Data Protection Jobs in the North West

Data Protection
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 151 165 114
Rank change year-on-year +14 -51 +93
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 148 133 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.48% 1.72% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.80% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 88 67 254
10th Percentile £32,850 £35,103 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,183 £50,238 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% +0.48% -4.77%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,218 7,384 9,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.39% 95.54% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,229 3,886 5,253
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,188 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the North West

Data Protection
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the North West 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
Manchester +2 83 £55,000 +9.48% 31
Merseyside +27 28 £34,000 -26.49% 1
Cheshire +3 21 £40,000 +33.33% 6
Lancashire +1 11 £41,234 +3.86% 6
Cumbria - 5 £35,000 - 2
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 27 (18.24%) SharePoint
2 16 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.03%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.86%) Power Platform
2 19 (12.84%) Azure
3 15 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.11%) AWS
5 11 (7.43%) Entra ID
6 10 (6.76%) OneDrive
7 9 (6.08%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.70%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.03%) Commercetools
10 3 (2.03%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 2 (1.35%) SaaS
12 1 (0.68%) Amazon Kinesis
12 1 (0.68%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.68%) GCP
12 1 (0.68%) Google Play
12 1 (0.68%) IaaS
12 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.41%) Network Security
2 7 (4.73%) SAN
3 6 (4.05%) DNS
3 6 (4.05%) VoIP
4 5 (3.38%) DHCP
5 3 (2.03%) Firewall
6 2 (1.35%) WAN
6 2 (1.35%) Wireless
7 1 (0.68%) Internet
7 1 (0.68%) LAN
7 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.49%) Power BI
2 8 (5.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.68%) Redis
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (8.78%) JIRA
2 3 (2.03%) GitLab
3 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.68%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 34 (22.97%) Finance
3 31 (20.95%) Banking
4 30 (20.27%) Legal
5 12 (8.11%) Law
6 8 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.41%) Retail
7 7 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.38%) Marketing
9 3 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.03%) Games
9 3 (2.03%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (25.00%) Senior
2 23 (15.54%) Lead
3 18 (12.16%) Analyst
3 18 (12.16%) Security Manager
4 17 (11.49%) Developer
4 17 (11.49%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (5.41%) Head of IT
5 8 (5.41%) Information Manager
5 8 (5.41%) Information Security Manager
5 8 (5.41%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.73%) Storage Engineer
7 6 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 6 (4.05%) Data Manager
7 6 (4.05%) Data Protection Manager
7 6 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.05%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.05%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 6 (4.05%) Security Project Manager
7 6 (4.05%) Senior Developer
7 6 (4.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.73%) RESTful
2 5 (3.38%) LDAP
3 3 (2.03%) Kafka
4 1 (0.68%) .NET
4 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.68%) CSS
4 1 (0.68%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.68%) Material Design
4 1 (0.68%) NestJS
4 1 (0.68%) React
4 1 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.86%) Data Protection Act
2 13 (8.78%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.05%) Freedom of Information
3 6 (4.05%) Virtual Team
4 5 (3.38%) Fat Client
4 5 (3.38%) Thin Client
5 4 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.03%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.35%) Anti-Spyware
7 2 (1.35%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.68%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.81%) Windows
2 14 (9.46%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.41%) Linux
4 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.70%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.03%) Android
8 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (27.70%) Information Security
2 32 (21.62%) Data Management
3 30 (20.27%) Data Privacy
4 29 (19.59%) Data Governance
5 28 (18.92%) Matrix Management
5 28 (18.92%) Matrix Organization
5 28 (18.92%) Process Improvement
6 24 (16.22%) Agile
7 23 (15.54%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (14.86%) Customer Service
8 22 (14.86%) Impact Assessments
9 21 (14.19%) Risk Management
10 18 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (11.49%) Coaching
12 16 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (10.81%) Supplier Relationship Management
13 15 (10.14%) Customer Engagement
14 14 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (9.46%) DevOps
14 14 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.73%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.38%) SQL
3 4 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (2.70%) Java
3 4 (2.70%) Python
4 3 (2.03%) Kotlin
4 3 (2.03%) Swift
5 2 (1.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.68%) C#
6 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (12.84%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.49%) CISM
3 15 (10.14%) CISA
3 15 (10.14%) CRISC
4 14 (9.46%) SC Cleared
5 11 (7.43%) PMI Certification
5 11 (7.43%) PMP
6 9 (6.08%) Degree
7 7 (4.73%) CISSP
8 6 (4.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (3.38%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.68%) CCIE
11 1 (0.68%) CCNP
11 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (44.59%) GDPR
2 27 (18.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (12.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (10.14%) GRC
5 12 (8.11%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.38%) QA
7 4 (2.70%) NIST
7 4 (2.70%) SLA
8 3 (2.03%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.73%) SRDF
3 3 (2.03%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) Docker
4 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 5 (3.38%) WSUS
3 3 (2.03%) Terraform
4 2 (1.35%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.35%) Nessus
5 1 (0.68%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.73%) Brocade
2 7 (4.73%) EMC
2 7 (4.73%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.35%) Apple
3 2 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.68%) Databricks
4 1 (0.68%) Google
4 1 (0.68%) Meraki
4 1 (0.68%) Veeam
4 1 (0.68%) VMware