Data Protection Jobs in the South West

Data Protection
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 222 186
Rank change year-on-year +36 -36 +13
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 100 57 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.11% 0.80% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.84% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 84 39 71
10th Percentile £32,464 £35,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £48,325 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £53,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.02% -15.20% +38.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,000 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +6.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,620 6,776 7,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.44% 94.56% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,536 3,777 5,000
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.72%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the South West

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the South West

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the South West

Data Protection
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Bristol +23 36 £48,750 -2.50% 6
Wiltshire +1 19 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Cornwall - 14 £39,005 -
Somerset +21 11 £60,000 +33.33% 3
Dorset -10 11 £45,000 -15.09% 2
Gloucestershire -23 5 £40,482 -41.12% 4
Devon -8 2 £26,000 -74.00% 1
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 8 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.00%) Site Server
3 2 (2.00%) IIS
3 2 (2.00%) nginx
3 2 (2.00%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 13 (13.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (7.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (6.00%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.00%) Azure
2 9 (9.00%) AWS
2 9 (9.00%) Power Platform
3 7 (7.00%) GCP
3 7 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.00%) OCI
4 6 (6.00%) SaaS
5 2 (2.00%) IaaS
5 2 (2.00%) PaaS
5 2 (2.00%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.00%) Yammer
6 1 (1.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.00%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.00%) Cisco IPT
2 6 (6.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (2.00%) DHCP
3 2 (2.00%) DNS
3 2 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.00%) Intranet
4 1 (1.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.00%) Power BI
2 4 (4.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (3.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.00%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.00%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 44 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 25 (25.00%) Finance
3 15 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (15.00%) Legal
4 12 (12.00%) Banking
5 11 (11.00%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (10.00%) Retail
7 8 (8.00%) Telecoms
8 7 (7.00%) Public Sector
9 6 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (4.00%) Military
11 4 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (3.00%) Law
12 3 (3.00%) Local Government
12 3 (3.00%) Police
13 1 (1.00%) Electronics
13 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (18.00%) Senior
2 16 (16.00%) Analyst
3 14 (14.00%) Project Manager
4 13 (13.00%) Data Manager
4 13 (13.00%) Data Protection Manager
4 13 (13.00%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (8.00%) Architect
5 8 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 8 (8.00%) IT Analyst
5 8 (8.00%) IT Security Analyst
5 8 (8.00%) Security Analyst
6 7 (7.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (7.00%) Senior IT Security Analyst
6 7 (7.00%) Senior Security Analyst
7 6 (6.00%) Data Protection Specialist
7 6 (6.00%) Infrastructure Architect
7 6 (6.00%) IT Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Head of IT
8 5 (5.00%) Lead
9 4 (4.00%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) ModSecurity
2 2 (2.00%) JSON
2 2 (2.00%) RESTful
2 2 (2.00%) SOAP
2 2 (2.00%) WCF
3 1 (1.00%) .NET
3 1 (1.00%) Laravel
3 1 (1.00%) React
3 1 (1.00%) SAML
3 1 (1.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (27.00%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (15.00%) Freedom of Information
2 15 (15.00%) Management Information System
3 8 (8.00%) Driving Licence
3 8 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (7.00%) Data Centre
4 7 (7.00%) NHS
4 7 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (6.00%) CCTV
6 3 (3.00%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.00%) Cybercrime
7 2 (2.00%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.00%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.00%) Blog
8 1 (1.00%) Digital Media
8 1 (1.00%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (3.00%) Android
3 2 (2.00%) Linux
3 2 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.00%) Impact Assessments
2 23 (23.00%) Information Security
3 22 (22.00%) Data Governance
4 21 (21.00%) Project Management
4 21 (21.00%) Risk Management
5 18 (18.00%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (18.00%) Data Sharing
5 18 (18.00%) Project Delivery
6 16 (16.00%) Cloud Security
6 16 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (15.00%) Data Management
8 14 (14.00%) PRINCE2
9 13 (13.00%) Change Management
9 13 (13.00%) Process Improvement
9 13 (13.00%) Regulatory Compliance
10 12 (12.00%) Culture Change
10 12 (12.00%) Data Privacy
10 12 (12.00%) Matrix Management
10 12 (12.00%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.00%) SQL
2 2 (2.00%) Kotlin
2 2 (2.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.00%) Ruby
2 2 (2.00%) Swift
2 2 (2.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.00%) PHP
3 1 (1.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (56.00%) Degree
2 15 (15.00%) CISSP
3 14 (14.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 8 (8.00%) Master's Degree
5 7 (7.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.00%) CISM
6 6 (6.00%) DV Cleared
6 6 (6.00%) ISEB
7 5 (5.00%) CISA
8 4 (4.00%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (3.00%) Postgraduate
10 2 (2.00%) CCIE
10 2 (2.00%) CCNP
11 1 (1.00%) CBAP
11 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.00%) ECDL
11 1 (1.00%) GIAC
11 1 (1.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (39.00%) GDPR
2 10 (10.00%) NIST
3 8 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (8.00%) PCI DSS
4 7 (7.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (7.00%) Data Quality
5 5 (5.00%) NCSC
6 4 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.00%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
7 2 (2.00%) NIST 800
7 2 (2.00%) QA
8 1 (1.00%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.00%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (9.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (8.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 37 (37.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.00%) VMware
3 8 (8.00%) Google
3 8 (8.00%) Oracle
4 4 (4.00%) Apple
5 2 (2.00%) Cisco
6 1 (1.00%) Commvault
6 1 (1.00%) EMC
6 1 (1.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.00%) SAP