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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 218 217
Rank change year-on-year +41 -1 +46
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 993 653 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 1.51% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.67% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 667 465 733
10th Percentile £33,500 £28,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,389 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -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 65,539 39,008 67,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.79% 90.04% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 46,429 22,397 46,860
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 £74,280
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 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 22 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 +32 406 £75,000 +1.35% 234
North of England +3 157 £57,239 +14.48% 77
Midlands +58 151 £54,068 +9.23% 57
South East +2 146 £45,000 +2.86% 85
West Midlands +44 97 £53,600 +3.30% 36
North West -11 87 £51,000 +13.33% 42
South West -39 62 £47,500 +6.53% 37
Yorkshire -6 59 £57,239 -4.60% 26
East of England +6 56 £40,000 +23.08% 20
East Midlands +11 54 £55,000 +100.00% 21
North East -45 11 £80,000 +39.13% 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 72 (7.25%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.72%) 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 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.01%) 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 16 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.21%) 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
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
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%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.10%) FastStats
6 1 (0.10%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.10%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.10%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 200 (20.14%) Azure
2 164 (16.52%) Microsoft 365
3 125 (12.59%) AWS
4 88 (8.86%) Power Platform
5 77 (7.75%) Entra ID
6 64 (6.45%) SaaS
7 50 (5.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 35 (3.52%) Power Automate
9 29 (2.92%) Microsoft Copilot
10 28 (2.82%) GCP
11 27 (2.72%) Serverless
12 26 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
13 23 (2.32%) PowerApps
14 20 (2.01%) OneDrive
15 19 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.91%) Copilot Studio
16 17 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
16 17 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
17 15 (1.51%) Amazon EKS
18 14 (1.41%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 51 (5.14%) Network Security
2 43 (4.33%) Firewall
3 24 (2.42%) VPN
4 22 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (1.71%) DNS
6 15 (1.51%) WAN
7 14 (1.41%) DHCP
8 13 (1.31%) LAN
9 12 (1.21%) CHAP
9 12 (1.21%) Internet
10 11 (1.11%) VLAN
11 10 (1.01%) Wireless
12 8 (0.81%) 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%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.75%) Power BI
2 23 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (2.11%) Metadata
4 20 (2.01%) Tableau
5 17 (1.71%) MySQL
6 16 (1.61%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.41%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.31%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.11%) Power Query
10 10 (1.01%) MariaDB
11 6 (0.60%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.40%) Big Data
14 3 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
15 2 (0.20%) Looker
15 2 (0.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 15 (1.51%) Git
1 15 (1.51%) JIRA
2 8 (0.81%) GitLab
3 6 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.50%) MLflow
5 4 (0.40%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.30%) JMeter
7 2 (0.20%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.20%) Maven
7 2 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.10%) Appium
8 1 (0.10%) ERwin
8 1 (0.10%) Gatling
8 1 (0.10%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.10%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.10%) Selenium
8 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 386 (38.87%) Social Skills
2 221 (22.26%) Finance
3 173 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (15.71%) Legal
5 94 (9.47%) Retail
6 81 (8.16%) Law
7 78 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 77 (7.75%) Public Sector
9 60 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
10 56 (5.64%) Influencing Skills
11 50 (5.04%) Marketing
12 30 (3.02%) Banking
13 24 (2.42%) Manufacturing
14 23 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
15 22 (2.22%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.71%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (1.21%) Fire and Rescue
19 11 (1.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (9.87%) Analyst
2 96 (9.67%) Senior
3 68 (6.85%) Lead
4 62 (6.24%) Architect
5 52 (5.24%) IT Manager
6 51 (5.14%) Data Manager
7 48 (4.83%) Developer
8 43 (4.33%) IT Support
9 33 (3.32%) Data Protection Officer
10 32 (3.22%) Consultant
11 30 (3.02%) Security Manager
12 29 (2.92%) IT Engineer
12 29 (2.92%) Service Manager
13 28 (2.82%) Business Manager
14 26 (2.62%) Governance Manager
14 26 (2.62%) Information Manager
