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 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 218 271 269
Rank change year-on-year +53 -2 +39
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,387 1,336 2,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 1.35% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 1.41% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 777 1,516
10th Percentile £31,152 £36,250 £32,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,162 £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 £72,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £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 85,135 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 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 18 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 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 +62 1,251 £50,000 -9.09% 509
UK excluding London +50 928 £48,750 -7.14% 371
Work from Home -1 442 £55,000 - 172
London +43 395 £60,000 -3.23% 165
North of England +80 272 £50,000 -0.24% 83
South East +11 217 £45,526 -17.23% 104
Midlands +69 216 £50,000 -9.09% 89
North West +18 147 £43,865 -12.69% 46
West Midlands +61 144 £50,000 -4.76% 49
South West +20 104 £48,750 -9.72% 40
Yorkshire +97 95 £52,500 +1.40% 28
East Midlands +27 67 £50,000 -9.09% 41
Scotland -55 49 £45,000 - 14
East of England -4 41 £55,000 +35.79% 37
North East +14 30 £42,000 -11.78% 11
Wales +18 22 £37,000 -7.58% 7
Northern Ireland +22 7 £42,500 +13.33%
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 (8.36%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.51%) IIS
4 11 (0.79%) Confluence
4 11 (0.79%) WordPress
5 8 (0.58%) CMS
5 8 (0.58%) nginx
6 6 (0.43%) Apache
7 5 (0.36%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) Site Server
9 3 (0.22%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.14%) Kentico
10 2 (0.14%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.072%) Moodle
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.072%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.072%) Totara
Applications
1 129 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (0.50%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.072%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 35 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.01%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.65%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.22%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.072%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.072%) Primavera
8 1 (0.072%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 234 (16.87%) Azure
2 149 (10.74%) Microsoft 365
3 144 (10.38%) Power Platform
4 123 (8.87%) AWS
5 37 (2.67%) Entra ID
5 37 (2.67%) GCP
6 34 (2.45%) SaaS
7 24 (1.73%) Power Automate
7 24 (1.73%) PowerApps
8 20 (1.44%) Google Workspace
9 19 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
10 18 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.23%) IaaS
11 17 (1.23%) Serverless
12 16 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (1.15%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.15%) PaaS
13 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 93 (6.71%) Firewall
2 47 (3.39%) DNS
3 38 (2.74%) Network Security
4 36 (2.60%) Internet
4 36 (2.60%) LAN
4 36 (2.60%) Wireless
5 28 (2.02%) WAN
6 26 (1.87%) DHCP
7 25 (1.80%) VPN
8 23 (1.66%) Intranet
9 19 (1.37%) SAN
10 17 (1.23%) Cisco IPT
10 17 (1.23%) TCP/IP
11 16 (1.15%) Broadband
12 15 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
13 14 (1.01%) NAS
13 14 (1.01%) SNMP
14 13 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (0.87%) VoIP
16 9 (0.65%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (9.81%) Power BI
2 86 (6.20%) SQL Server
3 57 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (2.88%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 27 (1.95%) Metadata
8 22 (1.59%) MySQL
9 18 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.08%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 14 (1.01%) Tableau
13 12 (0.87%) Big Data
13 12 (0.87%) Power Query
14 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (0.58%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 6 (0.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 82 (5.91%) JIRA
2 25 (1.80%) Git
3 11 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.50%) Selenium
5 6 (0.43%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.29%) Moq
7 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.22%) GitLab
8 2 (0.14%) Hudson
8 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.072%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.072%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.072%) NUnit
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.072%) Postman
9 1 (0.072%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.072%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 464 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 383 (27.61%) Finance
3 298 (21.49%) Legal
4 194 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (11.75%) Banking
6 89 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 86 (6.20%) Law
8 82 (5.91%) Retail
9 81 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
10 72 (5.19%) Marketing
11 50 (3.60%) Public Sector
12 49 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
13 39 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (2.31%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.16%) Local Government
16 26 (1.87%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.15%) Games
19 13 (0.94%) Police
20 12 (0.87%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 221 (15.93%) Senior
2 169 (12.18%) Analyst
3 126 (9.08%) Developer
4 102 (7.35%) Lead
5 94 (6.78%) Senior Analyst
6 87 (6.27%) Data Manager
7 67 (4.83%) IT Manager
8 53 (3.82%) Security Manager
9 50 (3.60%) Consultant
