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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 171 188
Rank change year-on-year -15 +17 +54
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 761 694 1,174
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 1.87% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 2.00% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 548 487 869
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,039 £31,210
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,590 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +22.55% -7.27%
75th Percentile £89,000 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £99,273 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +25.00% -9.09%

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 52,696 34,624 66,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.53% 93.54% 86.72%
Number of salaries quoted 32,701 20,241 51,522
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +16 327 £85,001 +12.58% 136
North of England -46 119 £57,239 +4.07% 94
South East -24 115 £41,750 -23.57% 79
Midlands -43 76 £55,000 +10.00% 53
North West -37 67 £50,000 -9.09% 59
East of England +5 53 £43,500 -27.50% 32
South West -5 46 £35,000 -35.48% 30
West Midlands -40 41 £59,720 +13.75% 27
Yorkshire -38 40 £57,239 -2.16% 30
East Midlands -19 33 £35,000 -12.50% 26
North East -15 12 £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 30 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.05%) CMS
4 6 (0.79%) Confluence
5 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.39%) WordPress
6 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
Applications
1 39 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.66%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.39%) Yoast SEO
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.26%) Shopify
6 2 (0.26%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.13%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.13%) Endur
7 1 (0.13%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 162 (21.29%) Azure
2 117 (15.37%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (8.28%) Entra ID
4 59 (7.75%) AWS
5 57 (7.49%) SaaS
6 52 (6.83%) Microsoft Purview
7 51 (6.70%) Power Platform
8 27 (3.55%) GCP
9 16 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 13 (1.71%) PaaS
12 12 (1.58%) Google Workspace
12 12 (1.58%) OneDrive
13 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (1.45%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.45%) Serverless
14 10 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (1.18%) GitHub
16 8 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 67 (8.80%) Firewall
2 31 (4.07%) WAN
3 26 (3.42%) VPN
4 25 (3.29%) CHAP
5 20 (2.63%) DNS
6 19 (2.50%) Network Security
7 17 (2.23%) DHCP
7 17 (2.23%) LAN
8 11 (1.45%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.18%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (0.66%) VoIP
11 4 (0.53%) Internet
11 4 (0.53%) NAS
11 4 (0.53%) SAN
11 4 (0.53%) SMS
12 3 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.39%) PuTTY
12 3 (0.39%) VLAN
13 2 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.78%) Power BI
2 21 (2.76%) Data Lake
3 16 (2.10%) Metadata
4 15 (1.97%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.31%) Power Query
7 6 (0.79%) Tableau
8 5 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.39%) Big Data
10 3 (0.39%) MySQL
10 3 (0.39%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.26%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.26%) DB2
11 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.26%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (3.15%) Git
2 15 (1.97%) JIRA
3 6 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.53%) GitLab
5 3 (0.39%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.39%) JMeter
5 3 (0.39%) Maven
5 3 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.26%) GCC
6 2 (0.26%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.26%) MLflow
6 2 (0.26%) Storybook
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) Gatling
7 1 (0.13%) GDB
7 1 (0.13%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.13%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 306 (40.21%) Social Skills
2 176 (23.13%) Finance
3 141 (18.53%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (14.32%) Legal
5 61 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (7.49%) Marketing
7 51 (6.70%) Law
8 44 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (4.73%) Retail
10 34 (4.47%) Banking
11 32 (4.20%) Public Sector
12 31 (4.07%) Financial Institution
13 23 (3.02%) Telecoms
14 22 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.45%) Manufacturing
17 9 (1.18%) Police
17 9 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.92%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 103 (13.53%) Analyst
2 63 (8.28%) Lead
3 60 (7.88%) Senior
4 37 (4.86%) IT Support
4 37 (4.86%) Report Analyst
5 34 (4.47%) Technology Director
6 33 (4.34%) Architect
7 31 (4.07%) IT Manager
8 29 (3.81%) Developer
8 29 (3.81%) IT Engineer
9 27 (3.55%) Auditor
10 25 (3.29%) Administrator
10 25 (3.29%) Development Manager
11 24 (3.15%) Data Protection Officer
11 24 (3.15%) Security Auditor
