Data Protection
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 212 276 265
Rank change year-on-year +64 -11 +39
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,370 1,285 2,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.36% 1.30% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.36% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 990 754 1,532
10th Percentile £31,210 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,563 £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 £72,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,125 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK

Data Protection
Top 18 Job Locations

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 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
England +70 1,236 £50,000 -9.09% 493
UK excluding London +71 925 £48,750 -7.14% 359
Work from Home -6 442 £55,000 - 172
London +32 382 £55,000 -12.00% 144
North of England +88 271 £50,000 -0.47% 81
Midlands +70 218 £50,000 -9.09% 79
South East +12 217 £45,526 -17.23% 96
North West +23 147 £42,500 -15.40% 42
West Midlands +60 145 £54,000 +2.86% 43
South West +34 105 £48,750 -11.36% 49
Yorkshire +91 94 £52,500 +0.70% 29
East Midlands +30 68 £50,000 -9.09% 37
Scotland -49 49 £45,000 -2.84% 14
East of England -1 36 £49,000 +15.29% 38
North East +14 30 £42,000 -11.78% 12
Wales +20 22 £37,000 -7.58% 8
Northern Ireland +29 7 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £110,000 -

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 116 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.53%) IIS
4 11 (0.80%) Confluence
4 11 (0.80%) WordPress
5 8 (0.58%) CMS
5 8 (0.58%) nginx
6 6 (0.44%) Apache
7 5 (0.36%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) Site Server
9 3 (0.22%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.15%) Kentico
10 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.073%) Moodle
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.073%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.073%) Totara
Applications
1 126 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (0.51%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.073%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 32 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.073%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.073%) Primavera
8 1 (0.073%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.073%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 236 (17.23%) Azure
2 146 (10.66%) Microsoft 365
3 142 (10.36%) Power Platform
4 126 (9.20%) AWS
5 38 (2.77%) Entra ID
6 37 (2.70%) GCP
7 33 (2.41%) SaaS
8 24 (1.75%) Power Automate
9 23 (1.68%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.46%) Google Workspace
11 19 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.39%) IaaS
12 18 (1.31%) PaaS
13 17 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.24%) Serverless
14 16 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (1.17%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 91 (6.64%) Firewall
2 48 (3.50%) DNS
3 38 (2.77%) Network Security
4 36 (2.63%) Wireless
5 35 (2.55%) Internet
5 35 (2.55%) LAN
6 27 (1.97%) WAN
7 26 (1.90%) DHCP
8 24 (1.75%) VPN
9 23 (1.68%) Intranet
10 18 (1.31%) Cisco IPT
10 18 (1.31%) SAN
11 17 (1.24%) TCP/IP
12 16 (1.17%) Broadband
13 15 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
14 14 (1.02%) SNMP
15 13 (0.95%) NAS
15 13 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (0.88%) VoIP
17 9 (0.66%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (9.78%) Power BI
2 86 (6.28%) SQL Server
3 58 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (2.85%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (2.19%) Data Lake
7 28 (2.04%) Metadata
8 22 (1.61%) MySQL
9 17 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.09%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (1.02%) Tableau
13 13 (0.95%) Big Data
14 12 (0.88%) Power Query
15 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.58%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 82 (5.99%) JIRA
2 24 (1.75%) Git
3 11 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.44%) Mercurial
4 6 (0.44%) Selenium
5 4 (0.29%) Moq
6 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.22%) GitLab
7 2 (0.15%) Hudson
7 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.073%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.073%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.073%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.073%) NUnit
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.073%) Postman
8 1 (0.073%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.073%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 456 (33.28%) Social Skills
2 377 (27.52%) Finance
3 297 (21.68%) Legal
4 193 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
5 165 (12.04%) Banking
6 88 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 86 (6.28%) Law
8 82 (5.99%) Retail
9 81 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
10 74 (5.40%) Marketing
11 50 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (3.43%) Public Sector
13 39 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (2.34%) Manufacturing
15 29 (2.12%) Local Government
16 26 (1.90%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.17%) Games
19 13 (0.95%) Police
20 12 (0.88%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 219 (15.99%) Senior
2 168 (12.26%) Analyst
3 123 (8.98%) Developer
4 103 (7.52%) Lead
5 94 (6.86%) Senior Analyst
6 86 (6.28%) Data Manager
7 65 (4.74%) IT Manager
8 50 (3.65%) Consultant
8 50 (3.65%) Security Manager
9 48 (3.50%) Architect
10 44 (3.21%) Data Protection Manager
11 36 (2.63%) Information Manager
12 35 (2.55%) Cloud Engineer
13 34 (2.48%) Administrator
