Data Protection Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 222 295
Rank change year-on-year -55 +73 -84
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 373 930 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.24% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.51% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 269 625 369
10th Percentile £25,480 £30,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £37,199 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,922
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £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 £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England -76 117 £50,000 - 112
South East -8 111 £45,000 -1.75% 80
North West -56 84 £43,750 +2.94% 62
Midlands -59 66 £50,000 - 67
West Midlands -24 50 £52,500 -2.78% 31
East of England +52 40 £35,500 -31.07% 38
Yorkshire -4 31 £60,000 +14.29% 35
South West +28 18 £62,500 +28.21% 43
Scotland +87 15 £54,441 +20.98% 33
East Midlands -9 15 £28,500 -43.00% 34
Isle of Man - 4 £91,000 -
North East +23 2 £70,000 +94.44% 16
Wales +20 2 £55,000 +48.65% 9
Channel Islands 0 2 £78,750 -28.41% 4
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
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 28 (7.51%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.49%) CMS
4 5 (1.34%) Umbraco
5 4 (1.07%) Drupal
5 4 (1.07%) SAS
6 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.80%) IIS
6 3 (0.80%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.54%) Apache
7 2 (0.54%) Confluence
7 2 (0.54%) nginx
8 1 (0.27%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 28 (7.51%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (7.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.14%) Adobe Premiere
3 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (2.14%) Photoshop
4 7 (1.88%) Acrobat
5 6 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.61%) Trello
6 4 (1.07%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.27%) Sketch
7 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.07%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.80%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.54%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 94 (25.20%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (20.64%) Azure
3 32 (8.58%) AWS
4 31 (8.31%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.29%) Entra ID
6 13 (3.49%) GCP
6 13 (3.49%) SaaS
7 12 (3.22%) OneDrive
8 11 (2.95%) Google Workspace
9 9 (2.41%) Rubrik
10 7 (1.88%) Serverless
11 6 (1.61%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.34%) Google Analytics
13 4 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.07%) Collibra
13 4 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.07%) GitHub
13 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.43%) Firewall
2 16 (4.29%) WAN
3 15 (4.02%) LAN
4 12 (3.22%) DNS
4 12 (3.22%) Network Security
5 11 (2.95%) VPN
6 10 (2.68%) SD-WAN
7 9 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (2.41%) VLAN
8 8 (2.14%) DHCP
8 8 (2.14%) Intranet
8 8 (2.14%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.88%) Ethernet
10 6 (1.61%) VoIP
11 5 (1.34%) PBX
11 5 (1.34%) RTP
11 5 (1.34%) Softphone
12 4 (1.07%) Wireless
13 3 (0.80%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.24%) Power BI
2 10 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.41%) MySQL
3 9 (2.41%) NoSQL
3 9 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (2.14%) Metadata
4 8 (2.14%) Tableau
5 6 (1.61%) Metadata Repository
6 4 (1.07%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.80%) Big Data
7 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.54%) DTS
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
8 2 (0.54%) Redis
8 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (5.63%) JIRA
2 13 (3.49%) Git
3 4 (1.07%) GitLab
4 3 (0.80%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.80%) ERwin
4 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (0.80%) PHPUnit
4 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.80%) Vite
5 2 (0.54%) Gradle
5 2 (0.54%) JUnit
5 2 (0.54%) Maven
5 2 (0.54%) Mockito
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.54%) Postman
6 1 (0.27%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 195 (52.28%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.89%) Finance
3 56 (15.01%) Legal
4 42 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.85%) Law
6 23 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (5.09%) Retail
8 12 (3.22%) Marketing
9 11 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.95%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.68%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.88%) Advertising
11 7 (1.88%) Banking
11 7 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.61%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.61%) Publishing
13 3 (0.80%) Back Office
13 3 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.80%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 47 (12.60%) Analyst
2 41 (10.99%) Lead
3 31 (8.31%) Developer
4 27 (7.24%) Administrator
5 26 (6.97%) Senior
6 23 (6.17%) Architect
7 20 (5.36%) IT Administrator
8 19 (5.09%) IT Support
9 16 (4.29%) Support Engineer
10 14 (3.75%) 1st Line Support
10 14 (3.75%) Business Analyst
11 13 (3.49%) Security Manager
12 12 (3.22%) IT Manager
12 12 (3.22%) Project Manager
13 11 (2.95%) Consultant
13 11 (2.95%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.68%) Information Manager
14 10 (2.68%) Team Leader
15 9 (2.41%) Data Analyst
15 9 (2.41%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.09%) React
2 15 (4.02%) .NET
3 11 (2.95%) CSS
3 11 (2.95%) HTML
4 9 (2.41%) REST
5 8 (2.14%) RESTful
6 7 (1.88%) Middleware
7 6 (1.61%) Node.js
8 5 (1.34%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.34%) Kafka
8 5 (1.34%) Laravel
8 5 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.07%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.07%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (1.07%) LAMP
9 4 (1.07%) Saxon XSLT
10 3 (0.80%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.80%) Ruby on Rails
10 3 (0.80%) SOAP
10 3 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 109 (29.22%) Data Protection Act
2 52 (13.94%) Management Information System
3 39 (10.46%) Social Media
4 14 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.49%) Freedom of Information
5 13 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.22%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.95%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.68%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.14%) e-Learning
9 8 (2.14%) Freedom of Information Act
10 7 (1.88%) Cyberattack
10 7 (1.88%) NHS
10 7 (1.88%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.61%) Blog
11 6 (1.61%) CCTV
11 6 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.61%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.34%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 60 (16.09%) Windows
2 27 (7.24%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.29%) Windows Vista
4 13 (3.49%) Linux
5 9 (2.41%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.88%) Android
8 5 (1.34%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.07%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.54%) Debian
10 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.22%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (24.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 87 (23.32%) Cybersecurity
4 70 (18.77%) Information Security
5 65 (17.43%) Customer Service
6 53 (14.21%) Agile
7 51 (13.67%) Collaborative Working
8 49 (13.14%) Project Management
9 45 (12.06%) Process Improvement
9 45 (12.06%) Risk Management
10 43 (11.53%) Mentoring
11 39 (10.46%) Analytics
11 39 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (9.92%) ITIL
12 37 (9.92%) Service Delivery
13 36 (9.65%) Line Management
14 35 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (8.31%) Regulatory Compliance
16 30 (8.04%) Computer Science
16 30 (8.04%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.26%) SQL
2 21 (5.63%) Python
3 19 (5.09%) JavaScript
4 17 (4.56%) C#
5 14 (3.75%) Java
6 13 (3.49%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.41%) PHP
8 6 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.07%) R
10 3 (0.80%) Ruby
11 2 (0.54%) Bash
11 2 (0.54%) C++
11 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.27%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.27%) Scala
12 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 60 (16.09%) Degree
2 39 (10.46%) DBS Check
3 37 (9.92%) CISSP
4 34 (9.12%) CISM
5 26 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (5.63%) CISA
7 17 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.95%) CEH
8 11 (2.95%) CRISC
9 10 (2.68%) Master's Degree
9 10 (2.68%) Security Cleared
10 8 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.14%) PMI Certification
10 8 (2.14%) PMP
11 6 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (1.61%) SANS
11 6 (1.61%) SC Cleared
12 5 (1.34%) MCSA
13 4 (1.07%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (25.74%) GDPR
2 57 (15.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 35 (9.38%) SLA
4 27 (7.24%) NIST
5 18 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 18 (4.83%) QA
6 17 (4.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 17 (4.56%) Data Quality
7 16 (4.29%) Accessibility
7 16 (4.29%) PCI DSS
8 12 (3.22%) HIPAA
9 8 (2.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (1.88%) PERC
11 6 (1.61%) COBIT
11 6 (1.61%) GRC
12 4 (1.07%) Basel II
12 4 (1.07%) Basel III
12 4 (1.07%) IFRS
12 4 (1.07%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (13.67%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (4.02%) Hyper-V
4 12 (3.22%) Docker
5 11 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.80%) vSphere
7 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.27%) pfSense
8 1 (0.27%) Squid
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.14%) NetBackup
4 3 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.80%) SCCM
5 2 (0.54%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.54%) Terraform
6 1 (0.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) Argo
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.27%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.27%) Nessus
6 1 (0.27%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) QRadar
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (28.69%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.36%) Google
3 16 (4.29%) Oracle
4 15 (4.02%) VMware
5 11 (2.95%) Adobe
6 10 (2.68%) Citrix
7 9 (2.41%) Facebook
7 9 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.14%) Commvault
8 8 (2.14%) Meraki
8 8 (2.14%) OneTrust
9 7 (1.88%) Zerto
10 6 (1.61%) Cisco
11 5 (1.34%) Apple
11 5 (1.34%) Liquidlogic
11 5 (1.34%) SAP
12 4 (1.07%) Informatica
12 4 (1.07%) Samsung
13 3 (0.80%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.54%) Databricks