12 23 (3.02%) Internal Auditor
13 22 (2.89%) Account Manager
13 22 (2.89%) Business Manager
13 22 (2.89%) Security Engineer
14 21 (2.76%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.84%) CSS
2 13 (1.71%) .NET
3 11 (1.45%) REST
4 10 (1.31%) HTML
5 8 (1.05%) Node.js
5 8 (1.05%) XML
6 6 (0.79%) EDI
6 6 (0.79%) Middleware
6 6 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (0.79%) React
6 6 (0.79%) SOAP
7 5 (0.66%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.66%) JSON
7 5 (0.66%) JWT
8 4 (0.53%) OAuth
8 4 (0.53%) React Native
8 4 (0.53%) RESTful
9 3 (0.39%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.39%) ActiveMQ
9 3 (0.39%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 121 (15.90%) Data Protection Act
2 87 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 35 (4.60%) Onboarding
4 33 (4.34%) Driving Licence
5 26 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.89%) NHS
7 21 (2.76%) Security Posture
8 20 (2.63%) Cloud Native
9 19 (2.50%) Social Media
10 18 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.84%) Blockchain
12 14 (1.84%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.58%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.45%) CMDB
15 7 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.92%) Robotics
16 6 (0.79%) Algorithms
16 6 (0.79%) Data Structures
16 6 (0.79%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 77 (10.12%) Windows
2 33 (4.34%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.63%) Linux
4 11 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.66%) Unix
7 4 (0.53%) Android
8 2 (0.26%) AIX
8 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (24.31%) Cybersecurity
2 168 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (17.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 122 (16.03%) Risk Management
5 119 (15.64%) Information Security
6 109 (14.32%) Agile
7 105 (13.80%) Decision-Making
8 100 (13.14%) Analytics
8 100 (13.14%) Incident Response
9 88 (11.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 84 (11.04%) AI
11 83 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 81 (10.64%) Data Governance
12 81 (10.64%) Project Management
13 72 (9.46%) ITIL
14 70 (9.20%) Business Continuity
15 69 (9.07%) Data Privacy
15 69 (9.07%) Process Improvement
16 62 (8.15%) Roadmaps
17 61 (8.02%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 56 (7.36%) SQL
2 55 (7.23%) Python
3 29 (3.81%) PowerShell
4 19 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.45%) Java
6 10 (1.31%) C#
6 10 (1.31%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.18%) Bash
8 7 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.79%) Bicep
9 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.53%) C++
10 4 (0.53%) VBA
11 3 (0.39%) PHP
11 3 (0.39%) Ruby
12 2 (0.26%) Go
12 2 (0.26%) Rust
12 2 (0.26%) Scala
12 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 101 (13.27%) Degree
2 81 (10.64%) CISSP
3 68 (8.94%) CISM
4 45 (5.91%) CISA
5 44 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.42%) CGEIT
6 26 (3.42%) FFIEC
6 26 (3.42%) SANS
7 25 (3.29%) DBS Check
8 21 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (2.50%) Security Cleared
10 18 (2.37%) CRISC
11 15 (1.97%) SC Cleared
12 14 (1.84%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (1.71%) CEH
13 13 (1.71%) PMI Certification
14 12 (1.58%) PMP
15 10 (1.31%) Azure Certification
16 9 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (26.68%) GDPR
2 128 (16.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (10.12%) NIST
4 72 (9.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 64 (8.41%) Accessibility
6 52 (6.83%) Data Quality
7 30 (3.94%) COBIT
8 25 (3.29%) PCI DSS
9 23 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 21 (2.76%) QA
11 18 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 14 (1.84%) GRC
13 12 (1.58%) SOC 2
14 11 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (1.31%) EU AI Act
16 7 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 7 (0.92%) HIPAA
16 7 (0.92%) ISO 9001
17 5 (0.66%) ISAE 3402
17 5 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.18%) Docker
3 7 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (2.50%) Terraform
3 17 (2.23%) CASB
4 13 (1.71%) Ansible
5 11 (1.45%) Kubernetes
6 10 (1.31%) SCCM
6 10 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.79%) SmoothWall
9 4 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.39%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.39%) Avamar
10 3 (0.39%) QRadar
11 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.26%) Argo
12 1 (0.13%) Autotask
12 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.13%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 209 (27.46%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.02%) Google
3 15 (1.97%) Salesforce
4 14 (1.84%) Oracle
5 13 (1.71%) SAP
6 12 (1.58%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.45%) Cisco
8 9 (1.18%) iManage
8 9 (1.18%) Meraki
9 8 (1.05%) Splunk
9 8 (1.05%) Veeam
9 8 (1.05%) YouTube
10 7 (0.92%) Dell
10 7 (0.92%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.92%) VMware
11 6 (0.79%) Adobe
12 5 (0.66%) Databricks
12 5 (0.66%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.66%) NetApp
12 5 (0.66%) Zscaler