Data Protection Jobs in the North of England

Data Protection
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Data Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 200 133
Rank change year-on-year +30 -67 +95
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 254 273 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.47% 1.56% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.61% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 149 110 421
10th Percentile £32,250 £36,156 £34,693
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,238 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +0.48% +17.65%
75th Percentile £61,000 £58,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,446 £70,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +0.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Data Protection is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,483 16,940 16,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.70% 96.88% 93.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11,118 8,087 10,794
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 -8 134 £42,500 -15.40% 46
Yorkshire +87 92 £51,250 -1.01% 32
North East +6 28 £42,000 -12.04% 10
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 46 (18.11%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.36%) WordPress
4 4 (1.57%) IIS
Applications
1 38 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.36%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 43 (16.93%) Power Platform
2 35 (13.78%) Azure
3 28 (11.02%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (8.66%) AWS
5 16 (6.30%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.33%) OneDrive
7 10 (3.94%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.57%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.57%) SaaS
11 3 (1.18%) Commercetools
11 3 (1.18%) GCP
11 3 (1.18%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 1 (0.39%) Amazon Kinesis
12 1 (0.39%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.39%) Google Play
12 1 (0.39%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.91%) Network Security
2 7 (2.76%) DNS
2 7 (2.76%) Firewall
2 7 (2.76%) SAN
3 6 (2.36%) DHCP
3 6 (2.36%) VoIP
3 6 (2.36%) WAN
4 5 (1.97%) LAN
5 2 (0.79%) Internet
5 2 (0.79%) Wireless
6 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (14.57%) Power BI
2 12 (4.72%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.57%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.18%) Metadata
5 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.39%) MySQL
5 1 (0.39%) Redis
5 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (12.20%) JIRA
2 3 (1.18%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.39%) Git
3 1 (0.39%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
General
1 81 (31.89%) Social Skills
2 76 (29.92%) Finance
3 66 (25.98%) Banking
4 61 (24.02%) Legal
5 18 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.12%) Retail
8 11 (4.33%) Law
9 10 (3.94%) Marketing
10 8 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.76%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.36%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.18%) Games
14 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.39%) Back Office
15 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.39%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.39%) Local Government
15 1 (0.39%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 60 (23.62%) Senior
2 41 (16.14%) Analyst
3 32 (12.60%) Senior Analyst
4 31 (12.20%) Lead
5 29 (11.42%) Developer
6 16 (6.30%) Security Manager
7 13 (5.12%) Data Manager
7 13 (5.12%) Data Protection Manager
8 10 (3.94%) Consultant
8 10 (3.94%) Information Security Consultant
8 10 (3.94%) Security Consultant
9 9 (3.54%) Information Manager
9 9 (3.54%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.15%) Head of IT
10 8 (3.15%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.15%) IT Security Manager
10 8 (3.15%) Support Engineer
11 7 (2.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (2.76%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.76%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.54%) RESTful
2 8 (3.15%) Node.js
3 6 (2.36%) .NET
3 6 (2.36%) EDI
3 6 (2.36%) LDAP
3 6 (2.36%) React
4 4 (1.57%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.18%) Kafka
6 2 (0.79%) Redux
7 1 (0.39%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.39%) CSS
7 1 (0.39%) HTML
7 1 (0.39%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.39%) Material Design
7 1 (0.39%) NestJS
7 1 (0.39%) Vue
7 1 (0.39%) Web Services
7 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.54%) Data Protection Act
2 29 (11.42%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.33%) NHS
4 7 (2.76%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.97%) Fat Client
6 5 (1.97%) Thin Client
7 4 (1.57%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (1.57%) IoT
7 4 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.57%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.79%) Anti-Spyware
10 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.39%) CCTV
10 1 (0.39%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.39%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.39%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.69%) Windows
2 15 (5.91%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.54%) Linux
4 7 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (2.36%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.97%) Android
7 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.31%) Data Management
2 69 (27.17%) Data Governance
3 64 (25.20%) Process Improvement
4 62 (24.41%) Data Privacy
5 60 (23.62%) Matrix Management
5 60 (23.62%) Matrix Organization
6 58 (22.83%) Information Security
7 50 (19.69%) Risk Management
8 46 (18.11%) Impact Assessments
9 42 (16.54%) Business Intelligence
10 40 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
11 38 (14.96%) Coaching
12 37 (14.57%) Disaster Recovery
13 36 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (12.60%) Agile
15 31 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
16 30 (11.81%) Remediation Plan
16 30 (11.81%) Supplier Relationship Management
17 29 (11.42%) Business Continuity
18 26 (10.24%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.66%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.91%) Python
3 10 (3.94%) Bash
3 10 (3.94%) SQL
4 8 (3.15%) Java
5 6 (2.36%) Bicep
5 6 (2.36%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.97%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.97%) Kotlin
6 5 (1.97%) Swift
7 4 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.57%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.39%) C#
8 1 (0.39%) Perl
8 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (8.66%) Degree
2 20 (7.87%) CISA
2 20 (7.87%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.48%) CISM
4 16 (6.30%) CRISC
5 14 (5.51%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.33%) CISSP
7 6 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.36%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.36%) PMP
8 5 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.57%) CISMP
9 4 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.57%) GIAC
9 4 (1.57%) SANS
10 3 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.79%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (48.03%) GDPR
2 41 (16.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (13.39%) Data Quality
4 30 (11.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (6.30%) GRC
6 10 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (3.94%) NIST
7 7 (2.76%) QA
7 7 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (2.36%) NCSC
9 5 (1.97%) COBIT
10 4 (1.57%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.57%) SLA
11 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.79%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (5.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.76%) Docker
2 7 (2.76%) SRDF
3 3 (1.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (4.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (2.36%) WSUS
4 3 (1.18%) Terraform
5 2 (0.79%) Nessus
6 1 (0.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 54 (21.26%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.12%) Salesforce
3 7 (2.76%) Brocade
3 7 (2.76%) EMC
4 6 (2.36%) Freshdesk
4 6 (2.36%) WorldPay
5 4 (1.57%) Datix
6 2 (0.79%) Apple
6 2 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.39%) Databricks
7 1 (0.39%) Google
7 1 (0.39%) Meraki
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle
7 1 (0.39%) SAP
7 1 (0.39%) Veeam
7 1 (0.39%) VMware