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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 198 213
Rank change year-on-year -8 +15 +51
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 111 220 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.15% 1.25% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.50% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 74 172 118
10th Percentile £28,600 £28,325 £40,650
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,802 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -16.72% +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,438 £67,813 £60,025
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,774 £79,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

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 8,915 14,700 13,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.05% 83.43% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 10,114 7,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,625
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,906 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £85,000
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 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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
Surrey +57 29 £45,000 -1.75% 8
Thames Valley +10 26 £57,000 +26.32% 34
Hampshire +41 16 £45,000 +12.50% 10
Kent +19 14 £31,500 -51.54% 6
Berkshire +5 14 £56,500 +2.73% 21
Middlesex - 12 - -
West Sussex +20 11 £23,197 -45.42% 8
Buckinghamshire +20 9 £59,000 +38.82% 4
Oxfordshire +28 3 £52,500 +50.00% 15
East Sussex +22 3 £66,250 +76.67% 7
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 5 (4.50%) CMS
1 5 (4.50%) Umbraco
2 3 (2.70%) IIS
3 2 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.90%) Apache
4 1 (0.90%) nginx
4 1 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (15.32%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.31%) Acrobat
3 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.90%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (19.82%) Azure
3 14 (12.61%) Power Platform
4 10 (9.01%) Google Workspace
5 9 (8.11%) AWS
6 7 (6.31%) SaaS
7 4 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.70%) GitHub
8 3 (2.70%) IaaS
8 3 (2.70%) npm
8 3 (2.70%) PaaS
9 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.80%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.80%) Serverless
10 1 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.90%) GCP
10 1 (0.90%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.11%) DNS
1 9 (8.11%) LAN
1 9 (8.11%) SD-WAN
1 9 (8.11%) WAN
2 8 (7.21%) Intranet
2 8 (7.21%) TCP/IP
3 7 (6.31%) Network Security
4 5 (4.50%) DHCP
4 5 (4.50%) Firewall
4 5 (4.50%) PBX
4 5 (4.50%) RTP
4 5 (4.50%) Softphone
4 5 (4.50%) VLAN
4 5 (4.50%) VoIP
5 3 (2.70%) HTTP
5 3 (2.70%) SMTP
6 2 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.90%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.71%) Power BI
2 8 (7.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (4.50%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.60%) MySQL
5 3 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.80%) Big Data
6 2 (1.80%) DTS
6 2 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.80%) Tableau
7 1 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (6.31%) Git
2 3 (2.70%) Bitbucket
2 3 (2.70%) JIRA
2 3 (2.70%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (2.70%) PHPUnit
2 3 (2.70%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (2.70%) Vite
General
1 66 (59.46%) Social Skills
2 24 (21.62%) Legal
3 19 (17.12%) Finance
4 15 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (11.71%) Law
6 9 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (7.21%) Telecoms
8 7 (6.31%) Retail
9 6 (5.41%) Publishing
10 3 (2.70%) Advertising
10 3 (2.70%) Back Office
10 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.70%) Marketing
10 3 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.80%) Games
11 2 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.90%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.90%) Military
12 1 (0.90%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 17 (15.32%) Analyst
2 11 (9.91%) Lead
3 10 (9.01%) Business Analyst
4 9 (8.11%) Developer
4 9 (8.11%) Support Engineer
4 9 (8.11%) Technical Analyst
4 9 (8.11%) Technical Business Analyst
5 8 (7.21%) Information Officer
5 8 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (6.31%) Compliance Advisor
6 7 (6.31%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (6.31%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (6.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 7 (6.31%) Risk Officer
6 7 (6.31%) Security Advisor
7 6 (5.41%) Information Governance Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Information Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Information Security Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Security Manager
7 6 (5.41%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.01%) React
2 6 (5.41%) CSS
2 6 (5.41%) HTML
3 5 (4.50%) .NET
3 5 (4.50%) REST
4 4 (3.60%) Laravel
5 3 (2.70%) .NET Core
5 3 (2.70%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.70%) Jest
5 3 (2.70%) jQuery
5 3 (2.70%) LAMP
5 3 (2.70%) RESTful
5 3 (2.70%) Sass
6 2 (1.80%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.80%) Pandas
6 2 (1.80%) Vue
7 1 (0.90%) Django
7 1 (0.90%) SOAP
7 1 (0.90%) Web Services
7 1 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.62%) Data Protection Act
2 23 (20.72%) Management Information System
3 12 (10.81%) Freedom of Information
4 8 (7.21%) e-Learning
5 7 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (5.41%) Freedom of Information Act
7 5 (4.50%) CCTV
8 4 (3.60%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.70%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.70%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.90%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.90%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.90%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.90%) Tandem
11 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.41%) Windows
1 6 (5.41%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.63%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (25.23%) Information Security
3 25 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (20.72%) Project Management
5 21 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (13.51%) Customer Service
6 15 (13.51%) Mentoring
7 14 (12.61%) Computer Science
8 13 (11.71%) Data Governance
8 13 (11.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (10.81%) Line Management
9 12 (10.81%) Risk Management
9 12 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (9.91%) Budget Management
10 11 (9.91%) Migration
11 10 (9.01%) Agile
11 10 (9.01%) Collaborative Working
11 10 (9.01%) Data Development
11 10 (9.01%) Data Security
12 9 (8.11%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.61%) SQL
2 7 (6.31%) JavaScript
3 6 (5.41%) Python
4 5 (4.50%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.60%) C#
5 4 (3.60%) PHP
6 2 (1.80%) Bash
6 2 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.90%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (22.52%) Degree
2 17 (15.32%) CISSP
3 15 (13.51%) CISM
4 14 (12.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.31%) CRISC
6 6 (5.41%) CISA
6 6 (5.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (3.60%) DBS Check
7 4 (3.60%) MCSA
7 4 (3.60%) MCSE
7 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.70%) CEH
8 3 (2.70%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.80%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.90%) ACCA
10 1 (0.90%) CIMA
10 1 (0.90%) GIAC
10 1 (0.90%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (26.13%) GDPR
2 22 (19.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (18.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (11.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (8.11%) HIPAA
6 8 (7.21%) PCI DSS
7 7 (6.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (6.31%) PERC
8 6 (5.41%) Data Quality
9 5 (4.50%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.90%) NCSC
10 1 (0.90%) NIST
10 1 (0.90%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (8.11%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.60%) Docker
4 1 (0.90%) Squid
4 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Grafana
1 1 (0.90%) HAProxy
1 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.90%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (28.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.01%) Google
3 9 (8.11%) Citrix
4 7 (6.31%) Adobe
4 7 (6.31%) OneTrust
5 4 (3.60%) SAP
6 2 (1.80%) Facebook
7 1 (0.90%) Canon
7 1 (0.90%) Databricks
7 1 (0.90%) HP
7 1 (0.90%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.90%) Oracle
7 1 (0.90%) Sage
7 1 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.90%) Veeam
7 1 (0.90%) VMware