Data Protection Job Trends in Southampton

Data Protection
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 50 51
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 +20
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 5 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.93% 2.91% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 3.46% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 7
10th Percentile - £50,450 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,886 £58,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,962 £70,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.34% +75.00% -45.76%
75th Percentile £91,563 £99,375 £47,000
90th Percentile £103,375 £100,000 £51,500
Hampshire median annual salary £46,000 £70,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -34.29% +75.00% -54.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 417 462 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 77.80% 84.00% 90.02%
Number of salaries quoted 294 332 350
10th Percentile £30,375 £32,750 £28,175
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £56,921 £52,000
% change year-on-year -12.16% +9.46% -5.45%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Southampton

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Southampton over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Southampton

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) ISMS
2 2 (40.00%) SABSA
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR