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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 217 216
Rank change year-on-year +35 -1 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 964 651 1,166
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.11% 1.51% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.66% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 654 457 824
10th Percentile £32,975 £28,600 £31,210
25th Percentile £43,898 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -13.04%

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 64,347 39,118 73,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.05% 90.53% 82.51%
Number of salaries quoted 45,425 22,207 52,903
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,898 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +34 392 £75,000 - 178
North of England +3 167 £57,239 +14.48% 72
South East -6 146 £45,000 - 83
Midlands +48 143 £53,600 +7.20% 59
West Midlands +35 90 £53,600 +3.30% 35
North West -1 89 £51,000 +10.27% 40
Yorkshire +7 68 £57,239 -4.60% 22
East of England +2 55 £41,000 +26.15% 24
East Midlands +15 53 £55,000 +100.00% 24
South West -39 46 £47,500 -4.60% 46
North East -40 10 £80,000 +77.78% 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 61 (6.33%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.52%) CMS
4 5 (0.52%) IIS
4 5 (0.52%) WordPress
5 3 (0.31%) Apache
6 2 (0.21%) Confluence
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.10%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.10%) Documentum
7 1 (0.10%) JBoss
7 1 (0.10%) Moodle
7 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.52%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.10%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 18 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.14%) Raiser’s Edge
3 6 (0.62%) Shopify
4 4 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.31%) BambooHR
5 3 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.31%) iTrent
6 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.21%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.21%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.10%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.10%) FastStats
7 1 (0.10%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.10%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.10%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.10%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 198 (20.54%) Azure
2 152 (15.77%) Microsoft 365
3 115 (11.93%) AWS
4 86 (8.92%) Entra ID
5 84 (8.71%) Power Platform
6 61 (6.33%) Microsoft Purview
7 60 (6.22%) SaaS
8 31 (3.22%) Power Automate
9 27 (2.80%) GCP
10 24 (2.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 24 (2.49%) Serverless
11 23 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (2.07%) PowerApps
13 18 (1.87%) Copilot Studio
14 17 (1.76%) OneDrive
15 16 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
16 15 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
17 13 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 51 (5.29%) Firewall
2 43 (4.46%) Network Security
3 23 (2.39%) VPN
4 20 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (1.76%) DNS
6 15 (1.56%) CHAP
6 15 (1.56%) WAN
7 14 (1.45%) DHCP
8 12 (1.24%) LAN
9 11 (1.14%) VLAN
10 10 (1.04%) Internet
10 10 (1.04%) Wireless
11 8 (0.83%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.52%) SMS
13 4 (0.41%) Cisco IPT
14 3 (0.31%) SSL
15 2 (0.21%) Intranet
15 2 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.21%) VoIP
16 1 (0.10%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.74%) Power BI
2 22 (2.28%) Metadata
3 20 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (2.07%) Tableau
4 17 (1.76%) Data Lake
4 17 (1.76%) MySQL
5 12 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.14%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.04%) MariaDB
8 9 (0.93%) Power Query
9 6 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.62%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.41%) Big Data
10 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.31%) Db2
11 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.21%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 17 (1.76%) Git
2 13 (1.35%) JIRA
3 8 (0.83%) GitLab
4 6 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.52%) MLflow
6 4 (0.41%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.31%) JMeter
8 2 (0.21%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.21%) Maven
8 2 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.10%) ERwin
9 1 (0.10%) Gatling
9 1 (0.10%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.10%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.10%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.10%) Selenium
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 386 (40.04%) Social Skills
2 215 (22.30%) Finance
3 167 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (14.94%) Legal
5 79 (8.20%) Retail
6 77 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 72 (7.47%) Law
8 66 (6.85%) Public Sector
9 58 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
10 53 (5.50%) Marketing
11 40 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (3.32%) Banking
13 24 (2.49%) Financial Institution
14 22 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.97%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.97%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (1.24%) Local Government
19 10 (1.04%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 104 (10.79%) Analyst
2 89 (9.23%) Senior
3 73 (7.57%) Lead
4 56 (5.81%) Architect
5 49 (5.08%) Data Manager
6 48 (4.98%) IT Manager
7 44 (4.56%) Developer
8 43 (4.46%) IT Support
9 33 (3.42%) Data Protection Officer
10 31 (3.22%) IT Engineer
11 30 (3.11%) Consultant
