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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 214 213
Rank change year-on-year +28 -1 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 886 634 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.06% 1.60% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.73% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 623 443 883
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £31,114
25th Percentile £44,046 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.87%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £84,150
UK median annual salary £60,675 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.13% +20.00% -10.00%

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 60,860 36,708 78,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.03% 92.57% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 42,836 20,086 56,665
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +9 353 £80,000 +4.23% 125
North of England +5 165 £57,239 +14.48% 67
South East +18 142 £45,000 - 73
Midlands +38 125 £55,000 +10.00% 47
North West +16 90 £51,000 +7.37% 33
West Midlands +17 79 £50,000 -4.76% 27
Yorkshire 0 67 £57,239 -4.60% 22
East of England -1 54 £43,000 +32.31% 19
East Midlands +7 44 £56,795 +106.53% 20
South West -48 31 £47,500 -24.00% 39
North East -41 8 £80,000 +14.29% 12
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 44 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.56%) CMS
4 5 (0.56%) IIS
5 4 (0.45%) WordPress
6 3 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Confluence
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Moodle
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.56%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) InDesign
8 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.68%) Shopify
3 4 (0.45%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.34%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.23%) iTrent
5 2 (0.23%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) FastStats
6 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 191 (21.56%) Azure
2 135 (15.24%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (9.82%) AWS
4 81 (9.14%) Entra ID
5 76 (8.58%) Power Platform
6 62 (7.00%) Microsoft Purview
7 55 (6.21%) SaaS
8 26 (2.93%) GCP
9 25 (2.82%) Power Automate
10 20 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (1.81%) PowerApps
12 15 (1.69%) Copilot Studio
13 14 (1.58%) OneDrive
14 13 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (1.13%) Google Workspace
17 10 (1.13%) Serverless
18 9 (1.02%) GitHub
18 9 (1.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (5.53%) Firewall
2 22 (2.48%) Network Security
3 21 (2.37%) WAN
4 19 (2.14%) CHAP
5 17 (1.92%) VPN
6 13 (1.47%) LAN
7 11 (1.24%) DNS
7 11 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.90%) DHCP
8 8 (0.90%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.56%) Internet
9 5 (0.56%) SMS
9 5 (0.56%) VLAN
10 4 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
10 4 (0.45%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.45%) VoIP
10 4 (0.45%) Wireless
11 3 (0.34%) SSL
12 2 (0.23%) Intranet
12 2 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (7.00%) Power BI
2 20 (2.26%) Tableau
3 17 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.81%) Data Lake
4 16 (1.81%) Metadata
4 16 (1.81%) MySQL
5 12 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.13%) MariaDB
7 10 (1.13%) Power Query
8 6 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.56%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.45%) Big Data
11 3 (0.34%) Db2
11 3 (0.34%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.34%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (2.26%) Git
2 17 (1.92%) JIRA
3 7 (0.79%) GitLab
4 5 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.56%) MLflow
5 4 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.34%) JMeter
7 2 (0.23%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.23%) Maven
7 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.11%) Appium
8 1 (0.11%) ERwin
8 1 (0.11%) Gatling
8 1 (0.11%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.11%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 358 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 196 (22.12%) Finance
3 143 (16.14%) Legal
4 140 (15.80%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 70 (7.90%) Law
7 63 (7.11%) Retail
8 60 (6.77%) Organisational Skills
9 58 (6.55%) Marketing
10 40 (4.51%) Public Sector
11 34 (3.84%) Banking
12 28 (3.16%) Financial Institution
13 26 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.69%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.47%) Local Government
17 13 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 107 (12.08%) Analyst
2 68 (7.67%) Lead
2 68 (7.67%) Senior
3 47 (5.30%) Architect
3 47 (5.30%) Data Manager
4 44 (4.97%) IT Manager
5 43 (4.85%) Developer
6 38 (4.29%) IT Support
7 37 (4.18%) Report Analyst
8 29 (3.27%) Business Manager
8 29 (3.27%) Development Manager
9 27 (3.05%) Security Manager
10 25 (2.82%) Business Development Manager
10 25 (2.82%) Data Protection Officer
