%) PySpark
11 6 (0.57%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.57%) SOAP
11 6 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 129 (12.29%) Management Information System
2 116 (11.05%) Data Protection Act
3 96 (9.14%) Onboarding
4 51 (4.86%) Security Posture
5 49 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (4.48%) Cloud Native
7 36 (3.43%) Driving Licence
8 35 (3.33%) Product Ownership
9 33 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (3.14%) Virtual Team
10 25 (2.38%) Social Media
11 20 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.81%) Enterprise Cloud
13 18 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
14 17 (1.62%) Data Centre
15 16 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
16 15 (1.43%) Freedom of Information Act
17 13 (1.24%) CCTV
17 13 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
18 12 (1.14%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.43%) Windows
2 17 (1.62%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.52%) Linux
4 8 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.48%) Android
7 4 (0.38%) Unix
7 4 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.19%) AIX
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (24.86%) Cybersecurity
2 260 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
3 249 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 204 (19.43%) AI
5 184 (17.52%) Information Security
6 174 (16.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 166 (15.81%) Decision-Making
8 161 (15.33%) Agile
9 152 (14.48%) Risk Management
10 124 (11.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 113 (10.76%) Data Governance
12 109 (10.38%) Service Delivery
13 108 (10.29%) Incident Response
14 105 (10.00%) Analytics
14 105 (10.00%) Roadmaps
15 96 (9.14%) Disaster Recovery
16 94 (8.95%) ITIL
17 90 (8.57%) Mentoring
18 88 (8.38%) Business Continuity
19 84 (8.00%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 85 (8.10%) SQL
2 82 (7.81%) Python
3 45 (4.29%) JavaScript
4 32 (3.05%) Java
5 29 (2.76%) PHP
5 29 (2.76%) PowerShell
6 22 (2.10%) Bash
7 16 (1.52%) C#
8 14 (1.33%) Perl
8 14 (1.33%) Ruby
9 13 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.24%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.29%) Go
10 3 (0.29%) Groovy
10 3 (0.29%) VBA
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
Qualifications
1 138 (13.14%) Degree
2 93 (8.86%) CISSP
3 76 (7.24%) Security Cleared
4 65 (6.19%) CISM
5 40 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 39 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (3.14%) AWS Certification
8 28 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.48%) Azure Certification
9 26 (2.48%) CRISC
10 25 (2.38%) CISA
11 20 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 20 (1.90%) DBS Check
12 18 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (1.62%) DV Cleared
14 16 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 16 (1.52%) CCSP
15 13 (1.24%) SANS
16 12 (1.14%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 318 (30.29%) GDPR
2 124 (11.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (9.43%) Data Quality
4 88 (8.38%) NIST
5 61 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 47 (4.48%) GRC
7 36 (3.43%) Accessibility
8 33 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (2.57%) QA
10 23 (2.19%) COBIT
11 22 (2.10%) PCI DSS
11 22 (2.10%) SOC 2
12 17 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 13 (1.24%) SLA
14 11 (1.05%) ISO 22301
15 10 (0.95%) PERC
16 9 (0.86%) ISO 9001
17 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 8 (0.76%) NCSC
18 7 (0.67%) SOC 1
System Software
1 71 (6.76%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.81%) Docker
3 10 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.67%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.095%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (3.62%) Terraform
2 31 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (2.10%) Kubernetes
4 16 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.76%) Ansible
6 7 (0.67%) CASB
7 6 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.57%) Nessus
8 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.29%) Argo
9 3 (0.29%) Puppet
9 3 (0.29%) SCCM
10 2 (0.19%) Grafana
10 2 (0.19%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.19%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.095%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.095%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.095%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.095%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.095%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 274 (26.10%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.05%) Google
3 25 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 19 (1.81%) Oracle
4 19 (1.81%) SAP
5 15 (1.43%) OpenAI
6 12 (1.14%) Databricks
6 12 (1.14%) VMware
7 10 (0.95%) iManage
7 10 (0.95%) Infor
7 10 (0.95%) Okta
7 10 (0.95%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.86%) ForgeRock
8 9 (0.86%) Palo Alto
8 9 (0.86%) Sage
9 7 (0.67%) Cisco
10 6 (0.57%) IBM
10 6 (0.57%) Informatica
11 5 (0.48%) Citrix
11 5 (0.48%) Commvault