Data Privacy Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Privacy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Privacy over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 432 576
Rank change year-on-year +290 +144 -283
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 877 371 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.25% 0.50% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 0.61% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 121 182 164
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £32,234 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,500 £48,687
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +26.32% -7.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £89,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +30.00% -15.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Privacy 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,163 61,036 55,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.74% 82.48% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,188 42,006 28,807
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,336 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Privacy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Privacy in the UK excluding London

Data Privacy
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Privacy in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Privacy in the UK excluding London

Data Privacy
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Privacy in the UK excluding London

Data Privacy
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Privacy within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Midlands +197 317 £65,000 +11.59% 317
South East +236 296 £69,840 +13.56% 504
North of England +110 212 £29,250 -41.50% 372
East Midlands +131 181 £42,500 -61.36% 125
West Midlands +126 136 £65,000 +13.04% 170
Yorkshire +123 121 £26,500 -29.33% 159
North West +25 76 £60,000 - 169
East of England +59 31 £35,000 -53.33% 247
North East +46 15 £70,000 - 46
Scotland +93 12 £34,131 -54.49% 79
South West +78 8 £59,263 -3.64% 187
Northern Ireland +41 1 - - 28
Data Privacy
UK

Data Privacy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (1.48%) IIS
2 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.25%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.03%) Tomcat
5 7 (0.80%) CMS
5 7 (0.80%) Kentico
6 4 (0.46%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 17 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.23%) InDesign
4 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 27 (3.08%) Shopify
2 16 (1.82%) Magento
3 4 (0.46%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.11%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 69 (7.87%) SaaS
2 41 (4.68%) AWS
3 40 (4.56%) Azure
4 21 (2.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 20 (2.28%) Power Platform
6 19 (2.17%) BigCommerce
7 18 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (1.71%) GCP
9 14 (1.60%) Salsify
10 13 (1.48%) Google Analytics
11 11 (1.25%) Google Ads
11 11 (1.25%) Google Tag Manager
12 9 (1.03%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (1.03%) Power Automate
13 7 (0.80%) Kontent
14 6 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (0.46%) Boomi
15 4 (0.46%) GitHub
15 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.03%) DMARC
1 9 (1.03%) SSL
2 5 (0.57%) Intranet
2 5 (0.57%) LAN
2 5 (0.57%) WAN
3 4 (0.46%) Firewall
3 4 (0.46%) VoIP
4 3 (0.34%) DHCP
4 3 (0.34%) DNS
4 3 (0.34%) VLAN
4 3 (0.34%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) Internet
5 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.62%) Metadata
3 20 (2.28%) Power BI
4 9 (1.03%) Data Hub
4 9 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.03%) SQL CLR
5 6 (0.68%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.68%) Tableau
6 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.46%) DB2
7 4 (0.46%) MaxDB
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.46%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.34%) MySQL
9 2 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.11%) Big Data
10 1 (0.11%) Looker
Development Applications
1 10 (1.14%) JIRA
2 3 (0.34%) ERwin
2 3 (0.34%) Git
2 3 (0.34%) PHPUnit
General
1 572 (65.22%) Retail
2 529 (60.32%) Manufacturing
3 193 (22.01%) Social Skills
4 192 (21.89%) Dutch Language
4 192 (21.89%) Finnish Language
5 123 (14.03%) Analytical Skills
6 83 (9.46%) Marketing
7 78 (8.89%) Finance
8 71 (8.10%) Law
9 53 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (5.47%) Catalan Language
10 48 (5.47%) Legal
11 23 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (2.51%) Financial Institution
12 22 (2.51%) Prime Brokerage
13 20 (2.28%) Games
14 16 (1.82%) Czech Language
15 11 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.14%) Back Office
17 7 (0.80%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 528 (60.21%) Trainer
