Data Protection Manager Jobs in London

Data Protection/Privacy Manager
England > London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Manager salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 499 611
Rank change year-on-year +109 +112 +260
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Manager 6 9 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.047% 0.038% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.041% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £88,750 - -
90th Percentile £89,500 - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,514 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,380 16,662 24,070
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Data Protection Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Data Protection Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Manager in London

Data Protection Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Manager in London

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Data Protection Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Data Protection Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Legal
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Law
3 3 (50.00%) Data Security
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) CCSP
3 3 (50.00%) CISSP
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Symantec
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) PKI
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) AWS
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (50.00%) SABSA
3 3 (50.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team
3 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (50.00%) Zscaler
3 3 (50.00%) CASB
3 3 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) GCP
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (100.00%) Legal
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Law
2 4 (66.67%) Marketing
3 3 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Advertising
4 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
1 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Learning Management System
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (50.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (50.00%) Data Security
3 3 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) Key Management
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) SABSA
3 3 (50.00%) Secrets Management
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (50.00%) CCSK
1 3 (50.00%) CCSP
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) CASB
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Symantec
1 3 (50.00%) Zscaler