Data Protection Jobs in England

Data Protection
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 256 261
Rank change year-on-year +58 +5 +40
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,245 1,208 2,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.44% 1.36% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.43% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 905 695 1,375
10th Percentile £30,746 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,606 84,635 130,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.09% 95.60% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 53,947 50,378 73,071
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
London +33 392 £56,356 -9.83% 170
North of England +66 273 £50,000 -0.24% 84
South East +10 217 £45,526 -17.23% 109
Midlands +81 216 £50,000 -9.09% 86
North West +14 148 £43,183 -14.04% 47
West Midlands +61 144 £50,000 -4.76% 46
South West +37 104 £48,750 -9.72% 42
Yorkshire +96 95 £52,500 +1.40% 28
East Midlands +24 67 £50,000 -9.09% 41
East of England -11 37 £49,000 +20.98% 36
North East +18 30 £42,000 -11.78% 11
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.12%) IIS
4 11 (0.88%) Confluence
4 11 (0.88%) WordPress
5 8 (0.64%) CMS
5 8 (0.64%) nginx
6 6 (0.48%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) SAS
8 4 (0.32%) Site Server
9 2 (0.16%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.16%) Kentico
9 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.080%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.080%) Moodle
10 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.080%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.080%) Totara
Applications
1 110 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
4 16 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (0.56%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.080%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 33 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.080%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.080%) Primavera
8 1 (0.080%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.080%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 211 (16.95%) Azure
2 134 (10.76%) Power Platform
3 127 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
4 119 (9.56%) AWS
5 35 (2.81%) GCP
6 32 (2.57%) Entra ID
7 29 (2.33%) SaaS
8 23 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 22 (1.77%) PowerApps
10 19 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
10 19 (1.53%) Google Workspace
11 17 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.37%) Serverless
12 16 (1.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (1.29%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.29%) IaaS
12 16 (1.29%) PaaS
13 14 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 90 (7.23%) Firewall
2 47 (3.78%) DNS
3 38 (3.05%) Network Security
4 35 (2.81%) LAN
4 35 (2.81%) Wireless
5 34 (2.73%) Internet
6 27 (2.17%) WAN
7 26 (2.09%) DHCP
8 24 (1.93%) VPN
9 23 (1.85%) Intranet
10 16 (1.29%) Broadband
10 16 (1.29%) Cisco IPT
11 15 (1.20%) TCP/IP
12 14 (1.12%) SNMP
13 13 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
14 12 (0.96%) NAS
14 12 (0.96%) VoIP
15 10 (0.80%) SAN
15 10 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (0.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (10.12%) Power BI
2 75 (6.02%) SQL Server
3 49 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (2.49%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.33%) Data Lake
6 24 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 23 (1.85%) Metadata
8 20 (1.61%) MySQL
9 17 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 13 (1.04%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.96%) Big Data
13 12 (0.96%) Power Query
14 9 (0.72%) Tableau
15 8 (0.64%) DynamoDB
16 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 6 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
17 6 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 75 (6.02%) JIRA
2 25 (2.01%) Git
3 11 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.56%) Selenium
5 6 (0.48%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.32%) Moq
7 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.24%) GitLab
8 2 (0.16%) Hudson
8 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.080%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.080%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.080%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.080%) NUnit
9 1 (0.080%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.080%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.080%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.080%) Storybook
9 1 (0.080%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.080%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 410 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 343 (27.55%) Finance
3 273 (21.93%) Legal
4 168 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
5 143 (11.49%) Banking
6 78 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
7 77 (6.18%) Law
8 76 (6.10%) Retail
9 74 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 62 (4.98%) Marketing
11 45 (3.61%) Public Sector
12 39 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
13 37 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
14 30 (2.41%) Manufacturing
15 26 (2.09%) Telecoms
16 24 (1.93%) Local Government
17 20 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (1.20%) Games
19 12 (0.96%) Back Office
20 10 (0.80%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 207 (16.63%) Senior
2 153 (12.29%) Analyst
3 114 (9.16%) Developer
4 94 (7.55%) Lead
5 83 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
6 79 (6.35%) Data Manager
7 61 (4.90%) IT Manager
8 48 (3.86%) Consultant
9 47 (3.78%) Security Manager
10 46 (3.69%) Architect
11 43 (3.45%) Data Protection Manager
