Data Protection Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 222 280 212
Rank change year-on-year +58 -68 +51
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 925 719 1,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.29% 1.22% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.27% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 628 390 850
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,806 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,199 £42,500 £39,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,203 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £61,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,275 £78,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,836 56,548 67,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.53% 95.58% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 41,285 29,231 41,036
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
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
Scotland -63 49 £45,000 - 14
East of England -11 37 £49,000 +20.98% 36
North East +18 30 £42,000 -11.78% 11
Wales +16 22 £37,000 -7.58% 7
Northern Ireland +25 7 £42,500 +13.33%
Channel Islands - 1 £110,000 -
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 87 (9.41%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.51%) IIS
4 11 (1.19%) WordPress
5 6 (0.65%) Apache
5 6 (0.65%) nginx
6 4 (0.43%) Site Server
7 3 (0.32%) CMS
8 2 (0.22%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.22%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.22%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Confluence
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.11%) Totara
Applications
1 85 (9.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.76%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 155 (16.76%) Azure
2 105 (11.35%) Power Platform
3 90 (9.73%) AWS
4 73 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (3.24%) Entra ID
6 28 (3.03%) GCP
7 25 (2.70%) SaaS
8 18 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (1.84%) Serverless
10 16 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (1.62%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.62%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.41%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 12 (1.30%) IaaS
14 11 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 52 (5.62%) Firewall
2 32 (3.46%) DNS
3 31 (3.35%) Network Security
4 24 (2.59%) DHCP
4 24 (2.59%) Internet
5 21 (2.27%) LAN
6 14 (1.51%) Cisco IPT
6 14 (1.51%) Intranet
6 14 (1.51%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.51%) VPN
7 13 (1.41%) WAN
7 13 (1.41%) Wireless
8 10 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (1.08%) SNMP
8 10 (1.08%) VoIP
9 9 (0.97%) HTTP
9 9 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.86%) SAN
11 6 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
12 5 (0.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (10.59%) Power BI
2 51 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 33 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.92%) Relational Database
5 24 (2.59%) Data Lake
6 18 (1.95%) Metadata
6 18 (1.95%) MySQL
7 16 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.41%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.08%) Power Query
10 10 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.86%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.76%) Big Data
13 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 5 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
15 4 (0.43%) MongoDB
16 3 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 58 (6.27%) JIRA
2 8 (0.86%) Git
3 4 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.43%) Moq
4 3 (0.32%) GitLab
5 2 (0.22%) Hudson
6 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.11%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.11%) NUnit
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.11%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.11%) Storybook
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 296 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 252 (27.24%) Finance
3 231 (24.97%) Legal
4 138 (14.92%) Banking
5 122 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (8.11%) Law
7 62 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (6.16%) Retail
9 50 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (4.32%) Marketing
11 32 (3.46%) Public Sector
12 31 (3.35%) Manufacturing
13 29 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (2.38%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.08%) Police
16 7 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.76%) Local Government
17 6 (0.65%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 150 (16.22%) Senior
2 127 (13.73%) Analyst
3 84 (9.08%) Senior Analyst
4 78 (8.43%) Developer
5 72 (7.78%) Lead
6 54 (5.84%) Data Manager
7 38 (4.11%) IT Manager
8 37 (4.00%) Security Manager
9 35 (3.78%) Data Protection Manager
10 32 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 29 (3.14%) Architect
12 28 (3.03%) Data Analyst
13 27 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
14 26 (2.81%) Data Protection Officer
15 25 (2.70%) Administrator
16 24 (2.59%) Consultant
16 24 (2.59%) Project Manager
