Data Protection Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Protection
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 121 182
Rank change year-on-year -26 +61 -14
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 50 145 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.21% 1.84% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 2.27% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 35 103 59
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,114 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £67,900 £94,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,781 6,392 5,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.20% 81.17% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,553 4,666 3,157
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,625
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Birmingham +14 26 £55,000 -2.48% 26
Solihull +21 10 £50,000 +6.38% 2
Warwickshire +1 7 £30,000 -33.33% 7
Staffordshire 0 3 £65,000 +62.50% 19
Worcestershire +26 1 - - 23
Shropshire +4 1 £65,000 +73.33% 40
Coventry - 1 - - 23
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (4.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (8.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (4.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.00%) Azure
2 11 (22.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (18.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.00%) Asana
5 2 (4.00%) AWS
5 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.00%) Figma
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) VLAN
2 2 (4.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.00%) WAN
3 1 (2.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (2.00%) LAN
3 1 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.00%) Power BI
2 7 (14.00%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (14.00%) Metadata
3 6 (12.00%) Metadata Repository
4 3 (6.00%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (4.00%) Oracle Database
5 2 (4.00%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
6 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (4.00%) Postman
General
1 20 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Finance
2 6 (12.00%) Legal
3 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Law
4 3 (6.00%) Retail
5 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.00%) Marketing
5 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (22.00%) Analyst
2 9 (18.00%) Senior
3 7 (14.00%) Developer
4 4 (8.00%) Administrator
4 4 (8.00%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.00%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (6.00%) Applications Support
5 3 (6.00%) Applications Support Engineer
5 3 (6.00%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) CRM Developer
5 3 (6.00%) Data Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) Data Quality Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) Lead
5 3 (6.00%) Oracle Applications Support
5 3 (6.00%) Quality Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) Senior Developer
5 3 (6.00%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Oracle Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.00%) Middleware
2 5 (10.00%) Node.js
2 5 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (10.00%) React
3 4 (8.00%) .NET
4 3 (6.00%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (4.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (2.00%) EDI
6 1 (2.00%) Express.js
6 1 (2.00%) Fastify
6 1 (2.00%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (2.00%) MERN Stack
6 1 (2.00%) Next.js
6 1 (2.00%) REST
6 1 (2.00%) SOAP
6 1 (2.00%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (2.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 28 (56.00%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.00%) Virtual Team
3 3 (6.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.00%) PKI
5 1 (2.00%) CESG
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.00%) Linux
4 2 (4.00%) Unix
5 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (26.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (24.00%) Agile
5 11 (22.00%) Data Management
6 10 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (16.00%) Scrum
8 7 (14.00%) ITIL
8 7 (14.00%) Project Management
9 6 (12.00%) Business Analysis
9 6 (12.00%) CRM
9 6 (12.00%) Data Governance
9 6 (12.00%) Incident Management
9 6 (12.00%) Service Delivery
10 4 (8.00%) Analytics
10 4 (8.00%) Case Management
10 4 (8.00%) Data Stewardship
10 4 (8.00%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) SQL
2 8 (16.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.00%) C#
4 3 (6.00%) Python
4 3 (6.00%) Ruby
5 2 (4.00%) C++
5 2 (4.00%) Java
5 2 (4.00%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.00%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.00%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) CISSP
3 3 (6.00%) CISA
3 3 (6.00%) CISM
3 3 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.00%) PMP
4 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) CCNA
5 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.00%) GIAC
5 1 (2.00%) ISEB
5 1 (2.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.00%) MCSA
5 1 (2.00%) OCA
5 1 (2.00%) OCP
5 1 (2.00%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (28.00%) GDPR
2 7 (14.00%) Data Quality
2 7 (14.00%) QA
3 6 (12.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (10.00%) NIST
5 2 (4.00%) Accessibility
5 2 (4.00%) HIPAA
5 2 (4.00%) NCSC
6 1 (2.00%) GRC
6 1 (2.00%) SLA
6 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) vSphere
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (20.00%) Oracle
2 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.00%) VMware
4 2 (4.00%) Cisco
5 1 (2.00%) Meraki
5 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.00%) Tenable