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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 219 245
Rank change year-on-year +48 +26 +14
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,106 651 803
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.14% 1.49% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.68% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 738 446 525
10th Percentile £33,500 £26,635 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,536 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,693 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -6.01% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,938 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -8.33%

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 71,345 38,684 57,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.38% 88.66% 81.23%
Number of salaries quoted 50,773 22,445 35,770
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%

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 2 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 2 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 +30 433 £65,000 -7.14% 753
South East +26 193 £45,000 - 200
North of England +4 188 £51,000 +4.62% 246
Midlands +51 155 £53,834 +28.18% 140
West Midlands +42 103 £53,600 -2.49% 97
North West -2 101 £50,000 +30.72% 131
South West -33 69 £55,000 +27.64% 107
Yorkshire -15 66 £52,500 -12.50% 81
East of England -9 60 £38,500 +18.46% 91
East Midlands -1 52 £55,000 +37.64% 43
North East -41 21 £80,500 +40.00% 37
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 93 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.81%) WordPress
4 6 (0.54%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.54%) Confluence
5 4 (0.36%) Apache
6 3 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.18%) CMS
7 2 (0.18%) nginx
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.090%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.090%) Documentum
8 1 (0.090%) JBoss
8 1 (0.090%) Moodle
8 1 (0.090%) WebSphere
Applications
1 56 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.45%) Fusion 360
6 4 (0.36%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.090%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.090%) InDesign
9 1 (0.090%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.99%) Raiser’s Edge
3 7 (0.63%) SystmOne
4 5 (0.45%) Shopify
5 4 (0.36%) iTrent
6 3 (0.27%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.27%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.18%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.090%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.090%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.090%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 245 (22.15%) Azure
2 200 (18.08%) Microsoft 365
3 138 (12.48%) AWS
4 98 (8.86%) Power Platform
5 94 (8.50%) SaaS
6 81 (7.32%) Entra ID
7 46 (4.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 40 (3.62%) GCP
9 39 (3.53%) Microsoft Copilot
9 39 (3.53%) Power Automate
10 33 (2.98%) PowerApps
10 33 (2.98%) Serverless
11 27 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
12 26 (2.35%) OneDrive
13 24 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
14 19 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (1.63%) Copilot Studio
16 15 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (1.36%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 57 (5.15%) Network Security
2 39 (3.53%) Firewall
3 30 (2.71%) VPN
4 28 (2.53%) DNS
5 25 (2.26%) DHCP
5 25 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (1.63%) Internet
6 18 (1.63%) VLAN
7 16 (1.45%) LAN
7 16 (1.45%) Wireless
8 15 (1.36%) TCP/IP
9 14 (1.27%) WAN
10 7 (0.63%) CHAP
10 7 (0.63%) VoIP
11 6 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.54%) SSL
12 4 (0.36%) Intranet
12 4 (0.36%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.27%) SMS
14 2 (0.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.51%) Power BI
2 34 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (2.89%) Metadata
4 25 (2.26%) SQL Server
5 23 (2.08%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.45%) Tableau
7 14 (1.27%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.27%) MySQL
7 14 (1.27%) Power Query
8 11 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.90%) MariaDB
9 10 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.72%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.54%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.54%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (2.08%) Git
2 16 (1.45%) JIRA
3 8 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.54%) GitLab
5 5 (0.45%) MLflow
6 4 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.27%) JMeter
8 2 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.18%) git-flow
8 2 (0.18%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.18%) Maven
8 2 (0.18%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.090%) Appium
9 1 (0.090%) Gatling
9 1 (0.090%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.090%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.090%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.090%) Yeoman
General
1 421 (38.07%) Social Skills
2 240 (21.70%) Finance
3 202 (18.26%) Legal
4 186 (16.82%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (9.31%) Law
6 102 (9.22%) Public Sector
7 97 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 94 (8.50%) Retail
9 90 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
10 75 (6.78%) Influencing Skills
11 47 (4.25%) Marketing
12 40 (3.62%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.80%) Banking
14 22 (1.99%) Local Government
15 19 (1.72%) Aerospace
15 19 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.63%) Fire and Rescue
17 13 (1.18%) Back Office
18 12 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (10.31%) Senior
