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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 232 257
Rank change year-on-year +54 +25 -53
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 714 699 597
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.56% 1.16% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.39% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 494 397 496
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,086 £36,750
25th Percentile £37,219 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,987 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.02% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,125
UK median annual salary £54,987 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.02% +4.17% +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 39,312 50,298 44,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.94% 83.82% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 24,307 25,999 33,770
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% - -1.64%
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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +73 318 £75,250 +3.18% 255
South East +53 124 £46,000 -16.36% 122
North of England +27 119 £50,000 -1.96% 53
North West +27 69 £50,000 -1.96% 32
Midlands +13 69 £50,000 -20.00% 71
South West +37 43 £36,625 -26.75% 85
East Midlands +37 36 £37,460 -9.19% 23
East of England +21 36 £32,500 -55.17% 39
Yorkshire +5 36 £50,000 -11.11% 16
West Midlands +2 33 £62,500 -3.85% 47
North East +9 14 £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 55 (7.70%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.68%) CMS
4 9 (1.26%) Confluence
5 6 (0.84%) IIS
6 4 (0.56%) Apache
6 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.56%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.28%) nginx
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 53 (7.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 53 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.70%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.28%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 17 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.56%) Endur
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.42%) Yoast SEO
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.14%) Odoo
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.14%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 176 (24.65%) Azure
2 120 (16.81%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (9.94%) AWS
4 62 (8.68%) Power Platform
5 55 (7.70%) Entra ID
6 36 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.48%) SaaS
8 26 (3.64%) OneDrive
9 23 (3.22%) GCP
10 20 (2.80%) GitHub
11 19 (2.66%) Power Automate
12 17 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (1.96%) Serverless
15 13 (1.82%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.40%) Google Workspace
17 9 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
18 8 (1.12%) Amazon S3
19 7 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.02%) Firewall
2 34 (4.76%) VPN
3 31 (4.34%) WAN
4 25 (3.50%) Network Security
5 24 (3.36%) DNS
6 22 (3.08%) DHCP
6 22 (3.08%) LAN
7 17 (2.38%) SD-WAN
8 14 (1.96%) TCP/IP
9 13 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (1.54%) Unified Communications
11 10 (1.40%) SAN
11 10 (1.40%) Wireless
12 9 (1.26%) VLAN
13 8 (1.12%) SSL
13 8 (1.12%) VoIP
14 7 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.84%) NAS
16 5 (0.70%) Intranet
16 5 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.72%) Power BI
2 22 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.52%) Tableau
4 12 (1.68%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.26%) Metadata
7 8 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.84%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.70%) MySQL
10 5 (0.70%) Power Query
11 4 (0.56%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.42%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 33 (4.62%) Git
2 22 (3.08%) JIRA
3 13 (1.82%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.54%) ERwin
5 8 (1.12%) GitLab
6 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.42%) Vite
7 2 (0.28%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.14%) ESLint
8 1 (0.14%) GCC
8 1 (0.14%) GDB
8 1 (0.14%) git-flow
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.14%) Storybook
8 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 309 (43.28%) Social Skills
2 161 (22.55%) Finance
3 121 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (11.62%) Legal
5 53 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (5.46%) Law
6 39 (5.46%) Marketing
7 37 (5.18%) Public Sector
8 28 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (3.36%) Retail
10 19 (2.66%) Banking
11 17 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.54%) Back Office
15 10 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.98%) Games
17 6 (0.84%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 124 (17.37%) Analyst
2 69 (9.66%) Senior
3 62 (8.68%) Architect
3 62 (8.68%) Lead
4 55 (7.70%) Developer
5 43 (6.02%) IT Support
6 36 (5.04%) Technology Director
7 35 (4.90%) IT Manager
8 32 (4.48%) Security Architect
9 31 (4.34%) Data Analyst
10 29 (4.06%) Administrator
11 28 (3.92%) Enterprise Architect
11 28 (3.92%) Enterprise Information Architect
11 28 (3.92%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 28 (3.92%) Information Architect
11 28 (3.92%) Information Security Architect
