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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 234 286
Rank change year-on-year -20 +52 -37
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 755 1,241 1,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 1.24% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.50% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 491 860 699
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £34,610
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £43,144
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,790 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £73,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £90,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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 53,944 82,826 80,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.68% 82.49% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,417 56,101 51,969
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £73,886 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

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 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Top 18 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 17 July 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
England -37 646 £55,000 +10.00% 757
UK excluding London -53 391 £47,500 -5.00% 439
London +38 279 £72,500 +34.26% 389
Work from Home -34 220 £60,000 +9.09% 385
North of England -49 122 £50,000 - 96
South East -11 109 £45,000 -10.00% 113
North West -48 91 £45,000 +5.88% 53
Midlands -36 56 £47,500 -12.04% 72
East of England +33 44 £32,500 -50.00% 37
West Midlands -23 39 £51,887 -5.66% 48
South West +37 32 £42,295 -14.34% 72
Yorkshire -12 27 £60,000 +14.29% 32
Scotland +66 21 £54,441 +23.73% 34
East Midlands +10 17 £27,500 -45.00% 24
North East +21 4 £45,000 +7.14% 14
Isle of Man - 4 £91,000 -
Wales +12 3 £65,000 +75.68% 16
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -

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 68 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.84%) CMS
3 18 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.06%) Confluence
5 6 (0.79%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.66%) Drupal
6 5 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.53%) IIS
7 4 (0.53%) SAS
7 4 (0.53%) WordPress
8 2 (0.26%) GemFire
8 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.13%) Apache
9 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 55 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.46%) Adobe Premiere
3 11 (1.46%) Photoshop
4 10 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (1.06%) Trello
7 6 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 35 (4.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.59%) Raiser’s Edge
3 6 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.53%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle iProcurement
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 191 (25.30%) Azure
2 162 (21.46%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (14.70%) AWS
4 70 (9.27%) Power Platform
5 43 (5.70%) GCP
6 40 (5.30%) Entra ID
7 31 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (3.58%) Serverless
9 24 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (2.65%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.52%) OneDrive
12 19 (2.52%) SaaS
13 17 (2.25%) Rubrik
14 15 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (1.99%) Google Analytics
15 13 (1.72%) Collibra
15 13 (1.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.70%) Firewall
2 34 (4.50%) Network Security
3 24 (3.18%) VPN
4 23 (3.05%) DNS
5 22 (2.91%) WAN
6 19 (2.52%) LAN
7 17 (2.25%) TCP/IP
8 15 (1.99%) VLAN
9 14 (1.85%) Wireless
10 13 (1.72%) SD-WAN
11 10 (1.32%) DHCP
11 10 (1.32%) HTTP
11 10 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
12 9 (1.19%) Intranet
12 9 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (1.19%) SMTP
13 8 (1.06%) Internet
13 8 (1.06%) VoIP
14 7 (0.93%) Ethernet
14 7 (0.93%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.89%) Power BI
2 25 (3.31%) Tableau
3 20 (2.65%) SQL Server
4 18 (2.38%) Metadata
4 18 (2.38%) MySQL
5 16 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.19%) IBM InfoSphere
8 9 (1.19%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.93%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.53%) Big Data
12 4 (0.53%) DTS
12 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.71%) JIRA
2 26 (3.44%) Git
3 9 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.06%) GitLab
5 4 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.53%) PHPUnit
6 3 (0.40%) ERwin
6 3 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.40%) Vite
7 2 (0.26%) Gradle
7 2 (0.26%) JUnit
7 2 (0.26%) Maven
7 2 (0.26%) Mockito
7 2 (0.26%) Postman
7 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 326 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 169 (22.38%) Finance
3 115 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (10.73%) Legal
5 78 (10.33%) Marketing
6 65 (8.61%) Law
7 56 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.18%) Banking
9 23 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (3.05%) Public Sector
10 21 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 19 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.38%) Advertising
13 17 (2.25%) Retail
14 13 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.32%) Front Office
16 10 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.19%) German Language
17 9 (1.19%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (10.86%) Analyst
2 81 (10.73%) Lead
2 81 (10.73%) Senior
3 56 (7.42%) Developer
4 52 (6.89%) Architect
5 45 (5.96%) Administrator
6 29 (3.84%) IT Support
7 28 (3.71%) Security Engineer
8 27 (3.58%) IT Manager
9 25 (3.31%) IT Administrator
