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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 214 252
Rank change year-on-year +62 +38 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,323 639 715
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.27% 1.49% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.68% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 817 425 392
10th Percentile £31,550 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,650 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% +2.03%

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 77,267 38,105 52,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.91% 88.91% 82.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 21,889 28,165
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 15 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 15 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 +19 467 £65,000 -3.51% 72
North of England +58 272 £50,000 - 62
South East +35 243 £45,000 - 64
Midlands +52 158 £52,500 +1.18% 33
North West +41 150 £45,000 -10.00% 27
West Midlands +22 102 £53,600 -8.72% 18
South West -17 92 £52,500 +35.72% 40
Yorkshire +25 90 £40,000 -33.33% 30
East of England -2 80 £45,000 +38.46% 14
East Midlands +8 56 £45,000 +12.50% 15
North East -39 32 £80,500 +40.00% 6
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
1 124 (9.37%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.91%) WordPress
4 5 (0.38%) Confluence
4 5 (0.38%) IIS
5 4 (0.30%) Apache
5 4 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.23%) CMS
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) nginx
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.076%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.076%) Documentum
8 1 (0.076%) Moodle
8 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 82 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.97%) Spreadsheet
4 12 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.38%) Fusion 360
6 4 (0.30%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.076%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.076%) Elementor
9 1 (0.076%) InDesign
9 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.076%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (0.91%) Raiser’s Edge
2 8 (0.60%) SystmOne
3 5 (0.38%) Shopify
4 4 (0.30%) iTrent
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.23%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.23%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.076%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.076%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.076%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.076%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.076%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 283 (21.39%) Azure
2 242 (18.29%) Microsoft 365
3 149 (11.26%) AWS
4 126 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 101 (7.63%) SaaS
6 97 (7.33%) Entra ID
7 74 (5.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 64 (4.84%) Microsoft Purview
9 59 (4.46%) Power Automate
10 51 (3.85%) PowerApps
11 50 (3.78%) OneDrive
12 44 (3.33%) Copilot Studio
13 42 (3.17%) GCP
13 42 (3.17%) Serverless
14 35 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
15 23 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
16 21 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
17 20 (1.51%) Amazon ECS
18 19 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.23%) Network Security
2 44 (3.33%) Firewall
3 42 (3.17%) DNS
4 38 (2.87%) DHCP
4 38 (2.87%) VPN
5 24 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 24 (1.81%) VLAN
6 23 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
7 20 (1.51%) Wireless
8 17 (1.28%) Internet
9 14 (1.06%) LAN
10 12 (0.91%) Cisco IPT
10 12 (0.91%) SSL
11 11 (0.83%) WAN
12 5 (0.38%) VoIP
13 4 (0.30%) IPsec
13 4 (0.30%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.23%) BGP
14 3 (0.23%) Intranet
14 3 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (6.12%) Power BI
2 42 (3.17%) Metadata
3 36 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (2.57%) SQL Server
5 27 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.51%) Power Query
7 15 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (1.13%) Tableau
8 14 (1.06%) MySQL
8 14 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.91%) Data Lake
9 12 (0.91%) NoSQL
9 12 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.83%) DynamoDB
11 10 (0.76%) MariaDB
11 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.68%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
12 9 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (2.12%) Git
2 13 (0.98%) JIRA
3 10 (0.76%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.23%) GitLab
4 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.15%) git-flow
5 2 (0.15%) MLflow
6 1 (0.076%) Ant
6 1 (0.076%) Appium
6 1 (0.076%) Mocha
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.076%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.076%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.076%) Yeoman
General
1 524 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 319 (24.11%) Finance
3 254 (19.20%) Legal
4 238 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
5 145 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
6 141 (10.66%) Public Sector
7 130 (9.83%) Law
8 129 (9.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 111 (8.39%) Retail
10 107 (8.09%) Influencing Skills
11 88 (6.65%) Marketing
12 42 (3.17%) Manufacturing
13 36 (2.72%) Banking
14 29 (2.19%) Local Government
15 25 (1.89%) Aerospace
16 18 (1.36%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (1.28%) Back Office
17 17 (1.28%) Fire and Rescue
18 14 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (10.88%) Senior
2 133 (10.05%) Architect
3 95 (7.18%) Lead
4 80 (6.05%) Analyst