11 30 (3.11%) Security Manager
12 28 (2.90%) Business Manager
13 27 (2.80%) Report Analyst
14 25 (2.59%) Governance Manager
15 24 (2.49%) Development Manager
15 24 (2.49%) Information Manager
16 22 (2.28%) Business Development Manager
16 22 (2.28%) Data Protection Manager
17 21 (2.18%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.07%) HTML
2 19 (1.97%) CSS
3 12 (1.24%) AWS CDK
4 11 (1.14%) OpenID
5 10 (1.04%) REST
6 9 (0.93%) React
7 8 (0.83%) SAML
8 7 (0.73%) Middleware
8 7 (0.73%) Node.js
8 7 (0.73%) OAuth
8 7 (0.73%) PySpark
9 6 (0.62%) .NET
9 6 (0.62%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.62%) EDI
9 6 (0.62%) Kafka
9 6 (0.62%) Spring Boot
10 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (0.52%) Next.js
10 5 (0.52%) XML
11 4 (0.41%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 141 (14.63%) Data Protection Act
2 117 (12.14%) Management Information System
3 75 (7.78%) Onboarding
4 43 (4.46%) Security Posture
5 41 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (3.53%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.42%) Product Ownership
8 32 (3.32%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
10 15 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.45%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (1.35%) CCTV
12 13 (1.35%) NHS
13 12 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (1.24%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.14%) Freedom of Information Act
15 10 (1.04%) Social Media
16 9 (0.93%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 76 (7.88%) Windows
2 22 (2.28%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.18%) Linux
4 6 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.52%) Android
5 5 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.52%) Unix
6 4 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.31%) AIX
7 3 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (25.10%) Cybersecurity
2 232 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
3 193 (20.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 176 (18.26%) AI
5 157 (16.29%) Decision-Making
6 155 (16.08%) Information Security
7 154 (15.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 146 (15.15%) Risk Management
9 118 (12.24%) Agile
10 117 (12.14%) Data Governance
11 111 (11.51%) Incident Response
12 101 (10.48%) Disaster Recovery
13 98 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 97 (10.06%) Analytics
15 90 (9.34%) Business Continuity
16 85 (8.82%) Roadmaps
17 82 (8.51%) Information Governance
17 82 (8.51%) ITIL
17 82 (8.51%) Service Delivery
18 77 (7.99%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 73 (7.57%) Python
1 73 (7.57%) SQL
2 37 (3.84%) JavaScript
3 28 (2.90%) Java
4 27 (2.80%) PHP
5 25 (2.59%) PowerShell
6 20 (2.07%) Bash
7 13 (1.35%) Ruby
8 12 (1.24%) Perl
9 10 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.73%) C#
12 4 (0.41%) Go
12 4 (0.41%) VBA
13 3 (0.31%) Groovy
14 2 (0.21%) Bicep
14 2 (0.21%) C
14 2 (0.21%) RPG
14 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.10%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 123 (12.76%) Degree
2 80 (8.30%) CISSP
3 58 (6.02%) CISM
4 54 (5.60%) Security Cleared
5 40 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.32%) CISA
6 32 (3.32%) SC Cleared
7 26 (2.70%) AWS Certification
8 24 (2.49%) CRISC
9 22 (2.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 21 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (1.87%) FFIEC
12 17 (1.76%) SANS
13 16 (1.66%) CGEIT
14 15 (1.56%) DBS Check
15 13 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
16 11 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (1.14%) Azure Certification
16 11 (1.14%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 317 (32.88%) GDPR
2 134 (13.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 101 (10.48%) NIST
4 87 (9.02%) Data Quality
5 78 (8.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 37 (3.84%) GRC
7 35 (3.63%) Accessibility
8 30 (3.11%) COBIT
9 29 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 28 (2.90%) PCI DSS
11 21 (2.18%) SOC 2
12 16 (1.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 16 (1.66%) QA
13 10 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (1.04%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.83%) ISO 22301
14 8 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 8 (0.83%) PMO
14 8 (0.83%) SLA
15 7 (0.73%) TickIT
System Software
1 61 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.66%) Docker
3 13 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.73%) vSphere
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (3.53%) Terraform
2 25 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (2.07%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.83%) Ansible
4 8 (0.83%) CASB
5 6 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.31%) Argo
6 3 (0.31%) SCCM
7 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.21%) Grafana
7 2 (0.21%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.21%) Nessus
7 2 (0.21%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.10%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.10%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.10%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 261 (27.07%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.59%) Google
3 22 (2.28%) Salesforce
4 18 (1.87%) Oracle
5 14 (1.45%) SAP
5 14 (1.45%) VMware
6 13 (1.35%) OpenAI
7 10 (1.04%) Databricks
8 9 (0.93%) iManage
8 9 (0.93%) Sage
9 8 (0.83%) Infor
9 8 (0.83%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.62%) Citrix
10 6 (0.62%) IBM
10 6 (0.62%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.52%) Cisco
11 5 (0.52%) Workday
11 5 (0.52%) Xero
11 5 (0.52%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.41%) Freshdesk