12 27 (3.78%) Support Engineer
13 23 (3.22%) Support Analyst
14 22 (3.08%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.08%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.20%) .NET
2 24 (3.36%) HTML
3 20 (2.80%) CSS
4 19 (2.66%) JSON
5 13 (1.82%) RESTful
5 13 (1.82%) XML
6 12 (1.68%) React
6 12 (1.68%) REST
7 11 (1.54%) .NET Framework
8 10 (1.40%) Web Services
9 8 (1.12%) WPF
10 7 (0.98%) .NET Core
10 7 (0.98%) ASP.NET
10 7 (0.98%) OAuth
10 7 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.98%) Universal Windows Platform
10 7 (0.98%) WinUI
11 6 (0.84%) Node.js
12 5 (0.70%) Handlebars
12 5 (0.70%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 135 (18.91%) Data Protection Act
2 74 (10.36%) Management Information System
3 43 (6.02%) Driving Licence
4 38 (5.32%) Onboarding
5 29 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 21 (2.94%) Security Posture
8 20 (2.80%) Data Structures
8 20 (2.80%) Social Media
9 19 (2.66%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.68%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.68%) NHS
12 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (1.12%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.98%) Freedom of Information
15 7 (0.98%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.98%) Operational Technology
16 6 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 100 (14.01%) Windows
2 43 (6.02%) Windows Server
3 28 (3.92%) Linux
4 18 (2.52%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.54%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.40%) Android
8 8 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.28%) Unix
9 2 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (22.97%) Cybersecurity
2 152 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
3 134 (18.77%) Information Security
4 131 (18.35%) Agile
5 121 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 118 (16.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 102 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 89 (12.46%) Analytics
9 81 (11.34%) ITIL
10 77 (10.78%) Risk Management
11 76 (10.64%) Service Delivery
12 73 (10.22%) DevOps
13 71 (9.94%) Mentoring
13 71 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 63 (8.82%) Customer Service
15 62 (8.68%) Coaching
15 62 (8.68%) Computer Science
16 61 (8.54%) IT Strategy
16 61 (8.54%) Roadmaps
17 60 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 78 (10.92%) SQL
2 62 (8.68%) Python
3 37 (5.18%) PowerShell
4 35 (4.90%) JavaScript
5 28 (3.92%) C#
6 13 (1.82%) Bash
7 12 (1.68%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 10 (1.40%) Java
10 9 (1.26%) Bicep
10 9 (1.26%) Go
11 7 (0.98%) C++
11 7 (0.98%) R
12 5 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.42%) PHP
14 2 (0.28%) Groovy
14 2 (0.28%) Rust
14 2 (0.28%) Scala
15 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 147 (20.59%) Degree
2 77 (10.78%) CISSP
3 70 (9.80%) CISM
4 56 (7.84%) DBS Check
5 40 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 29 (4.06%) TOGAF Certification
8 23 (3.22%) CISA
8 23 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.66%) CRISC
10 18 (2.52%) Master's Degree
11 15 (2.10%) Azure Certification
11 15 (2.10%) PMI Certification
11 15 (2.10%) PMP
12 12 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (1.40%) CCNP
14 9 (1.26%) CCNA
14 9 (1.26%) Security Cleared
15 8 (1.12%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.98%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (24.23%) GDPR
2 86 (12.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (8.40%) Accessibility
4 48 (6.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 43 (6.02%) GRC
6 35 (4.90%) Data Quality
6 35 (4.90%) QA
7 33 (4.62%) NIST
8 23 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (1.26%) ISAE 3402
10 9 (1.26%) SLA
11 8 (1.12%) EU AI Act
12 7 (0.98%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.98%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.98%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.84%) PERC
14 5 (0.70%) ISO 14001
15 4 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.56%) COBIT
System Software
1 74 (10.36%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.52%) Docker
4 10 (1.40%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.12%) BitLocker
6 7 (0.98%) Firmware
7 5 (0.70%) 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 60 (8.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (4.62%) Terraform
3 20 (2.80%) Ansible
3 20 (2.80%) Kubernetes
4 18 (2.52%) SCCM
5 13 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.12%) Grafana
7 6 (0.84%) Avamar
7 6 (0.84%) Nagios
7 6 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.70%) Autotask
9 4 (0.56%) CASB
9 4 (0.56%) Rancher
9 4 (0.56%) vRealize
10 3 (0.42%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.42%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.42%) QRadar
10 3 (0.42%) SCOM
11 2 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 208 (29.13%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.64%) Cisco
2 26 (3.64%) VMware
3 20 (2.80%) ServiceNow
4 19 (2.66%) Google
5 18 (2.52%) Oracle
6 15 (2.10%) Apple
7 14 (1.96%) Dell
7 14 (1.96%) HP
8 13 (1.82%) SAP
9 10 (1.40%) Veeam
10 9 (1.26%) Databricks
10 9 (1.26%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.12%) Adobe
11 8 (1.12%) HubSpot
11 8 (1.12%) Samsung
12 7 (0.98%) NetApp
12 7 (0.98%) Splunk
12 7 (0.98%) Syncfusion
12 7 (0.98%) Telerik