Data Privacy Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Privacy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 200 201
Rank change year-on-year +46 +1 +74
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 65 46 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.83% 0.69% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.77% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 57 12 9
10th Percentile £26,000 £41,375 -
25th Percentile £29,000 £59,375 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £71,250 £42,430
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +67.92% -15.14%
75th Percentile £43,750 £82,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £74,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -15.54% +2.07% +26.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Data Privacy 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,373 5,992 4,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.74% 89.69% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 2,650 3,662
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Privacy job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Privacy
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Privacy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Privacy

Data Privacy
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Privacy in the Midlands

Data Privacy
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Privacy within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
East Midlands +34 52 £30,000 -38.46% 27
West Midlands +8 13 £75,000 -1.64% 43
Data Privacy
England

Data Privacy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (4.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Shopify
2 1 (1.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.54%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 46 (70.77%) SaaS
2 9 (13.85%) Azure
2 9 (13.85%) Power Platform
3 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (10.77%) PaaS
4 6 (9.23%) IaaS
5 4 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.15%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.62%) AWS
6 3 (4.62%) GCP
7 2 (3.08%) Google Ads
7 2 (3.08%) Google Analytics
7 2 (3.08%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (1.54%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.54%) BigCommerce
8 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.54%) GitHub
8 1 (1.54%) OCI
8 1 (1.54%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 39 (60.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) Metadata
2 1 (1.54%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.54%) MySQL
2 1 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
General
1 50 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 46 (70.77%) Analytical Skills
2 46 (70.77%) Retail
3 6 (9.23%) Marketing
4 5 (7.69%) Legal
4 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.15%) Finance
6 3 (4.62%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.62%) Electronics
7 1 (1.54%) Back Office
7 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Law
7 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 27 (41.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 13 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) ERP Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) ERP Support
3 13 (20.00%) SaaS Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) Software Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) Software Support Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 12 (18.46%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 12 (18.46%) Support Technician
5 8 (12.31%) Architect
6 6 (9.23%) Applications Support
6 6 (9.23%) Applications Support Technician
7 5 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.62%) Data Protection Officer
8 3 (4.62%) Developer
8 3 (4.62%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) RESTful
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (61.54%) Onboarding
2 7 (10.77%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.69%) Driving Licence
4 4 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.08%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.54%) EPoS
6 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (1.54%) NHS
6 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (75.38%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (72.31%) ERP
3 45 (69.23%) CRM
4 44 (67.69%) E-Commerce
5 42 (64.62%) Logistics
5 42 (64.62%) Mentoring
6 41 (63.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (61.54%) Customer Service
8 39 (60.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 39 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (16.92%) Agile
10 7 (10.77%) AI
10 7 (10.77%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (10.77%) Project Delivery
10 7 (10.77%) Roadmaps
10 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (10.77%) TOGAF
11 6 (9.23%) API Management
11 6 (9.23%) Architectural Design
11 6 (9.23%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 40 (61.54%) C#
2 39 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (4.62%) Python
4 2 (3.08%) Java
5 1 (1.54%) C
5 1 (1.54%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (7.69%) Degree
2 3 (4.62%) Master's Degree
2 3 (4.62%) MBA
2 3 (4.62%) PMI Certification
2 3 (4.62%) PMP
3 2 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (58.46%) QA
2 4 (6.15%) GDPR
3 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.54%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.54%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.15%) Oracle
2 4 (6.15%) SAP
3 3 (4.62%) Google
3 3 (4.62%) QAD
4 1 (1.54%) Automation Anywhere