12 34 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
12 34 (2.73%) Security Analyst
13 33 (2.65%) Information Manager
14 32 (2.57%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.49%) Governance Manager
16 30 (2.41%) Data Protection Officer
16 30 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 29 (2.33%) Administrator
17 29 (2.33%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.37%) .NET
2 29 (2.33%) RESTful
3 24 (1.93%) Web Services
4 22 (1.77%) Node.js
5 17 (1.37%) React
6 14 (1.12%) gRPC
6 14 (1.12%) HTML
7 13 (1.04%) CSS
8 11 (0.88%) EDI
9 9 (0.72%) Vue
10 8 (0.64%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.64%) ModSecurity
10 8 (0.64%) Spring
10 8 (0.64%) Spring Boot
10 8 (0.64%) XML
11 7 (0.56%) Hibernate
11 7 (0.56%) JPA
11 7 (0.56%) REST
11 7 (0.56%) web3js
12 6 (0.48%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 234 (18.80%) Data Protection Act
2 185 (14.86%) Management Information System
3 52 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
4 49 (3.94%) Freedom of Information
5 44 (3.53%) Data Centre
6 32 (2.57%) NHS
7 30 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
8 29 (2.33%) Security Posture
9 25 (2.01%) Onboarding
10 24 (1.93%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (1.53%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.53%) CCTV
13 16 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.29%) Driving Licence
13 16 (1.29%) IoT
13 16 (1.29%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.12%) Taxonomies
15 13 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 120 (9.64%) Windows
2 54 (4.34%) Windows Server
3 34 (2.73%) Linux
4 24 (1.93%) Mac OS
5 21 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.45%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.12%) Android
8 12 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.40%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.24%) Unix
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.080%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (21.20%) Information Security
2 255 (20.48%) Cybersecurity
3 244 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
4 218 (17.51%) Data Management
5 198 (15.90%) Data Governance
6 191 (15.34%) Risk Management
7 188 (15.10%) Data Privacy
8 157 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
9 143 (11.49%) Process Improvement
10 141 (11.33%) Impact Assessments
11 137 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 132 (10.60%) Agile
12 132 (10.60%) DevOps
12 132 (10.60%) Matrix Organization
13 126 (10.12%) Matrix Management
14 108 (8.67%) Coaching
15 105 (8.43%) Disaster Recovery
16 103 (8.27%) Project Management
17 99 (7.95%) Customer Service
18 95 (7.63%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 113 (9.08%) SQL
2 70 (5.62%) Python
3 64 (5.14%) PowerShell
4 35 (2.81%) C#
5 34 (2.73%) Bash
6 32 (2.57%) T-SQL
7 30 (2.41%) Java
8 25 (2.01%) JavaScript
9 20 (1.61%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.04%) Bicep
11 10 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.80%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.72%) Scala
12 9 (0.72%) Swift
13 8 (0.64%) R
14 5 (0.40%) C++
14 5 (0.40%) JSX
14 5 (0.40%) PHP
15 3 (0.24%) Go
15 3 (0.24%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 238 (19.12%) Degree
2 95 (7.63%) CISSP
3 73 (5.86%) Security Cleared
4 71 (5.70%) CISM
5 58 (4.66%) Master's Degree
6 49 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (3.78%) SC Cleared
8 42 (3.37%) CISA
9 32 (2.57%) CRISC
10 27 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.93%) AWS Certification
12 23 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.61%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (1.20%) PMI Certification
15 14 (1.12%) PMP
16 12 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 12 (0.96%) ISEB
17 11 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
18 9 (0.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 383 (30.76%) GDPR
2 162 (13.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 99 (7.95%) Data Quality
4 76 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 56 (4.50%) NIST
6 51 (4.10%) GRC
7 48 (3.86%) PCI DSS
8 38 (3.05%) QA
9 23 (1.85%) NCSC
10 17 (1.37%) SOC 2
11 16 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (0.88%) ISO 14000
14 10 (0.80%) COBIT
14 10 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.72%) HIPAA
15 9 (0.72%) SLA
16 8 (0.64%) Accessibility
17 7 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 71 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 59 (4.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (3.29%) Docker
4 35 (2.81%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (0.56%) SRDF
7 6 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.48%) XenApp
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.16%) vSphere
9 1 (0.080%) Ceph
9 1 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 49 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.73%) Terraform
3 20 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.96%) CASB
6 10 (0.80%) Ansible
7 6 (0.48%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.40%) Suricata
8 5 (0.40%) WSUS
9 3 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.16%) Control-M
10 2 (0.16%) Istio
10 2 (0.16%) Nessus
10 2 (0.16%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.080%) Grafana
11 1 (0.080%) Kibana
11 1 (0.080%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 300 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 63 (5.06%) VMware
3 48 (3.86%) Google
4 34 (2.73%) SAP
5 33 (2.65%) Cisco
6 27 (2.17%) Oracle
7 25 (2.01%) Apple
8 17 (1.37%) Aruba
8 17 (1.37%) Meraki
8 17 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.04%) Databricks
9 13 (1.04%) HP
10 12 (0.96%) Adobe
11 11 (0.88%) Citrix
12 9 (0.72%) Sage
13 8 (0.64%) EMC
14 7 (0.56%) Brocade
14 7 (0.56%) Dell
14 7 (0.56%) Minitab
14 7 (0.56%) Veeam