Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Privacy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Privacy over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 450 598 350
Rank change year-on-year +148 -248 +130
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 532 437 1,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.42% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.44% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 299 348 1,201
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,238 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.38% -8.66% -
75th Percentile £88,388 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £94,125 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £48,687 £50,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% -2.63% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Privacy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Privacy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Privacy.

Salary trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +178 473 £65,000 +33.51% 189
UK excluding London +115 345 £61,500 +26.32% 116
Work from Home +27 193 £61,500 +26.32% 95
London +108 175 £77,500 +29.17% 76
North of England +91 96 £50,000 +11.11% 48
South East +41 77 £61,500 +26.32% 30
Midlands +39 65 £62,500 +5.49% 19
North West +26 49 £55,000 +22.22% 31
West Midlands +43 48 £60,000 +5.26% 13
South West +4 45 £61,500 +29.47% 9
Scotland -29 41 £75,000 +36.36% 6
Yorkshire +116 34 £37,500 - 15
East Midlands -1 17 £130,000 +100.00% 6
East of England +27 13 £75,000 +163.16% 10
North East +8 13 - - 3
Wales - 5 £27,500 - 1
Northern Ireland +24 4 £37,500 -35.62% 1

Data Privacy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 76 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 46 (8.65%) CMS
3 40 (7.52%) Kentico
4 37 (6.95%) Umbraco
5 35 (6.58%) Headless CMS
5 35 (6.58%) IIS
5 35 (6.58%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (1.32%) SAS
7 4 (0.75%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.75%) Confluence
7 4 (0.75%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.75%) WordPress
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.38%) Drupal
8 2 (0.38%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.19%) Apache
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Synapse
Applications
1 79 (14.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (3.57%) Unit4 Business World
2 10 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.69%) SAP HR
3 9 (1.69%) SAP SCM
4 6 (1.13%) SAP BPC
5 5 (0.94%) SAP EWM
6 4 (0.75%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.75%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.56%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.38%) SAP FSCM
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle HRMS
9 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.19%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 1 (0.19%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.19%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 110 (20.68%) Power Platform
2 107 (20.11%) Azure
3 51 (9.59%) AWS
4 42 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (7.52%) Kontent
6 26 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (3.57%) SaaS
7 19 (3.57%) Serverless
8 17 (3.20%) GCP
9 16 (3.01%) Snowflake
10 14 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (2.63%) IaaS
10 14 (2.63%) PaaS
11 13 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
12 9 (1.69%) Boomi
13 8 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (1.50%) Azure Functions
13 8 (1.50%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.50%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 43 (8.08%) Firewall
2 20 (3.76%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (3.01%) Internet
3 16 (3.01%) Wireless
4 7 (1.32%) HTTP
5 6 (1.13%) WAN
6 5 (0.94%) LAN
6 5 (0.94%) Network Security
7 4 (0.75%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.75%) VPN
8 2 (0.38%) Intranet
8 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.38%) SAN
8 2 (0.38%) SSL
8 2 (0.38%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.38%) VoIP
8 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.19%) RFID
9 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (19.74%) Power BI
2 35 (6.58%) Metadata
3 32 (6.02%) Data Lake
4 30 (5.64%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.32%) Relational Database
6 22 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.57%) DB2
8 14 (2.63%) Tableau
9 13 (2.44%) Big Data
10 12 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (1.69%) MySQL
13 8 (1.50%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.50%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.94%) CockroachDB
14 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.75%) Metabase
15 4 (0.75%) SAP BW
16 3 (0.56%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 72 (13.53%) JIRA
2 7 (1.32%) Git
3 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.94%) Jaeger
4 5 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.56%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.56%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.38%) LSMW
7 2 (0.38%) MLflow
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) TestRail
8 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 243 (45.68%) Social Skills
2 239 (44.92%) Finance
3 180 (33.83%) Legal
4 135 (25.38%) Banking
5 101 (18.98%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (7.89%) Law
7 38 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (6.20%) Presentation Skills
9 32 (6.02%) Marketing
10 30 (5.64%) Documentation Skills
11 27 (5.08%) Public Sector
12 24 (4.51%) Retail
12 24 (4.51%) Telecoms
13 20 (3.76%) Manufacturing
14 19 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
15 18 (3.38%) Financial Institution
16 16 (3.01%) Advertising
17 14 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (2.44%) Publishing
19 12 (2.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 185 (34.77%) Senior
2 95 (17.86%) Analyst
3 70 (13.16%) Senior Analyst
4 53 (9.96%) Developer
5 49 (9.21%) Lead
6 46 (8.65%) Consultant
7 37 (6.95%) .NET Developer
8 36 (6.77%) Architect
9 35 (6.58%) .NET Applications Developer
9 35 (6.58%) Applications Developer
9 35 (6.58%) C# .NET Developer
9 35 (6.58%) C# Developer
9 35 (6.58%) CMS Developer
9 35 (6.58%) Senior Consultant
10 34 (6.39%) SAP Consultant
11 33 (6.20%) ASP.NET Developer
11 33 (6.20%) Senior .NET Developer
11 33 (6.20%) Senior Applications Developer
11 33 (6.20%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
11 33 (6.20%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.40%) .NET
2 42 (7.89%) RESTful
3 41 (7.71%) React
4 35 (6.58%) .NET Core
4 35 (6.58%) .NET Framework
4 35 (6.58%) ASP.NET
4 35 (6.58%) ASP.NET MVC
4 35 (6.58%) Next.js
5 11 (2.07%) Middleware
6 7 (1.32%) gRPC
6 7 (1.32%) Kafka
6 7 (1.32%) Web Services
6 7 (1.32%) XML
7 5 (0.94%) Django
7 5 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.94%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.75%) CSS
9 3 (0.56%) EDI
9 3 (0.56%) REST
10 2 (0.38%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.21%) Self-Motivation
2 45 (8.46%) Management Information System
3 31 (5.83%) Security Posture
4 22 (4.14%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.57%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (3.20%) Life Science
8 15 (2.82%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.82%) Driving Licence
9 14 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (2.26%) NHS
11 11 (2.07%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.13%) Biopharmaceutical
12 6 (1.13%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.94%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 4 (0.75%) IoT
14 4 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 48 (9.02%) Windows
2 39 (7.33%) Windows Server
3 35 (6.58%) Linux
4 19 (3.57%) Unix
5 9 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (1.50%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.32%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.13%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.75%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.56%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.19%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (35.53%) Data Protection
2 184 (34.59%) Data Management
3 163 (30.64%) Data Governance
4 130 (24.44%) Process Improvement
5 123 (23.12%) Matrix Organization
6 121 (22.74%) Matrix Management
7 103 (19.36%) Information Security
8 102 (19.17%) Project Delivery
9 98 (18.42%) Project Management
10 92 (17.29%) Business Intelligence
11 88 (16.54%) Agile
12 85 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
12 85 (15.98%) Risk Management
13 78 (14.66%) Impact Assessments
14 77 (14.47%) Coaching
15 76 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
16 74 (13.91%) DevOps
17 60 (11.28%) ERP
17 60 (11.28%) Remediation Plan
17 60 (11.28%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (14.66%) SQL
2 46 (8.65%) C#
3 40 (7.52%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.39%) Python
5 17 (3.20%) T-SQL
6 15 (2.82%) Java
7 8 (1.50%) R
8 5 (0.94%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.75%) Bash
10 3 (0.56%) C
11 2 (0.38%) PHP
11 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.38%) Scala
12 1 (0.19%) ABAP
12 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.19%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 94 (17.67%) Degree
2 52 (9.77%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (4.70%) CISA
4 25 (4.70%) CISSP
5 23 (4.32%) CREST Certified
6 18 (3.38%) AWS Certification
7 17 (3.20%) OSCP
8 14 (2.63%) Azure Certification
9 13 (2.44%) CISM
10 12 (2.26%) GIAC
10 12 (2.26%) GSEC
10 12 (2.26%) SSCP
11 11 (2.07%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.69%) PCI QSA
13 8 (1.50%) SC Cleared
14 7 (1.32%) ISEB
15 6 (1.13%) CRISC
15 6 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
15 6 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (37.22%) GDPR
2 88 (16.54%) Data Quality
3 39 (7.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (5.83%) QA
5 22 (4.14%) PMO
6 19 (3.57%) GRC
6 19 (3.57%) ITGC
7 16 (3.01%) NIST
8 15 (2.82%) PCI DSS
9 12 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.69%) HIPAA
11 8 (1.50%) Accessibility
12 7 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (1.13%) CDISC
14 5 (0.94%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (0.56%) SLA
17 2 (0.38%) IFRS
System Software
1 27 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.13%) Docker
4 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (2.07%) Terraform
2 7 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.94%) Ansible
3 5 (0.94%) Kiali
3 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.56%) Nessus
4 3 (0.56%) Nmap
5 2 (0.38%) Autotask
5 2 (0.38%) CASB
6 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 118 (22.18%) Microsoft
2 75 (14.10%) SAP
3 35 (6.58%) Optimizely
3 35 (6.58%) Sitecore
4 28 (5.26%) Oracle
5 25 (4.70%) Sage
6 24 (4.51%) Databricks
7 13 (2.44%) VMware
8 9 (1.69%) Alteryx
8 9 (1.69%) Cisco
8 9 (1.69%) Dell
9 8 (1.50%) Citrix
9 8 (1.50%) HP
10 7 (1.32%) Google
10 7 (1.32%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.32%) Workday
11 6 (1.13%) Canon
11 6 (1.13%) iManage
12 5 (0.94%) Meraki
12 5 (0.94%) ServiceNow