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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 200 196
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +73
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 847 659 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 1.72% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.84% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 595 452 898
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 £80,625 £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 61,053 35,757 72,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.82% 93.39% 84.23%
Number of salaries quoted 40,449 19,146 54,102
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
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 £73,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -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 25 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 25 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 +6 345 £75,000 -1.96% 188
North of England -3 151 £57,239 +11.69% 68
South East +7 135 £40,000 -11.11% 73
Midlands +1 103 £58,610 +17.22% 60
North West -2 81 £52,500 +5.00% 30
West Midlands -12 68 £50,000 -4.76% 38
Yorkshire -15 63 £57,239 -4.60% 30
East of England -3 52 £41,000 +2.96% 16
South West -34 41 £47,000 -24.80% 36
East Midlands -5 33 £70,000 +145.61% 22
North East -36 7 £80,000 +14.29% 9
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 22 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.59%) CMS
5 4 (0.47%) IIS
6 3 (0.35%) Apache
6 3 (0.35%) WordPress
7 2 (0.24%) Confluence
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 38 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.77%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.35%) Fusion 360
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 16 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.71%) Shopify
3 4 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.47%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.35%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.35%) SystmOne
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 (21.02%) Azure
2 122 (14.40%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (8.62%) AWS
4 70 (8.26%) Entra ID
5 66 (7.79%) Power Platform
6 62 (7.32%) Microsoft Purview
7 56 (6.61%) SaaS
8 28 (3.31%) GCP
9 18 (2.13%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (1.53%) Google Workspace
13 12 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (1.42%) Copilot Studio
13 12 (1.42%) PaaS
13 12 (1.42%) Serverless
14 11 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.30%) OneDrive
15 10 (1.18%) GitHub
15 10 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.43%) Firewall
2 25 (2.95%) WAN
3 23 (2.72%) CHAP
4 18 (2.13%) Network Security
5 17 (2.01%) VPN
6 16 (1.89%) LAN
7 10 (1.18%) DNS
8 9 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.83%) DHCP
9 7 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.71%) VoIP
11 5 (0.59%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.59%) SMS
11 5 (0.59%) VLAN
12 4 (0.47%) Internet
13 3 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
13 3 (0.35%) PuTTY
13 3 (0.35%) Wireless
14 1 (0.12%) iSCSI
14 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (6.73%) Power BI
2 18 (2.13%) Data Lake
3 17 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (2.01%) Metadata
3 17 (2.01%) Tableau
4 16 (1.89%) MySQL
5 12 (1.42%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.18%) MariaDB
7 8 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.83%) Power Query
9 6 (0.71%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.59%) Big Data
10 5 (0.59%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.35%) DB2
11 3 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.35%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.35%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (2.60%) Git
2 14 (1.65%) JIRA
3 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.71%) GitLab
5 5 (0.59%) Maven
5 5 (0.59%) MLflow
6 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.35%) JMeter
7 3 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.24%) Storybook
9 1 (0.12%) Ant
9 1 (0.12%) ERwin
9 1 (0.12%) GCC
9 1 (0.12%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 342 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 193 (22.79%) Finance
3 138 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (16.06%) Legal
5 68 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (7.91%) Law
7 59 (6.97%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (6.61%) Marketing
9 54 (6.38%) Retail
10 37 (4.37%) Banking
11 33 (3.90%) Financial Institution
12 32 (3.78%) Public Sector
13 31 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (2.36%) Telecoms
15 19 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.65%) Local Government
17 13 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (1.42%) Manufacturing
