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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 241 327
Rank change year-on-year -30 +86 +180
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 119 195 163
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.78% 1.30% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.36% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 61 80 130
10th Percentile £35,750 £48,375 £52,500
25th Percentile £53,000 £72,375 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £92,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% +23.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £102,500 £116,250 £105,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +19.38%

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 13,176 14,320 19,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.64% 95.29% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,493 7,757 15,719
10th Percentile £37,375 £43,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,001 £52,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -12.00%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 -17 25 £82,500 +10.00% 11
West London - 3 £32,500 - 8
East London -17 1 - - 7
South London - 1 £70,000 - 1
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 4 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.52%) WordPress
3 2 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.84%) CMS
4 1 (0.84%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.84%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.84%) Jupyter
Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (2.52%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.52%) InDesign
3 3 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.52%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.84%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (7.56%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.52%) SAP CX
2 3 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.68%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.84%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.84%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 42 (35.29%) Azure
2 30 (25.21%) AWS
3 28 (23.53%) GCP
4 27 (22.69%) SaaS
5 11 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (4.20%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.52%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.68%) Dropbox
10 2 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.68%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.68%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.68%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.68%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.52%) Internet
2 2 (1.68%) ATM
2 2 (1.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (24.37%) Data Lake
2 25 (21.01%) Metadata
3 5 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.36%) Tableau
5 3 (2.52%) Power BI
6 1 (0.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Cucumber
1 3 (2.52%) GitLab
1 3 (2.52%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.52%) JIRA
1 3 (2.52%) JMeter
1 3 (2.52%) LoadRunner
1 3 (2.52%) Postman
1 3 (2.52%) Selenium
1 3 (2.52%) SoapUI
2 2 (1.68%) MLflow
2 2 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (54.62%) Finance
2 44 (36.97%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (32.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (31.09%) Legal
5 27 (22.69%) Banking
5 27 (22.69%) Law
6 25 (21.01%) Financial Institution
6 25 (21.01%) Retail Banking
7 24 (20.17%) Social Skills
8 23 (19.33%) Marketing
9 14 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (6.72%) Retail
11 6 (5.04%) Billing
11 6 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
12 4 (3.36%) Publishing
13 3 (2.52%) Multimedia
14 2 (1.68%) Advertising
15 1 (0.84%) Games
15 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (28.57%) Architect
2 29 (24.37%) Data Architect
3 19 (15.97%) Senior
4 15 (12.61%) Senior Manager
5 14 (11.76%) Lead
6 7 (5.88%) Risk Manager
6 7 (5.88%) Senior Risk Manager
6 7 (5.88%) Technology Risk Manager
7 5 (4.20%) Analytics Manager
7 5 (4.20%) Sales Executive
8 4 (3.36%) Account Executive
8 4 (3.36%) Analyst
8 4 (3.36%) Marketing Manager
9 3 (2.52%) Creative Designer
9 3 (2.52%) Data Analyst
9 3 (2.52%) Data Scientist
9 3 (2.52%) Designer
9 3 (2.52%) Developer
9 3 (2.52%) Senior Sales Executive
9 3 (2.52%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.20%) Middleware
2 4 (3.36%) PyTorch
2 4 (3.36%) REST
2 4 (3.36%) scikit-learn
2 4 (3.36%) TensorFlow
3 3 (2.52%) Hugging Face
3 3 (2.52%) LangChain
4 2 (1.68%) CSS
4 2 (1.68%) DOM
4 2 (1.68%) HTML
4 2 (1.68%) Kafka
4 2 (1.68%) Next.js
4 2 (1.68%) pydantic
4 2 (1.68%) XGBoost
5 1 (0.84%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.84%) Node.js
5 1 (0.84%) NumPy
5 1 (0.84%) Pandas
5 1 (0.84%) SOAP
5 1 (0.84%) ZK
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Algorithms
2 7 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.36%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.36%) Social Media
4 3 (2.52%) Animation
4 3 (2.52%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (2.52%) Graphic Design
4 3 (2.52%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (2.52%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.68%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.68%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.68%) NHS
5 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.84%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.84%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.52%) Windows
2 2 (1.68%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (31.09%) AI
2 34 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 32 (26.89%) Agile
4 31 (26.05%) Data Architecture
5 30 (25.21%) Analytics
5 30 (25.21%) Data Governance
5 30 (25.21%) Data Strategy
6 29 (24.37%) Data Management
7 27 (22.69%) Cost Management
7 27 (22.69%) Data Migration
7 27 (22.69%) Migration
8 26 (21.85%) Business Development
9 25 (21.01%) Asset Management
9 25 (21.01%) Commercialisation
9 25 (21.01%) Innovative Thinking
9 25 (21.01%) Logical Data Model
9 25 (21.01%) Metadata Management
9 25 (21.01%) Physical Data Model
10 22 (18.49%) Strategic Thinking
11 21 (17.65%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.08%) Python
2 7 (5.88%) SQL
3 3 (2.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.84%) Solidity
4 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (21.85%) AWS Certification
2 25 (21.01%) Azure Certification
3 11 (9.24%) Degree
4 9 (7.56%) CISA
4 9 (7.56%) CISM
4 9 (7.56%) CISSP
5 7 (5.88%) CRISC
6 4 (3.36%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.68%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.68%) PMP
8 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.84%) MBA
8 1 (0.84%) PhD
8 1 (0.84%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.81%) GDPR
1 20 (16.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (8.40%) Data Quality
3 8 (6.72%) NIST
4 7 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (5.04%) QA
6 4 (3.36%) ISO 9001
7 3 (2.52%) GRC
8 2 (1.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.68%) PERC
8 2 (1.68%) PMO
8 2 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.68%) SLA
9 1 (0.84%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.84%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 3 (2.52%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.68%) Terraform
3 1 (0.84%) Grafana
3 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (36.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.40%) Salesforce
3 7 (5.88%) SAP
4 6 (5.04%) Databricks
5 5 (4.20%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.36%) Google
7 3 (2.52%) Adobe
7 3 (2.52%) Cisco
7 3 (2.52%) Workday
8 2 (1.68%) Ariba
8 2 (1.68%) Oracle
8 2 (1.68%) Pardot
8 2 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.68%) VocaLink
9 1 (0.84%) Foundry
9 1 (0.84%) Optimizely