Data Protection Officer Jobs in London

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
England > London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 498 612
Rank change year-on-year +110 +114 +268
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 5 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.039% 0.021% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.022% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £77,750 - £35,357
25th Percentile £85,625 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £140,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +250.00% -55.56%
75th Percentile - - £47,188
90th Percentile - - £48,750
England median annual salary £90,000 £55,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +63.64% +37.50% -13.98%

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 11,585 22,238 32,603
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 94.13% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,454 16,672 24,036
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 Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Officer in London

Data Protection Officer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Officer in London

Data Protection Officer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Officer in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Officer in London

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Data Protection Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
2 4 (80.00%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (80.00%) Legal
3 3 (60.00%) Marketing
3 3 (60.00%) Retail
3 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 3 (60.00%) Data Collection
3 3 (60.00%) Learning Management System
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Law
3 3 (60.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (60.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (20.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity

Data Protection Officer 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (80.00%) Legal
2 3 (60.00%) Law
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (60.00%) Learning Management System
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (80.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Data Collection
3 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 3 (60.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act