Data Protection Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Protection
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 177 151
Rank change year-on-year +49 -26 +25
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 144 71 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.80% 1.22% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 1.26% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 103 59 93
10th Percentile £31,114 £35,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.14% -1.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £94,000 £82,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,464 5,634 7,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.70% 96.74% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,699 3,147 4,804
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £39,842 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Birmingham +23 53 £55,000 +15.79% 19
Staffordshire -3 25 £40,000 -23.81% 8
Warwickshire +30 12 £45,000 -47.83% 1
Shropshire - 11 £37,500 -
Wolverhampton +9 2 £40,000 -20.00% 2
Solihull -8 2 £47,000 -23.27% 3
Walsall - 2 £39,649 - 1
Halesowen - 2 £40,000 -
Smethwick - 2 £28,000 -
Worcestershire -25 1 £33,383 +20.43% 4
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 11 (7.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.17%) Apache
2 6 (4.17%) IIS
3 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.08%) CMS
4 3 (2.08%) WordPress
5 2 (1.39%) SAS
6 1 (0.69%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.08%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.69%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 35 (24.31%) Azure
2 21 (14.58%) Power Platform
3 14 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.64%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (7.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (2.78%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.78%) SaaS
6 3 (2.08%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.39%) AWS
7 2 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.39%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.39%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.69%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.47%) Firewall
2 4 (2.78%) DNS
2 4 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (2.78%) LAN
3 3 (2.08%) DHCP
4 2 (1.39%) HTTP
4 2 (1.39%) Internet
4 2 (1.39%) Intranet
4 2 (1.39%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.69%) ISDN
5 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.69%) VoIP
5 1 (0.69%) VPN
5 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (17.36%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (14.58%) Power BI
3 14 (9.72%) Relational Database
4 13 (9.03%) Data Lake
5 11 (7.64%) Metadata
5 11 (7.64%) SQL Server
5 11 (7.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (7.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (5.56%) Big Data
6 8 (5.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.69%) GIS
7 1 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.69%) QGIS
7 1 (0.69%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.69%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (4.17%) JIRA
2 2 (1.39%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.69%) Moq
3 1 (0.69%) NUnit
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.69%) Sourcetree
3 1 (0.69%) Storybook
General
1 39 (27.08%) Legal
2 35 (24.31%) Social Skills
3 33 (22.92%) Finance
4 22 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (12.50%) Banking
6 11 (7.64%) Marketing
7 8 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (4.86%) Law
9 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.78%) Retail
11 3 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.39%) Advertising
12 2 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.39%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.39%) Publishing
13 1 (0.69%) Police
13 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (10.42%) Analyst
1 15 (10.42%) Data Manager
1 15 (10.42%) Senior
2 13 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (8.33%) Data Engineer
4 11 (7.64%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (6.94%) Administrator
5 10 (6.94%) Data Governance Analyst
5 10 (6.94%) Data Governance Manager
5 10 (6.94%) Developer
5 10 (6.94%) Governance Manager
6 9 (6.25%) Azure Data Engineer
7 8 (5.56%) Penetration Tester
7 8 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (5.56%) Strategy Manager
7 8 (5.56%) Tester
8 7 (4.86%) Lead
9 6 (4.17%) Information Manager
9 6 (4.17%) Security Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.94%) .NET
2 6 (4.17%) .NET Framework
2 6 (4.17%) XML
3 5 (3.47%) RESTful
4 4 (2.78%) Node.js
5 3 (2.08%) Jest
5 3 (2.08%) React
5 3 (2.08%) Web Services
6 2 (1.39%) EDI
6 2 (1.39%) Express.js
6 2 (1.39%) Next.js
6 2 (1.39%) PySpark
6 2 (1.39%) Vue
7 1 (0.69%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.69%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.69%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 31 (21.53%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (10.42%) Freedom of Information
2 15 (10.42%) Management Information System
3 14 (9.72%) Taxonomies
4 12 (8.33%) Security Posture
5 9 (6.25%) Algorithms
5 9 (6.25%) NHS
6 8 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.47%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.78%) Mobile App
10 3 (2.08%) Social Media
11 2 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.39%) Low-Code
12 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.69%) IoT
12 1 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.17%) Windows
2 4 (2.78%) Linux
2 4 (2.78%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.39%) Android
4 2 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (25.69%) Information Security
4 33 (22.92%) Data Privacy
5 31 (21.53%) Risk Management
6 29 (20.14%) Analytics
6 29 (20.14%) Data Modelling
7 27 (18.75%) Data Governance
8 24 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (15.28%) DevOps
10 20 (13.89%) CI/CD
11 19 (13.19%) Agile
12 18 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (12.50%) Data Management
12 18 (12.50%) Microservices
13 15 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (10.42%) Information Management
13 15 (10.42%) Process Improvement
14 14 (9.72%) Matrix Management
14 14 (9.72%) Ontologies
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.50%) SQL
2 11 (7.64%) T-SQL
3 7 (4.86%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.47%) Java
4 5 (3.47%) Python
4 5 (3.47%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.08%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.39%) C#
6 2 (1.39%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.39%) Swift
7 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (11.11%) Degree
2 11 (7.64%) CISSP
2 11 (7.64%) DBS Check
3 8 (5.56%) OSCP
4 7 (4.86%) CISM
5 6 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.78%) CISA
7 4 (2.78%) CRISC
7 4 (2.78%) GIAC
7 4 (2.78%) SANS
8 3 (2.08%) SSCP
9 2 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.69%) CCA
10 1 (0.69%) CCNA
10 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.69%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (33.33%) GDPR
2 22 (15.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (12.50%) Data Quality
4 12 (8.33%) GRC
5 10 (6.94%) QA
6 6 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (3.47%) NIST
8 4 (2.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (1.39%) IASME
10 1 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (6.94%) Hyper-V
2 7 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.47%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (11.81%) Terraform
2 6 (4.17%) Ansible
3 2 (1.39%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.69%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 39 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.33%) Databricks
3 8 (5.56%) VMware
4 5 (3.47%) SAP
5 4 (2.78%) Cisco
6 3 (2.08%) Google
6 3 (2.08%) HubSpot
6 3 (2.08%) Meraki
7 2 (1.39%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.39%) Oracle
8 1 (0.69%) Citrix
8 1 (0.69%) Dell
8 1 (0.69%) Facebook