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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 216 246
Rank change year-on-year +41 +30 -47
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 708 752 609
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.50% 1.29% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.51% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 484 442 510
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,603 £36,700
25th Percentile £36,650 £46,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +4.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,050 £100,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £63,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.45% +6.00% +4.35%

All Process and 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 39,540 49,886 42,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.04% 85.85% 93.62%
Number of salaries quoted 24,685 25,971 32,760
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025. 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 +68 318 £71,750 -1.03% 108
South East +45 119 £46,000 -20.00% 100
North of England -3 115 £50,000 -9.09% 53
North West +15 64 £50,000 -9.09% 32
Midlands +7 64 £50,000 -16.67% 60
South West +28 49 £35,536 -30.32% 70
East of England +30 37 £43,000 -38.57% 26
Yorkshire -5 36 £50,000 -9.09% 16
East Midlands +33 34 £37,500 -3.85% 26
West Midlands -1 30 £60,000 -4.00% 33
North East +16 15 £65,000 +52.94% 5
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 52 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.27%) Confluence
4 7 (0.99%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) Apache
5 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.42%) IIS
5 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.42%) WordPress
6 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 52 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.71%) Adobe XD
4 5 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.28%) Trello
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.56%) Endur
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.42%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) Odoo
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 172 (24.29%) Azure
2 120 (16.95%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (9.18%) AWS
4 58 (8.19%) Power Platform
5 51 (7.20%) Entra ID
6 37 (5.23%) SaaS
7 33 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.53%) GCP
9 24 (3.39%) OneDrive
10 21 (2.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (2.40%) Power Automate
12 15 (2.12%) GitHub
13 14 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.98%) Serverless
14 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (1.41%) PowerApps
16 9 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (0.99%) Amazon S3
17 7 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
17 7 (0.99%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 46 (6.50%) Firewall
2 36 (5.08%) VPN
3 33 (4.66%) WAN
4 26 (3.67%) DNS
4 26 (3.67%) Network Security
5 24 (3.39%) DHCP
6 23 (3.25%) LAN
7 18 (2.54%) SD-WAN
8 14 (1.98%) TCP/IP
9 13 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (1.55%) Unified Communications
11 10 (1.41%) SAN
12 9 (1.27%) VLAN
13 8 (1.13%) VoIP
14 7 (0.99%) SSL
14 7 (0.99%) Wireless
15 6 (0.85%) CHAP
15 6 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.85%) NAS
16 5 (0.71%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.50%) Power BI
2 20 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.26%) Tableau
4 13 (1.84%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.13%) Metadata
7 7 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.85%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.71%) Power Query
10 4 (0.56%) Data Vault
10 4 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.42%) Apache Iceberg
11 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.42%) MySQL
11 3 (0.42%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 31 (4.38%) Git
2 18 (2.54%) JIRA
3 13 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.55%) ERwin
5 9 (1.27%) GitLab
6 2 (0.28%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.14%) ESLint
7 1 (0.14%) GCC
7 1 (0.14%) GDB
7 1 (0.14%) git-flow
7 1 (0.14%) Maven
7 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Storybook
7 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 306 (43.22%) Social Skills
2 161 (22.74%) Finance
3 118 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (12.01%) Legal
5 54 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (5.65%) Law
7 36 (5.08%) Marketing
7 36 (5.08%) Public Sector
8 29 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (3.25%) Retail
10 21 (2.97%) Banking
11 19 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.98%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.13%) Back Office
16 8 (1.13%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.85%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 120 (16.95%) Analyst
2 69 (9.75%) Senior
3 61 (8.62%) Lead
4 59 (8.33%) Architect
5 45 (6.36%) Developer
6 41 (5.79%) IT Support
7 37 (5.23%) IT Manager
8 36 (5.08%) Technology Director
9 31 (4.38%) Security Architect
10 29 (4.10%) Administrator
10 29 (4.10%) Data Analyst
11 28 (3.95%) Enterprise Architect
11 28 (3.95%) Enterprise Information Architect
11 28 (3.95%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 28 (3.95%) Information Architect
11 28 (3.95%) Information Security Architect
12 26 (3.67%) Support Engineer