19 10 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
20 7 (0.83%) Police
Job Titles
1 100 (11.81%) Analyst
2 69 (8.15%) Senior
3 66 (7.79%) Lead
4 44 (5.19%) IT Manager
5 39 (4.60%) Architect
6 37 (4.37%) Data Manager
6 37 (4.37%) Report Analyst
7 36 (4.25%) Developer
8 33 (3.90%) IT Support
9 31 (3.66%) Development Manager
10 30 (3.54%) Business Manager
10 30 (3.54%) Data Protection Officer
11 27 (3.19%) Business Development Manager
12 26 (3.07%) Sales Manager
12 26 (3.07%) Security Manager
13 25 (2.95%) Account Manager
13 25 (2.95%) Auditor
14 24 (2.83%) Governance Manager
15 22 (2.60%) IT Engineer
15 22 (2.60%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.13%) CSS
2 14 (1.65%) HTML
3 9 (1.06%) Node.js
3 9 (1.06%) OAuth
4 7 (0.83%) EDI
4 7 (0.83%) REST
5 6 (0.71%) Middleware
5 6 (0.71%) OpenID
5 6 (0.71%) React
5 6 (0.71%) SOAP
6 5 (0.59%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.59%) Jest
6 5 (0.59%) Next.js
6 5 (0.59%) PySpark
6 5 (0.59%) RESTful
7 4 (0.47%) .NET
7 4 (0.47%) JWT
7 4 (0.47%) XML
8 3 (0.35%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (0.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 124 (14.64%) Data Protection Act
2 108 (12.75%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 32 (3.78%) Driving Licence
5 28 (3.31%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.07%) Cloud Native
7 23 (2.72%) Security Posture
8 22 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.01%) NHS
11 16 (1.89%) 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
17 7 (0.83%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 70 (8.26%) Windows
2 22 (2.60%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.48%) 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
1 212 (25.03%) Cybersecurity
2 189 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
3 147 (17.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 145 (17.12%) Decision-Making
5 135 (15.94%) AI
6 125 (14.76%) Risk Management
7 120 (14.17%) Information Security
8 115 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 105 (12.40%) Agile
10 100 (11.81%) Data Governance
11 96 (11.33%) Incident Response
12 88 (10.39%) Analytics
13 86 (10.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 79 (9.33%) Disaster Recovery
15 78 (9.21%) ITIL
16 73 (8.62%) Business Continuity
17 70 (8.26%) Process Improvement
18 68 (8.03%) Information Governance
18 68 (8.03%) Project Management
19 66 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 58 (6.85%) SQL
2 47 (5.55%) Python
3 30 (3.54%) JavaScript
4 16 (1.89%) Java
4 16 (1.89%) PowerShell
5 15 (1.77%) PHP
6 11 (1.30%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.83%) Bash
8 5 (0.59%) C#
8 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.47%) VBA
10 3 (0.35%) Bicep
10 3 (0.35%) Go
10 3 (0.35%) Groovy
11 2 (0.24%) C
11 2 (0.24%) RPG
11 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 105 (12.40%) Degree
2 71 (8.38%) CISSP
3 56 (6.61%) CISM
4 42 (4.96%) CISA
5 41 (4.84%) 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%) DBS Check
8 21 (2.48%) SC Cleared
9 20 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
10 18 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.65%) CRISC
12 13 (1.53%) PMI Certification
13 12 (1.42%) CEH
13 12 (1.42%) PMP
14 11 (1.30%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.94%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.71%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (29.75%) GDPR
2 107 (12.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 83 (9.80%) NIST
4 69 (8.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 67 (7.91%) Data Quality
6 34 (4.01%) COBIT
7 31 (3.66%) Accessibility
8 26 (3.07%) PCI DSS
9 22 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 18 (2.13%) GRC
11 17 (2.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 16 (1.89%) QA
13 12 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (1.42%) SOC 2
14 10 (1.18%) HIPAA
14 10 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 9 (1.06%) PMO
16 7 (0.83%) PERC
16 7 (0.83%) SLA
17 6 (0.71%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 52 (6.14%) 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 33 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.01%) 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
9 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 219 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.07%) Google
3 19 (2.24%) Salesforce
4 12 (1.42%) Oracle
5 11 (1.30%) iManage
5 11 (1.30%) SAP
6 9 (1.06%) Cisco
6 9 (1.06%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.94%) Databricks
8 7 (0.83%) Meraki
8 7 (0.83%) Sage
8 7 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.83%) VMware
8 7 (0.83%) Workday
9 6 (0.71%) Citrix
10 5 (0.59%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.59%) Xero
10 5 (0.59%) YouTube
10 5 (0.59%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.47%) Tenable