Data Protection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Protection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 258 260
Rank change year-on-year +37 +2 +56
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,351 1,506 2,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.38% 1.43% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.49% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,010 837 1,527
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £31,709
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,398 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.74% +0.72% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £71,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Protection 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 84,343 100,922 147,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,769 59,097 83,311
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,488
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 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 24 April 2024.

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 24 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 +49 1,211 £50,000 -9.36% 369
UK excluding London +30 888 £48,750 -7.14% 226
Work from Home -16 428 £54,500 -0.91% 143
London +47 394 £60,000 -4.00% 150
North of England +28 247 £46,066 -8.30% 50
South East +11 212 £45,901 -16.54% 74
Midlands +55 208 £50,000 -4.76% 35
West Midlands +57 136 £50,500 -3.81% 25
North West -30 125 £41,867 -16.66% 32
South West +32 103 £48,750 -8.02% 30
Yorkshire +94 94 £51,250 +1.21% 15
East Midlands +16 67 £50,000 -9.09% 10
Scotland -57 48 £50,000 +11.11% 16
East of England +14 40 £49,000 +10.42% 22
North East +16 28 £42,000 -11.91% 4
Wales +19 22 £37,000 -28.26% 2
Northern Ireland +25 7 £42,500 +13.33% 4
Channel Islands - 2 £110,000 -

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
1 124 (9.18%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.55%) IIS
4 11 (0.81%) Confluence
4 11 (0.81%) WordPress
5 8 (0.59%) nginx
6 7 (0.52%) CMS
7 6 (0.44%) Apache
8 5 (0.37%) SAS
9 4 (0.30%) IBM Domino
9 4 (0.30%) Site Server
10 2 (0.15%) Kentico
10 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.074%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.074%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.074%) Moodle
11 1 (0.074%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.074%) Totara
Applications
1 129 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 33 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.074%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.074%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.074%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.074%) Primavera
6 1 (0.074%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.074%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 236 (17.47%) Azure
2 153 (11.32%) Power Platform
3 151 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
4 120 (8.88%) AWS
5 37 (2.74%) Entra ID
6 36 (2.66%) GCP
7 35 (2.59%) SaaS
8 30 (2.22%) Power Automate
8 30 (2.22%) PowerApps
9 21 (1.55%) Google Workspace
10 19 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.26%) IaaS
11 17 (1.26%) Serverless
12 16 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (1.11%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.11%) PaaS
14 14 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 91 (6.74%) Firewall
2 44 (3.26%) DNS
3 38 (2.81%) Network Security
4 35 (2.59%) LAN
5 34 (2.52%) Internet
5 34 (2.52%) Wireless
6 29 (2.15%) WAN
7 25 (1.85%) Intranet
8 24 (1.78%) DHCP
8 24 (1.78%) VPN
9 23 (1.70%) SAN
10 16 (1.18%) Cisco IPT
10 16 (1.18%) NAS
10 16 (1.18%) TCP/IP
11 15 (1.11%) Broadband
11 15 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
12 14 (1.04%) SNMP
13 12 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (0.81%) VoIP
15 9 (0.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (10.21%) Power BI
2 80 (5.92%) SQL Server
3 58 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (2.59%) Relational Database
5 31 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (2.22%) Data Lake
7 23 (1.70%) Metadata
8 22 (1.63%) MySQL
9 18 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.11%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.11%) Tableau
12 14 (1.04%) Power Query
13 11 (0.81%) Big Data
13 11 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.52%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.52%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.52%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 82 (6.07%) JIRA
2 25 (1.85%) Git
3 9 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.59%) Selenium
5 6 (0.44%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.30%) GitLab
6 4 (0.30%) Moq
7 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.15%) Hudson
8 2 (0.15%) NUnit
8 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.074%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.074%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.074%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.074%) Postman
9 1 (0.074%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.074%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.074%) Storybook
General
1 456 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 365 (27.02%) Finance
3 273 (20.21%) Legal
4 192 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
5 141 (10.44%) Banking
6 88 (6.51%) Law
7 86 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 81 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
9 76 (5.63%) Retail
10 70 (5.18%) Marketing
11 51 (3.77%) Public Sector
12 47 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (2.52%) Local Government
15 31 (2.29%) Manufacturing
16 27 (2.00%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (1.11%) Games
19 13 (0.96%) Police
