Data Protection Job Trends in Essex

Data Protection
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 49 49
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +20
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 4 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.57% 0.44% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.56% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,600 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,850 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.90%
75th Percentile £32,101 - £39,500
90th Percentile - - £39,950
East of England median annual salary £43,500 £66,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -34.59% +23.15% -6.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 565 360 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 80.03% 78.77% 87.27%
Number of salaries quoted 325 136 282
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,125
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -5.50% +3.81%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,188
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - -

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Protection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Essex

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Essex region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Colchester - 3 - - 3
Chelmsford - 1 £30,850 -
Data Protection
East of England

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Data Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Information Governance Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Information Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Adobe