2 42 (4.79%) Senior
3 37 (4.22%) IT Support
4 31 (3.53%) Architect
5 28 (3.19%) Consultant
6 27 (3.08%) Lead
7 25 (2.85%) Senior Manager
8 22 (2.51%) Enterprise Architect
8 22 (2.51%) IT Engineer
8 22 (2.51%) Risk Manager
9 21 (2.39%) Analyst
9 21 (2.39%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (2.39%) Salesforce Architect
9 21 (2.39%) Support Engineer
10 18 (2.05%) Developer
11 16 (1.82%) SaaS Developer
11 16 (1.82%) SAP Consultant
11 16 (1.82%) Software Support Engineer
12 11 (1.25%) Administrator
12 11 (1.25%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (6.84%) HTML
2 33 (3.76%) REST
3 30 (3.42%) SOAP
4 21 (2.39%) Lightning Web Components
4 21 (2.39%) Middleware
5 9 (1.03%) JSON
5 9 (1.03%) XML
6 8 (0.91%) Hugging Face
6 8 (0.91%) PyTorch
6 8 (0.91%) TensorFlow
7 6 (0.68%) .NET
7 6 (0.68%) LangChain
7 6 (0.68%) RESTful
8 5 (0.57%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.46%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.46%) Dapper ORM
9 4 (0.46%) Entity Framework
9 4 (0.46%) React
9 4 (0.46%) SAP Basis
10 3 (0.34%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 528 (60.21%) Robotics
2 44 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.51%) Blockchain
5 22 (2.51%) Derivative
5 22 (2.51%) Hedge funds
6 18 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 16 (1.82%) EPoS
8 15 (1.71%) Driving Licence
8 15 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.71%) Social Media
9 14 (1.60%) Taxonomies
10 9 (1.03%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.03%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.68%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.68%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (0.57%) Blog
13 4 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.02%) Windows
2 21 (2.39%) Android
3 13 (1.48%) Unix
4 9 (1.03%) Linux
5 8 (0.91%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.46%) AIX
7 3 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 636 (72.52%) Problem-Solving
2 603 (68.76%) Artificial Intelligence
3 586 (66.82%) Machine Learning
4 550 (62.71%) Generative AI
5 535 (61.00%) LLM
6 528 (60.21%) Red Team
7 87 (9.92%) Computer Science
8 77 (8.78%) Agile
9 68 (7.75%) Data Management
10 60 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (6.84%) Customer Service
11 58 (6.61%) CRM
12 56 (6.39%) Project Management
13 50 (5.70%) Project Delivery
13 50 (5.70%) Roadmaps
14 49 (5.59%) Biochemistry
14 49 (5.59%) Chemistry
15 48 (5.47%) Biology
16 47 (5.36%) Information Security
17 45 (5.13%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 83 (9.46%) SQL
2 69 (7.87%) JavaScript
3 67 (7.64%) C#
3 67 (7.64%) Java
4 61 (6.96%) Python
5 51 (5.82%) PHP
5 51 (5.82%) R
6 48 (5.47%) C
6 48 (5.47%) C++
6 48 (5.47%) Dart
6 48 (5.47%) MATLAB
6 48 (5.47%) Ruby
6 48 (5.47%) Rust
6 48 (5.47%) TypeScript
7 21 (2.39%) Apex Code
8 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.03%) VBA
9 8 (0.91%) Delphi
10 5 (0.57%) ABAP
10 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 633 (72.18%) Degree
2 80 (9.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (4.22%) Security Cleared
4 30 (3.42%) Master's Degree
5 9 (1.03%) AWS Certification
5 9 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 9 (1.03%) Azure Certification
5 9 (1.03%) DBS Check
6 5 (0.57%) CISSP
7 4 (0.46%) CISM
8 3 (0.34%) CITP
8 3 (0.34%) MCP
8 3 (0.34%) MCSA
8 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.34%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.23%) CISA
9 2 (0.23%) PhD
10 1 (0.11%) CCA
10 1 (0.11%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.04%) Data Quality
2 51 (5.82%) GDPR
3 30 (3.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 16 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.03%) NIST
5 9 (1.03%) QA
6 6 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.34%) PMO
8 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.11%) GLP
9 1 (0.11%) GMP
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
9 1 (0.11%) GxP
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.03%) Docker
4 4 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.68%) Grafana
3 6 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.68%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.34%) Automic
Vendors
1 557 (63.51%) Google
2 530 (60.43%) Adobe
3 529 (60.32%) Databricks
4 80 (9.12%) Microsoft
5 33 (3.76%) SAP
6 26 (2.96%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 18 (2.05%) Zoho
9 17 (1.94%) Commvault
9 17 (1.94%) VMware
10 14 (1.60%) Oracle
11 12 (1.37%) Pinterest
11 12 (1.37%) TikTok
12 6 (0.68%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.68%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.57%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.46%) Dell
15 3 (0.34%) Apple
15 3 (0.34%) Broadcom
15 3 (0.34%) SonicWALL