Data Protection Jobs in the North West

Data Protection
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 159 202
Rank change year-on-year -42 +43 -90
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 84 149 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.07% 1.40% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.73% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 64 86 61
10th Percentile £24,500 £32,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £25,480 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £42,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -15.40% +0.48%
75th Percentile £61,500 £58,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,518 8,616 7,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.76% 80.75% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,812 6,399 3,826
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £81,375
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Manchester +39 71 £46,250 -15.91% 154
Lancashire -68 6 £25,000 -39.37% 49
Merseyside +11 4 £50,000 +47.06% 34
Cheshire -11 3 £52,500 +31.25% 74
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.19%) Apache
3 1 (1.19%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.19%) Confluence
3 1 (1.19%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 6 (7.14%) Trello
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (9.52%) Azure
3 6 (7.14%) AWS
4 5 (5.95%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.38%) GCP
5 2 (2.38%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.38%) SaaS
6 1 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.19%) Azure App Service
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.19%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.19%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.19%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.33%) Firewall
1 7 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 6 (7.14%) VPN
3 5 (5.95%) LAN
3 5 (5.95%) WAN
4 2 (2.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) MySQL
1 2 (2.38%) NoSQL
1 2 (2.38%) Power BI
1 2 (2.38%) Redis
1 2 (2.38%) Tableau
2 1 (1.19%) Apache Hive
2 1 (1.19%) Big Data
2 1 (1.19%) DocumentDB
2 1 (1.19%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.19%) GIS
2 1 (1.19%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (10.71%) JIRA
2 1 (1.19%) Android Studio
2 1 (1.19%) Git
General
1 55 (65.48%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (17.86%) Finance
4 8 (9.52%) Legal
5 4 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Law
6 3 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.38%) Banking
7 2 (2.38%) Digital Health
7 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Marketing
7 2 (2.38%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.19%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.19%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.19%) Local Government
8 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (19.05%) Administrator
1 16 (19.05%) IT Administrator
2 10 (11.90%) Analyst
3 7 (8.33%) Architect
3 7 (8.33%) Lead
4 6 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.14%) Security Architect
5 5 (5.95%) Applications Manager
5 5 (5.95%) Applications Support
5 5 (5.95%) Applications Support Manager
5 5 (5.95%) Developer
5 5 (5.95%) IT Analyst
5 5 (5.95%) IT Support
5 5 (5.95%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (5.95%) Senior
5 5 (5.95%) Support Analyst
5 5 (5.95%) Support Manager
6 4 (4.76%) Consultant
6 4 (4.76%) Security Manager
7 3 (3.57%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) PySpark
2 1 (1.19%) .NET
2 1 (1.19%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (1.19%) CSS
2 1 (1.19%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.19%) HTML
2 1 (1.19%) JWT
2 1 (1.19%) LAMP
2 1 (1.19%) LangChain
2 1 (1.19%) Laravel
2 1 (1.19%) LEMP Stack
2 1 (1.19%) Memcached
2 1 (1.19%) Node.js
2 1 (1.19%) Plotly
2 1 (1.19%) Spring
2 1 (1.19%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.19%) Torch
2 1 (1.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 34 (40.48%) Social Media
3 9 (10.71%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 7 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 5 (5.95%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.57%) Algorithms
7 3 (3.57%) NHS
8 2 (2.38%) Blog
8 2 (2.38%) Life Science
9 1 (1.19%) Acoustics
9 1 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.19%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (1.19%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.19%) PropTech
9 1 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (26.19%) Windows
2 16 (19.05%) Windows Vista
3 2 (2.38%) Android
3 2 (2.38%) Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 27 (32.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 18 (21.43%) Customer Service
6 17 (20.24%) Agile
6 17 (20.24%) Line Management
7 15 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
8 14 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
9 13 (15.48%) Change Management
9 13 (15.48%) Information Security
10 12 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 12 (14.29%) PRINCE2
10 12 (14.29%) Risk Management
11 11 (13.10%) Project Management
11 11 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (10.71%) Incident Response
13 8 (9.52%) Cloud Security
14 7 (8.33%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) SQL
2 7 (8.33%) Python
3 6 (7.14%) Java
4 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.19%) C#
5 1 (1.19%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.19%) PHP
5 1 (1.19%) Scala
5 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (39.29%) DBS Check
2 19 (22.62%) Degree
3 9 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (9.52%) CISA
4 8 (9.52%) CISM
4 8 (9.52%) CISSP
5 6 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (7.14%) CEH
5 6 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 6 (7.14%) PMI Certification
5 6 (7.14%) PMP
6 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.38%) SANS
8 1 (1.19%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.05%) SLA
2 13 (15.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (13.10%) GDPR
3 11 (13.10%) NIST
4 7 (8.33%) QA
5 3 (3.57%) Data Quality
6 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.38%) COBIT
6 2 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.95%) Kubernetes
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.19%) Argo
2 1 (1.19%) Karpenter
2 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.33%) Facebook
3 5 (5.95%) Liquidlogic
4 4 (4.76%) Google
5 2 (2.38%) Cisco
5 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.19%) Apple
6 1 (1.19%) Avaya
6 1 (1.19%) Citrix
6 1 (1.19%) Oracle
6 1 (1.19%) PayPal
6 1 (1.19%) SAP
6 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow