Data Protection Jobs

Data Protection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 291 252
Rank change year-on-year +67 -39 +18
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,104 967 2,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.22% 1.20% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.26% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 745 664 1,692
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £43,162 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,125 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
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 Protection within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +59 999 £54,000 -6.09% 313
UK excluding London +89 755 £50,000 -4.76% 260
Work from Home 0 343 £55,000 -8.33% 123
London +11 313 £62,500 - 77
North of England +81 231 £50,000 -2.91% 79
South East +19 165 £53,313 -8.08% 46
Midlands +43 163 £55,000 - 52
North West +53 143 £43,865 -12.69% 40
West Midlands +36 109 £55,000 - 28
South West +37 84 £50,000 -9.09% 40
Yorkshire +70 71 £57,500 +3.79% 30
East Midlands -1 47 £45,000 -18.18% 24
Scotland -29 47 £44,000 -18.09% 12
East of England +2 39 £55,000 +46.67% 22
Wales +40 19 £43,500 +89.13% 4
North East +3 17 £34,500 -13.62% 10
Northern Ireland +25 7 £42,500 +13.33% 7

Data Protection
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
1 106 (9.60%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.91%) CMS
4 8 (0.72%) IIS
5 7 (0.63%) Apache
5 7 (0.63%) WordPress
6 6 (0.54%) Confluence
6 6 (0.54%) nginx
7 2 (0.18%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.18%) SAS
8 1 (0.091%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.091%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.091%) Kentico
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.091%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.091%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.091%) Umbraco
Applications
1 101 (9.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.27%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.091%) InDesign
8 1 (0.091%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 22 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.36%) Primavera
5 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.27%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.091%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.091%) Maximo
7 1 (0.091%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.091%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 203 (18.39%) Azure
2 123 (11.14%) Microsoft 365
3 114 (10.33%) Power Platform
4 87 (7.88%) AWS
5 35 (3.17%) Entra ID
6 27 (2.45%) SaaS
7 23 (2.08%) GCP
8 22 (1.99%) PaaS
9 21 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.90%) IaaS
10 18 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 18 (1.63%) Google Workspace
11 15 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 15 (1.36%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.18%) Serverless
13 12 (1.09%) Amazon S3
13 12 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.09%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 75 (6.79%) Firewall
2 35 (3.17%) Wireless
3 33 (2.99%) Network Security
4 32 (2.90%) DNS
5 27 (2.45%) LAN
6 26 (2.36%) VPN
7 24 (2.17%) Internet
8 23 (2.08%) WAN
9 18 (1.63%) Intranet
10 16 (1.45%) DHCP
10 16 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (1.09%) Broadband
11 12 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
11 12 (1.09%) NAS
12 11 (1.00%) SAN
12 11 (1.00%) TCP/IP
13 10 (0.91%) Cisco IPT
13 10 (0.91%) VoIP
14 9 (0.82%) SNMP
15 7 (0.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (9.60%) Power BI
2 73 (6.61%) SQL Server
3 32 (2.90%) Relational Database
4 29 (2.63%) MySQL
5 28 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (2.26%) Metadata
7 22 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (1.45%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 10 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (0.91%) Tableau
13 8 (0.72%) Big Data
13 8 (0.72%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 8 (0.72%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.72%) SAP HANA
13 8 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 75 (6.79%) JIRA
2 21 (1.90%) Git
3 10 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.36%) GitLab
4 4 (0.36%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.27%) Moq
5 3 (0.27%) Selenium
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.091%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.091%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.091%) Hudson
7 1 (0.091%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.091%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.091%) NUnit
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.091%) Sourcetree
7 1 (0.091%) Storybook
7 1 (0.091%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 364 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 363 (32.88%) Finance
3 258 (23.37%) Legal
4 163 (14.76%) Banking
5 141 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
6 79 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 64 (5.80%) Retail
8 62 (5.62%) Law
9 56 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
10 51 (4.62%) Marketing
11 36 (3.26%) Public Sector
12 33 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.81%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.72%) Local Government
17 17 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (1.18%) Games
19 10 (0.91%) Financial Institution
20 8 (0.72%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 186 (16.85%) Senior
2 159 (14.40%) Analyst
3 100 (9.06%) Senior Analyst
4 90 (8.15%) Developer
5 85 (7.70%) Lead
6 54 (4.89%) IT Manager
7 52 (4.71%) Data Manager
8 47 (4.26%) Security Manager
9 46 (4.17%) Information Manager
10 40 (3.62%) Data Protection Officer
11 39 (3.53%) Consultant
12 37 (3.35%) Project Manager
13 32 (2.90%) Data Analyst
