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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 218 253
Rank change year-on-year +61 +35 +16
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,282 640 732
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.23% 1.49% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.67% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 811 424 404
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,466
25th Percentile £40,953 £36,550 £44,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -0.86%
75th Percentile £80,625 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -0.86%

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 76,412 38,327 54,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.56% 89.12% 82.24%
Number of salaries quoted 53,811 21,662 29,728
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,233 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%

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 30 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 30 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 +17 457 £65,000 -3.70% 689
South East +48 245 £45,000 - 227
North of England +38 245 £51,000 +2.00% 308
Midlands +36 160 £52,500 +1.18% 151
North West +19 132 £45,544 -8.91% 163
West Midlands +26 109 £53,600 -8.77% 89
South West -19 91 £49,375 +31.09% 84
Yorkshire +13 84 £52,500 -12.50% 113
East of England 0 73 £45,000 +38.46% 88
East Midlands -9 51 £45,000 +12.50% 62
North East -42 29 £80,500 +40.00% 34
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
1 112 (8.74%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.86%) WordPress
4 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.31%) Apache
5 4 (0.31%) IIS
6 3 (0.23%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) nginx
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.078%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.078%) Documentum
8 1 (0.078%) Moodle
8 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 79 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
4 12 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.39%) Fusion 360
6 4 (0.31%) Acrobat
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.078%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.078%) Elementor
9 1 (0.078%) InDesign
9 1 (0.078%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.86%) Raiser’s Edge
3 9 (0.70%) SystmOne
4 5 (0.39%) Shopify
5 4 (0.31%) iTrent
6 3 (0.23%) BambooHR
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.23%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.078%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.078%) Misys Equation
8 1 (0.078%) Misys Midas
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.078%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.078%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.078%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 274 (21.37%) Azure
2 228 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (10.92%) AWS
4 117 (9.13%) Power Platform
5 99 (7.72%) SaaS
6 94 (7.33%) Entra ID
7 58 (4.52%) Microsoft Copilot
8 54 (4.21%) Microsoft Purview
9 50 (3.90%) Power Automate
10 44 (3.43%) PowerApps
11 42 (3.28%) OneDrive
12 39 (3.04%) GCP
13 38 (2.96%) Serverless
14 35 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
15 32 (2.50%) Copilot Studio
16 23 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
18 20 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
19 19 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
20 17 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 57 (4.45%) Network Security
2 42 (3.28%) Firewall
3 38 (2.96%) DNS
4 37 (2.89%) VPN
5 34 (2.65%) DHCP
6 27 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (1.72%) VLAN
8 20 (1.56%) Wireless
9 19 (1.48%) TCP/IP
10 17 (1.33%) Internet
10 17 (1.33%) LAN
11 15 (1.17%) WAN
12 8 (0.62%) Cisco IPT
12 8 (0.62%) SSL
13 7 (0.55%) VoIP
14 4 (0.31%) CHAP
14 4 (0.31%) Intranet
14 4 (0.31%) IPsec
14 4 (0.31%) Unified Communications
15 3 (0.23%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (6.32%) Power BI
2 41 (3.20%) Metadata
3 38 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (2.73%) SQL Server
5 28 (2.18%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.56%) Power Query
7 16 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.17%) MySQL
8 15 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.17%) Tableau
9 13 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.94%) Data Lake
11 10 (0.78%) DynamoDB
11 10 (0.78%) MariaDB
11 10 (0.78%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.78%) Star Schema
12 9 (0.70%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (0.70%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (2.18%) Git
2 14 (1.09%) JIRA
3 8 (0.62%) Claude Code
4 4 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.23%) GitLab
5 3 (0.23%) MLflow
6 2 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.16%) git-flow
7 1 (0.078%) Ant
7 1 (0.078%) Appium
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.078%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.078%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.078%) Yeoman
General
1 493 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 302 (23.56%) Finance
3 250 (19.50%) Legal
4 225 (17.55%) Analytical Skills
5 137 (10.69%) Law
5 137 (10.69%) Public Sector
6 136 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
7 119 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 111 (8.66%) Retail
9 106 (8.27%) Influencing Skills
10 73 (5.69%) Marketing
11 45 (3.51%) Manufacturing
12 36 (2.81%) Banking
13 30 (2.34%) Local Government
14 23 (1.79%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.56%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.40%) Back Office
17 17 (1.33%) Fire and Rescue
17 17 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (10.45%) Senior
2 121 (9.44%) Architect
3 94 (7.33%) Lead
4 83 (6.47%) Analyst
