Data Protection Advisor Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets

Data Protection/Privacy Adviser
UK

As of 30 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Protection/Privacy Adviser salary in the UK.

	6 months to 30 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	-	707
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+322
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Advisor	0	0	6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	-	-	0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	-	0.012%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	6
10^th Percentile	-	-	£40,625
25^th Percentile	-	-	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£48,750
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+14.71%
75^th Percentile	-	-	£54,688
90^th Percentile	-	-	£56,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	-	-	£52,500
% change year-on-year	-	-	+23.53%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title	53,639	51,608	49,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	90.46%	93.39%	95.25%
Number of salaries quoted	33,031	27,303	37,879
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£33,173	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£44,671	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-8.33%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£78,750	£77,715
90^th Percentile	£93,750	£97,500	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£52,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-4.76%	+5.00%	-4.76%

Data Protection Advisor
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Protection Advisor' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.