Data Protection Jobs in England

Data Protection
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 260 263
Rank change year-on-year +51 +3 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,220 1,296 2,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.43% 1.41% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.47% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 905 717 1,372
10th Percentile £30,746 £36,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +0.92%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,332 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.64% +0.60% +1.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Protection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,083 88,114 126,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.76% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,858 52,089 73,941
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,650 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in England.

Salary trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 +48 394 £60,000 -4.00% 169
North of England +30 254 £47,500 -5.45% 81
South East +11 213 £45,802 -16.72% 95
Midlands +80 211 £50,000 -9.09% 62
West Midlands +61 139 £50,000 -9.09% 29
North West -8 134 £42,500 -15.40% 46
South West +17 103 £48,750 -8.02% 30
Yorkshire +87 92 £51,250 -1.01% 30
East Midlands +22 67 £50,000 -9.09% 33
East of England +4 39 £60,000 +35.21% 43
North East +6 28 £42,000 -12.04% 8
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 110 (9.02%) SharePoint
2 35 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.15%) IIS
4 11 (0.90%) Confluence
4 11 (0.90%) WordPress
5 8 (0.66%) CMS
5 8 (0.66%) nginx
6 6 (0.49%) Apache
7 5 (0.41%) SAS
8 4 (0.33%) Site Server
9 3 (0.25%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.16%) Kentico
10 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.082%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.082%) Moodle
11 1 (0.082%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.082%) Totara
Applications
1 110 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
4 16 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (0.57%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.49%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.082%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 32 (2.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.082%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.082%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.082%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.082%) Primavera
7 1 (0.082%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.082%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.082%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 210 (17.21%) Azure
2 136 (11.15%) Power Platform
3 129 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
4 117 (9.59%) AWS
5 34 (2.79%) Entra ID
6 33 (2.70%) GCP
7 28 (2.30%) SaaS
8 23 (1.89%) Power Automate
8 23 (1.89%) PowerApps
9 19 (1.56%) Google Workspace
10 18 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.39%) Serverless
12 16 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (1.31%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.31%) IaaS
13 15 (1.23%) PaaS
14 14 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 88 (7.21%) Firewall
2 47 (3.85%) DNS
3 38 (3.11%) Network Security
4 35 (2.87%) LAN
5 34 (2.79%) Internet
6 33 (2.70%) Wireless
7 27 (2.21%) WAN
8 26 (2.13%) DHCP
9 25 (2.05%) Intranet
10 23 (1.89%) VPN
11 16 (1.31%) Broadband
11 16 (1.31%) Cisco IPT
12 14 (1.15%) SNMP
12 14 (1.15%) TCP/IP
13 12 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
13 12 (0.98%) NAS
13 12 (0.98%) VoIP
14 11 (0.90%) SAN
15 9 (0.74%) HTTP
15 9 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (10.25%) Power BI
2 70 (5.74%) SQL Server
3 49 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (2.38%) Data Lake
5 28 (2.30%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.64%) Metadata
7 20 (1.64%) MySQL
8 17 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.07%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.07%) Power Query
11 12 (0.98%) Big Data
11 12 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 10 (0.82%) Tableau
13 8 (0.66%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.49%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 75 (6.15%) JIRA
2 26 (2.13%) Git
3 10 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.66%) Selenium
5 6 (0.49%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.33%) Moq
7 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.25%) GitLab
8 2 (0.16%) Hudson
8 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.082%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.082%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.082%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.082%) NUnit
9 1 (0.082%) Postman
9 1 (0.082%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.082%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.082%) Storybook
9 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.082%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 404 (33.11%) Social Skills
2 323 (26.48%) Finance
3 250 (20.49%) Legal
4 164 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
5 125 (10.25%) Banking
6 76 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
7 75 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 75 (6.15%) Law
8 72 (5.90%) Retail
9 61 (5.00%) Marketing
10 47 (3.85%) Public Sector
11 39 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (2.54%) Manufacturing
14 26 (2.13%) Local Government
14 26 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 15 (1.23%) Games
17 11 (0.90%) Back Office
18 10 (0.82%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 190 (15.57%) Senior
2 131 (10.74%) Analyst
3 119 (9.75%) Developer
4 92 (7.54%) Lead
5 80 (6.56%) Data Manager
