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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 177 198
Rank change year-on-year -22 +21 +55
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 813 722 1,223
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.01% 1.90% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 2.04% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 587 494 908
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,114
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.74%
75th Percentile £88,750 £81,875 £67,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.74%

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 60,123 35,337 71,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.78% 93.01% 85.54%
Number of salaries quoted 38,109 20,607 53,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £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 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £58,599 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +9.09% -10.57%

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 3 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 3 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 +8 339 £80,000 +3.90% 162
North of England -50 137 £57,239 +4.07% 70
South East -22 121 £40,000 -11.11% 61
Midlands -21 97 £59,720 +19.44% 57
North West -31 78 £50,000 - 35
West Midlands -25 60 £50,000 - 42
Yorkshire -45 51 £57,239 -2.16% 25
East of England -9 49 £43,000 -4.44% 33
South West -25 49 £36,998 -40.80% 28
East Midlands -17 35 £67,500 +135.81% 15
North East -27 8 £40,000 -21.95% 11
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 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.74%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.49%) CMS
5 3 (0.37%) Apache
5 3 (0.37%) IIS
6 2 (0.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.12%) JBoss
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.37%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.37%) SystmOne
4 2 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.25%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.12%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 181 (22.26%) Azure
2 120 (14.76%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (8.98%) Entra ID
4 61 (7.50%) Power Platform
5 60 (7.38%) AWS
5 60 (7.38%) Microsoft Purview
6 57 (7.01%) SaaS
7 25 (3.08%) GCP
8 18 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 15 (1.85%) Google Workspace
10 15 (1.85%) OneDrive
10 15 (1.85%) PaaS
11 13 (1.60%) Serverless
12 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (1.35%) GitHub
13 11 (1.35%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.13%) Firewall
2 29 (3.57%) CHAP
3 28 (3.44%) WAN
4 22 (2.71%) Network Security
4 22 (2.71%) VPN
5 18 (2.21%) DNS
6 17 (2.09%) LAN
7 15 (1.85%) DHCP
8 9 (1.11%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.86%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.74%) VLAN
10 6 (0.74%) VoIP
10 6 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.62%) SMS
12 4 (0.49%) Internet
12 4 (0.49%) Wireless
13 3 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.37%) PuTTY
14 2 (0.25%) Cisco IPT
14 2 (0.25%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.27%) Power BI
2 23 (2.83%) Data Lake
3 19 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (2.34%) Metadata
4 13 (1.60%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.23%) Power Query
6 8 (0.98%) Tableau
7 7 (0.86%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.62%) Big Data
9 5 (0.62%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.62%) MySQL
9 5 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.49%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.37%) DB2
11 3 (0.37%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.25%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (2.58%) Git
2 14 (1.72%) JIRA
3 9 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.86%) GitLab
5 5 (0.62%) Maven
5 5 (0.62%) MLflow
6 4 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.37%) JMeter
7 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) Storybook
9 1 (0.12%) Appium
9 1 (0.12%) Gatling
9 1 (0.12%) GCC
9 1 (0.12%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 332 (40.84%) Social Skills
2 192 (23.62%) Finance
3 144 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (14.88%) Legal
5 63 (7.75%) Law
6 61 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (6.52%) Marketing
8 51 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (6.27%) Retail
9 44 (5.41%) Banking
10 38 (4.67%) Financial Institution
11 28 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (3.20%) Public Sector
13 22 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (2.34%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (1.35%) Manufacturing
17 9 (1.11%) Local Government
17 9 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 112 (13.78%) Analyst
2 67 (8.24%) Lead
3 61 (7.50%) Senior
4 40 (4.92%) IT Manager
5 37 (4.55%) Report Analyst
6 34 (4.18%) Architect
7 32 (3.94%) IT Support
8 31 (3.81%) Auditor
9 29 (3.57%) Data Protection Officer
9 29 (3.57%) Security Manager
10 28 (3.44%) Security Auditor
11 26 (3.20%) Development Manager
11 26 (3.20%) Internal Auditor
12 25 (3.08%) Business Manager
12 25 (3.08%) Data Manager
12 25 (3.08%) IT Engineer
13 24 (2.95%) Information Manager
