Data Protection Jobs in the North of England

Data Protection
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 232 165 246
Rank change year-on-year -67 +81 -114
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 118 271 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.01% 1.48% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.81% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 88 153 99
10th Percentile £25,186 £32,500 £32,951
25th Percentile £25,480 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year - -0.47% +0.48%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £57,864
90th Percentile £79,000 £73,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,999 15,011 15,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.29% 81.77% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,481 11,439 7,819
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £81,250
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the North of England.

Salary trend for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the North of England

Data Protection
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the North of England 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
North West -50 85 £45,000 +5.88% 192
Yorkshire 0 31 £60,000 +17.07% 163
North East +19 2 £70,000 +66.67% 53
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (7.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.39%) CMS
2 4 (3.39%) SAS
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.85%) Apache
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.85%) nginx
4 1 (0.85%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 20 (16.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (5.08%) MS Visio
2 6 (5.08%) Trello
3 4 (3.39%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (3.39%) Adobe Premiere
3 4 (3.39%) Photoshop
4 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.42%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (6.78%) Azure
3 7 (5.93%) AWS
4 6 (5.08%) GCP
4 6 (5.08%) SaaS
5 5 (4.24%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.54%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.85%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.85%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.85%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.85%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.85%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.63%) Firewall
2 8 (6.78%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (5.08%) VPN
4 5 (4.24%) LAN
4 5 (4.24%) WAN
5 2 (1.69%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.85%) Broadband
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.08%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.54%) Power BI
2 3 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.54%) Tableau
3 2 (1.69%) MySQL
3 2 (1.69%) Redis
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.85%) Big Data
4 1 (0.85%) DocumentDB
4 1 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.85%) Endeca
4 1 (0.85%) GIS
4 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (8.47%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) Android Studio
2 1 (0.85%) Git
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
2 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 65 (55.08%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.95%) Finance
3 18 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.86%) Law
5 13 (11.02%) Legal
6 7 (5.93%) Retail
7 6 (5.08%) Banking
8 5 (4.24%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.54%) Marketing
10 3 (2.54%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.69%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.69%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.85%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.85%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.85%) Local Government
12 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (13.56%) Administrator
1 16 (13.56%) IT Administrator
2 12 (10.17%) Architect
2 12 (10.17%) Lead
3 10 (8.47%) Analyst
3 10 (8.47%) Consultant
4 7 (5.93%) Security Architect
5 6 (5.08%) Information Security Consultant
5 6 (5.08%) IT Manager
5 6 (5.08%) IT Support
5 6 (5.08%) Project Manager
5 6 (5.08%) Security Consultant
5 6 (5.08%) Security Manager
5 6 (5.08%) Senior
6 5 (4.24%) Applications Manager
6 5 (4.24%) Applications Support Manager
6 5 (4.24%) Developer
6 5 (4.24%) IT Analyst
6 5 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.24%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.24%) CSS
1 5 (4.24%) HTML
2 4 (3.39%) Saxon XSLT
3 2 (1.69%) .NET
3 2 (1.69%) JWT
3 2 (1.69%) OAuth
3 2 (1.69%) PySpark
3 2 (1.69%) RESTful
4 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.85%) D3.js
4 1 (0.85%) Kafka
4 1 (0.85%) Laravel
4 1 (0.85%) Memcached
4 1 (0.85%) Node.js
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.85%) React
4 1 (0.85%) REST
4 1 (0.85%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.85%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 43 (36.44%) Data Protection Act
2 35 (29.66%) Social Media
3 15 (12.71%) Management Information System
4 8 (6.78%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.93%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (5.93%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 6 (5.08%) Cyberattack
7 5 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (3.39%) Credit Risk
8 4 (3.39%) Market Risk
8 4 (3.39%) NHS
8 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.54%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.69%) Blog
10 2 (1.69%) Life Science
11 1 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
11 1 (0.85%) Freedom of Information Act
11 1 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.19%) Windows
2 17 (14.41%) Windows Vista
3 3 (2.54%) Linux
4 2 (1.69%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (36.44%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (29.66%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (24.58%) Process Improvement
4 24 (20.34%) Collaborative Working
5 22 (18.64%) Agile
5 22 (18.64%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (18.64%) Information Security
6 21 (17.80%) Asset Management
6 21 (17.80%) Customer Service
7 20 (16.95%) Regulatory Compliance
7 20 (16.95%) Risk Management
8 19 (16.10%) Line Management
9 17 (14.41%) Incident Response
10 16 (13.56%) Analytics
11 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (11.86%) Project Management
12 14 (11.86%) Vulnerability Management
13 13 (11.02%) Change Management
13 13 (11.02%) Computer Science
13 13 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.41%) SQL
2 11 (9.32%) Python
3 7 (5.93%) Java
4 5 (4.24%) PHP
5 4 (3.39%) R
6 3 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.69%) C#
8 1 (0.85%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.85%) Scala
8 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (28.81%) DBS Check
2 22 (18.64%) Degree
3 11 (9.32%) CISA
3 11 (9.32%) CISM
3 11 (9.32%) CISSP
4 10 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (5.93%) CEH
5 7 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (5.93%) Master's Degree
6 6 (5.08%) PMI Certification
6 6 (5.08%) PMP
7 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.69%) SANS
9 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (23.73%) GDPR
2 20 (16.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (14.41%) SLA
4 14 (11.86%) NIST
5 10 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (5.93%) QA
7 6 (5.08%) Accessibility
8 5 (4.24%) PCI DSS
9 4 (3.39%) Basel II
9 4 (3.39%) Basel III
9 4 (3.39%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (3.39%) IFRS
9 4 (3.39%) IFRS 9
10 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.69%) COBIT
11 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (19.49%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.24%) Docker
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.85%) pfSense
3 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) Argo
3 1 (0.85%) Karpenter
3 1 (0.85%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (30.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.93%) Facebook
3 5 (4.24%) Liquidlogic
4 4 (3.39%) Adobe
4 4 (3.39%) Google
5 2 (1.69%) Cisco
5 2 (1.69%) Oracle
5 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.85%) Apple
6 1 (0.85%) Avaya
6 1 (0.85%) Citrix
6 1 (0.85%) Commvault
6 1 (0.85%) CyberSource
6 1 (0.85%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.85%) PayPal
6 1 (0.85%) SAP
6 1 (0.85%) Splunk
6 1 (0.85%) Veeam
6 1 (0.85%) VMware