Data Protection Jobs in the South East

Data Protection
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 220 224
Rank change year-on-year +19 +4 +66
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 165 146 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.09% 1.26% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.33% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 122 99 189
10th Percentile £27,800 £37,433 £35,700
25th Percentile £36,063 £45,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,313 £58,000 £53,850
Median % change year-on-year -8.08% +7.71% +2.57%
75th Percentile £68,438 £65,000 £64,000
90th Percentile £76,202 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,301 10,994 21,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.50% 94.87% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,138 7,007 11,964
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,620 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the South East

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the South East

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the South East

Data Protection
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Thames Valley +56 65 £55,000 -8.33% 16
Berkshire +41 43 £57,063 +3.66% 7
Hampshire -10 30 £49,000 -12.89% 7
Kent -19 25 £65,000 +40.54% 3
Surrey -22 20 £40,565 -28.20% 9
West Sussex +25 18 £35,000 -48.15% 6
Buckinghamshire +15 13 £60,000 - 6
Oxfordshire -10 9 £55,000 -8.33% 3
East Sussex -5 6 £30,482 -49.20% 2
Sussex - 1 £65,000 -
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 13 (7.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.42%) nginx
4 2 (1.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (7.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Primavera
1 4 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.82%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.21%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.21%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.21%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.21%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.21%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.21%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 39 (23.64%) Azure
2 31 (18.79%) AWS
3 15 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.27%) GCP
4 12 (7.27%) Serverless
5 11 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (6.06%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.45%) IaaS
7 9 (5.45%) PaaS
8 8 (4.85%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (4.85%) Amazon S3
8 8 (4.85%) Azure Functions
8 8 (4.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (4.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (4.24%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (3.64%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.42%) CloudFront
11 4 (2.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.55%) Firewall
2 13 (7.88%) Internet
3 10 (6.06%) DNS
3 10 (6.06%) Intranet
3 10 (6.06%) Network Security
4 9 (5.45%) VPN
4 9 (5.45%) Wireless
5 8 (4.85%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (4.24%) DHCP
6 7 (4.24%) HTTP
7 6 (3.64%) SNMP
8 5 (3.03%) TCP/IP
9 4 (2.42%) LAN
9 4 (2.42%) MQTT
9 4 (2.42%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (2.42%) WAN
10 2 (1.21%) VoIP
11 1 (0.61%) DKIM
11 1 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.61%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.27%) MySQL
3 11 (6.67%) NoSQL
4 10 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (6.06%) Relational Database
5 7 (4.24%) DynamoDB
6 6 (3.64%) Power BI
7 4 (2.42%) Metadata
7 4 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.21%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.21%) Power Query
10 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Hudson
2 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
General
1 52 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 38 (23.03%) Legal
3 32 (19.39%) Finance
4 20 (12.12%) Law
5 14 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.85%) Retail
8 7 (4.24%) Marketing
9 6 (3.64%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.03%) Back Office
10 5 (3.03%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.42%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.42%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.82%) Local Government
12 3 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.82%) Social Housing
13 2 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.21%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 18 (10.91%) Data Protection Officer
1 18 (10.91%) Senior
2 17 (10.30%) Developer
3 15 (9.09%) Lead
4 11 (6.67%) Analyst
4 11 (6.67%) Architect
5 9 (5.45%) Consultant
5 9 (5.45%) Governance Manager
5 9 (5.45%) IT Manager
6 7 (4.24%) AWS Developer
6 7 (4.24%) Azure Developer
6 7 (4.24%) Backend Developer
6 7 (4.24%) Coordinator
6 7 (4.24%) Data Manager
6 7 (4.24%) DBA
7 6 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (3.64%) IT Support
7 6 (3.64%) Network Manager
7 6 (3.64%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.48%) Web Services
2 11 (6.67%) gRPC
2 11 (6.67%) RESTful
3 9 (5.45%) .NET
4 4 (2.42%) CSS
4 4 (2.42%) GraphQL
4 4 (2.42%) HTML
4 4 (2.42%) Knex.js
4 4 (2.42%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (2.42%) Node.js
4 4 (2.42%) React
4 4 (2.42%) React Native
4 4 (2.42%) Sequelize
5 2 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.61%) LDAP
6 1 (0.61%) Spring
6 1 (0.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 42 (25.45%) Management Information System
2 30 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (7.27%) Data Centre
4 10 (6.06%) Onboarding
5 9 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (4.85%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.85%) IoT
7 7 (4.24%) Algorithms
7 7 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.64%) NHS
9 5 (3.03%) Driving Licence
9 5 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (3.03%) Mobile App
9 5 (3.03%) PACS
9 5 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.42%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.42%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.82%) Freedom of Information
11 3 (1.82%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.21%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.33%) Windows
2 7 (4.24%) Linux
3 5 (3.03%) Kali Linux
3 5 (3.03%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.42%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.61%) Android
6 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.45%) Information Security
2 29 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 21 (12.73%) DevOps
6 20 (12.12%) Collaborative Working
6 20 (12.12%) Data Privacy
6 20 (12.12%) Data Security
7 19 (11.52%) Data Management
8 18 (10.91%) Computer Science
8 18 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (10.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (9.70%) Change Management
9 16 (9.70%) Risk Management
10 15 (9.09%) Agile
10 15 (9.09%) CI/CD
10 15 (9.09%) Customer Service
11 13 (7.88%) Incident Management
11 13 (7.88%) Mentoring
12 12 (7.27%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.91%) SQL
2 17 (10.30%) Python
3 12 (7.27%) PowerShell
4 9 (5.45%) C#
5 5 (3.03%) R
6 4 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.42%) JSX
6 4 (2.42%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.82%) Java
8 2 (1.21%) Bash
8 2 (1.21%) Bicep
8 2 (1.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (23.03%) Degree
2 14 (8.48%) Master's Degree
2 14 (8.48%) Security Cleared
3 13 (7.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (5.45%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.85%) CISSP
6 7 (4.24%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.64%) ISEB
7 6 (3.64%) SC Cleared
8 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (2.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.42%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.82%) CISA
10 3 (1.82%) CRISC
10 3 (1.82%) MCSA
11 2 (1.21%) CCNA
11 2 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (23.03%) GDPR
2 19 (11.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (6.06%) Data Quality
4 9 (5.45%) HIPAA
4 9 (5.45%) NIST
4 9 (5.45%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (2.42%) ISO 14001
6 4 (2.42%) ISO 9001
6 4 (2.42%) PMO
7 3 (1.82%) COBIT
7 3 (1.82%) COSO
7 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.82%) ITGC
8 2 (1.21%) GRC
9 1 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.61%) SLA
9 1 (0.61%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (8.48%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.06%) Docker
2 10 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.85%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.82%) XenApp
5 2 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.03%) Suricata
2 5 (3.03%) Terraform
3 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.21%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.06%) VMware
3 9 (5.45%) Google
4 7 (4.24%) Cisco
4 7 (4.24%) SAP
5 6 (3.64%) Sage
6 5 (3.03%) Juniper
6 5 (3.03%) Oracle
6 5 (3.03%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.03%) Splunk
7 4 (2.42%) Informatica
7 4 (2.42%) RedGate
7 4 (2.42%) Talend
8 3 (1.82%) Apple
8 3 (1.82%) Citrix
8 3 (1.82%) Workday
9 2 (1.21%) Acronis
9 2 (1.21%) BMC
9 2 (1.21%) HP
9 2 (1.21%) Salesforce