5 73 (5.52%) Data Manager
6 58 (4.38%) Developer
7 51 (3.85%) IT Manager
8 45 (3.40%) IT Support
9 44 (3.33%) Data Protection Manager
10 37 (2.80%) Consultant
11 34 (2.57%) Governance Manager
11 34 (2.57%) Security Architect
12 33 (2.49%) Sales Manager
13 32 (2.42%) Service Manager
14 31 (2.34%) Business Manager
15 30 (2.27%) Administrator
15 30 (2.27%) IT Engineer
16 29 (2.19%) Information Manager
17 28 (2.12%) Senior Manager
18 27 (2.04%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.87%) Terraform
2 33 (2.49%) REST
3 31 (2.34%) HTML
4 23 (1.74%) OpenID
5 21 (1.59%) OAuth
6 20 (1.51%) SAML
7 17 (1.28%) CSS
8 16 (1.21%) AWS CDK
8 16 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
8 16 (1.21%) Middleware
9 13 (0.98%) LDAP
10 12 (0.91%) ModSecurity
10 12 (0.91%) React
10 12 (0.91%) SPFx
11 10 (0.76%) .NET
11 10 (0.76%) Model Context Protocol
11 10 (0.76%) SOAP
12 9 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
12 9 (0.68%) Node.js
13 8 (0.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 181 (13.68%) Management Information System
2 126 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 100 (7.56%) Data Protection Act
4 65 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (4.38%) Product Ownership
6 54 (4.08%) Security Posture
7 53 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
8 51 (3.85%) Cloud Native
9 42 (3.17%) Driving Licence
10 39 (2.95%) Social Media
11 36 (2.72%) Virtual Team
12 32 (2.42%) AI Agents
13 30 (2.27%) Freedom of Information
14 29 (2.19%) Data Centre
15 28 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 25 (1.89%) NHS
17 21 (1.59%) Life Science
18 20 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
19 19 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
19 19 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (6.88%) Windows
2 26 (1.97%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.28%) Linux
4 14 (1.06%) macOS
5 6 (0.45%) Android
5 6 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (26.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 332 (25.09%) Cybersecurity
3 306 (23.13%) AI
4 300 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
5 259 (19.58%) Information Security
6 254 (19.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 205 (15.50%) Risk Management
8 201 (15.19%) Agile
9 195 (14.74%) Decision-Making
10 175 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 153 (11.56%) Roadmaps
12 142 (10.73%) Collaborative Working
13 137 (10.36%) Service Delivery
14 130 (9.83%) Analytics
15 124 (9.37%) CRM
16 122 (9.22%) Incident Response
17 114 (8.62%) Data Governance
18 110 (8.31%) Business Continuity
19 109 (8.24%) Information Governance
20 101 (7.63%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 94 (7.11%) SQL
2 92 (6.95%) Python
3 53 (4.01%) PowerShell
4 45 (3.40%) JavaScript
5 26 (1.97%) Java
5 26 (1.97%) PHP
6 25 (1.89%) C#
7 18 (1.36%) Bash
8 16 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (1.06%) Perl
9 14 (1.06%) Ruby
9 14 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.45%) Bicep
11 3 (0.23%) Go
11 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.15%) R
13 1 (0.076%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.076%) VBA
13 1 (0.076%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 170 (12.85%) Degree
2 110 (8.31%) CISSP
3 104 (7.86%) Security Cleared
4 78 (5.90%) CISM
5 55 (4.16%) SC Cleared
6 49 (3.70%) DBS Check
7 39 (2.95%) AWS Certification
7 39 (2.95%) Azure Certification
8 36 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (1.97%) DV Cleared
11 25 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 24 (1.81%) CCSP
13 21 (1.59%) CRISC
14 19 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (1.28%) ACCA
15 17 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (1.21%) CISA
17 14 (1.06%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 382 (28.87%) GDPR
2 178 (13.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 119 (8.99%) Data Quality
4 106 (8.01%) NIST
5 80 (6.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 62 (4.69%) GRC
7 53 (4.01%) Accessibility
8 44 (3.33%) QA
9 43 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (2.19%) PCI DSS
11 26 (1.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 21 (1.59%) ISO 22301
12 21 (1.59%) ISO 9001
12 21 (1.59%) SLA
12 21 (1.59%) SOC 2
13 19 (1.44%) NCSC
14 12 (0.91%) COBIT
15 11 (0.83%) NIST 800
16 9 (0.68%) PERC
17 6 (0.45%) SOC 1
System Software
1 72 (5.44%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.21%) Docker
4 13 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.83%) vSphere
6 8 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.15%) UAG
8 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.076%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 43 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
3 23 (1.74%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.60%) Nessus
5 7 (0.53%) Ansible
6 5 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.38%) Autotask
6 5 (0.38%) Grafana
6 5 (0.38%) Puppet
6 5 (0.38%) SCCM
7 4 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.23%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.15%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.076%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.076%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.076%) QRadar
Vendors
1 401 (30.31%) Microsoft
2 29 (2.19%) Salesforce
3 28 (2.12%) Google
4 22 (1.66%) VMware
5 19 (1.44%) Oracle
6 17 (1.28%) Informatica
7 16 (1.21%) Cisco
8 15 (1.13%) YouTube
9 14 (1.06%) Okta
9 14 (1.06%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.06%) SAP
10 13 (0.98%) ForgeRock
11 11 (0.83%) Adobe
11 11 (0.83%) Databricks
11 11 (0.83%) OneTrust
12 10 (0.76%) Infor
12 10 (0.76%) Xero
13 9 (0.68%) Talend
14 7 (0.53%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.53%) ServiceNow