17 23 (2.49%) Governance Manager
17 23 (2.49%) Information Manager
18 22 (2.38%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.68%) .NET
2 31 (3.35%) RESTful
3 22 (2.38%) Web Services
4 19 (2.05%) Node.js
5 13 (1.41%) React
6 11 (1.19%) gRPC
7 8 (0.86%) .NET Framework
7 8 (0.86%) EDI
7 8 (0.86%) HTML
7 8 (0.86%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.76%) CSS
8 7 (0.76%) XML
9 5 (0.54%) LDAP
10 4 (0.43%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.43%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.43%) Jest
10 4 (0.43%) JSON
10 4 (0.43%) LEMP Stack
10 4 (0.43%) PySpark
10 4 (0.43%) Sequelize
Miscellaneous
1 156 (16.86%) Data Protection Act
2 131 (14.16%) Management Information System
3 40 (4.32%) Freedom of Information
4 39 (4.22%) Data Centre
5 37 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (3.03%) NHS
7 24 (2.59%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.95%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.84%) CCTV
10 16 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.62%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.62%) Driving Licence
11 15 (1.62%) IoT
12 14 (1.51%) Taxonomies
13 11 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.08%) Onboarding
14 10 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
15 9 (0.97%) Social Media
16 8 (0.86%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 64 (6.92%) Windows
2 27 (2.92%) Windows Server
3 23 (2.49%) Linux
4 21 (2.27%) Apple iOS
5 16 (1.73%) Android
6 15 (1.62%) Windows 10
7 12 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.54%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.54%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.22%) Unix
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (22.05%) Information Security
2 188 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
3 181 (19.57%) Data Governance
4 180 (19.46%) Data Management
5 173 (18.70%) Data Privacy
6 161 (17.41%) Cybersecurity
7 151 (16.32%) Risk Management
8 142 (15.35%) Process Improvement
9 128 (13.84%) Business Intelligence
9 128 (13.84%) Impact Assessments
9 128 (13.84%) Matrix Management
9 128 (13.84%) Matrix Organization
10 122 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 105 (11.35%) DevOps
12 94 (10.16%) Coaching
13 86 (9.30%) Agile
14 83 (8.97%) Project Management
15 81 (8.76%) Disaster Recovery
16 76 (8.22%) Customer Service
17 74 (8.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (8.32%) SQL
2 51 (5.51%) PowerShell
3 50 (5.41%) Python
4 27 (2.92%) T-SQL
5 17 (1.84%) Bash
5 17 (1.84%) C#
6 16 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.73%) TypeScript
7 15 (1.62%) Java
8 13 (1.41%) Bicep
8 13 (1.41%) Kotlin
8 13 (1.41%) Swift
9 5 (0.54%) R
10 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.43%) JSX
10 4 (0.43%) PHP
11 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.32%) VB
12 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 167 (18.05%) Degree
2 71 (7.68%) Security Cleared
3 64 (6.92%) CISSP
4 48 (5.19%) CISM
5 45 (4.86%) SC Cleared
6 43 (4.65%) CISA
7 32 (3.46%) Master's Degree
8 27 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (2.81%) CRISC
10 21 (2.27%) AWS Certification
11 19 (2.05%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.05%) DBS Check
12 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (1.30%) ISEB
13 12 (1.30%) PMI Certification
13 12 (1.30%) PMP
14 11 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 10 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (1.08%) GIAC
16 9 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (35.03%) GDPR
2 123 (13.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 83 (8.97%) Data Quality
4 54 (5.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 39 (4.22%) NIST
6 33 (3.57%) GRC
7 31 (3.35%) PCI DSS
7 31 (3.35%) QA
8 16 (1.73%) NCSC
9 15 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 13 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (1.08%) SLA
12 9 (0.97%) COBIT
12 9 (0.97%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.76%) ISO 14000
14 7 (0.76%) PMO
15 6 (0.65%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.65%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 40 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (3.57%) Docker
4 28 (3.03%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.76%) SRDF
5 7 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.54%) XenApp
7 4 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.46%) Terraform
3 15 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.97%) CASB
5 7 (0.76%) Ansible
6 5 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.54%) Suricata
6 5 (0.54%) WSUS
7 3 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.22%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 220 (23.78%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.89%) VMware
3 28 (3.03%) Google
4 21 (2.27%) Cisco
5 16 (1.73%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.51%) SAP
7 13 (1.41%) Databricks
7 13 (1.41%) Oracle
8 9 (0.97%) Apple
8 9 (0.97%) Meraki
9 8 (0.86%) Aruba
9 8 (0.86%) EMC
10 7 (0.76%) Brocade
10 7 (0.76%) Minitab
11 6 (0.65%) Citrix
11 6 (0.65%) Dell
11 6 (0.65%) HP
11 6 (0.65%) Sage
11 6 (0.65%) Splunk
11 6 (0.65%) WorldPay