15 24 (2.42%) Data Protection Manager
15 24 (2.42%) Delivery Manager
15 24 (2.42%) Service Delivery Manager
16 23 (2.32%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.42%) HTML
2 22 (2.22%) CSS
3 14 (1.41%) AWS CDK
4 11 (1.11%) OpenID
4 11 (1.11%) React
5 10 (1.01%) REST
6 8 (0.81%) Node.js
6 8 (0.81%) OAuth
6 8 (0.81%) SAML
7 7 (0.70%) .NET
7 7 (0.70%) Kafka
7 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
7 7 (0.70%) PySpark
8 6 (0.60%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
8 6 (0.60%) SPFx
8 6 (0.60%) Spring Boot
9 5 (0.50%) Middleware
9 5 (0.50%) Next.js
9 5 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (12.99%) Data Protection Act
2 114 (11.48%) Management Information System
3 85 (8.56%) Onboarding
4 48 (4.83%) Security Posture
5 43 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (3.52%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.32%) Cloud Native
8 31 (3.12%) Product Ownership
9 30 (3.02%) Virtual Team
10 20 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.91%) Enterprise Cloud
12 18 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 16 (1.61%) Freedom of Information
14 13 (1.31%) CCTV
14 13 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
14 13 (1.31%) Freedom of Information Act
14 13 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.21%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.21%) Social Media
16 9 (0.91%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 74 (7.45%) Windows
2 20 (2.01%) Windows Server
3 19 (1.91%) Linux
4 8 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.50%) Android
6 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.40%) Unix
6 4 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.20%) AIX
8 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (24.57%) Cybersecurity
2 237 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
3 216 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 182 (18.33%) AI
5 165 (16.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 163 (16.41%) Information Security
7 152 (15.31%) Decision-Making
8 142 (14.30%) Risk Management
9 131 (13.19%) Agile
10 113 (11.38%) Data Governance
11 103 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 101 (10.17%) Incident Response
13 100 (10.07%) Service Delivery
14 93 (9.37%) Analytics
14 93 (9.37%) Disaster Recovery
15 91 (9.16%) Roadmaps
16 86 (8.66%) ITIL
17 82 (8.26%) Business Continuity
18 80 (8.06%) Information Governance
19 77 (7.75%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 75 (7.55%) SQL
2 73 (7.35%) Python
3 41 (4.13%) JavaScript
4 30 (3.02%) Java
5 29 (2.92%) PHP
6 25 (2.52%) PowerShell
7 20 (2.01%) Bash
8 14 (1.41%) Perl
8 14 (1.41%) Ruby
9 12 (1.21%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.01%) C#
10 10 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.40%) VBA
12 3 (0.30%) Go
12 3 (0.30%) Groovy
13 2 (0.20%) Bicep
13 2 (0.20%) C
13 2 (0.20%) RPG
13 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.10%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 128 (12.89%) Degree
2 82 (8.26%) CISSP
3 61 (6.14%) Security Cleared
4 56 (5.64%) CISM
5 39 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.63%) SC Cleared
7 30 (3.02%) AWS Certification
8 28 (2.82%) CISA
9 25 (2.52%) CRISC
10 24 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
12 17 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (1.51%) CCSP
13 15 (1.51%) DBS Check
14 14 (1.41%) FFIEC
15 13 (1.31%) Azure Certification
15 13 (1.31%) SANS
16 12 (1.21%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 309 (31.12%) GDPR
2 126 (12.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (9.37%) NIST
4 87 (8.76%) Data Quality
5 69 (6.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 39 (3.93%) GRC
7 35 (3.52%) Accessibility
8 32 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 26 (2.62%) COBIT
10 24 (2.42%) PCI DSS
11 20 (2.01%) SOC 2
12 18 (1.81%) QA
13 16 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.91%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.91%) ISO 22301
14 9 (0.91%) SLA
15 8 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 7 (0.70%) PMO
16 7 (0.70%) TickIT
System Software
1 63 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.61%) Docker
3 11 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.81%) 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 36 (3.63%) Terraform
2 26 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (1.91%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.81%) CASB
5 7 (0.70%) Ansible
6 6 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.30%) Argo
9 2 (0.20%) Grafana
9 2 (0.20%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.20%) Nessus
9 2 (0.20%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.20%) SCCM
10 1 (0.10%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.10%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.10%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 260 (26.18%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.62%) Google
3 25 (2.52%) Salesforce
4 18 (1.81%) SAP
5 17 (1.71%) Oracle
6 15 (1.51%) OpenAI
7 13 (1.31%) VMware
8 10 (1.01%) Databricks
8 10 (1.01%) iManage
9 9 (0.91%) Infor
9 9 (0.91%) Sage
10 8 (0.81%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.70%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.60%) Cisco
12 6 (0.60%) IBM
13 5 (0.50%) Citrix
13 5 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (0.50%) Workday
13 5 (0.50%) Xero
13 5 (0.50%) Zscaler