Data Protection Jobs in London

Data Protection
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 205 224
Rank change year-on-year +59 +19 +83
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 301 376 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.37% 1.57% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 1.74% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 191 306 313
10th Percentile £44,590 £34,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £58,858 £40,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £105,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £107,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Data Protection 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 12,216 21,652 31,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.32% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,929 15,871 22,511
10th Percentile £41,700 £37,500 £42,789
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,055
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in London

Data Protection
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 +31 60 £77,500 +55.00% 28
West London +10 8 £64,750 +123.28% 50
South London -17 7 £60,000 -20.00% 6
East London -18 7 £97,500 +71.81% 5
North London - 1 £95,000 - 1
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (5.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.66%) CMS
3 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.33%) Confluence
5 2 (0.66%) GemFire
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.33%) InDesign
5 1 (0.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (4.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (3.32%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (1.33%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (1.00%) iTrent
4 3 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.33%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 115 (38.21%) Azure
2 74 (24.58%) AWS
3 44 (14.62%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (13.95%) GCP
5 31 (10.30%) Power Platform
6 18 (5.98%) Entra ID
7 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.98%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.98%) Serverless
9 14 (4.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (3.65%) AWS KMS
11 11 (3.65%) PowerApps
11 11 (3.65%) Rubrik
12 10 (3.32%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (3.32%) GitHub
13 9 (2.99%) Collibra
14 8 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (13.95%) Network Security
2 30 (9.97%) Firewall
3 12 (3.99%) Internet
4 10 (3.32%) DNS
5 9 (2.99%) VPN
6 8 (2.66%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.66%) Wireless
7 7 (2.33%) VLAN
7 7 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.99%) HTTP
8 6 (1.99%) SMTP
8 6 (1.99%) SSL
9 5 (1.66%) MQTT
9 5 (1.66%) SMS
10 3 (1.00%) Intranet
11 2 (0.66%) DHCP
12 1 (0.33%) Broadband
12 1 (0.33%) LAN
12 1 (0.33%) VoIP
12 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.97%) Power BI
2 13 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (4.32%) Tableau
3 12 (3.99%) Metadata
4 9 (2.99%) IBM InfoSphere
4 9 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.33%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.33%) MySQL
6 6 (1.99%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (1.99%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.33%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.66%) HDInsight
9 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 4 (1.33%) JIRA
2 3 (1.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.33%) Git
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.33%) PHPUnit
3 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 111 (36.88%) Social Skills
2 73 (24.25%) Finance
3 44 (14.62%) Marketing
4 43 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (11.96%) Legal
6 33 (10.96%) Law
7 29 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (5.98%) Retail
9 17 (5.65%) Banking
10 16 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (4.32%) Front Office
11 13 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.66%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.33%) German Language
15 4 (1.33%) Local Government
16 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (15.28%) Lead
2 44 (14.62%) Senior
3 32 (10.63%) Architect
4 21 (6.98%) Analyst
5 19 (6.31%) Developer
6 17 (5.65%) Security Engineer
7 15 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.65%) AWS Architect
8 14 (4.65%) Cloud Architect
8 14 (4.65%) IT Manager
9 10 (3.32%) Senior Manager
10 9 (2.99%) Data Steward
10 9 (2.99%) Database Manager
10 9 (2.99%) Programme Manager
11 8 (2.66%) Information Security Engineer
11 8 (2.66%) Security Manager
12 7 (2.33%) Administrator
12 7 (2.33%) Consultant
12 7 (2.33%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.33%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.31%) Kafka
2 15 (4.98%) Elastic Stack
3 12 (3.99%) CSS
4 11 (3.65%) HTML
5 8 (2.66%) React