2 91 (8.23%) Architect
3 84 (7.59%) Analyst
4 80 (7.23%) Lead
5 66 (5.97%) Data Manager
6 53 (4.79%) IT Manager
7 48 (4.34%) Developer
7 48 (4.34%) IT Support
8 40 (3.62%) Data Protection Manager
9 33 (2.98%) Data Protection Officer
10 32 (2.89%) Consultant
10 32 (2.89%) Information Manager
10 32 (2.89%) Sales Manager
11 31 (2.80%) Governance Manager
11 31 (2.80%) IT Engineer
12 30 (2.71%) Service Manager
13 28 (2.53%) Security Manager
14 25 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
14 25 (2.26%) Service Delivery Manager
15 24 (2.17%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.35%) Terraform
2 25 (2.26%) HTML
3 22 (1.99%) OpenID
4 19 (1.72%) CSS
4 19 (1.72%) REST
4 19 (1.72%) SAML
5 18 (1.63%) OAuth
6 16 (1.45%) AWS CDK
7 12 (1.08%) LDAP
7 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
7 12 (1.08%) ModSecurity
8 11 (0.99%) React
8 11 (0.99%) SPFx
9 9 (0.81%) .NET
10 8 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
10 8 (0.72%) SOAP
11 7 (0.63%) Kafka
11 7 (0.63%) PySpark
12 6 (0.54%) Node.js
12 6 (0.54%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 142 (12.84%) Management Information System
2 108 (9.76%) Data Protection Act
3 106 (9.58%) Onboarding
4 54 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 49 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (4.34%) Cloud Native
6 48 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
7 43 (3.89%) Product Ownership
8 34 (3.07%) Virtual Team
9 32 (2.89%) Driving Licence
10 29 (2.62%) Social Media
11 22 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 20 (1.81%) Data Centre
13 19 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
13 19 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
14 16 (1.45%) NHS
15 15 (1.36%) Freedom of Information Act
16 14 (1.27%) CCTV
16 14 (1.27%) Life Science
17 13 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 82 (7.41%) Windows
2 16 (1.45%) Windows Server
3 15 (1.36%) Linux
4 10 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.45%) Android
5 5 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.090%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (25.86%) Cybersecurity
2 268 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
3 265 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 218 (19.71%) AI
5 209 (18.90%) Information Security
6 191 (17.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 168 (15.19%) Agile
7 168 (15.19%) Risk Management
8 161 (14.56%) Decision-Making
9 154 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 117 (10.58%) Incident Response
11 113 (10.22%) Service Delivery
12 112 (10.13%) Disaster Recovery
13 111 (10.04%) Analytics
14 110 (9.95%) Data Governance
15 109 (9.86%) Roadmaps
16 95 (8.59%) Business Continuity
17 94 (8.50%) ITIL
18 90 (8.14%) Mentoring
19 87 (7.87%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 85 (7.69%) SQL
2 79 (7.14%) Python
3 38 (3.44%) JavaScript
4 37 (3.35%) PowerShell
5 32 (2.89%) Java
6 27 (2.44%) PHP
7 20 (1.81%) Bash
8 19 (1.72%) C#
9 14 (1.27%) Perl
9 14 (1.27%) Ruby
10 13 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.08%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.27%) Go
12 3 (0.27%) Groovy
13 2 (0.18%) Bicep
13 2 (0.18%) C
13 2 (0.18%) R
13 2 (0.18%) RPG
13 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.090%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 147 (13.29%) Degree
2 96 (8.68%) CISSP
3 74 (6.69%) Security Cleared
4 67 (6.06%) CISM
5 37 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.25%) AWS Certification
6 36 (3.25%) SC Cleared
7 34 (3.07%) Azure Certification
8 30 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.35%) DBS Check
10 25 (2.26%) CRISC
11 24 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.99%) CISA
13 20 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 20 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 20 (1.81%) DV Cleared
14 19 (1.72%) CCSP
15 17 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 340 (30.74%) GDPR
2 142 (12.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 103 (9.31%) Data Quality
4 98 (8.86%) NIST
5 69 (6.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 54 (4.88%) GRC
7 39 (3.53%) Accessibility
8 37 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 28 (2.53%) QA
10 22 (1.99%) SOC 2
11 21 (1.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 20 (1.81%) COBIT
13 19 (1.72%) PCI DSS
14 15 (1.36%) ISO 22301
15 13 (1.18%) SLA
16 11 (0.99%) ISO 9001
16 11 (0.99%) PERC
17 8 (0.72%) NCSC
18 7 (0.63%) SOC 1
18 7 (0.63%) TickIT
System Software
1 72 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.72%) Docker
3 14 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.90%) vSphere
5 8 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.63%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.090%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (0.81%) Ansible
4 8 (0.72%) Nessus
5 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.36%) Puppet
7 3 (0.27%) CASB
7 3 (0.27%) SCCM
8 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.18%) Grafana
8 2 (0.18%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.18%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.090%) Argo
9 1 (0.090%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.090%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.090%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 296 (26.76%) Microsoft
2 31 (2.80%) Google
3 24 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 23 (2.08%) Oracle
5 17 (1.54%) VMware
6 16 (1.45%) OpenAI
6 16 (1.45%) SAP
7 13 (1.18%) Cisco
7 13 (1.18%) Okta
8 12 (1.08%) Databricks
8 12 (1.08%) ForgeRock
9 11 (0.99%) Informatica
10 10 (0.90%) Infor
11 9 (0.81%) Adobe
12 8 (0.72%) iManage
12 8 (0.72%) Palo Alto
12 8 (0.72%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.63%) Xero
13 7 (0.63%) YouTube
14 6 (0.54%) OneTrust