Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Privacy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Privacy over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 603 361
Rank change year-on-year +169 -242 +110
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 565 409 1,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.41% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.43% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 312 331 1,133
10th Percentile £31,350 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -13.79% +5.45%
75th Percentile £89,063 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £48,687 £52,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -7.26% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Privacy 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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +9.38%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Privacy over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Privacy in the UK

Data Privacy
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Privacy within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +179 503 £65,000 +33.51% 187
UK excluding London +126 368 £61,500 +26.32% 111
Work from Home +28 204 £61,500 +26.32% 91
London +97 183 £77,500 +40.91% 91
North of England +114 112 £50,000 +11.11% 29
South East +15 77 £61,500 +26.32% 32
Midlands +32 67 £59,000 -4.07% 20
North West +33 57 £60,000 +33.33% 17
West Midlands +36 49 £57,500 -2.95% 13
South West +1 48 £61,500 +23.00% 11
Scotland -25 43 £75,000 +36.36% 4
Yorkshire +109 40 £37,500 - 12
East Midlands +9 18 £110,000 +69.23% 7
North East +4 15 - - 1
East of England +6 13 £75,000 +163.16% 9
Wales +11 5 £27,500 -45.00% 6
Northern Ireland +18 4 £37,500 -48.28% 1

Data Privacy
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 76 (13.45%) SharePoint
2 46 (8.14%) CMS
3 41 (7.26%) Kentico
4 38 (6.73%) Umbraco
5 36 (6.37%) Headless CMS
5 36 (6.37%) IIS
5 36 (6.37%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.06%) Confluence
6 6 (1.06%) SAS
7 4 (0.71%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.71%) WordPress
8 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.35%) Drupal
9 2 (0.35%) Joomla!
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 79 (13.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (3.01%) Unit4 Business World
2 9 (1.59%) SAP HR
2 9 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.59%) SAP SCM
3 5 (0.88%) SAP EWM
4 4 (0.71%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.71%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.71%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (20.35%) Azure
2 113 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 59 (10.44%) AWS
4 42 (7.43%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (7.26%) Kontent
6 27 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (4.07%) SaaS
8 20 (3.54%) GCP
9 19 (3.36%) Serverless
10 16 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (2.65%) Snowflake
12 14 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (2.48%) IaaS
12 14 (2.48%) PaaS
13 12 (2.12%) SuccessFactors
14 9 (1.59%) Boomi
15 8 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (1.42%) Azure Functions
15 8 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (1.42%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 44 (7.79%) Firewall
2 20 (3.54%) Intrusion Detection
3 18 (3.19%) Internet
4 17 (3.01%) Wireless
5 7 (1.24%) HTTP
6 6 (1.06%) WAN
7 5 (0.88%) LAN
7 5 (0.88%) Network Security
8 4 (0.71%) Cisco IPT
9 3 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.53%) VoIP
9 3 (0.53%) VPN
9 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.35%) Intranet
10 2 (0.35%) SSL
10 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.18%) DNS
11 1 (0.18%) RFID
11 1 (0.18%) SAN
11 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (19.12%) Power BI
2 39 (6.90%) Metadata
3 37 (6.55%) Data Lake
4 31 (5.49%) SQL Server
5 25 (4.42%) Relational Database
6 23 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (3.01%) DB2
8 15 (2.65%) Big Data
8 15 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (2.30%) Tableau
10 11 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (1.95%) NoSQL
11 10 (1.77%) MySQL
12 8 (1.42%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.88%) CockroachDB
15 4 (0.71%) Metabase
15 4 (0.71%) SAP BW
16 3 (0.53%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 73 (12.92%) JIRA
2 8 (1.42%) Git
2 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.88%) Jaeger
3 5 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.53%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.53%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.35%) GitLab
6 2 (0.35%) MLflow
7 1 (0.18%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 260 (46.02%) Finance
2 254 (44.96%) Social Skills
3 202 (35.75%) Legal
4 160 (28.32%) Banking
5 104 (18.41%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (7.43%) Law
7 38 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (6.02%) Marketing
8 34 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (4.78%) Retail
11 25 (4.42%) Public Sector
12 24 (4.25%) Telecoms
13 22 (3.89%) Manufacturing
14 21 (3.72%) Financial Institution
14 21 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
15 16 (2.83%) Advertising
16 15 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (2.65%) Retail Banking
17 13 (2.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 207 (36.64%) Senior
