Data Protection Jobs in the Midlands

Data Protection
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 158 199
Rank change year-on-year -32 +41 -1
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 57 153 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.83% 1.41% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.80% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 44 91 61
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £40,500
25th Percentile £28,469 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £58,815 £63,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £71,000 £76,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,920 8,498 7,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.70% 78.11% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,038 5,161 4,142
10th Percentile £26,990 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £66,925
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £78,725
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year - -11.29% +3.33%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
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 Protection within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
West Midlands -14 37 £52,193 -5.10% 48
East Midlands +5 20 £27,500 -43.88% 32
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.51%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (28.07%) Azure
3 9 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (7.02%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.51%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.75%) Amazon Macie
6 1 (1.75%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.75%) AWS
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) Remote Desktop
2 7 (12.28%) Ethernet
3 3 (5.26%) Firewall
3 3 (5.26%) VLAN
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (1.75%) DHCP
4 1 (1.75%) DNS
4 1 (1.75%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.75%) VPN
4 1 (1.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Metadata
2 2 (3.51%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (3.51%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.51%) Power BI
3 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.75%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (1.75%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.75%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) Postman
General
1 29 (50.88%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Finance
2 6 (10.53%) Legal
3 4 (7.02%) Law
4 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Marketing
4 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.51%) Health Technology
5 2 (3.51%) Retail
6 1 (1.75%) Automotive
6 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (19.30%) Analyst
2 7 (12.28%) Developer
3 6 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
4 5 (8.77%) Administrator
4 5 (8.77%) First Line Help Desk Support
4 5 (8.77%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (8.77%) Senior
5 4 (7.02%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (7.02%) Architect
5 4 (7.02%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (7.02%) Enterprise Information Architect
5 4 (7.02%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 4 (7.02%) Information Architect
5 4 (7.02%) Information Security Architect
5 4 (7.02%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.26%) CRM Developer
6 3 (5.26%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Information Security Advisor
6 3 (5.26%) Security Advisor
6 3 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) .NET
2 3 (5.26%) Node.js
2 3 (5.26%) React
3 2 (3.51%) HTML
4 1 (1.75%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.75%) EDI
4 1 (1.75%) Express.js
4 1 (1.75%) Fastify
4 1 (1.75%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.75%) MERN Stack
4 1 (1.75%) Middleware
4 1 (1.75%) Next.js
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (1.75%) REST
4 1 (1.75%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (1.75%) SOAP
4 1 (1.75%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (1.75%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.07%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (7.02%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.02%) NHS
2 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.02%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.75%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.75%) Social Media
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Windows
2 11 (19.30%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.75%) Linux
4 1 (1.75%) Unix
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (22.81%) Customer Service
4 12 (21.05%) Decision-Making
4 12 (21.05%) Information Security
5 10 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (15.79%) Service Delivery
7 8 (14.04%) Agile
7 8 (14.04%) CRM
7 8 (14.04%) ITIL
8 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.53%) Case Management
9 6 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (10.53%) Data Management
10 5 (8.77%) Cloud Security
10 5 (8.77%) Design Patterns
10 5 (8.77%) Strategic Thinking
11 4 (7.02%) Architecture Governance
11 4 (7.02%) CI/CD
11 4 (7.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) C#
1 6 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 5 (8.77%) SQL
3 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.75%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.75%) Bicep
4 1 (1.75%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.75%) Python
4 1 (1.75%) Ruby
4 1 (1.75%) Scala
4 1 (1.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) CISM
2 7 (12.28%) CISSP
2 7 (12.28%) DBS Check
3 4 (7.02%) Degree
3 4 (7.02%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.51%) CISA
5 2 (3.51%) CRISC
6 1 (1.75%) CISMP
6 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.75%) GIAC
6 1 (1.75%) ISACA
6 1 (1.75%) OCA
6 1 (1.75%) OCP
6 1 (1.75%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.75%) SANS
6 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.56%) GDPR
2 11 (19.30%) SLA
3 9 (15.79%) GRC
4 7 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (7.02%) Data Quality
6 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (5.26%) QA
7 2 (3.51%) NIST
8 1 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (22.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.28%) Hyper-V
2 7 (12.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (5.26%) vSphere
4 2 (3.51%) IAG
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) Meraki
3 5 (8.77%) Oracle
4 3 (5.26%) VMware
5 2 (3.51%) Cisco
5 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.75%) Databricks
6 1 (1.75%) Pega
6 1 (1.75%) Progress
6 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.75%) Splunk
6 1 (1.75%) Tenable