13 23 (3.25%) IT Engineer
13 23 (3.25%) Support Analyst
14 22 (3.11%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.39%) .NET
2 18 (2.54%) HTML
2 18 (2.54%) JSON
3 14 (1.98%) CSS
4 12 (1.69%) XML
5 11 (1.55%) RESTful
5 11 (1.55%) Web Services
6 10 (1.41%) React
6 10 (1.41%) REST
7 8 (1.13%) .NET Framework
7 8 (1.13%) WPF
8 7 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (0.99%) Universal Windows Platform
8 7 (0.99%) WinUI
9 6 (0.85%) Node.js
9 6 (0.85%) OAuth
9 6 (0.85%) React Native
10 5 (0.71%) Handlebars
11 4 (0.56%) SAML
12 3 (0.42%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 142 (20.06%) Data Protection Act
2 79 (11.16%) Management Information System
3 43 (6.07%) Driving Licence
4 39 (5.51%) Onboarding
5 30 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (2.97%) Security Posture
7 19 (2.68%) Social Media
8 18 (2.54%) Data Structures
9 17 (2.40%) Cloud Native
10 16 (2.26%) Data Centre
10 16 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.98%) NHS
12 10 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.13%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.13%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.99%) CCTV
14 7 (0.99%) Operational Technology
15 6 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 99 (13.98%) Windows
2 41 (5.79%) Windows Server
3 27 (3.81%) Linux
4 16 (2.26%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.55%) Mac OS
6 9 (1.27%) Android
6 9 (1.27%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.28%) Unix
8 2 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (23.45%) Cybersecurity
2 145 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (19.21%) Information Security
4 130 (18.36%) Agile
5 117 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 116 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 104 (14.69%) Decision-Making
8 88 (12.43%) Analytics
9 81 (11.44%) Risk Management
10 78 (11.02%) ITIL
11 74 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 73 (10.31%) Service Delivery
13 71 (10.03%) DevOps
14 67 (9.46%) Roadmaps
15 63 (8.90%) Coaching
15 63 (8.90%) Mentoring
16 62 (8.76%) Computer Science
17 61 (8.62%) IT Strategy
17 61 (8.62%) Project Management
18 59 (8.33%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 66 (9.32%) SQL
2 61 (8.62%) Python
3 39 (5.51%) PowerShell
4 26 (3.67%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.11%) C#
6 13 (1.84%) Bash
7 11 (1.55%) T-SQL
7 11 (1.55%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.41%) Go
8 10 (1.41%) Java
9 8 (1.13%) Bicep
10 7 (0.99%) C++
10 7 (0.99%) R
11 5 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.28%) Groovy
12 2 (0.28%) PHP
12 2 (0.28%) Ruby
12 2 (0.28%) Rust
12 2 (0.28%) Scala
13 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 144 (20.34%) Degree
2 82 (11.58%) CISSP
3 74 (10.45%) CISM
4 55 (7.77%) DBS Check
5 38 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 29 (4.10%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (3.53%) CISA
9 24 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (2.82%) CRISC
11 18 (2.54%) Master's Degree
12 17 (2.40%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.40%) PMP
13 14 (1.98%) Azure Certification
14 11 (1.55%) CCNP
14 11 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (1.41%) Security Cleared
16 9 (1.27%) CCNA
17 8 (1.13%) AWS Certification
18 7 (0.99%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (24.15%) GDPR
2 89 (12.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (8.05%) Accessibility
4 47 (6.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 43 (6.07%) GRC
6 37 (5.23%) QA
7 34 (4.80%) NIST
8 33 (4.66%) Data Quality
9 23 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 9 (1.27%) PCI DSS
12 8 (1.13%) EU AI Act
12 8 (1.13%) ISAE 3402
12 8 (1.13%) SLA
13 7 (0.99%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.85%) COBIT
14 6 (0.85%) PERC
14 6 (0.85%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.71%) ISO 14001
16 3 (0.42%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 70 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.26%) Docker
4 11 (1.55%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.13%) BitLocker
6 7 (0.99%) Firmware
7 5 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.28%) IAG
8 2 (0.28%) KVM
8 2 (0.28%) QEMU
8 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 58 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (4.66%) Terraform
3 21 (2.97%) Ansible
4 20 (2.82%) Kubernetes
5 18 (2.54%) SCCM
6 14 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.13%) Grafana
8 6 (0.85%) Avamar
8 6 (0.85%) Nagios
8 6 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.71%) Autotask
9 5 (0.71%) CASB
10 4 (0.56%) Rancher
10 4 (0.56%) vRealize
11 3 (0.42%) ArcSight ESM
11 3 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.42%) QRadar
12 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.28%) Puppet
12 2 (0.28%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 203 (28.67%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.67%) Cisco
2 26 (3.67%) VMware
3 18 (2.54%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.40%) Google
4 17 (2.40%) Oracle
5 14 (1.98%) Dell
5 14 (1.98%) HP
5 14 (1.98%) SAP
6 12 (1.69%) Apple
7 10 (1.41%) Veeam
8 9 (1.27%) Adobe
9 8 (1.13%) NetApp
9 8 (1.13%) Splunk
10 7 (0.99%) Alteryx
10 7 (0.99%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.99%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.99%) Syncfusion
10 7 (0.99%) Telerik
10 7 (0.99%) YouTube