6 6 (1.99%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (1.99%) RESTful
7 5 (1.66%) .NET
7 5 (1.66%) GraphQL
7 5 (1.66%) gRPC
7 5 (1.66%) Node.js
7 5 (1.66%) React Native
7 5 (1.66%) Sequelize
8 4 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.00%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.00%) Middleware
10 2 (0.66%) XML
11 1 (0.33%) LAMP
11 1 (0.33%) LDAP
11 1 (0.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 62 (20.60%) Data Protection Act
2 58 (19.27%) Management Information System
3 24 (7.97%) Security Posture
4 15 (4.98%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.32%) Data Centre
6 10 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.33%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.33%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (2.33%) Marketing Technology
9 6 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.99%) Derivative
10 5 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.66%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.66%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.33%) Freedom of Information Act
12 3 (1.00%) Cloud Security Posture
12 3 (1.00%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (1.00%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.30%) Windows
2 22 (7.31%) Linux
3 9 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.66%) Unix
5 2 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (22.26%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (21.26%) Information Security
4 51 (16.94%) Risk Management
5 49 (16.28%) Data Security
6 48 (15.95%) Incident Response
7 47 (15.61%) CI/CD
8 42 (13.95%) Agile
9 41 (13.62%) DevOps
10 38 (12.62%) CRM
11 37 (12.29%) Decision-Making
11 37 (12.29%) Mentoring
11 37 (12.29%) Project Management
12 35 (11.63%) Cloud Security
12 35 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
13 33 (10.96%) Vulnerability Management
14 32 (10.63%) Disaster Recovery
15 31 (10.30%) Data Analysis
16 30 (9.97%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.96%) Python
2 33 (10.96%) SQL
3 25 (8.31%) Java
3 25 (8.31%) JavaScript
4 22 (7.31%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.65%) C#
6 8 (2.66%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.33%) Go
7 7 (2.33%) R
8 4 (1.33%) C++
9 3 (1.00%) Bash
10 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.33%) C
11 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.33%) Perl
11 1 (0.33%) PHP
11 1 (0.33%) Scala
11 1 (0.33%) SHACL
11 1 (0.33%) SPARQL
11 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (21.59%) Degree
2 22 (7.31%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.98%) AWS Certification
5 16 (5.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 13 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.65%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.65%) CISSP
8 9 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.66%) CCSP
9 8 (2.66%) CISA
10 7 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (2.33%) CCSK
10 7 (2.33%) CISM
10 7 (2.33%) PMI Certification
10 7 (2.33%) PMP
11 6 (1.99%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.33%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (29.57%) GDPR
2 39 (12.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (10.96%) NIST
4 20 (6.64%) Data Quality
5 19 (6.31%) HIPAA
6 16 (5.32%) Accessibility
7 14 (4.65%) PCI DSS
8 7 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.33%) SLA
9 5 (1.66%) COBIT
9 5 (1.66%) GxP
9 5 (1.66%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.00%) GRC
10 3 (1.00%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.66%) DICOM
11 2 (0.66%) HL7
11 2 (0.66%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 25 (8.31%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.97%) Docker
3 8 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.33%) HDFS
5 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.64%) Terraform
3 16 (5.32%) Grafana
3 16 (5.32%) Prometheus
4 15 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (3.32%) Avamar
5 10 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.33%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.99%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.99%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (1.66%) HP Fortify
9 4 (1.33%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (1.00%) Ansible
10 3 (1.00%) CASB
10 3 (1.00%) SCCM
11 2 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.66%) Nagios
11 2 (0.66%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 92 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.30%) Google
3 20 (6.64%) VMware
4 14 (4.65%) Informatica
5 12 (3.99%) Cisco
6 10 (3.32%) IBM
7 8 (2.66%) Oracle
8 6 (1.99%) Citrix
8 6 (1.99%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.99%) Meraki
8 6 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.99%) SAP
8 6 (1.99%) Veeam
9 5 (1.66%) Adobe
9 5 (1.66%) Databricks
9 5 (1.66%) Dell
10 4 (1.33%) EMC
10 4 (1.33%) Facebook
10 4 (1.33%) Optimizely
10 4 (1.33%) Splunk