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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 197 196
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +69
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 848 657 1,235
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 1.72% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.85% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 597 453 897
10th Percentile £31,691 £29,000 £31,114
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,850 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.42% +20.00% -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 61,552 35,586 72,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.01% 93.32% 83.95%
Number of salaries quoted 40,904 19,071 54,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -9.84%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -9 342 £77,500 +1.31% 161
North of England -5 153 £57,239 +14.48% 61
South East +6 136 £40,000 -11.11% 72
Midlands +5 105 £57,500 +15.00% 55
North West -5 81 £52,500 +13.51% 29
West Midlands -11 71 £50,000 -4.76% 37
Yorkshire -16 66 £57,239 -4.60% 28
East of England -14 54 £43,000 +7.98% 15
South West -36 39 £47,000 -24.80% 37
East Midlands -8 32 £67,500 +136.84% 18
North East -40 6 £80,000 +14.29% 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 35 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.59%) CMS
5 4 (0.47%) IIS
6 3 (0.35%) Apache
7 2 (0.24%) Confluence
7 2 (0.24%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 38 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.77%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.35%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.71%) Shopify
3 4 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.35%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.35%) SystmOne
4 3 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.12%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 178 (20.99%) Azure
2 124 (14.62%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (8.73%) AWS
4 71 (8.37%) Entra ID
5 66 (7.78%) Power Platform
6 61 (7.19%) Microsoft Purview
7 54 (6.37%) SaaS
8 28 (3.30%) GCP
9 19 (2.24%) Power Automate
10 15 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.53%) Google Workspace
13 12 (1.42%) Copilot Studio
13 12 (1.42%) Serverless
14 11 (1.30%) OneDrive
14 11 (1.30%) PaaS
15 10 (1.18%) GitHub
15 10 (1.18%) PowerApps
16 9 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.42%) Firewall
2 25 (2.95%) WAN
3 23 (2.71%) CHAP
4 18 (2.12%) Network Security
5 17 (2.00%) VPN
6 16 (1.89%) LAN
7 10 (1.18%) DNS
8 9 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.83%) DHCP
11 6 (0.71%) VoIP
12 5 (0.59%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.59%) SMS
12 5 (0.59%) VLAN
13 4 (0.47%) Internet
14 3 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
14 3 (0.35%) Wireless
15 2 (0.24%) PuTTY
16 1 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
16 1 (0.12%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (6.84%) Power BI
2 18 (2.12%) Data Lake
2 18 (2.12%) Tableau
3 17 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (2.00%) Metadata
4 16 (1.89%) MySQL
5 11 (1.30%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.18%) MariaDB
7 8 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.94%) Power Query
8 7 (0.83%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.59%) Big Data
9 5 (0.59%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.35%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.35%) DB2
10 3 (0.35%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.35%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.35%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (2.59%) Git
2 14 (1.65%) JIRA
3 7 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.71%) GitLab
5 5 (0.59%) MLflow
6 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.47%) Maven
7 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.35%) JMeter
8 2 (0.24%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) Storybook
9 1 (0.12%) Appium
9 1 (0.12%) Gatling
9 1 (0.12%) GCC
9 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.12%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 345 (40.68%) Social Skills
2 195 (23.00%) Finance
3 139 (16.39%) Legal
4 138 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (7.90%) Law
6 66 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (7.08%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (6.49%) Marketing
9 54 (6.37%) Retail
10 37 (4.36%) Banking
11 33 (3.89%) Financial Institution
12 32 (3.77%) Public Sector
13 30 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (2.36%) Telecoms
15 18 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.65%) Local Government
17 13 (1.53%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (0.83%) Police
Job Titles
1 101 (11.91%) Analyst
2 68 (8.02%) Lead
3 66 (7.78%) Senior
4 45 (5.31%) IT Manager
5 40 (4.72%) Architect
6 38 (4.48%) Data Manager
7 37 (4.36%) Report Analyst
8 35 (4.13%) Developer
9 34 (4.01%) IT Support
10 30 (3.54%) Development Manager
11 29 (3.42%) Business Manager
11 29 (3.42%) Data Protection Officer
12 26 (3.07%) Business Development Manager
13 25 (2.95%) Auditor
13 25 (2.95%) Security Manager
14 24 (2.83%) Sales Manager
15 23 (2.71%) Account Manager
15 23 (2.71%) Governance Manager
15 23 (2.71%) IT Engineer
16 22 (2.59%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.12%) CSS
2 14 (1.65%) HTML
3 9 (1.06%) Node.js
3 9 (1.06%) OAuth
4 7 (0.83%) EDI
5 6 (0.71%) Middleware
5 6 (0.71%) OpenID
5 6 (0.71%) PySpark
5 6 (0.71%) React
5 6 (0.71%) REST
6 5 (0.59%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.59%) Jest
6 5 (0.59%) Next.js
6 5 (0.59%) RESTful
6 5 (0.59%) SOAP
7 4 (0.47%) .NET
7 4 (0.47%) JWT
7 4 (0.47%) XML
8 3 (0.35%) Kafka
8 3 (0.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (14.15%) Data Protection Act
2 102 (12.03%) Management Information System
3 40 (4.72%) Onboarding
4 32 (3.77%) Driving Licence
5 30 (3.54%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.07%) Cloud Native
7 24 (2.83%) Security Posture
8 22 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.77%) NHS
11 14 (1.65%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.42%) Blockchain
12 12 (1.42%) Social Media
13 11 (1.30%) CMDB
14 10 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
15 9 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
16 8 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
16 8 (0.94%) Data Structures
17 7 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
18 6 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 71 (8.37%) Windows
2 22 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.36%) Linux
4 6 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.59%) Android
5 5 (0.59%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.59%) Unix
6 4 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.35%) AIX
7 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (25.12%) Cybersecurity
2 189 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
3 151 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 143 (16.86%) Decision-Making
5 138 (16.27%) AI
6 125 (14.74%) Risk Management
7 120 (14.15%) Information Security
8 117 (13.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 105 (12.38%) Agile
10 101 (11.91%) Data Governance
11 95 (11.20%) Incident Response
12 89 (10.50%) Analytics
13 86 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 80 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
15 78 (9.20%) ITIL
16 73 (8.61%) Business Continuity
17 70 (8.25%) Process Improvement
18 68 (8.02%) Project Management
19 66 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
19 66 (7.78%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 60 (7.08%) SQL
2 47 (5.54%) Python
3 30 (3.54%) JavaScript
4 16 (1.89%) PowerShell
5 15 (1.77%) Java
5 15 (1.77%) PHP
6 11 (1.30%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.83%) Bash
8 6 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.59%) C#
10 4 (0.47%) VBA
11 3 (0.35%) Bicep
11 3 (0.35%) Go
11 3 (0.35%) Groovy
12 2 (0.24%) C
12 2 (0.24%) RPG
12 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 103 (12.15%) Degree
2 70 (8.25%) CISSP
3 55 (6.49%) CISM
4 42 (4.95%) CISA
5 40 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.07%) FFIEC
7 24 (2.83%) CGEIT
7 24 (2.83%) SANS
7 24 (2.83%) Security Cleared
8 21 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
8 21 (2.48%) SC Cleared
9 20 (2.36%) DBS Check
10 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.65%) CRISC
12 12 (1.42%) CEH
12 12 (1.42%) PMI Certification
13 11 (1.30%) Azure Certification
13 11 (1.30%) PMP
14 8 (0.94%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (30.07%) GDPR
2 106 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 83 (9.79%) NIST
4 69 (8.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 67 (7.90%) Data Quality
6 34 (4.01%) COBIT
7 30 (3.54%) Accessibility
8 26 (3.07%) PCI DSS
9 23 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (2.24%) GRC
11 17 (2.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 15 (1.77%) QA
13 12 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (1.42%) SOC 2
14 10 (1.18%) HIPAA
15 9 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 9 (1.06%) PMO
16 8 (0.94%) SLA
17 7 (0.83%) PERC
18 6 (0.71%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 52 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.30%) Docker
3 8 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.00%) Terraform
3 13 (1.53%) CASB
4 12 (1.42%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (0.83%) SCCM
7 6 (0.71%) Ansible
8 5 (0.59%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.24%) Argo
9 2 (0.24%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.12%) Grafana
10 1 (0.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.12%) Nessus
10 1 (0.12%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 220 (25.94%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.07%) Google
3 19 (2.24%) Salesforce
4 12 (1.42%) SAP
5 11 (1.30%) iManage
5 11 (1.30%) Oracle
6 9 (1.06%) Cisco
6 9 (1.06%) Databricks
6 9 (1.06%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.94%) Sage
8 7 (0.83%) Meraki
8 7 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.83%) VMware
9 6 (0.71%) Citrix
9 6 (0.71%) Workday
10 5 (0.59%) Xero
10 5 (0.59%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.47%) Concur
11 4 (0.47%) Freshdesk
11 4 (0.47%) Varonis