Data Protection Job Trends in Merton

Data Protection
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merton 16.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile £86,250 - -
South London median annual salary £46,250 £47,750 £64,250
% change year-on-year -3.14% -25.68% +51.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51 41 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 94.44% 97.62% 92.73%
Number of salaries quoted 40 17 49
10th Percentile £36,125 £41,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £45,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £67,500 £92,500
South London median annual salary £46,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% -1.82% -

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Protection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Merton.

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Merton

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Merton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Merton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Merton over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Merton

Data Protection
Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Merton region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
New Malden - 9 £47,500 - 4
Data Protection
South London

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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 6 (66.67%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (33.33%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 7 (77.78%) Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Marketing Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Sales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) Analytics
2 7 (77.78%) B2B
2 7 (77.78%) B2B Marketing
2 7 (77.78%) CRM
2 7 (77.78%) Lead Generation
2 7 (77.78%) SEO
3 6 (66.67%) Digital Analytics
3 6 (66.67%) Marketing Automation
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Email Marketing
4 3 (33.33%) Marketing Mix
4 3 (33.33%) Multichannel Marketing
4 3 (33.33%) Sales Enablement
4 3 (33.33%) Social Media Management
4 3 (33.33%) Telesales
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) HubSpot
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 6 (66.67%) YouTube
2 3 (33.33%) Scality
2 3 (33.33%) Veeam