Data Protection Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 765 841
Rank change year-on-year +39 +76 -176
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 25 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.036% 0.005% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.005% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 13
10th Percentile £27,750 £37,617 £38,700
25th Percentile £35,375 £37,793 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,170 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.02% -13.61% -15.45%
75th Percentile £77,375 £45,625 £51,696
90th Percentile £87,500 £47,500 £92,339
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,085 £48,836
% change year-on-year +12.26% -17.92% -11.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,742 54,869 68,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.26% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 47,250 31,160 43,040
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Data Protection Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Data Protection Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Officer in the UK excluding London

Data Protection Officer
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 Protection Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South East - 17 £45,000 - 1
North of England +52 4 - - 1
North West +10 4 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 3
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £45,000 - 3
East of England - 1 £34,500 -
Data Protection Officer
UK

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Data Protection Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 21 (84.00%) Information Security
3 12 (48.00%) Legal
4 11 (44.00%) Data Privacy
5 10 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (36.00%) Law
7 8 (32.00%) Risk Management
8 7 (28.00%) GDPR
9 6 (24.00%) Information Security Governance
9 6 (24.00%) Data Security
9 6 (24.00%) Finance
10 5 (20.00%) B2C
10 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (16.00%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
12 3 (12.00%) Data Sharing
12 3 (12.00%) Impact Assessments
12 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
12 3 (12.00%) Data Management
12 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
13 2 (8.00%) Marketing
13 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
13 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
13 2 (8.00%) ISEB
13 2 (8.00%) SQL
13 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
13 2 (8.00%) Time Management
13 2 (8.00%) SaaS
13 2 (8.00%) Information Governance

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) SaaS
General
1 12 (48.00%) Legal
2 10 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (36.00%) Law
4 6 (24.00%) Finance
5 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (8.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 21 (84.00%) Information Security
3 11 (44.00%) Data Privacy
4 8 (32.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (24.00%) Data Security
5 6 (24.00%) Information Security Governance
6 5 (20.00%) B2C
6 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (12.00%) Data Management
7 3 (12.00%) Data Sharing
7 3 (12.00%) Impact Assessments
8 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (8.00%) Information Governance
8 2 (8.00%) Time Management
9 1 (4.00%) Data Governance
9 1 (4.00%) Information Management
9 1 (4.00%) Internal Audit
9 1 (4.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) ISEB
2 1 (4.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) GDPR
2 2 (8.00%) GRC
2 2 (8.00%) IASME
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft