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 20 April 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 494 651
Rank change year-on-year +101 +157 +192
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Manager 9 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.068% 0.038% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.041% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £68,125 - -
25th Percentile £75,938 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 - £77,500
90th Percentile £88,750 - £88,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +7.96%

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 11,844 22,020 34,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.83% 94.16% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,581 16,627 25,404
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £54,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% -10.74% +0.83%

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
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Manager in London over the 6 months to 20 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Manager in London

Data Protection Manager
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 Protection Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Central London - 1 £77,500 -
Data Protection Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 April 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 9 (100.00%) Legal
2 8 (88.89%) Data Protection
3 6 (66.67%) Data Privacy
3 6 (66.67%) GDPR
4 5 (55.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (55.56%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (55.56%) Project Management
5 4 (44.44%) Advertising
5 4 (44.44%) Information Security
5 4 (44.44%) Finance
5 4 (44.44%) Law
5 4 (44.44%) Marketing
5 4 (44.44%) Data Management
5 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
5 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (33.33%) GCP
6 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (33.33%) SABSA
6 3 (33.33%) Azure
6 3 (33.33%) AWS
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (33.33%) Key Management
6 3 (33.33%) Secrets Management
6 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
6 3 (33.33%) CCSK
6 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
6 3 (33.33%) Zscaler

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 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) GCP
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 9 (100.00%) Legal
2 4 (44.44%) Advertising
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Law
2 4 (44.44%) Marketing
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (33.33%) PKI
1 3 (33.33%) Security Posture
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Learning Management System
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Data Protection
2 6 (66.67%) Data Privacy
3 5 (55.56%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Project Management
4 4 (44.44%) Data Management
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 3 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (33.33%) Data Security
5 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) Key Management
5 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
5 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 3 (33.33%) SABSA
5 3 (33.33%) Secrets Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (33.33%) CCSK
1 3 (33.33%) CCSP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) GDPR
2 5 (55.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) CASB
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Symantec
1 3 (33.33%) Zscaler