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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 226 326
Rank change year-on-year -22 +100 +164
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 118 203 122
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.85% 1.31% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.39% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 63 73 100
10th Percentile £31,250 £46,990 £55,000
25th Percentile £52,750 £71,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +15.25% +5.36%
75th Percentile £93,125 £97,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £74,000 £71,500
% change year-on-year -15.54% +3.50% +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 12,222 14,611 16,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.79% 94.50% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,822 8,053 13,336
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £115,500
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 9 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 9 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 +2 23 £82,500 +10.74% 16
West London - 6 £31,250 - 10
East London -16 1 - - 5
South London - 1 £70,000 - 4
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 (2.54%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
1 3 (2.54%) WordPress
2 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.85%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (2.54%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.54%) InDesign
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.54%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.54%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.54%) SAP CX
2 3 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 43 (36.44%) Azure
2 31 (26.27%) AWS
3 30 (25.42%) GCP
4 23 (19.49%) SaaS
5 11 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.54%) GitHub
8 3 (2.54%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.54%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.69%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.69%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.69%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.69%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.85%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.85%) Azure Cognitive Search
10 1 (0.85%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.39%) VPN
2 2 (1.69%) ATM
2 2 (1.69%) Internet
3 1 (0.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (26.27%) Data Lake
2 27 (22.88%) Metadata
3 4 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.54%) Power BI
4 3 (2.54%) Tableau
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) JIRA
2 3 (2.54%) Cucumber
2 3 (2.54%) GitLab
2 3 (2.54%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.54%) JMeter
2 3 (2.54%) LoadRunner
2 3 (2.54%) Postman
2 3 (2.54%) Selenium
2 3 (2.54%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.69%) MLflow
3 2 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (55.08%) Finance
2 46 (38.98%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (34.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (30.51%) Legal
5 29 (24.58%) Banking
6 28 (23.73%) Social Skills
7 27 (22.88%) Financial Institution
7 27 (22.88%) Retail Banking
8 22 (18.64%) Law
8 22 (18.64%) Marketing
9 12 (10.17%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (5.93%) Retail
12 5 (4.24%) Billing
12 5 (4.24%) Public Sector
13 4 (3.39%) Publishing
14 3 (2.54%) Advertising
14 3 (2.54%) Multimedia
14 3 (2.54%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.85%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (29.66%) Architect
2 31 (26.27%) Data Architect
3 15 (12.71%) Lead
4 12 (10.17%) Senior
5 9 (7.63%) Senior Manager
6 7 (5.93%) Risk Manager
6 7 (5.93%) Senior Risk Manager
6 7 (5.93%) Technology Risk Manager
7 5 (4.24%) Analyst
7 5 (4.24%) Developer
8 4 (3.39%) Account Executive
8 4 (3.39%) Marketing Manager
9 3 (2.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (2.54%) Creative Designer
9 3 (2.54%) Data Analyst
9 3 (2.54%) Designer
9 3 (2.54%) Desktop Engineer
9 3 (2.54%) Desktop Support
9 3 (2.54%) Head of IT
9 3 (2.54%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.24%) Middleware
1 5 (4.24%) PyTorch
1 5 (4.24%) REST
1 5 (4.24%) TensorFlow
2 3 (2.54%) LangChain
2 3 (2.54%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.69%) CSS
3 2 (1.69%) DOM
3 2 (1.69%) HTML
3 2 (1.69%) Hugging Face
3 2 (1.69%) Kafka
3 2 (1.69%) Next.js
3 2 (1.69%) pydantic
3 2 (1.69%) React
3 2 (1.69%) SOAP
3 2 (1.69%) XGBoost
3 2 (1.69%) XML
4 1 (0.85%) Node.js
4 1 (0.85%) Web Services
4 1 (0.85%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.78%) Algorithms
1 8 (6.78%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.24%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.39%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.39%) Social Media
5 3 (2.54%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.54%) Animation
5 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.54%) Graphic Design
5 3 (2.54%) iPhone
5 3 (2.54%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (2.54%) NHS
6 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.69%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.85%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (32.20%) Agile
2 35 (29.66%) Data Modelling
3 34 (28.81%) AI
4 33 (27.97%) Data Strategy
5 32 (27.12%) Data Architecture
6 31 (26.27%) Data Management
7 30 (25.42%) Asset Management
7 30 (25.42%) Migration
8 29 (24.58%) Commercialisation
8 29 (24.58%) Cost Management
8 29 (24.58%) Data Migration
9 28 (23.73%) Analytics
9 28 (23.73%) Business Development
10 27 (22.88%) Innovative Thinking
10 27 (22.88%) Logical Data Model
10 27 (22.88%) Metadata Management
10 27 (22.88%) Physical Data Model
11 25 (21.19%) Data Governance
12 22 (18.64%) Machine Learning
13 19 (16.10%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.32%) Python
2 6 (5.08%) SQL
3 3 (2.54%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.69%) C#
5 1 (0.85%) C
5 1 (0.85%) Java
5 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (22.88%) AWS Certification
1 27 (22.88%) Azure Certification
2 16 (13.56%) Degree
3 10 (8.47%) CISM
3 10 (8.47%) CISSP
4 9 (7.63%) CISA
5 7 (5.93%) CRISC
6 5 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.39%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.54%) PMP
9 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.85%) CAPM
10 1 (0.85%) MBA
10 1 (0.85%) PhD
10 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (18.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (17.80%) GDPR
3 11 (9.32%) Data Quality
4 9 (7.63%) NIST
5 8 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (5.08%) QA
7 5 (4.24%) ISO 9001
8 4 (3.39%) PMO
9 2 (1.69%) GRC
9 2 (1.69%) PERC
9 2 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.69%) SLA
10 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.85%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.85%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 5 (4.24%) Docker
2 3 (2.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.54%) SCCM
3 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.78%) SAP
3 6 (5.08%) Databricks
3 6 (5.08%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.24%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.39%) Workday
6 3 (2.54%) Adobe
6 3 (2.54%) Cisco
6 3 (2.54%) Oracle
7 2 (1.69%) Ariba
7 2 (1.69%) Foundry
7 2 (1.69%) Google
7 2 (1.69%) Pardot
7 2 (1.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.69%) VocaLink
8 1 (0.85%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.85%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.85%) Optimizely