Data Protection Jobs in the Midlands

Data Protection
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 207 195
Rank change year-on-year +70 -12 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 218 109 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.77% 1.21% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 1.25% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 145 70 128
10th Percentile £28,256 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,625 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.02% +6.82%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £67,800 £93,875 £79,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,003 8,710 10,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.03% 96.52% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7,265 4,418 6,898
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the Midlands

Data Protection
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +60 145 £54,000 +2.86% 44
East Midlands +30 68 £50,000 -9.09% 37
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 17 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.67%) IIS
3 6 (2.75%) Apache
4 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.38%) CMS
5 3 (1.38%) WordPress
6 2 (0.92%) SAS
6 2 (0.92%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.02%) Azure
2 27 (12.39%) Power Platform
3 14 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.05%) AWS
4 11 (5.05%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (5.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (2.75%) SaaS
6 5 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.38%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.38%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.92%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.92%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.92%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.46%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.46%) IaaS
9 1 (0.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.05%) LAN
2 10 (4.59%) Firewall
3 7 (3.21%) DNS
4 5 (2.29%) DHCP
4 5 (2.29%) Network Security
5 4 (1.83%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.38%) VPN
7 2 (0.92%) Broadband
7 2 (0.92%) HTTP
7 2 (0.92%) Internet
7 2 (0.92%) Intranet
7 2 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.92%) WAN
7 2 (0.92%) Wireless
8 1 (0.46%) ISDN
8 1 (0.46%) SAN
8 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.39%) Power BI
2 26 (11.93%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (6.42%) Relational Database
3 14 (6.42%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.96%) Data Lake
5 11 (5.05%) Metadata
5 11 (5.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (5.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (3.67%) Big Data
6 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.46%) GIS
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.46%) QGIS
7 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.46%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (5.50%) JIRA
2 4 (1.83%) Moq
3 3 (1.38%) Git
4 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.46%) NUnit
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.46%) Sourcetree
4 1 (0.46%) Storybook
General
1 75 (34.40%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.06%) Finance
2 59 (27.06%) Legal
3 41 (18.81%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (15.14%) Banking
5 17 (7.80%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.96%) Marketing
7 10 (4.59%) Retail
8 9 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.67%) Law
9 8 (3.67%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.83%) Publishing
12 3 (1.38%) Advertising
12 3 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.92%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.92%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (12.84%) Analyst
2 26 (11.93%) Senior
3 18 (8.26%) Data Manager
4 16 (7.34%) Senior Analyst
5 13 (5.96%) Developer
5 13 (5.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (5.96%) Security Manager
6 12 (5.50%) Data Engineer
6 12 (5.50%) Lead
7 11 (5.05%) Administrator
7 11 (5.05%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.59%) CCTV Operator
8 10 (4.59%) Data Governance Analyst
8 10 (4.59%) Data Governance Manager
8 10 (4.59%) Governance Manager
8 10 (4.59%) Information Manager
9 9 (4.13%) Azure Data Engineer
10 8 (3.67%) Penetration Tester
10 8 (3.67%) Strategy Manager
10 8 (3.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.42%) .NET
2 6 (2.75%) .NET Framework
2 6 (2.75%) XML
3 5 (2.29%) Node.js
3 5 (2.29%) RESTful
4 4 (1.83%) Jest
4 4 (1.83%) React
4 4 (1.83%) Web Services
5 3 (1.38%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.38%) Vue
6 2 (0.92%) EDI
6 2 (0.92%) Express.js
6 2 (0.92%) Next.js
6 2 (0.92%) PySpark
7 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.46%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.06%) Data Protection Act
2 23 (10.55%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.88%) Freedom of Information
4 14 (6.42%) Taxonomies
5 12 (5.50%) Security Posture
6 10 (4.59%) CCTV
7 9 (4.13%) Algorithms
7 9 (4.13%) NHS
8 8 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (3.21%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.75%) Driving Licence
11 5 (2.29%) Social Media
12 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
13 3 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (1.38%) IoT
14 2 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
14 2 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 2 (0.92%) Photography
14 2 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.13%) Windows
2 5 (2.29%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.83%) Linux
4 3 (1.38%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.92%) Android
5 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (21.56%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (21.56%) Data Privacy
2 47 (21.56%) Risk Management
3 46 (21.10%) Business Intelligence
3 46 (21.10%) Information Security
4 42 (19.27%) Data Governance
5 37 (16.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (16.06%) Data Management
7 34 (15.60%) Analytics
8 31 (14.22%) DevOps
9 30 (13.76%) Process Improvement
10 29 (13.30%) Data Modelling
11 28 (12.84%) Matrix Management
11 28 (12.84%) Matrix Organization
12 26 (11.93%) CI/CD
13 24 (11.01%) Coaching
13 24 (11.01%) Project Management
14 23 (10.55%) Customer Service
15 21 (9.63%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.17%) SQL
2 13 (5.96%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.05%) T-SQL
4 10 (4.59%) Python
5 8 (3.67%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.21%) Java
7 5 (2.29%) Bash
7 5 (2.29%) Bicep
8 4 (1.83%) C#
8 4 (1.83%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.92%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.92%) Swift
10 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (10.09%) Degree
2 21 (9.63%) CISSP
3 16 (7.34%) CISM
4 11 (5.05%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.67%) OSCP
6 7 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.21%) CISA
7 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.29%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (2.29%) CRISC
8 5 (2.29%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.83%) CISMP
9 4 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.83%) GIAC
9 4 (1.83%) SANS
10 3 (1.38%) SSCP
11 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.46%) MBA
12 1 (0.46%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 1 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (30.28%) GDPR
2 30 (13.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (11.47%) Data Quality
4 18 (8.26%) QA
5 13 (5.96%) GRC
6 6 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.75%) NIST
6 6 (2.75%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.92%) IASME
9 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.46%) COBIT
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (5.50%) Hyper-V
2 9 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.21%) Docker
4 5 (2.29%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (8.26%) Terraform
2 7 (3.21%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.75%) Ansible
4 1 (0.46%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 50 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.50%) Databricks
3 10 (4.59%) VMware
4 8 (3.67%) Cisco
5 7 (3.21%) Meraki
5 7 (3.21%) Minitab
6 6 (2.75%) SAP
7 5 (2.29%) Dell
8 4 (1.83%) Aruba
8 4 (1.83%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (1.38%) Facebook
9 3 (1.38%) Google
9 3 (1.38%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.38%) Oracle
10 2 (0.92%) HP
10 2 (0.92%) Instagram
10 2 (0.92%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.92%) TikTok
10 2 (0.92%) Twitter
10 2 (0.92%) YouTube