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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 261 263
Rank change year-on-year +48 +2 +52
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,388 1,397 2,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 1.38% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.44% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 795 1,507
10th Percentile £31,191 £36,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,332 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% +0.60% +1.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +67 1,252 £50,000 -9.09% 445
UK excluding London +45 927 £48,750 -7.14% 319
Work from Home -14 441 £54,650 -0.64% 157
London +44 396 £58,750 -6.00% 134
North of England +59 271 £50,000 -0.47% 74
Midlands +69 217 £50,000 -11.50% 74
South East 0 217 £45,802 -16.72% 75
West Midlands +60 144 £50,000 -11.89% 35
North West +4 144 £43,865 -12.69% 41
South West +24 104 £48,750 -8.02% 35
Yorkshire +97 97 £50,000 -1.26% 28
East Midlands +19 68 £50,000 -9.09% 40
Scotland -64 47 £45,000 - 14
East of England +7 41 £55,000 +27.54% 40
North East +11 30 £42,000 -12.04% 8
Wales +15 23 £37,000 -28.26% 9
Northern Ireland +28 7 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £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
1 120 (8.65%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.51%) IIS
4 11 (0.79%) Confluence
4 11 (0.79%) WordPress
5 8 (0.58%) CMS
5 8 (0.58%) nginx
6 6 (0.43%) Apache
7 5 (0.36%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) Site Server
9 3 (0.22%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.14%) Kentico
10 2 (0.14%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.072%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.072%) Moodle
11 1 (0.072%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.072%) Totara
Applications
1 129 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (0.50%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.072%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 35 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.01%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.072%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.072%) Primavera
8 1 (0.072%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 234 (16.86%) Azure
2 154 (11.10%) Microsoft 365
3 147 (10.59%) Power Platform
4 121 (8.72%) AWS
5 39 (2.81%) Entra ID
6 35 (2.52%) GCP
7 34 (2.45%) SaaS
8 25 (1.80%) PowerApps
9 24 (1.73%) Power Automate
10 20 (1.44%) Google Workspace
11 19 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (1.22%) IaaS
13 17 (1.22%) Serverless
14 16 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (1.15%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.08%) PaaS
16 14 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
16 14 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 91 (6.56%) Firewall
2 48 (3.46%) DNS
3 39 (2.81%) Network Security
4 37 (2.67%) Internet
5 36 (2.59%) LAN
6 35 (2.52%) Wireless
7 28 (2.02%) WAN
8 27 (1.95%) DHCP
9 25 (1.80%) Intranet
9 25 (1.80%) VPN
10 21 (1.51%) SAN
11 17 (1.22%) Cisco IPT
11 17 (1.22%) TCP/IP
12 16 (1.15%) Broadband
13 15 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
13 15 (1.08%) NAS
14 14 (1.01%) SNMP
15 12 (0.86%) VoIP
15 12 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (0.65%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (9.80%) Power BI
2 85 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 58 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.88%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 27 (1.95%) Metadata
8 22 (1.59%) MySQL
9 18 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.08%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (1.01%) Tableau
13 12 (0.86%) Big Data
13 12 (0.86%) Power Query
14 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (0.58%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 6 (0.43%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 82 (5.91%) JIRA
2 25 (1.80%) Git
3 10 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.50%) Selenium
5 6 (0.43%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.29%) Moq
7 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.22%) GitLab
8 2 (0.14%) Hudson
8 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.072%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.072%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.072%) NUnit
9 1 (0.072%) Postman
9 1 (0.072%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.072%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.072%) Storybook
9 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 464 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 380 (27.38%) Finance
3 297 (21.40%) Legal
4 191 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (11.74%) Banking
6 89 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 85 (6.12%) Law
8 82 (5.91%) Retail
9 80 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
10 72 (5.19%) Marketing
11 52 (3.75%) Public Sector
12 49 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (2.45%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.16%) Local Government
16 27 (1.95%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.15%) Games
19 13 (0.94%) Police
20 11 (0.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 224 (16.14%) Senior
2 168 (12.10%) Analyst
3 129 (9.29%) Developer
4 102 (7.35%) Lead
5 94 (6.77%) Senior Analyst
6 88 (6.34%) Data Manager
7 69 (4.97%) IT Manager
8 53 (3.82%) Security Manager
9 51 (3.67%) Consultant
10 49 (3.53%) Architect
11 45 (3.24%) Data Protection Manager