6 65 (5.33%) Senior Analyst
7 63 (5.16%) IT Manager
8 47 (3.85%) Architect
8 47 (3.85%) Consultant
9 46 (3.77%) Security Manager
10 44 (3.61%) Data Protection Manager
11 34 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
11 34 (2.79%) Security Analyst
12 32 (2.62%) Senior Manager
13 31 (2.54%) Information Manager
14 30 (2.46%) Governance Manager
14 30 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 29 (2.38%) Data Protection Officer
16 26 (2.13%) Administrator
17 25 (2.05%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.44%) .NET
2 29 (2.38%) RESTful
3 23 (1.89%) Web Services
4 22 (1.80%) Node.js
5 17 (1.39%) React
6 15 (1.23%) HTML
7 14 (1.15%) CSS
7 14 (1.15%) gRPC
8 13 (1.07%) EDI
9 10 (0.82%) Vue
10 8 (0.66%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.66%) ModSecurity
10 8 (0.66%) Spring
10 8 (0.66%) Spring Boot
10 8 (0.66%) XML
11 7 (0.57%) Hibernate
11 7 (0.57%) JPA
11 7 (0.57%) REST
11 7 (0.57%) web3js
12 6 (0.49%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 228 (18.69%) Data Protection Act
2 185 (15.16%) Management Information System
3 53 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.93%) Freedom of Information
5 42 (3.44%) Data Centre
6 31 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
6 31 (2.54%) NHS
7 28 (2.30%) Security Posture
8 25 (2.05%) Onboarding
9 24 (1.97%) Mobile App
10 19 (1.56%) CCTV
10 19 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.48%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (1.31%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.31%) IoT
13 14 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.15%) Taxonomies
14 13 (1.07%) Social Media
14 13 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 117 (9.59%) Windows
2 54 (4.43%) Windows Server
3 32 (2.62%) Linux
4 24 (1.97%) Mac OS
5 21 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.07%) Android
7 13 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.33%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.16%) Unix
11 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (21.64%) Information Security
2 254 (20.82%) Cybersecurity
3 242 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
4 200 (16.39%) Data Management
5 188 (15.41%) Risk Management
6 181 (14.84%) Data Governance
7 172 (14.10%) Data Privacy
8 154 (12.62%) Business Intelligence
9 134 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 131 (10.74%) DevOps
11 129 (10.57%) Agile
12 125 (10.25%) Impact Assessments
12 125 (10.25%) Process Improvement
13 114 (9.34%) Matrix Organization
14 111 (9.10%) Disaster Recovery
15 108 (8.85%) Coaching
15 108 (8.85%) Matrix Management
16 98 (8.03%) Project Management
17 95 (7.79%) Customer Service
18 94 (7.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 109 (8.93%) SQL
2 71 (5.82%) Python
3 65 (5.33%) PowerShell
4 35 (2.87%) C#
5 33 (2.70%) Bash
6 32 (2.62%) T-SQL
7 29 (2.38%) Java
8 26 (2.13%) JavaScript
9 20 (1.64%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.07%) Bicep
11 10 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.82%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.74%) Scala
12 9 (0.74%) Swift
13 8 (0.66%) R
14 6 (0.49%) C++
15 5 (0.41%) JSX
15 5 (0.41%) PHP
16 3 (0.25%) Go
16 3 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 237 (19.43%) Degree
2 103 (8.44%) CISSP
3 73 (5.98%) CISM
4 71 (5.82%) Security Cleared
5 58 (4.75%) Master's Degree
6 49 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (3.85%) SC Cleared
8 40 (3.28%) CISA
9 29 (2.38%) CRISC
10 27 (2.21%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.89%) AWS Certification
11 23 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (1.48%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.98%) GIAC
14 12 (0.98%) ISEB
15 11 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.90%) PMI Certification
15 11 (0.90%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 358 (29.34%) GDPR
2 156 (12.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (8.11%) Data Quality
4 70 (5.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 53 (4.34%) NIST
6 49 (4.02%) GRC
7 47 (3.85%) PCI DSS
8 38 (3.11%) QA
9 23 (1.89%) NCSC
10 17 (1.39%) SOC 2
11 15 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 14 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (0.90%) ISO 14000
14 9 (0.74%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.74%) SLA
15 8 (0.66%) Accessibility
15 8 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.57%) COBIT
16 7 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 76 (6.23%) Active Directory
2 57 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (3.28%) Docker
4 36 (2.95%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.57%) SRDF
5 7 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.49%) XenApp
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.16%) vSphere
8 1 (0.082%) Ceph
8 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.62%) Terraform
3 22 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.98%) CASB
6 9 (0.74%) Ansible
7 6 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.49%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.49%) WSUS
8 4 (0.33%) Suricata
9 3 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.25%) SCCM
10 2 (0.16%) Istio
10 2 (0.16%) Nessus
10 2 (0.16%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.082%) Grafana
11 1 (0.082%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.082%) VxRail
Vendors
1 297 (24.34%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.92%) VMware
3 46 (3.77%) Google
4 34 (2.79%) SAP
5 31 (2.54%) Cisco
6 26 (2.13%) Oracle
7 25 (2.05%) Apple
8 17 (1.39%) Aruba
8 17 (1.39%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.31%) Meraki
10 13 (1.07%) HP
11 12 (0.98%) Adobe
11 12 (0.98%) Databricks
12 11 (0.90%) Citrix
13 9 (0.74%) Sage
14 8 (0.66%) EMC
15 7 (0.57%) Brocade
15 7 (0.57%) Dell
15 7 (0.57%) Qualys
15 7 (0.57%) Veeam