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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 216 254
Rank change year-on-year +54 +38 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,268 639 749
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.23% 1.47% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.66% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 807 424 420
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,953 £36,650 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,714 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% -4.85% -0.86%
75th Percentile £81,625 £82,500 £77,301
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -0.86%

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 76,043 38,474 55,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.78% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 53,667 22,007 30,452
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,664
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.82% -4.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +24 452 £65,000 -3.70% 697
South East +44 242 £45,000 -2.17% 248
North of England +38 236 £51,000 +2.00% 299
Midlands +45 163 £53,600 +3.30% 149
North West +15 127 £47,772 -4.46% 163
West Midlands +31 109 £53,600 -8.77% 92
South West -27 91 £49,375 +31.09% 80
Yorkshire +13 80 £44,000 -26.67% 112
East of England +2 73 £45,000 +38.46% 88
East Midlands -4 54 £45,000 +12.50% 57
North East -40 29 £80,500 +40.00% 27
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
1 110 (8.68%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.87%) WordPress
4 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.32%) Apache
5 4 (0.32%) IIS
6 3 (0.24%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) nginx
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.079%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.079%) Documentum
8 1 (0.079%) Moodle
8 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 79 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 12 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.39%) Fusion 360
6 4 (0.32%) Acrobat
6 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.24%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.079%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.079%) Elementor
9 1 (0.079%) InDesign
9 1 (0.079%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.87%) Raiser’s Edge
3 9 (0.71%) SystmOne
4 5 (0.39%) Shopify
5 4 (0.32%) iTrent
6 3 (0.24%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.079%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.079%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.079%) Misys Midas
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.079%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.079%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.079%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 275 (21.69%) Azure
2 228 (17.98%) Microsoft 365
3 141 (11.12%) AWS
4 117 (9.23%) Power Platform
5 97 (7.65%) SaaS
6 94 (7.41%) Entra ID
7 57 (4.50%) Microsoft Copilot
8 53 (4.18%) Microsoft Purview
9 49 (3.86%) Power Automate
10 43 (3.39%) PowerApps
11 40 (3.15%) GCP
11 40 (3.15%) OneDrive
12 36 (2.84%) Serverless
13 35 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
14 31 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
15 23 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
17 20 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
18 19 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
19 17 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.65%) Network Security
2 41 (3.23%) Firewall
3 37 (2.92%) DNS
4 36 (2.84%) VPN
5 34 (2.68%) DHCP
6 27 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (1.66%) VLAN
8 20 (1.58%) Wireless
9 19 (1.50%) TCP/IP
10 17 (1.34%) Internet
10 17 (1.34%) LAN
11 15 (1.18%) WAN
12 7 (0.55%) Cisco IPT
12 7 (0.55%) SSL
12 7 (0.55%) VoIP
13 4 (0.32%) CHAP
13 4 (0.32%) Intranet
13 4 (0.32%) IPsec
13 4 (0.32%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.24%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (6.47%) Power BI
2 41 (3.23%) Metadata
3 38 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (2.76%) SQL Server
5 27 (2.13%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.42%) Power Query
7 16 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.18%) MySQL
8 15 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.18%) Tableau
9 13 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 10 (0.79%) DynamoDB
11 10 (0.79%) MariaDB
11 10 (0.79%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.79%) Star Schema
12 9 (0.71%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (0.71%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (2.13%) Git
2 14 (1.10%) JIRA
3 8 (0.63%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.24%) GitLab
5 3 (0.24%) MLflow
6 2 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.16%) git-flow
7 1 (0.079%) Ant
7 1 (0.079%) Appium
7 1 (0.079%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.079%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.079%) Yeoman
General
1 487 (38.41%) Social Skills
2 297 (23.42%) Finance
3 244 (19.24%) Legal
4 219 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
5 135 (10.65%) Public Sector
6 134 (10.57%) Organisational Skills
7 132 (10.41%) Law
8 116 (9.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 106 (8.36%) Retail
10 101 (7.97%) Influencing Skills
11 70 (5.52%) Marketing
12 45 (3.55%) Manufacturing
13 34 (2.68%) Banking
14 31 (2.44%) Local Government
15 22 (1.74%) Aerospace
16 18 (1.42%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.34%) Fire and Rescue
17 17 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.26%) Back Office
19 15 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (10.49%) Senior
2 120 (9.46%) Architect
3 92 (7.26%) Lead
4 84 (6.62%) Analyst
5 73 (5.76%) Data Manager
6 52 (4.10%) IT Manager
7 50 (3.94%) Developer
8 49 (3.86%) IT Support
9 46 (3.63%) Data Protection Manager
10 37 (2.92%) Consultant
11 35 (2.76%) Sales Manager
12 33 (2.60%) Governance Manager
12 33 (2.60%) Information Manager
12 33 (2.60%) IT Engineer
13 31 (2.44%) Service Manager
14 30 (2.37%) Security Architect
15 29 (2.29%) Security Manager
16 28 (2.21%) Business Manager
16 28 (2.21%) Data Protection Officer
17 27 (2.13%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.00%) Terraform
2 28 (2.21%) REST
3 27 (2.13%) HTML
4 23 (1.81%) OpenID
5 20 (1.58%) OAuth
5 20 (1.58%) SAML
6 17 (1.34%) CSS
7 16 (1.26%) AWS CDK
8 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
8 14 (1.10%) Middleware
9 12 (0.95%) LDAP
9 12 (0.95%) ModSecurity
9 12 (0.95%) SPFx
10 11 (0.87%) React
11 10 (0.79%) SOAP
12 9 (0.71%) .NET
12 9 (0.71%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.63%) EDI
13 8 (0.63%) Model Context Protocol
14 7 (0.55%) Langfuse
Miscellaneous
1 172 (13.56%) Management Information System
2 121 (9.54%) Onboarding
3 108 (8.52%) Data Protection Act
4 62 (4.89%) Security Posture
5 60 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
6 52 (4.10%) Cloud Native
6 52 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
7 49 (3.86%) Product Ownership
8 36 (2.84%) Social Media
9 35 (2.76%) Driving Licence
10 34 (2.68%) Virtual Team
11 29 (2.29%) Freedom of Information
12 26 (2.05%) Data Centre
13 25 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 24 (1.89%) NHS
15 21 (1.66%) AI Agents
16 19 (1.50%) Enterprise Cloud
17 18 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
17 18 (1.42%) Life Science
18 17 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (7.18%) Windows
2 19 (1.50%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.26%) Linux
4 11 (0.87%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.47%) Android
5 6 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.47%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.079%) AIX
8 1 (0.079%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (26.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 323 (25.47%) Cybersecurity
3 296 (23.34%) Problem-Solving
4 266 (20.98%) AI
5 247 (19.48%) Information Security
6 237 (18.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 199 (15.69%) Risk Management
8 193 (15.22%) Decision-Making
9 190 (14.98%) Agile
10 166 (13.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 143 (11.28%) Roadmaps
12 133 (10.49%) Service Delivery
13 127 (10.02%) Analytics
14 125 (9.86%) Collaborative Working
15 121 (9.54%) Incident Response
16 113 (8.91%) Data Governance
16 113 (8.91%) Disaster Recovery
17 111 (8.75%) Business Continuity
18 110 (8.68%) Information Governance
19 106 (8.36%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 91 (7.18%) SQL
2 85 (6.70%) Python
3 45 (3.55%) PowerShell
4 40 (3.15%) JavaScript
5 28 (2.21%) Java
6 26 (2.05%) PHP
7 24 (1.89%) C#
8 18 (1.42%) Bash
9 17 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.10%) Perl
10 14 (1.10%) Ruby
11 11 (0.87%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.39%) Bicep
13 3 (0.24%) Go
13 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.16%) R
14 2 (0.16%) RPG
15 1 (0.079%) Pascal
15 1 (0.079%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.079%) XAML
Qualifications
1 169 (13.33%) Degree
2 107 (8.44%) CISSP
3 89 (7.02%) Security Cleared
4 76 (5.99%) CISM
5 42 (3.31%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (3.08%) AWS Certification
8 38 (3.00%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (2.60%) DBS Check
11 27 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 23 (1.81%) DV Cleared
13 22 (1.74%) CCSP
13 22 (1.74%) CRISC
14 19 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 19 (1.50%) CISA
15 17 (1.34%) ACCA
16 15 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (1.10%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 390 (30.76%) GDPR
2 169 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 116 (9.15%) Data Quality
4 108 (8.52%) NIST
5 80 (6.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 61 (4.81%) GRC
7 46 (3.63%) Accessibility
8 40 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 36 (2.84%) QA
10 30 (2.37%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 22 (1.74%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.58%) ISO 22301
14 19 (1.50%) SLA
15 18 (1.42%) COBIT
16 16 (1.26%) ISO 9001
17 13 (1.03%) NCSC
18 12 (0.95%) PERC
19 8 (0.63%) NIST 800
20 7 (0.55%) SOC 1
System Software
1 74 (5.84%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.03%) Docker
3 13 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.87%) vSphere
5 8 (0.63%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.16%) UAG
7 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.079%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.63%) Nessus
4 7 (0.55%) Ansible
5 5 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.39%) SCCM
6 4 (0.32%) Grafana
6 4 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.32%) Puppet
7 3 (0.24%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.16%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.079%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.079%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.079%) QRadar
9 1 (0.079%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.079%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 376 (29.65%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.21%) Google
3 23 (1.81%) Salesforce
4 22 (1.74%) Oracle
5 21 (1.66%) VMware
6 17 (1.34%) Informatica
7 16 (1.26%) Cisco
8 15 (1.18%) OpenAI
8 15 (1.18%) SAP
9 13 (1.03%) Okta
9 13 (1.03%) YouTube
10 12 (0.95%) Databricks
10 12 (0.95%) ForgeRock
11 11 (0.87%) Adobe
12 10 (0.79%) Infor
12 10 (0.79%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.79%) Xero
13 9 (0.71%) OneTrust
13 9 (0.71%) Talend
14 8 (0.63%) Sage