13 34 (2.48%) Security Analyst
14 33 (2.41%) Data Analyst
14 33 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (2.34%) Governance Manager
15 32 (2.34%) Senior Manager
16 31 (2.26%) Data Protection Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.94%) .NET
2 32 (2.34%) RESTful
3 24 (1.75%) Web Services
4 22 (1.61%) Node.js
5 19 (1.39%) React
6 16 (1.17%) HTML
7 15 (1.09%) CSS
8 14 (1.02%) gRPC
9 13 (0.95%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.80%) EDI
11 10 (0.73%) Vue
12 9 (0.66%) ModSecurity
13 8 (0.58%) .NET Framework
13 8 (0.58%) AngularJS
13 8 (0.58%) Spring
13 8 (0.58%) Spring Boot
13 8 (0.58%) XML
14 7 (0.51%) Hibernate
14 7 (0.51%) JPA
14 7 (0.51%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 242 (17.66%) Data Protection Act
2 203 (14.82%) Management Information System
3 62 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (3.94%) Data Centre
5 52 (3.80%) Freedom of Information
6 34 (2.48%) NHS
7 33 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
7 33 (2.41%) Security Posture
8 27 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 26 (1.90%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.46%) Algorithms
10 20 (1.46%) Virtual Team
11 19 (1.39%) CCTV
11 19 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 19 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.24%) IoT
13 14 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.02%) Replication
13 14 (1.02%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.42%) Windows
2 54 (3.94%) Windows Server
3 36 (2.63%) Linux
4 25 (1.82%) Mac OS
5 23 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.53%) Windows 10
7 19 (1.39%) Android
8 12 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.36%) Kali Linux
10 5 (0.36%) Unix
11 4 (0.29%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (21.09%) Information Security
2 286 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
3 271 (19.78%) Cybersecurity
4 248 (18.10%) Data Management
5 223 (16.28%) Data Governance
6 211 (15.40%) Data Privacy
7 207 (15.11%) Risk Management
8 166 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
8 166 (12.12%) Process Improvement
9 153 (11.17%) Impact Assessments
10 148 (10.80%) Matrix Organization
11 146 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 142 (10.36%) Agile
12 142 (10.36%) Matrix Management
13 138 (10.07%) DevOps
14 121 (8.83%) Project Management
15 116 (8.47%) Coaching
15 116 (8.47%) Disaster Recovery
16 106 (7.74%) Computer Science
17 104 (7.59%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 130 (9.49%) SQL
2 79 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 70 (5.11%) Python
4 42 (3.07%) T-SQL
5 41 (2.99%) C#
6 36 (2.63%) Bash
7 31 (2.26%) Java
8 25 (1.82%) JavaScript
9 22 (1.61%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.02%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.95%) Bicep
11 13 (0.95%) Swift
12 10 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.66%) Scala
14 8 (0.58%) R
15 5 (0.36%) C++
15 5 (0.36%) JSX
15 5 (0.36%) PHP
16 3 (0.22%) Go
16 3 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 273 (19.93%) Degree
2 102 (7.45%) CISSP
3 80 (5.84%) CISM
4 77 (5.62%) Security Cleared
5 67 (4.89%) Master's Degree
6 63 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (3.65%) SC Cleared
8 46 (3.36%) CISA
9 32 (2.34%) CRISC
10 28 (2.04%) DBS Check
11 26 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.75%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.46%) Azure Certification
14 19 (1.39%) PMI Certification
15 18 (1.31%) PMP
16 17 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
17 15 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 13 (0.95%) ISEB
19 12 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 12 (0.88%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 428 (31.24%) GDPR
2 177 (12.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 113 (8.25%) Data Quality
4 82 (5.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (4.23%) NIST
6 57 (4.16%) GRC
7 50 (3.65%) PCI DSS
8 45 (3.28%) QA
9 24 (1.75%) NCSC
10 21 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (1.39%) SOC 2
12 15 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 13 (0.95%) SLA
14 11 (0.80%) ISO 14000
15 10 (0.73%) COBIT
15 10 (0.73%) HIPAA
15 10 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.66%) Accessibility
17 8 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 80 (5.84%) Active Directory
2 61 (4.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (3.14%) Docker
4 37 (2.70%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (0.51%) SRDF
7 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.44%) XenApp
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 1 (0.073%) Ceph
9 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 52 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.77%) Terraform
3 22 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.88%) Ansible
5 12 (0.88%) CASB
6 6 (0.44%) CSIRT
7 5 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.36%) Suricata
7 5 (0.36%) WSUS
8 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.15%) Control-M
9 2 (0.15%) Istio
9 2 (0.15%) Nessus
9 2 (0.15%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.073%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.073%) SCCM
Vendors
1 343 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.74%) VMware
3 52 (3.80%) Google
4 34 (2.48%) SAP
5 32 (2.34%) Cisco
6 26 (1.90%) Oracle
7 25 (1.82%) Apple
8 17 (1.24%) Aruba
8 17 (1.24%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.17%) Meraki
10 14 (1.02%) HP
11 13 (0.95%) Databricks
12 12 (0.88%) Adobe
13 11 (0.80%) Citrix
14 10 (0.73%) IBM
15 9 (0.66%) Dell
15 9 (0.66%) EMC
15 9 (0.66%) Sage
16 8 (0.58%) Veeam
17 7 (0.51%) Brocade