10 24 (3.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (2.52%) Support Analyst
12 17 (2.25%) Data Analyst
12 17 (2.25%) Support Engineer
13 16 (2.12%) AWS Architect
14 15 (1.99%) 1st Line Support
14 15 (1.99%) Cloud Architect
14 15 (1.99%) Full-Stack Developer
15 14 (1.85%) Project Manager
15 14 (1.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.71%) HTML
2 25 (3.31%) CSS
3 24 (3.18%) .NET
3 24 (3.18%) React
3 24 (3.18%) RESTful
4 21 (2.78%) Kafka
5 14 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
6 11 (1.46%) JSON
6 11 (1.46%) REST
7 9 (1.19%) Node.js
8 8 (1.06%) Laravel
8 8 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (0.93%) React Native
9 7 (0.93%) XML
10 6 (0.79%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.79%) GraphQL
10 6 (0.79%) Middleware
10 6 (0.79%) OAuth
11 5 (0.66%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 169 (22.38%) Data Protection Act
2 94 (12.45%) Management Information System
3 57 (7.55%) Social Media
4 33 (4.37%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (3.18%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.78%) Security Posture
8 20 (2.65%) Driving Licence
9 19 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (2.52%) Cloud Native
9 19 (2.52%) Freedom of Information
10 17 (2.25%) NHS
11 16 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
11 16 (2.12%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.85%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (1.32%) Blog
16 9 (1.19%) Cyberattack
17 8 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 107 (14.17%) Windows
2 45 (5.96%) Windows Server
3 38 (5.03%) Linux
4 20 (2.65%) Windows Vista
5 14 (1.85%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.32%) Android
6 10 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.19%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.66%) Unix
8 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.40%) VMS
10 2 (0.26%) Debian
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (21.72%) Cybersecurity
3 121 (16.03%) Agile
4 120 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 117 (15.50%) Information Security
6 101 (13.38%) Customer Service
7 96 (12.72%) Project Management
8 94 (12.45%) Mentoring
9 88 (11.66%) Risk Management
10 78 (10.33%) CI/CD
11 77 (10.20%) ITIL
12 74 (9.80%) Collaborative Working
12 74 (9.80%) DevOps
13 72 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 70 (9.27%) Decision-Making
15 69 (9.14%) CRM
16 68 (9.01%) Service Delivery
17 66 (8.74%) Analytics
18 64 (8.48%) Process Improvement
19 63 (8.34%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 84 (11.13%) SQL
2 72 (9.54%) Python
3 46 (6.09%) JavaScript
4 39 (5.17%) Java
5 38 (5.03%) C#
5 38 (5.03%) PowerShell
6 18 (2.38%) R
7 13 (1.72%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.59%) Go
8 12 (1.59%) PHP
9 8 (1.06%) Bash
10 4 (0.53%) C++
10 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.40%) Bicep
11 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.26%) C
12 2 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.26%) Scala
12 2 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 144 (19.07%) Degree
2 69 (9.14%) DBS Check
3 43 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (5.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (5.17%) CISSP
5 36 (4.77%) CISM
6 27 (3.58%) CISA
6 27 (3.58%) Security Cleared
7 21 (2.78%) SC Cleared
8 20 (2.65%) AWS Certification
8 20 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (2.52%) Master's Degree
10 16 (2.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 16 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (2.12%) PMI Certification
10 16 (2.12%) PMP
11 14 (1.85%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.85%) CRISC
12 10 (1.32%) CEH
13 9 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (26.89%) GDPR
2 72 (9.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (6.49%) NIST
4 43 (5.70%) SLA
5 38 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 38 (5.03%) Data Quality
6 36 (4.77%) Accessibility
7 29 (3.84%) QA
8 22 (2.91%) HIPAA
9 17 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 17 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 12 (1.59%) PCI DSS
11 10 (1.32%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.19%) COBIT
12 9 (1.19%) GRC
13 8 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.79%) GxP
14 6 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.66%) NCSC
15 5 (0.66%) PERC
System Software
1 86 (11.39%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.03%) Docker
3 29 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.91%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.40%) vSphere
8 2 (0.26%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.26%) Firmware
8 2 (0.26%) IAG
9 1 (0.13%) HDFS
9 1 (0.13%) pfSense
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (4.50%) Kubernetes
3 27 (3.58%) Terraform
4 22 (2.91%) Grafana
5 17 (2.25%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.85%) NetBackup
7 12 (1.59%) SCCM
7 12 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.93%) Ansible
10 6 (0.79%) Avamar
11 5 (0.66%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.53%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (0.53%) Nagios
12 4 (0.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 3 (0.40%) CASB
13 3 (0.40%) Puppet
14 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 242 (32.05%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.81%) Google
3 46 (6.09%) VMware
4 28 (3.71%) Oracle
5 24 (3.18%) Cisco
6 19 (2.52%) Informatica
7 16 (2.12%) Facebook
8 15 (1.99%) Meraki
8 15 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.85%) SAP
10 13 (1.72%) Citrix
10 13 (1.72%) Commvault
11 11 (1.46%) Apple
11 11 (1.46%) Zerto
12 10 (1.32%) IBM
13 9 (1.19%) Databricks
14 8 (1.06%) Adobe
14 8 (1.06%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.93%) Samsung
15 7 (0.93%) Splunk