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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 220 216
Rank change year-on-year +37 -4 +51
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 941 648 1,192
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.09% 1.53% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.68% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 652 457 846
10th Percentile £33,500 £28,600 £31,162
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,500 £85,000
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 63,989 38,586 74,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.85% 90.92% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 45,232 21,845 54,026
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,898 £29,629
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,679 £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 £73,346
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 7 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 7 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 +25 386 £76,250 +1.67% 180
North of England +3 168 £57,239 +14.48% 99
South East +9 145 £45,000 - 97
Midlands +46 140 £54,534 +9.07% 83
North West -3 89 £51,000 +13.33% 54
West Midlands +20 87 £51,356 -1.02% 46
Yorkshire +13 69 £57,239 -4.60% 32
East of England -4 54 £41,000 +26.15% 30
East Midlands +15 53 £55,000 +100.00% 37
South West -59 32 £47,500 -4.60% 56
North East -41 10 £80,000 +77.78% 14
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 60 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.64%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.53%) CMS
4 5 (0.53%) IIS
4 5 (0.53%) WordPress
5 3 (0.32%) Apache
6 2 (0.21%) Confluence
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.11%) Documentum
7 1 (0.11%) JBoss
7 1 (0.11%) Moodle
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.53%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.21%) 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 18 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.96%) Raiser’s Edge
3 6 (0.64%) Shopify
4 4 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.32%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.32%) iTrent
6 2 (0.21%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.21%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.11%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.11%) FastStats
7 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.11%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 197 (20.94%) Azure
2 151 (16.05%) Microsoft 365
3 110 (11.69%) AWS
4 88 (9.35%) Entra ID
5 83 (8.82%) Power Platform
6 62 (6.59%) Microsoft Purview
6 62 (6.59%) SaaS
7 31 (3.29%) Power Automate
8 27 (2.87%) GCP
9 24 (2.55%) Microsoft Copilot
10 22 (2.34%) Serverless
11 20 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
11 20 (2.13%) PowerApps
12 18 (1.91%) Copilot Studio
13 17 (1.81%) OneDrive
14 14 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.38%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.31%) Firewall
2 39 (4.14%) Network Security
3 22 (2.34%) VPN
4 17 (1.81%) CHAP
4 17 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.70%) DNS
6 15 (1.59%) WAN
7 13 (1.38%) DHCP
8 10 (1.06%) LAN
8 10 (1.06%) VLAN
9 9 (0.96%) Wireless
10 8 (0.85%) Internet
10 8 (0.85%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.53%) SMS
12 4 (0.43%) Cisco IPT
13 3 (0.32%) SSL
14 2 (0.21%) Intranet
14 2 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.21%) VoIP
15 1 (0.11%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.91%) Power BI
2 21 (2.23%) Metadata
3 20 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (2.13%) Tableau
4 17 (1.81%) Data Lake
4 17 (1.81%) MySQL
5 12 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.06%) MariaDB
8 9 (0.96%) Power Query
9 6 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.64%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.43%) Big Data
10 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.32%) Db2
11 3 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.21%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 18 (1.91%) Git
2 13 (1.38%) JIRA
3 8 (0.85%) GitLab
4 6 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.53%) MLflow
6 4 (0.43%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.32%) JMeter
8 2 (0.21%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.21%) Maven
8 2 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.11%) Appium
9 1 (0.11%) ERwin
9 1 (0.11%) Gatling
9 1 (0.11%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.11%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.11%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 382 (40.60%) Social Skills
2 215 (22.85%) Finance
3 155 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (15.41%) Legal
5 79 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 74 (7.86%) Law
7 71 (7.55%) Retail
8 60 (6.38%) Public Sector
9 57 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (5.84%) Marketing
11 34 (3.61%) Banking
12 26 (2.76%) Financial Institution
13 25 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (2.02%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.81%) Manufacturing
17 14 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (1.28%) Local Government
18 12 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
19 10 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 100 (10.63%) Analyst
2 86 (9.14%) Senior
3 73 (7.76%) Lead
4 55 (5.84%) Architect
5 50 (5.31%) Data Manager
6 48 (5.10%) IT Manager
7 45 (4.78%) Developer
8 43 (4.57%) IT Support
9 30 (3.19%) IT Engineer