12 34 (2.45%) Cloud Engineer
12 34 (2.45%) Information Manager
12 34 (2.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 34 (2.45%) Security Analyst
13 32 (2.31%) Administrator
13 32 (2.31%) Data Analyst
13 32 (2.31%) Senior Manager
14 31 (2.23%) Data Protection Officer
15 30 (2.16%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.89%) .NET
2 33 (2.38%) RESTful
3 24 (1.73%) Web Services
4 22 (1.59%) Node.js
5 17 (1.22%) HTML
5 17 (1.22%) React
6 16 (1.15%) CSS
7 14 (1.01%) gRPC
8 13 (0.94%) ASP.NET
9 11 (0.79%) EDI
10 9 (0.65%) Vue
11 8 (0.58%) .NET Framework
11 8 (0.58%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.58%) Spring
11 8 (0.58%) Spring Boot
11 8 (0.58%) XML
12 7 (0.50%) Hibernate
12 7 (0.50%) JPA
12 7 (0.50%) REST
12 7 (0.50%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 244 (17.58%) Data Protection Act
2 208 (14.99%) Management Information System
3 63 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
4 55 (3.96%) Data Centre
5 52 (3.75%) Freedom of Information
6 34 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
6 34 (2.45%) NHS
7 33 (2.38%) Security Posture
8 28 (2.02%) Mobile App
9 26 (1.87%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.37%) Algorithms
11 19 (1.37%) CCTV
11 19 (1.37%) Driving Licence
11 19 (1.37%) Virtual Team
12 17 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.15%) IoT
13 16 (1.15%) Replication
14 14 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.01%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 131 (9.44%) Windows
2 55 (3.96%) Windows Server
3 35 (2.52%) Linux
4 25 (1.80%) Mac OS
5 22 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.51%) Windows 10
7 18 (1.30%) Android
8 13 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.43%) Unix
11 5 (0.36%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.29%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (21.33%) Information Security
2 288 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
3 277 (19.96%) Cybersecurity
4 249 (17.94%) Data Management
5 224 (16.14%) Data Governance
6 211 (15.20%) Data Privacy
7 210 (15.13%) Risk Management
8 169 (12.18%) Business Intelligence
9 167 (12.03%) Process Improvement
10 152 (10.95%) Impact Assessments
11 148 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 148 (10.66%) Matrix Organization
12 142 (10.23%) Matrix Management
13 140 (10.09%) Agile
14 139 (10.01%) DevOps
15 123 (8.86%) Project Management
16 122 (8.79%) Disaster Recovery
17 118 (8.50%) Coaching
18 106 (7.64%) Customer Service
19 103 (7.42%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 129 (9.29%) SQL
2 79 (5.69%) PowerShell
3 70 (5.04%) Python
4 42 (3.03%) T-SQL
5 40 (2.88%) C#
6 33 (2.38%) Bash
7 30 (2.16%) Java
8 28 (2.02%) JavaScript
9 20 (1.44%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.01%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.94%) Bicep
11 13 (0.94%) Swift
12 10 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.65%) Scala
14 8 (0.58%) R
15 5 (0.36%) C++
15 5 (0.36%) JSX
15 5 (0.36%) PHP
16 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 276 (19.88%) Degree
2 110 (7.93%) CISSP
3 79 (5.69%) CISM
4 75 (5.40%) Security Cleared
5 67 (4.83%) Master's Degree
6 61 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.53%) SC Cleared
8 44 (3.17%) CISA
9 31 (2.23%) CRISC
10 28 (2.02%) DBS Check
10 28 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.73%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.51%) Azure Certification
13 18 (1.30%) PMI Certification
14 17 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.22%) PMP
15 14 (1.01%) GIAC
15 14 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 13 (0.94%) ISEB
17 12 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 428 (30.84%) GDPR
2 170 (12.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 115 (8.29%) Data Quality
4 79 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 59 (4.25%) NIST
6 56 (4.03%) GRC
7 51 (3.67%) PCI DSS
8 47 (3.39%) QA
9 22 (1.59%) NCSC
10 20 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (1.37%) SOC 2
12 15 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 13 (0.94%) SLA
14 11 (0.79%) ISO 14000
15 10 (0.72%) HIPAA
16 9 (0.65%) Accessibility
16 9 (0.65%) COBIT
16 9 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 7 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 84 (6.05%) Active Directory
2 63 (4.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (3.10%) Docker
4 39 (2.81%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (0.50%) SRDF
7 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.43%) XenApp
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.14%) vSphere
9 1 (0.072%) Ceph
9 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.52%) Terraform
3 24 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.86%) CASB
6 9 (0.65%) Ansible
7 6 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.43%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.43%) WSUS
8 5 (0.36%) Suricata
9 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.22%) SCCM
10 2 (0.14%) Istio
10 2 (0.14%) Nessus
10 2 (0.14%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.072%) VxRail
Vendors
1 350 (25.22%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.83%) VMware
3 49 (3.53%) Google
4 35 (2.52%) SAP
5 33 (2.38%) Cisco
6 26 (1.87%) Oracle
7 25 (1.80%) Apple
8 17 (1.22%) Aruba
8 17 (1.22%) Meraki
8 17 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.94%) Databricks
9 13 (0.94%) HP
10 12 (0.86%) Adobe
10 12 (0.86%) Citrix
11 11 (0.79%) Veeam
12 10 (0.72%) Dell
13 9 (0.65%) IBM
13 9 (0.65%) Sage
14 8 (0.58%) EMC
15 7 (0.50%) Minitab