10 25 (2.82%) IT Engineer
11 23 (2.60%) Governance Manager
12 21 (2.37%) Auditor
13 20 (2.26%) Information Manager
13 20 (2.26%) Support Analyst
14 19 (2.14%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.37%) CSS
2 20 (2.26%) HTML
3 10 (1.13%) REST
4 9 (1.02%) OpenID
5 8 (0.90%) Node.js
5 8 (0.90%) OAuth
6 7 (0.79%) EDI
6 7 (0.79%) Middleware
7 6 (0.68%) Kafka
7 6 (0.68%) PySpark
7 6 (0.68%) React
7 6 (0.68%) SAML
7 6 (0.68%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.56%) Next.js
8 5 (0.56%) XML
9 4 (0.45%) .NET
9 4 (0.45%) Jest
9 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.45%) SOAP
9 4 (0.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 128 (14.45%) Data Protection Act
2 104 (11.74%) Management Information System
3 45 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.84%) Security Posture
5 33 (3.72%) Driving Licence
6 31 (3.50%) Product Ownership
7 30 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (3.05%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.35%) NHS
11 11 (1.24%) CMDB
11 11 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.13%) Blockchain
12 10 (1.13%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
13 9 (1.02%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
13 9 (1.02%) Social Media
14 7 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (8.24%) Windows
2 24 (2.71%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.26%) Linux
4 6 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.56%) Android
5 5 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.56%) Unix
6 4 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.34%) AIX
7 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (24.72%) Cybersecurity
2 206 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
3 168 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 147 (16.59%) Decision-Making
5 143 (16.14%) AI
6 136 (15.35%) Risk Management
7 132 (14.90%) Information Security
8 123 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 110 (12.42%) Data Governance
10 109 (12.30%) Agile
11 103 (11.63%) Incident Response
12 92 (10.38%) Analytics
13 90 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 86 (9.71%) Disaster Recovery
15 84 (9.48%) Business Continuity
16 75 (8.47%) Roadmaps
17 73 (8.24%) Service Delivery
18 72 (8.13%) ITIL
19 70 (7.90%) Process Improvement
20 69 (7.79%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 69 (7.79%) SQL
2 52 (5.87%) Python
3 36 (4.06%) JavaScript
4 19 (2.14%) PowerShell
5 17 (1.92%) Java
6 15 (1.69%) PHP
7 11 (1.24%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.90%) C#
8 8 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.79%) Bash
10 4 (0.45%) Go
10 4 (0.45%) VBA
11 3 (0.34%) Groovy
12 2 (0.23%) Bicep
12 2 (0.23%) C
12 2 (0.23%) RPG
12 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.11%) COBOL
13 1 (0.11%) Delphi
13 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (12.08%) Degree
2 73 (8.24%) CISSP
3 57 (6.43%) CISM
4 39 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (4.29%) CISA
6 31 (3.50%) Security Cleared
7 26 (2.93%) SC Cleared
8 22 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
8 22 (2.48%) FFIEC
9 21 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.37%) SANS
10 20 (2.26%) CGEIT
11 17 (1.92%) CRISC
12 16 (1.81%) DBS Check
13 13 (1.47%) Azure Certification
14 10 (1.13%) CEH
14 10 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (1.02%) PMI Certification
15 9 (1.02%) PMP
16 8 (0.90%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (32.39%) GDPR
2 123 (13.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 88 (9.93%) NIST
4 76 (8.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 75 (8.47%) Data Quality
6 32 (3.61%) Accessibility
7 31 (3.50%) COBIT
8 30 (3.39%) PCI DSS
9 28 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 28 (3.16%) GRC
10 18 (2.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 17 (1.92%) SOC 2
12 12 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (1.35%) QA
13 10 (1.13%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 8 (0.90%) PMO
15 7 (0.79%) PERC
15 7 (0.79%) SLA
15 7 (0.79%) TickIT
System Software
1 54 (6.09%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.58%) Docker
3 8 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.03%) Terraform
3 12 (1.35%) CASB
4 8 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (0.79%) SCCM
6 6 (0.68%) Ansible
7 3 (0.34%) Argo
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.23%) Nessus
8 2 (0.23%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.23%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.11%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 235 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.82%) Google
3 22 (2.48%) Salesforce
4 13 (1.47%) Oracle
5 12 (1.35%) SAP
6 11 (1.24%) iManage
7 10 (1.13%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.02%) Databricks
9 8 (0.90%) Sage
9 8 (0.90%) VMware
10 7 (0.79%) Cisco
10 7 (0.79%) Infor
10 7 (0.79%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.68%) Citrix
11 6 (0.68%) IBM
11 6 (0.68%) Workday
12 5 (0.56%) Xero
12 5 (0.56%) Zscaler
13 4 (0.45%) Freshdesk
13 4 (0.45%) Tenable