Data Protection Jobs in Essex

Data Protection
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 74 82
Rank change year-on-year +22 +8 +24
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 10 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 2.03% 0.11% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 0.14% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile £42,250 - -
East of England median annual salary £39,821 £50,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -20.75% +18.24% -15.00%

All Process and 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 434 710 762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 88.03% 79.24% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 192 581 348
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,759 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £47,490
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.24% -0.02%
75th Percentile £57,813 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,875 £73,750 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in Essex

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in Essex

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Essex over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Essex

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 29 May 2025. 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
Southend-on-Sea - 8 £32,500 -
Basildon - 1 £60,000 - 23
Chelmsford - 1 £40,000 - 24
Data Protection
East of England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Lead
2 8 (80.00%) 1st Line Support
2 8 (80.00%) Support Team Leader
2 8 (80.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Information Security
2 8 (80.00%) Coaching
2 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 8 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 8 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (80.00%) Performance Analysis
2 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (80.00%) Process Improvement
2 8 (80.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (10.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (10.00%) ISMS
3 1 (10.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (10.00%) Security Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) SLA
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft