Data Protection Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 166 190
Rank change year-on-year +11 +24 -29
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 25 82 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.75% 1.18% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 1.41% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 18 61 17
10th Percentile - £27,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.44% -25.00% +22.45%
75th Percentile £66,153 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £94,500 £87,500 £79,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.16% -17.23% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,137 5,808 5,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.73% 83.86% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,153 3,909 3,043
10th Percentile £27,600 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
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 £86,160 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire +6 12 £57,000 +3.64% 131
Buckinghamshire +21 10 £59,000 +38.82% 38
Oxfordshire +37 3 £52,500 +72.13% 29
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (4.00%) Apache
1 1 (4.00%) nginx
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Business One
2 1 (4.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (4.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
3 1 (4.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.00%) DTS
2 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) Tableau
3 1 (4.00%) MySQL
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Publishing
3 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Games
5 1 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Local Government
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Military
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Governance Manager
1 6 (24.00%) Information Governance Manager
1 6 (24.00%) Information Manager
1 6 (24.00%) Information Security Manager
1 6 (24.00%) Security Manager
2 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Data Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Digital Transformation
4 2 (8.00%) Head of Digital
4 2 (8.00%) Head of Digital Transformation
4 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Systems Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Technical Leader
5 1 (4.00%) AWS Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Head of Information
5 1 (4.00%) Principal Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Django
1 1 (4.00%) Flask
1 1 (4.00%) Kafka
1 1 (4.00%) Laravel
1 1 (4.00%) REST
1 1 (4.00%) Vue
1 1 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (36.00%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (32.00%) Freedom of Information
4 6 (24.00%) Freedom of Information Act
5 4 (16.00%) Operational Technology
6 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
7 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
7 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
7 1 (4.00%) e-Learning
7 1 (4.00%) Tandem
7 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
1 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (32.00%) Project Management
3 7 (28.00%) Incident Management
3 7 (28.00%) Information Security
3 7 (28.00%) Security Management
4 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (24.00%) Information Security Management
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (24.00%) ISMS
4 6 (24.00%) Psychology
4 6 (24.00%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (16.00%) Budgeting
5 4 (16.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 4 (16.00%) Data Development
5 4 (16.00%) ERP
5 4 (16.00%) Logistics
5 4 (16.00%) Process Improvement
6 3 (12.00%) Data Management
6 3 (12.00%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) PHP
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) CISM
1 7 (28.00%) CISSP
1 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 6 (24.00%) CISA
2 6 (24.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (24.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 4 (16.00%) MCSA
3 4 (16.00%) MCSE
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
5 1 (4.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (28.00%) HIPAA
3 6 (24.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (24.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (24.00%) GDPR
4 3 (12.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
6 1 (4.00%) NIST
6 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Squid
2 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Grafana
1 1 (4.00%) HAProxy
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) HP
3 1 (4.00%) Veeam
3 1 (4.00%) VMware