Data Protection Job Trends in South London

Data Protection
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South London requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 72 45
Rank change year-on-year +48 -27 +43
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 22 12 16
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 4.69% 2.08% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.38% 2.14% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 22 7 16
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,550 £57,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,875 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -20.00% +76.47%
75th Percentile £50,938 £63,750 £104,688
90th Percentile £56,875 £67,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% +16.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 409 562 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 87.21% 97.40% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 171 181 282
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.56% -6.96% +4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
London median annual salary £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Protection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South London.

Data Protection job vacancy trend in South London

Data Protection
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in South London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in South London

Data Protection
Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Kingston Upon Thames +19 18 £50,000 - 2
Merton - 18 £50,000 - 3
Bromley +22 4 £32,500 +18.18%
Data Protection
London

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (13.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (13.64%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Remote Desktop
General
1 7 (31.82%) Legal
1 7 (31.82%) Marketing
2 4 (18.18%) Law
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Sales Manager
2 9 (40.91%) Account Manager
2 9 (40.91%) Sales Account Manager
3 7 (31.82%) Marketing Manager
4 4 (18.18%) Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) IT Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) IT Support
4 4 (18.18%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Data Centre
2 7 (31.82%) Social Media
3 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
3 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (31.82%) Analytics
2 7 (31.82%) B2B
2 7 (31.82%) B2B Marketing
2 7 (31.82%) CRM
2 7 (31.82%) Lead Generation
2 7 (31.82%) SEO
3 6 (27.27%) Digital Analytics
3 6 (27.27%) Marketing Automation
4 4 (18.18%) Case Management
4 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 4 (18.18%) Document Management
4 4 (18.18%) Incident Management
4 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) Email Marketing
5 3 (13.64%) Multichannel Marketing
5 3 (13.64%) Sales Enablement
5 3 (13.64%) Social Media Management
5 3 (13.64%) Telesales
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
1 4 (18.18%) MCP
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) HubSpot
2 6 (27.27%) YouTube
3 3 (13.64%) Scality
3 3 (13.64%) Veeam