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 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 221 218
Rank change year-on-year +40 -3 +48
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 996 646 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.13% 1.49% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.65% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 673 461 768
10th Percentile £33,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,869 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £85,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -13.04%

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 65,293 39,112 69,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.85% 90.12% 82.22%
Number of salaries quoted 46,254 22,446 49,410
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.72%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 +30 410 £75,000 +3.45% 137
North of England +6 162 £57,239 +14.48% 73
South East +4 149 £45,000 - 76
Midlands +49 147 £53,834 +13.33% 54
West Midlands +36 93 £53,600 +3.30% 34
North West -7 90 £51,000 +15.25% 36
Yorkshire +4 62 £57,239 -4.60% 29
East of England -3 58 £40,000 +23.08% 21
South West -40 55 £47,500 +12.31% 33
East Midlands +22 54 £55,000 +100.00% 20
North East -41 10 £80,000 +77.78% 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 73 (7.33%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.50%) CMS
4 5 (0.50%) IIS
4 5 (0.50%) WordPress
5 4 (0.40%) Apache
5 4 (0.40%) Confluence
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.10%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.10%) Documentum
7 1 (0.10%) JBoss
7 1 (0.10%) Moodle
7 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.50%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.10%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 18 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.20%) Raiser’s Edge
3 6 (0.60%) Shopify
4 3 (0.30%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.30%) iTrent
4 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.10%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.10%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.10%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 204 (20.48%) Azure
2 164 (16.47%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (12.45%) AWS
4 89 (8.94%) Power Platform
5 81 (8.13%) Entra ID
6 62 (6.22%) SaaS
7 55 (5.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 35 (3.51%) Power Automate
9 29 (2.91%) Microsoft Copilot
10 28 (2.81%) GCP
11 27 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
12 26 (2.61%) Serverless
13 23 (2.31%) PowerApps
14 20 (2.01%) OneDrive
15 19 (1.91%) Copilot Studio
16 18 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
17 17 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
18 15 (1.51%) Amazon EKS
19 14 (1.41%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 51 (5.12%) Network Security
2 47 (4.72%) Firewall
3 24 (2.41%) VPN
4 22 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (1.81%) DNS
6 15 (1.51%) CHAP
6 15 (1.51%) WAN
7 14 (1.41%) DHCP
8 13 (1.31%) LAN
9 12 (1.20%) Internet
10 11 (1.10%) VLAN
11 10 (1.00%) Wireless
12 8 (0.80%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.50%) SMS
14 4 (0.40%) Cisco IPT
14 4 (0.40%) Intranet
14 4 (0.40%) SSL
15 2 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.20%) VoIP
16 1 (0.10%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.73%) Power BI
2 23 (2.31%) Metadata
3 22 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.01%) Tableau
5 18 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.71%) MySQL
7 15 (1.51%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.31%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (1.00%) MariaDB
10 10 (1.00%) Power Query
11 6 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.60%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.40%) Big Data
14 3 (0.30%) Db2
14 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
15 2 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
15 2 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (1.71%) Git
2 15 (1.51%) JIRA
3 8 (0.80%) GitLab
4 6 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.50%) MLflow
6 4 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.30%) JMeter
8 2 (0.20%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.20%) Maven
8 2 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.10%) Appium
9 1 (0.10%) ERwin
9 1 (0.10%) Gatling
9 1 (0.10%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.10%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 393 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 222 (22.29%) Finance
3 169 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (15.46%) Legal
5 87 (8.73%) Retail
6 80 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (7.83%) Law
8 73 (7.33%) Public Sector
9 60 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (5.22%) Marketing
11 49 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
12 33 (3.31%) Banking
13 24 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
13 24 (2.41%) Financial Institution
14 23 (2.31%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.71%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.10%) Fire and Rescue
17 11 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 102 (10.24%) Analyst
2 96 (9.64%) Senior
3 70 (7.03%) Lead
4 63 (6.33%) Architect
5 52 (5.22%) IT Manager
6 50 (5.02%) Data Manager
7 48 (4.82%) Developer
8 43 (4.32%) IT Support
9 34 (3.41%) Data Protection Officer
10 32 (3.21%) Consultant
11 30 (3.01%) Security Manager
12 29 (2.91%) IT Engineer
13 28 (2.81%) Business Manager
14 26 (2.61%) Governance Manager
14 26 (2.61%) Information Manager
15 24 (2.41%) Development Manager
16 23 (2.31%) Data Protection Manager
16 23 (2.31%) Report Analyst
17 22 (2.21%) Business Development Manager
17 22 (2.21%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.41%) HTML
2 22 (2.21%) CSS
3 14 (1.41%) AWS CDK
4 11 (1.10%) React
5 10 (1.00%) OpenID
5 10 (1.00%) REST
6 9 (0.90%) Node.js
7 7 (0.70%) .NET
7 7 (0.70%) Kafka
7 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
7 7 (0.70%) OAuth
7 7 (0.70%) PySpark
7 7 (0.70%) SAML
8 6 (0.60%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
8 6 (0.60%) Middleware
8 6 (0.60%) SPFx
8 6 (0.60%) Spring Boot
9 5 (0.50%) Next.js
9 5 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 134 (13.45%) Data Protection Act
2 119 (11.95%) Management Information System
3 84 (8.43%) Onboarding
4 47 (4.72%) Security Posture
5 44 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (3.51%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.31%) Product Ownership
8 32 (3.21%) Cloud Native
9 23 (2.31%) Virtual Team
10 19 (1.91%) Enterprise Cloud
10 19 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 16 (1.61%) Freedom of Information
13 15 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.31%) CCTV
14 13 (1.31%) Freedom of Information Act
15 12 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
15 12 (1.20%) Data Centre
16 11 (1.10%) Social Media
17 9 (0.90%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 77 (7.73%) Windows
2 22 (2.21%) Windows Server
3 19 (1.91%) Linux
4 8 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.50%) Android
5 5 (0.50%) Unix
6 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.30%) AIX
7 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 238 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
3 210 (21.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 184 (18.47%) AI
5 164 (16.47%) Information Security
6 162 (16.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 156 (15.66%) Decision-Making
8 147 (14.76%) Risk Management
9 131 (13.15%) Agile
10 117 (11.75%) Data Governance
11 107 (10.74%) Incident Response
12 104 (10.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 96 (9.64%) Analytics
14 95 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
15 92 (9.24%) Service Delivery
16 90 (9.04%) Roadmaps
17 87 (8.73%) ITIL
18 84 (8.43%) Business Continuity
19 80 (8.03%) Information Governance
20 78 (7.83%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 76 (7.63%) SQL
2 75 (7.53%) Python
3 41 (4.12%) JavaScript
4 30 (3.01%) Java
5 29 (2.91%) PHP
6 27 (2.71%) PowerShell
7 21 (2.11%) Bash
8 15 (1.51%) Ruby
9 14 (1.41%) Perl
10 12 (1.20%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.00%) C#
12 9 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.40%) Go
13 4 (0.40%) VBA
14 3 (0.30%) Groovy
15 2 (0.20%) Bicep
15 2 (0.20%) C
15 2 (0.20%) RPG
15 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.10%) R
Qualifications
1 132 (13.25%) Degree
2 84 (8.43%) CISSP
3 60 (6.02%) Security Cleared
4 58 (5.82%) CISM
5 41 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.61%) SC Cleared
7 31 (3.11%) CISA
8 30 (3.01%) AWS Certification
9 25 (2.51%) CRISC
9 25 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.71%) FFIEC
12 16 (1.61%) SANS
13 15 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (1.51%) CCSP
13 15 (1.51%) CGEIT
13 15 (1.51%) DBS Check
14 12 (1.20%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 315 (31.63%) GDPR
2 129 (12.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (9.94%) NIST
4 88 (8.84%) Data Quality
5 73 (7.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 39 (3.92%) GRC
7 35 (3.51%) Accessibility
8 32 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 29 (2.91%) COBIT
10 24 (2.41%) PCI DSS
11 20 (2.01%) SOC 2
12 18 (1.81%) QA
13 16 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (0.90%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.90%) SLA
15 8 (0.80%) ISO 22301
15 8 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (0.80%) PMO
16 7 (0.70%) TickIT
System Software
1 63 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.61%) Docker
3 13 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.70%) vSphere
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (3.71%) Terraform
2 27 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (2.01%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.90%) Ansible
5 8 (0.80%) CASB
6 6 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.30%) Argo
8 3 (0.30%) SCCM
9 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.20%) Grafana
9 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.20%) Nessus
9 2 (0.20%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.10%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.10%) Puppet
10 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 268 (26.91%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.71%) Google
2 27 (2.71%) Salesforce
3 17 (1.71%) Oracle
3 17 (1.71%) SAP
4 15 (1.51%) OpenAI
4 15 (1.51%) VMware
5 10 (1.00%) Databricks
5 10 (1.00%) iManage
6 9 (0.90%) Infor
6 9 (0.90%) Sage
7 8 (0.80%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.70%) Palo Alto
9 6 (0.60%) Cisco
9 6 (0.60%) Citrix
9 6 (0.60%) IBM
10 5 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.50%) Workday
10 5 (0.50%) Xero
10 5 (0.50%) Zscaler