10 48 (3.46%) Architect
11 44 (3.17%) Data Protection Manager
12 37 (2.67%) Information Manager
13 34 (2.45%) Administrator
13 34 (2.45%) Cloud Engineer
13 34 (2.45%) Security Analyst
14 33 (2.38%) Data Analyst
14 33 (2.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (2.31%) Senior Manager
16 31 (2.24%) Governance Manager
16 31 (2.24%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.89%) .NET
2 33 (2.38%) RESTful
3 24 (1.73%) Web Services
4 22 (1.59%) Node.js
5 17 (1.23%) React
6 16 (1.15%) HTML
7 15 (1.08%) CSS
8 14 (1.01%) gRPC
9 13 (0.94%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.79%) EDI
11 9 (0.65%) Vue
12 8 (0.58%) .NET Framework
12 8 (0.58%) ModSecurity
12 8 (0.58%) Spring
12 8 (0.58%) Spring Boot
12 8 (0.58%) XML
13 7 (0.50%) Hibernate
13 7 (0.50%) JPA
13 7 (0.50%) REST
13 7 (0.50%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 244 (17.59%) Data Protection Act
2 209 (15.07%) Management Information System
3 62 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (3.89%) Data Centre
5 53 (3.82%) Freedom of Information
6 34 (2.45%) NHS
7 33 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
7 33 (2.38%) Security Posture
8 28 (2.02%) Mobile App
9 26 (1.87%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.44%) Virtual Team
12 19 (1.37%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.37%) CCTV
12 19 (1.37%) Driving Licence
13 17 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.15%) IoT
15 15 (1.08%) Replication
16 14 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (1.01%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 131 (9.44%) Windows
2 54 (3.89%) Windows Server
3 36 (2.60%) Linux
4 25 (1.80%) Mac OS
5 23 (1.66%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.51%) Windows 10
7 19 (1.37%) Android
8 12 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.43%) Unix
11 5 (0.36%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.29%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (21.63%) Information Security
2 287 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
3 279 (20.12%) Cybersecurity
4 250 (18.02%) Data Management
5 222 (16.01%) Data Governance
6 210 (15.14%) Data Privacy
7 208 (15.00%) Risk Management
8 169 (12.18%) Business Intelligence
9 166 (11.97%) Process Improvement
10 152 (10.96%) Impact Assessments
11 149 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 148 (10.67%) Matrix Organization
13 142 (10.24%) Agile
13 142 (10.24%) Matrix Management
14 139 (10.02%) DevOps
15 125 (9.01%) Project Management
16 123 (8.87%) Disaster Recovery
17 118 (8.51%) Coaching
18 106 (7.64%) Customer Service
19 104 (7.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 131 (9.44%) SQL
2 77 (5.55%) PowerShell
3 70 (5.05%) Python
4 41 (2.96%) T-SQL
5 40 (2.88%) C#
6 34 (2.45%) Bash
7 30 (2.16%) Java
8 27 (1.95%) JavaScript
9 20 (1.44%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.01%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.94%) Bicep
11 13 (0.94%) Swift
12 10 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.65%) 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%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 276 (19.90%) Degree
2 107 (7.71%) CISSP
3 78 (5.62%) CISM
4 76 (5.48%) Security Cleared
5 67 (4.83%) Master's Degree
6 61 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.53%) SC Cleared
8 45 (3.24%) CISA
9 32 (2.31%) CRISC
10 28 (2.02%) DBS Check
11 27 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.73%) AWS Certification
13 21 (1.51%) Azure Certification
14 19 (1.37%) PMI Certification
15 18 (1.30%) PMP
16 17 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
17 15 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 13 (0.94%) ISEB
19 12 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 12 (0.87%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 429 (30.93%) GDPR
2 175 (12.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 114 (8.22%) Data Quality
4 80 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (4.18%) NIST
6 56 (4.04%) GRC
7 51 (3.68%) PCI DSS
8 46 (3.32%) QA
9 23 (1.66%) NCSC
10 20 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (1.37%) SOC 2
12 15 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 13 (0.94%) SLA
14 11 (0.79%) ISO 14000
15 10 (0.72%) COBIT
15 10 (0.72%) HIPAA
15 10 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.65%) Accessibility
17 8 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 7 (0.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 79 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 62 (4.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (3.10%) Docker
4 37 (2.67%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (0.50%) SRDF
7 6 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.43%) XenApp
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.14%) vSphere
9 1 (0.072%) Ceph
9 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 52 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.52%) Terraform
3 22 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.87%) CASB
6 10 (0.72%) Ansible
7 6 (0.43%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.36%) Suricata
8 5 (0.36%) WSUS
9 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.14%) Control-M
10 2 (0.14%) Istio
10 2 (0.14%) Nessus
10 2 (0.14%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.072%) Grafana
11 1 (0.072%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 347 (25.02%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.76%) VMware
3 51 (3.68%) Google
4 35 (2.52%) SAP
5 33 (2.38%) Cisco
6 27 (1.95%) Oracle
7 25 (1.80%) Apple
8 17 (1.23%) Aruba
8 17 (1.23%) Meraki
8 17 (1.23%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.94%) Databricks
9 13 (0.94%) HP
10 12 (0.87%) Adobe
11 11 (0.79%) Citrix
12 9 (0.65%) Dell
12 9 (0.65%) IBM
12 9 (0.65%) Sage
12 9 (0.65%) Veeam
13 8 (0.58%) EMC
14 7 (0.50%) Brocade