5 74 (5.77%) Data Manager
6 52 (4.06%) IT Manager
7 51 (3.98%) Developer
8 48 (3.74%) IT Support
9 47 (3.67%) Data Protection Manager
10 39 (3.04%) Consultant
11 34 (2.65%) Sales Manager
12 33 (2.57%) Information Manager
12 33 (2.57%) IT Engineer
13 32 (2.50%) Governance Manager
14 31 (2.42%) Service Manager
15 30 (2.34%) Security Architect
16 29 (2.26%) Business Manager
16 29 (2.26%) Security Manager
17 28 (2.18%) Data Protection Officer
18 26 (2.03%) Data Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.96%) Terraform
2 28 (2.18%) HTML
2 28 (2.18%) REST
3 23 (1.79%) OpenID
4 20 (1.56%) OAuth
4 20 (1.56%) SAML
5 17 (1.33%) CSS
6 16 (1.25%) AWS CDK
7 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Graph
7 14 (1.09%) Middleware
8 12 (0.94%) LDAP
8 12 (0.94%) ModSecurity
8 12 (0.94%) SPFx
9 11 (0.86%) React
10 10 (0.78%) SOAP
11 9 (0.70%) .NET
11 9 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
12 8 (0.62%) EDI
12 8 (0.62%) Model Context Protocol
13 7 (0.55%) Langfuse
Miscellaneous
1 176 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 121 (9.44%) Onboarding
3 108 (8.42%) Data Protection Act
4 61 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 61 (4.76%) Security Posture
5 52 (4.06%) Cloud Native
5 52 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (3.82%) Product Ownership
7 36 (2.81%) Driving Licence
7 36 (2.81%) Social Media
8 34 (2.65%) Virtual Team
9 29 (2.26%) Freedom of Information
10 27 (2.11%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 24 (1.87%) NHS
13 22 (1.72%) AI Agents
14 19 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
14 19 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
14 19 (1.48%) Life Science
15 17 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (7.10%) Windows
2 21 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.25%) Linux
4 11 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.47%) Android
5 6 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.078%) AIX
9 1 (0.078%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (26.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 325 (25.35%) Cybersecurity
3 298 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
4 270 (21.06%) AI
5 248 (19.34%) Information Security
6 243 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 204 (15.91%) Risk Management
8 193 (15.05%) Agile
8 193 (15.05%) Decision-Making
9 166 (12.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 146 (11.39%) Roadmaps
11 133 (10.37%) Service Delivery
12 127 (9.91%) Analytics
12 127 (9.91%) Collaborative Working
13 124 (9.67%) Incident Response
14 114 (8.89%) Data Governance
15 112 (8.74%) Business Continuity
15 112 (8.74%) Disaster Recovery
16 110 (8.58%) Information Governance
17 107 (8.35%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 91 (7.10%) SQL
2 86 (6.71%) Python
3 47 (3.67%) PowerShell
4 41 (3.20%) JavaScript
5 28 (2.18%) Java
6 26 (2.03%) PHP
7 24 (1.87%) C#
8 18 (1.40%) Bash
9 17 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.09%) Perl
10 14 (1.09%) Ruby
11 11 (0.86%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.39%) Bicep
13 3 (0.23%) Go
13 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.16%) R
14 2 (0.16%) RPG
15 1 (0.078%) Pascal
15 1 (0.078%) VBScript
15 1 (0.078%) XAML
Qualifications
1 169 (13.18%) Degree
2 109 (8.50%) CISSP
3 95 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 79 (6.16%) CISM
5 46 (3.59%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (3.04%) AWS Certification
8 38 (2.96%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (2.65%) DBS Check
11 27 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.95%) DV Cleared
13 23 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 23 (1.79%) CRISC
14 22 (1.72%) CCSP
15 19 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 19 (1.48%) CISA
16 17 (1.33%) ACCA
17 16 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
18 14 (1.09%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 391 (30.50%) GDPR
2 171 (13.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 117 (9.13%) Data Quality
4 110 (8.58%) NIST
5 81 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 60 (4.68%) GRC
7 47 (3.67%) Accessibility
8 41 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 36 (2.81%) QA
10 30 (2.34%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 22 (1.72%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.56%) ISO 22301
13 20 (1.56%) SLA
14 17 (1.33%) COBIT
15 16 (1.25%) ISO 9001
16 15 (1.17%) NCSC
17 11 (0.86%) PERC
18 9 (0.70%) NIST 800
19 7 (0.55%) TickIT
System Software
1 73 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.01%) Docker
3 13 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.86%) vSphere
5 8 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.16%) UAG
7 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.078%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (1.72%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.62%) Ansible
4 8 (0.62%) Nessus
5 5 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.39%) Puppet
5 5 (0.39%) SCCM
6 4 (0.31%) Grafana
6 4 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.31%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.16%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.078%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.078%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.078%) QRadar
9 1 (0.078%) SCOM
9 1 (0.078%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 376 (29.33%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.03%) Google
3 23 (1.79%) Salesforce
4 22 (1.72%) VMware
5 21 (1.64%) Oracle
6 17 (1.33%) Cisco
6 17 (1.33%) Informatica
7 15 (1.17%) OpenAI
7 15 (1.17%) YouTube
8 14 (1.09%) SAP
9 13 (1.01%) Okta
10 12 (0.94%) Databricks
10 12 (0.94%) ForgeRock
11 11 (0.86%) Adobe
12 10 (0.78%) Infor
12 10 (0.78%) OneTrust
12 10 (0.78%) Xero
13 9 (0.70%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.70%) Talend
14 8 (0.62%) Sage