14 29 (2.63%) Data Protection Manager
14 29 (2.63%) Information Security Manager
15 28 (2.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 27 (2.45%) Architect
17 26 (2.36%) Cloud Engineer
17 26 (2.36%) Data Protection Analyst
17 26 (2.36%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.44%) .NET
2 27 (2.45%) RESTful
3 21 (1.90%) Web Services
4 19 (1.72%) CSS
4 19 (1.72%) HTML
4 19 (1.72%) React
5 16 (1.45%) gRPC
6 14 (1.27%) Node.js
7 9 (0.82%) ModSecurity
8 8 (0.72%) Vue
9 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.63%) EDI
9 7 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.63%) GraphQL
9 7 (0.63%) React Native
9 7 (0.63%) Sequelize
10 6 (0.54%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.54%) Kafka
10 6 (0.54%) LEMP Stack
11 5 (0.45%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 207 (18.75%) Data Protection Act
2 149 (13.50%) Management Information System
3 36 (3.26%) Data Centre
3 36 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (2.81%) Freedom of Information
5 28 (2.54%) NHS
6 25 (2.26%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.99%) Algorithms
8 21 (1.90%) Driving Licence
8 21 (1.90%) Security Posture
9 20 (1.81%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (1.81%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.36%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.27%) IoT
13 12 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
13 12 (1.09%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 103 (9.33%) Windows
2 45 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 37 (3.35%) Linux
4 17 (1.54%) Android
5 16 (1.45%) Apple iOS
5 16 (1.45%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.27%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.54%) Unix
10 5 (0.45%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.36%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.18%) Solaris
13 1 (0.091%) AIX
13 1 (0.091%) NetWare
13 1 (0.091%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (25.72%) Information Security
2 234 (21.20%) Data Management
3 208 (18.84%) Cybersecurity
4 207 (18.75%) Data Privacy
5 199 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (17.75%) Data Governance
7 165 (14.95%) Risk Management
8 155 (14.04%) Process Improvement
9 147 (13.32%) Matrix Management
10 146 (13.22%) Matrix Organization
11 126 (11.41%) Impact Assessments
12 119 (10.78%) Agile
12 119 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
13 113 (10.24%) Project Management
14 110 (9.96%) Coaching
15 105 (9.51%) DevOps
16 95 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
17 93 (8.42%) Disaster Recovery
18 88 (7.97%) Customer Service
19 82 (7.43%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (8.51%) SQL
2 66 (5.98%) PowerShell
2 66 (5.98%) Python
3 36 (3.26%) C#
4 32 (2.90%) Bash
5 28 (2.54%) Java
6 26 (2.36%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.99%) T-SQL
8 20 (1.81%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.18%) Bicep
10 9 (0.82%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.82%) PHP
11 8 (0.72%) C++
11 8 (0.72%) R
11 8 (0.72%) Swift
12 5 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.45%) JSX
13 3 (0.27%) Scala
13 3 (0.27%) VB
14 2 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 211 (19.11%) Degree
2 81 (7.34%) CISSP
3 69 (6.25%) CISM
4 49 (4.44%) Security Cleared
5 40 (3.62%) Master's Degree
6 39 (3.53%) CISA
6 39 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (3.08%) SC Cleared
8 30 (2.72%) DBS Check
9 26 (2.36%) CRISC
10 20 (1.81%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.72%) PMI Certification
12 18 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (1.63%) PMP
13 15 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 13 (1.18%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (0.82%) CompTIA CySA+
15 9 (0.82%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 371 (33.61%) GDPR
2 169 (15.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (8.97%) Data Quality
4 81 (7.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 56 (5.07%) GRC
6 53 (4.80%) NIST
7 37 (3.35%) PCI DSS
8 24 (2.17%) SOC 2
9 23 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (1.72%) QA
11 18 (1.63%) SLA
12 16 (1.45%) HIPAA
13 15 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 15 (1.36%) NCSC
14 13 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 13 (1.18%) COBIT
15 9 (0.82%) ISO 14000
15 9 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.63%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 78 (7.07%) Active Directory
2 47 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (3.62%) Docker
4 32 (2.90%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.36%) vSphere
7 4 (0.36%) XenApp
8 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.18%) SRDF
10 1 (0.091%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 42 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.72%) Terraform
3 18 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.00%) Ansible
6 9 (0.82%) CASB
7 5 (0.45%) Suricata
8 3 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.27%) WSUS
9 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.18%) Istio
9 2 (0.18%) Nessus
9 2 (0.18%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.18%) SCCM
9 2 (0.18%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.091%) Control-M
10 1 (0.091%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.091%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 258 (23.37%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.71%) VMware
3 44 (3.99%) Google
4 24 (2.17%) Cisco
5 23 (2.08%) SAP
6 21 (1.90%) Oracle
7 17 (1.54%) Apple
8 16 (1.45%) Meraki
9 15 (1.36%) Databricks
10 13 (1.18%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.09%) Aruba
12 11 (1.00%) Citrix
12 11 (1.00%) Splunk
12 11 (1.00%) Veeam
13 10 (0.91%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.63%) Dell
14 7 (0.63%) HP
14 7 (0.63%) Juniper
14 7 (0.63%) Sage
15 6 (0.54%) Adobe