2 115 (20.35%) Analyst
3 91 (16.11%) Senior Analyst
4 54 (9.56%) Developer
5 46 (8.14%) Lead
6 45 (7.96%) Consultant
7 39 (6.90%) Architect
8 38 (6.73%) .NET Developer
9 36 (6.37%) .NET Applications Developer
9 36 (6.37%) Applications Developer
9 36 (6.37%) C# .NET Developer
9 36 (6.37%) C# Developer
9 36 (6.37%) CMS Developer
10 34 (6.02%) C# Application Developer
10 34 (6.02%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 34 (6.02%) Senior .NET Applications Developer
10 34 (6.02%) Senior C# .NET Developer
10 34 (6.02%) Senior C# Application Developer
10 34 (6.02%) Senior C# ASP.NET Developer
10 34 (6.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.03%) .NET
2 43 (7.61%) RESTful
3 42 (7.43%) React
4 36 (6.37%) .NET Core
4 36 (6.37%) .NET Framework
4 36 (6.37%) ASP.NET
4 36 (6.37%) ASP.NET MVC
4 36 (6.37%) Next.js
5 11 (1.95%) Middleware
6 7 (1.24%) gRPC
6 7 (1.24%) Kafka
6 7 (1.24%) Web Services
6 7 (1.24%) XML
7 5 (0.88%) Django
7 5 (0.88%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.88%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.71%) CSS
9 3 (0.53%) REST
10 2 (0.35%) Flask
10 2 (0.35%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.85%) Self-Motivation
2 43 (7.61%) Management Information System
3 31 (5.49%) Security Posture
4 21 (3.72%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.54%) Algorithms
6 17 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (3.01%) Driving Licence
6 17 (3.01%) Life Science
7 15 (2.65%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (2.48%) NHS
9 11 (1.95%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.06%) Biopharmaceutical
10 6 (1.06%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.71%) IoT
12 4 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 45 (7.96%) Windows
2 36 (6.37%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.02%) Linux
4 17 (3.01%) Unix
5 9 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (1.42%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.06%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.88%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.71%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.53%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (37.35%) Data Management
2 210 (37.17%) Data Protection
3 186 (32.92%) Data Governance
4 152 (26.90%) Process Improvement
5 144 (25.49%) Matrix Organization
6 143 (25.31%) Matrix Management
7 107 (18.94%) Project Delivery
8 100 (17.70%) Agile
8 100 (17.70%) Project Management
9 99 (17.52%) Information Security
10 97 (17.17%) Impact Assessments
11 96 (16.99%) Business Intelligence
12 95 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
13 88 (15.58%) Risk Management
14 82 (14.51%) Supplier Relationship Management
15 81 (14.34%) DevOps
16 76 (13.45%) Coaching
17 75 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
18 60 (10.62%) Remediation Plan
19 59 (10.44%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 81 (14.34%) SQL
2 47 (8.32%) C#
3 41 (7.26%) JavaScript
4 35 (6.19%) Python
5 19 (3.36%) T-SQL
6 16 (2.83%) Java
7 7 (1.24%) R
8 6 (1.06%) Bash
9 5 (0.88%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.71%) C
11 2 (0.35%) PHP
11 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.18%) ABAP
12 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.18%) SAPscript
12 1 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 99 (17.52%) Degree
2 53 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 40 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (4.42%) CISSP
5 24 (4.25%) AWS Certification
6 23 (4.07%) CISA
6 23 (4.07%) CREST Certified
7 17 (3.01%) Azure Certification
7 17 (3.01%) OSCP
8 13 (2.30%) CISM
9 12 (2.12%) GIAC
9 12 (2.12%) GSEC
9 12 (2.12%) SSCP
10 10 (1.77%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.59%) PCI QSA
11 9 (1.59%) SC Cleared
12 8 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (1.24%) ISEB
14 6 (1.06%) CRISC
14 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (39.12%) GDPR
2 89 (15.75%) Data Quality
3 39 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (6.55%) QA
5 20 (3.54%) PMO
6 19 (3.36%) GRC
7 17 (3.01%) ITGC
8 16 (2.83%) NIST
9 15 (2.65%) PCI DSS
10 12 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (1.59%) Accessibility
11 9 (1.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 8 (1.42%) HIPAA
13 7 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (1.06%) CDISC
15 5 (0.88%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 3 (0.53%) SLA
18 2 (0.35%) IASME
System Software
1 27 (4.78%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.42%) Docker
4 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (3.01%) Terraform
2 9 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.06%) Ansible
4 5 (0.88%) Kiali
5 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.53%) Nessus
6 3 (0.53%) Nmap
7 2 (0.35%) Autotask
7 2 (0.35%) CASB
8 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) Puppet
8 1 (0.18%) WSUS
8 1 (0.18%) yum
Vendors
1 124 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 72 (12.74%) SAP
3 36 (6.37%) Optimizely
3 36 (6.37%) Sitecore
4 27 (4.78%) Oracle
5 24 (4.25%) Databricks
6 23 (4.07%) Sage
7 12 (2.12%) VMware
8 9 (1.59%) Cisco
8 9 (1.59%) Dell
8 9 (1.59%) HP
9 8 (1.42%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.24%) Citrix
10 7 (1.24%) Workday
11 6 (1.06%) Canon
11 6 (1.06%) Google
11 6 (1.06%) iManage
11 6 (1.06%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.88%) Meraki
12 5 (0.88%) Splunk