10 29 (3.08%) Security Manager
11 28 (2.98%) Business Manager
11 28 (2.98%) Consultant
11 28 (2.98%) Report Analyst
12 25 (2.66%) Data Protection Officer
12 25 (2.66%) Development Manager
12 25 (2.66%) Governance Manager
13 23 (2.44%) Business Development Manager
13 23 (2.44%) Data Protection Manager
14 22 (2.34%) Information Manager
15 20 (2.13%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.13%) HTML
2 19 (2.02%) CSS
3 11 (1.17%) OpenID
4 10 (1.06%) AWS CDK
4 10 (1.06%) REST
5 8 (0.85%) React
5 8 (0.85%) SAML
6 7 (0.74%) EDI
6 7 (0.74%) Middleware
6 7 (0.74%) Node.js
6 7 (0.74%) OAuth
6 7 (0.74%) PySpark
7 6 (0.64%) .NET
7 6 (0.64%) Kafka
7 6 (0.64%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.53%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (0.53%) Next.js
8 5 (0.53%) XML
9 4 (0.43%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 142 (15.09%) Data Protection Act
2 118 (12.54%) Management Information System
3 69 (7.33%) Onboarding
4 41 (4.36%) Security Posture
5 39 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (3.72%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.51%) Product Ownership
8 32 (3.40%) Cloud Native
9 15 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.38%) Freedom of Information
10 13 (1.38%) NHS
11 12 (1.28%) CCTV
12 11 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (1.06%) Freedom of Information Act
14 9 (0.96%) Blockchain
14 9 (0.96%) CMDB
14 9 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 73 (7.76%) Windows
2 22 (2.34%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.23%) Linux
4 6 (0.64%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.53%) Android
5 5 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.53%) Unix
6 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.32%) AIX
7 3 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (25.19%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
3 185 (19.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 171 (18.17%) AI
5 156 (16.58%) Decision-Making
6 151 (16.05%) Information Security
7 146 (15.52%) Risk Management
8 139 (14.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 119 (12.65%) Agile
10 118 (12.54%) Data Governance
11 112 (11.90%) Incident Response
12 99 (10.52%) Disaster Recovery
13 97 (10.31%) Analytics
13 97 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 89 (9.46%) Business Continuity
15 81 (8.61%) Information Governance
15 81 (8.61%) Roadmaps
16 79 (8.40%) ITIL
17 76 (8.08%) Service Delivery
18 75 (7.97%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 72 (7.65%) Python
1 72 (7.65%) SQL
2 37 (3.93%) JavaScript
3 26 (2.76%) Java
4 25 (2.66%) PHP
5 24 (2.55%) PowerShell
6 18 (1.91%) Bash
7 11 (1.17%) Ruby
8 10 (1.06%) Perl
8 10 (1.06%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.74%) C#
11 4 (0.43%) Go
11 4 (0.43%) VBA
12 3 (0.32%) Groovy
13 2 (0.21%) Bicep
13 2 (0.21%) C
13 2 (0.21%) RPG
13 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.11%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 122 (12.96%) Degree
2 79 (8.40%) CISSP
3 58 (6.16%) CISM
4 52 (5.53%) Security Cleared
5 39 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.61%) CISA
7 32 (3.40%) SC Cleared
8 23 (2.44%) AWS Certification
9 22 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
9 22 (2.34%) CRISC
9 22 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (2.13%) FFIEC
11 19 (2.02%) SANS
12 18 (1.91%) CGEIT
13 16 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (1.59%) DBS Check
15 12 (1.28%) Azure Certification
15 12 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (1.06%) CCSP
16 10 (1.06%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 309 (32.84%) GDPR
2 132 (14.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (10.52%) NIST
4 86 (9.14%) Data Quality
5 78 (8.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 35 (3.72%) Accessibility
6 35 (3.72%) GRC
7 32 (3.40%) COBIT
8 28 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (2.87%) PCI DSS
10 22 (2.34%) SOC 2
11 17 (1.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (1.49%) QA
13 11 (1.17%) HIPAA
14 10 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (0.85%) PMO
15 8 (0.85%) SLA
16 7 (0.74%) PERC
16 7 (0.74%) TickIT
System Software
1 61 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.70%) Docker
3 12 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.64%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.64%) vSphere
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (3.40%) Terraform
2 26 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (2.13%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.85%) Ansible
4 8 (0.85%) CASB
5 6 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.32%) Argo
6 3 (0.32%) SCCM
7 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.21%) Grafana
7 2 (0.21%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.21%) Nessus
7 2 (0.21%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.11%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.11%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 258 (27.42%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.66%) Google
3 22 (2.34%) Salesforce
4 18 (1.91%) Oracle
5 13 (1.38%) OpenAI
5 13 (1.38%) SAP
5 13 (1.38%) VMware
6 10 (1.06%) Databricks
7 9 (0.96%) iManage
7 9 (0.96%) Sage
8 8 (0.85%) Infor
8 8 (0.85%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.64%) Citrix
9 6 (0.64%) IBM
10 5 (0.53%) Cisco
10 5 (0.53%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.53%) Workday
10 5 (0.53%) Xero
10 5 (0.53%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.43%) Tenable