Data Privacy Job Trends in London

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Privacy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 230 313
Rank change year-on-year -31 +83 +166
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 114 215 131
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.81% 1.39% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.46% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 60 82 110
10th Percentile £31,250 £55,199 £55,000
25th Percentile £52,875 £72,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £96,375 £115,938 £103,438
90th Percentile £120,250 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £71,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.90% +24.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Data Privacy 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Privacy job vacancy trend in London

Data Privacy
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Privacy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Privacy

Data Privacy
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Privacy in London

Data Privacy
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Privacy within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London -8 23 £82,500 +10.74% 19
West London - 5 £32,500 - 10
East London -14 1 - - 6
South London - 1 £70,000 - 5
Data Privacy
England

Data Privacy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (2.63%) SharePoint
1 3 (2.63%) WordPress
2 2 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.88%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (2.63%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.63%) InDesign
3 3 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.63%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.63%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.63%) SAP CX
2 3 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 40 (35.09%) Azure
2 29 (25.44%) AWS
3 28 (24.56%) GCP
4 23 (20.18%) SaaS
5 10 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.63%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.75%) GitHub
9 2 (1.75%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.88%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.88%) GitHub Copilot
10 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.88%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.88%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.63%) VPN
2 2 (1.75%) ATM
3 1 (0.88%) Firewall
3 1 (0.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (26.32%) Data Lake
2 26 (22.81%) Metadata
3 4 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.63%) Power BI
4 3 (2.63%) Tableau
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.51%) JIRA
2 3 (2.63%) Cucumber
2 3 (2.63%) GitLab
2 3 (2.63%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.63%) JMeter
2 3 (2.63%) LoadRunner
2 3 (2.63%) Postman
2 3 (2.63%) Selenium
2 3 (2.63%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.75%) MLflow
4 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (55.26%) Finance
2 45 (39.47%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (35.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 35 (30.70%) Legal
5 28 (24.56%) Banking
6 27 (23.68%) Social Skills
7 26 (22.81%) Financial Institution
7 26 (22.81%) Retail Banking
8 22 (19.30%) Law
9 21 (18.42%) Marketing
10 12 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (6.14%) Retail
13 5 (4.39%) Billing
14 4 (3.51%) Public Sector
14 4 (3.51%) Publishing
15 3 (2.63%) Multimedia
16 2 (1.75%) Advertising
16 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
17 1 (0.88%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 34 (29.82%) Architect
2 30 (26.32%) Data Architect
3 15 (13.16%) Lead
4 12 (10.53%) Senior
5 9 (7.89%) Senior Manager
6 7 (6.14%) Risk Manager
6 7 (6.14%) Senior Risk Manager
6 7 (6.14%) Technology Risk Manager
7 5 (4.39%) Analyst
8 4 (3.51%) Account Executive
8 4 (3.51%) Developer
8 4 (3.51%) Marketing Manager
9 3 (2.63%) Accounts Receivable Specialist
9 3 (2.63%) Analytics Manager
9 3 (2.63%) Creative Designer
9 3 (2.63%) Data Analyst
9 3 (2.63%) Designer
9 3 (2.63%) Head of IT
9 3 (2.63%) Sales Executive
9 3 (2.63%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.39%) Middleware
1 5 (4.39%) REST
2 4 (3.51%) PyTorch
2 4 (3.51%) TensorFlow
3 3 (2.63%) LangChain
3 3 (2.63%) scikit-learn
4 2 (1.75%) CSS
4 2 (1.75%) DOM
4 2 (1.75%) HTML
4 2 (1.75%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.75%) Kafka
4 2 (1.75%) Next.js
4 2 (1.75%) pydantic
4 2 (1.75%) SOAP
4 2 (1.75%) XGBoost
4 2 (1.75%) XML
5 1 (0.88%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.88%) Node.js
5 1 (0.88%) Web Services
5 1 (0.88%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.02%) Algorithms
1 8 (7.02%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.39%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.51%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.51%) Social Media
5 3 (2.63%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.63%) Animation
5 3 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.63%) Graphic Design
5 3 (2.63%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (2.63%) NHS
6 2 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.75%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.75%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.75%) iPhone
6 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.58%) Agile
2 34 (29.82%) Data Modelling
3 32 (28.07%) AI
3 32 (28.07%) Data Strategy
4 31 (27.19%) Data Architecture
5 30 (26.32%) Data Management
6 29 (25.44%) Migration
7 28 (24.56%) Asset Management
7 28 (24.56%) Commercialisation
7 28 (24.56%) Cost Management
7 28 (24.56%) Data Migration
8 27 (23.68%) Analytics
8 27 (23.68%) Business Development
9 26 (22.81%) Innovative Thinking
9 26 (22.81%) Logical Data Model
9 26 (22.81%) Metadata Management
9 26 (22.81%) Physical Data Model
10 25 (21.93%) Data Governance
11 21 (18.42%) Machine Learning
12 19 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.89%) Python
2 6 (5.26%) SQL
3 3 (2.63%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.88%) C
4 1 (0.88%) C#
4 1 (0.88%) Java
4 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (22.81%) AWS Certification
1 26 (22.81%) Azure Certification
2 15 (13.16%) Degree
3 10 (8.77%) CISM
3 10 (8.77%) CISSP
4 9 (7.89%) CISA
5 7 (6.14%) CRISC
6 4 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.51%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (2.63%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.63%) PMP
8 2 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.88%) CAPM
9 1 (0.88%) MBA
9 1 (0.88%) PhD
9 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (19.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (18.42%) GDPR
3 11 (9.65%) Data Quality
4 9 (7.89%) NIST
5 8 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (5.26%) QA
7 5 (4.39%) ISO 9001
8 4 (3.51%) PMO
9 2 (1.75%) GRC
9 2 (1.75%) PERC
9 2 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.75%) SLA
10 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.88%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.88%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 3 (2.63%) Docker
2 2 (1.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.75%) SCCM
3 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.14%) SAP
3 6 (5.26%) Databricks
3 6 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.51%) Workday
6 3 (2.63%) Adobe
6 3 (2.63%) Cisco
6 3 (2.63%) Oracle
7 2 (1.75%) Ariba
7 2 (1.75%) Google
7 2 (1.75%) Pardot
7 2 (1.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.75%) VocaLink
8 1 (0.88%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.88%) Foundry
8 1 (0.88%) Optimizely