14 23 (2.83%) Account Manager
14 23 (2.83%) Consultant
14 23 (2.83%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.85%) CSS
2 11 (1.35%) HTML
3 10 (1.23%) Node.js
4 9 (1.11%) OAuth
5 8 (0.98%) .NET
6 7 (0.86%) EDI
6 7 (0.86%) REST
7 6 (0.74%) Middleware
7 6 (0.74%) OpenID
7 6 (0.74%) SOAP
8 5 (0.62%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.62%) Jest
8 5 (0.62%) PySpark
8 5 (0.62%) RESTful
9 4 (0.49%) JWT
9 4 (0.49%) XML
10 3 (0.37%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.37%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.37%) RAML
10 3 (0.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 131 (16.11%) Data Protection Act
2 109 (13.41%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.67%) Onboarding
4 30 (3.69%) Security Posture
5 29 (3.57%) Driving Licence
6 28 (3.44%) Cloud Native
7 22 (2.71%) NHS
8 19 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.09%) Product Ownership
11 15 (1.85%) Blockchain
12 14 (1.72%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.35%) CMDB
13 11 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
14 10 (1.23%) Social Media
15 7 (0.86%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
16 6 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 76 (9.35%) Windows
2 30 (3.69%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.09%) Linux
4 6 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.62%) Unix
6 4 (0.49%) Android
6 4 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.49%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.37%) AIX
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (26.45%) Cybersecurity
2 197 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
3 149 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 133 (16.36%) Risk Management
5 128 (15.74%) Decision-Making
5 128 (15.74%) Information Security
6 109 (13.41%) Incident Response
7 106 (13.04%) Agile
8 101 (12.42%) AI
9 99 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 98 (12.05%) Analytics
11 90 (11.07%) Data Governance
11 90 (11.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 84 (10.33%) Project Management
13 82 (10.09%) ITIL
14 79 (9.72%) Business Continuity
15 74 (9.10%) Disaster Recovery
15 74 (9.10%) Process Improvement
16 68 (8.36%) Information Governance
17 65 (8.00%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 57 (7.01%) SQL
2 54 (6.64%) Python
3 26 (3.20%) PowerShell
4 17 (2.09%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.72%) Java
6 10 (1.23%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.11%) Bash
8 8 (0.98%) Bicep
8 8 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.74%) C#
10 4 (0.49%) Go
10 4 (0.49%) PHP
10 4 (0.49%) VBA
11 3 (0.37%) Groovy
11 3 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.25%) RPG
12 2 (0.25%) Ruby
12 2 (0.25%) Scala
12 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (11.81%) Degree
2 81 (9.96%) CISSP
3 65 (8.00%) CISM
4 46 (5.66%) CISA
5 44 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.94%) FFIEC
7 30 (3.69%) CGEIT
7 30 (3.69%) SANS
8 21 (2.58%) Security Cleared
9 20 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
10 19 (2.34%) DBS Check
11 18 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (2.21%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.09%) PMP
12 17 (2.09%) SC Cleared
13 14 (1.72%) CEH
14 13 (1.60%) CRISC
15 11 (1.35%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.86%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (30.26%) GDPR
2 118 (14.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (11.44%) NIST
4 71 (8.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 62 (7.63%) Data Quality
6 39 (4.80%) COBIT
7 30 (3.69%) Accessibility
8 29 (3.57%) PCI DSS
9 23 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 21 (2.58%) GRC
11 20 (2.46%) QA
12 15 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 15 (1.85%) SOC 2
13 12 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (1.23%) HIPAA
15 9 (1.11%) PMO
16 8 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 7 (0.86%) PERC
18 6 (0.74%) EU AI Act
18 6 (0.74%) TickIT
System Software
1 61 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.23%) Docker
3 7 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (2.71%) Terraform
3 14 (1.72%) CASB
4 12 (1.48%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.23%) Ansible
5 10 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (0.98%) SCCM
7 5 (0.62%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.37%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.37%) QRadar
10 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.25%) Argo
10 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.12%) Avamar
11 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.12%) Grafana
11 1 (0.12%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 224 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.32%) Google
3 17 (2.09%) Salesforce
4 13 (1.60%) SAP
5 12 (1.48%) iManage
5 12 (1.48%) Oracle
6 10 (1.23%) Databricks
6 10 (1.23%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.11%) Cisco
8 8 (0.98%) Meraki
8 8 (0.98%) OpenAI
9 7 (0.86%) Sage
9 7 (0.86%) VMware
10 6 (0.74%) Splunk
11 5 (0.62%) Citrix
11 5 (0.62%) Freshdesk
11 5 (0.62%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.62%) Workday
11 5 (0.62%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.49%) Dell