20 12 (0.89%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 200 (14.80%) Senior
2 142 (10.51%) Analyst
3 133 (9.84%) Developer
4 104 (7.70%) Lead
5 87 (6.44%) Data Manager
6 72 (5.33%) Senior Analyst
7 68 (5.03%) IT Manager
8 51 (3.77%) Consultant
9 46 (3.40%) Architect
10 45 (3.33%) Data Protection Manager
10 45 (3.33%) Security Manager
11 34 (2.52%) Cloud Engineer
11 34 (2.52%) Security Analyst
12 33 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 32 (2.37%) Information Manager
14 31 (2.29%) Administrator
14 31 (2.29%) Senior Manager
15 30 (2.22%) Governance Manager
16 28 (2.07%) Data Protection Officer
17 27 (2.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (4.15%) .NET
2 32 (2.37%) RESTful
3 22 (1.63%) Node.js
3 22 (1.63%) Web Services
4 19 (1.41%) HTML
5 17 (1.26%) CSS
5 17 (1.26%) React
6 14 (1.04%) EDI
6 14 (1.04%) gRPC
7 13 (0.96%) ASP.NET
8 10 (0.74%) Vue
9 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.59%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.59%) Kafka
9 8 (0.59%) REST
9 8 (0.59%) Spring
9 8 (0.59%) Spring Boot
9 8 (0.59%) XML
10 7 (0.52%) Hibernate
10 7 (0.52%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 237 (17.54%) Data Protection Act
2 209 (15.47%) Management Information System
3 65 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 50 (3.70%) Freedom of Information
6 36 (2.66%) Cyber Threat
7 32 (2.37%) NHS
7 32 (2.37%) Security Posture
8 29 (2.15%) Mobile App
9 26 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.41%) CCTV
11 19 (1.41%) Driving Licence
12 18 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (1.33%) Replication
13 16 (1.18%) IoT
14 15 (1.11%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.04%) Taxonomies
15 14 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.55%) Windows
2 53 (3.92%) Windows Server
3 37 (2.74%) Linux
4 26 (1.92%) Mac OS
5 23 (1.70%) Apple iOS
6 19 (1.41%) Windows 10
7 18 (1.33%) Android
8 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.59%) Unix
11 4 (0.30%) Windows Vista
12 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (22.06%) Information Security
2 288 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
3 269 (19.91%) Cybersecurity
4 227 (16.80%) Data Management
5 202 (14.95%) Risk Management
6 200 (14.80%) Data Governance
7 189 (13.99%) Data Privacy
8 171 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
9 144 (10.66%) Process Improvement
10 143 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 141 (10.44%) Agile
12 140 (10.36%) DevOps
13 133 (9.84%) Impact Assessments
14 126 (9.33%) Disaster Recovery
14 126 (9.33%) Matrix Organization
15 120 (8.88%) Matrix Management
16 117 (8.66%) Coaching
17 115 (8.51%) Project Management
18 102 (7.55%) Computer Science
18 102 (7.55%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 130 (9.62%) SQL
2 78 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 73 (5.40%) Python
4 42 (3.11%) C#
5 41 (3.03%) T-SQL
6 32 (2.37%) Bash
7 30 (2.22%) JavaScript
8 27 (2.00%) Java
9 21 (1.55%) TypeScript
10 13 (0.96%) Bicep
10 13 (0.96%) Kotlin
10 13 (0.96%) Swift
11 10 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.67%) Scala
13 8 (0.59%) R
14 6 (0.44%) C++
15 5 (0.37%) JSX
15 5 (0.37%) PHP
16 4 (0.30%) Go
16 4 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 271 (20.06%) Degree
2 105 (7.77%) CISSP
3 81 (6.00%) CISM
4 75 (5.55%) Security Cleared
5 63 (4.66%) Master's Degree
6 62 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (3.70%) SC Cleared
8 43 (3.18%) CISA
9 29 (2.15%) CRISC
10 26 (1.92%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.48%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.33%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.11%) GIAC
14 13 (0.96%) ISEB
15 11 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.81%) SANS
16 10 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 394 (29.16%) GDPR
2 173 (12.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 114 (8.44%) Data Quality
4 70 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 57 (4.22%) NIST
6 55 (4.07%) GRC
7 50 (3.70%) PCI DSS
8 47 (3.48%) QA
9 24 (1.78%) NCSC
10 21 (1.55%) SOC 2
11 18 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 13 (0.96%) SLA
14 11 (0.81%) Accessibility
14 11 (0.81%) HIPAA
14 11 (0.81%) ISO 14000
15 8 (0.59%) COBIT
15 8 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (0.59%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 81 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 61 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (3.18%) Docker
4 39 (2.89%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.52%) SRDF
5 7 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.44%) XenApp
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.15%) vSphere
8 1 (0.074%) Ceph
8 1 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 55 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.52%) Terraform
3 24 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.89%) CASB
6 9 (0.67%) Ansible
7 6 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.44%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.44%) WSUS
8 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.22%) SCCM
8 3 (0.22%) Suricata
9 2 (0.15%) Nessus
9 2 (0.15%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.074%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.074%) Control-M
10 1 (0.074%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 339 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.74%) VMware
3 49 (3.63%) Google
4 36 (2.66%) SAP
5 29 (2.15%) Cisco
6 26 (1.92%) Oracle
7 24 (1.78%) Apple
8 17 (1.26%) Aruba
8 17 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.18%) Meraki
10 13 (0.96%) HP
11 12 (0.89%) Dell
11 12 (0.89%) Veeam
12 11 (0.81%) Adobe
12 11 (0.81%) Databricks
13 10 (0.74%) Citrix
14 9 (0.67%) IBM
14 9 (0.67%) Sage
15 8 (0.59%) EMC
16 7 (0.52%) Brocade