Data Protection Manager Jobs in England

Data Protection/Privacy Manager
UK > England

The median Data Protection/Privacy Manager salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 819 888 1144
Rank change year-on-year +69 +256 -244
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Manager 44 6 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.007% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.008% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 35 4 24
10th Percentile £41,250 £53,125 £48,539
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,938 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +34.06%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,625 £76,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,750 £85,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +34.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Data Protection Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Data Protection Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Manager in England

Data Protection Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Manager in England

Data Protection Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Manager in England

Data Protection Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West -29 13 £60,000 -
North of England - 13 £50,000 -
London +101 9 - - 3
Yorkshire - 7 £65,000 -
North West - 6 £42,500 -
Midlands -33 5 £60,000 +14.29% 1
West Midlands -8 3 £58,298 +11.04% 1
South East -26 2 £50,000 -16.67% 1
East Midlands - 2 £60,000 -
East of England - 2 £40,000 - 2
Data Protection Manager
UK

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Data Protection Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Data Protection Manager in the job title.

1 42 (95.45%) Data Protection
2 21 (47.73%) Social Skills
3 20 (45.45%) Degree
4 18 (40.91%) Risk Management
5 17 (38.64%) Impact Assessments
6 12 (27.27%) Data Sharing
7 9 (20.45%) Information Security
7 9 (20.45%) Data Privacy
8 8 (18.18%) GDPR
9 7 (15.91%) Retail
9 7 (15.91%) Legal
10 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (11.36%) Due Diligence
11 5 (11.36%) Agile
11 5 (11.36%) CISSP
12 4 (9.09%) Security Management
12 4 (9.09%) Incident Management
12 4 (9.09%) Marketing
12 4 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
12 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (6.82%) DevSecOps
13 3 (6.82%) Key Management
13 3 (6.82%) Secrets Management
13 3 (6.82%) CI/CD
13 3 (6.82%) CCSK
13 3 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (6.82%) Roadmaps
13 3 (6.82%) Cloud Security

Data Protection Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.82%) AWS
1 3 (6.82%) Azure
1 3 (6.82%) GCP
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.27%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.27%) Skype
2 1 (2.27%) WebEx
General
1 21 (47.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Legal
2 7 (15.91%) Retail
3 4 (9.09%) Marketing
3 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Advertising
4 3 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.82%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.82%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (6.82%) PKI
3 3 (6.82%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (95.45%) Data Protection
2 18 (40.91%) Risk Management
3 17 (38.64%) Impact Assessments
4 12 (27.27%) Data Sharing
5 9 (20.45%) Data Privacy
5 9 (20.45%) Information Security
6 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (11.36%) Agile
7 5 (11.36%) Due Diligence
8 4 (9.09%) Incident Management
8 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 4 (9.09%) Security Management
9 3 (6.82%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (6.82%) Data Security
9 3 (6.82%) Digital Forensics
9 3 (6.82%) Information Assurance
9 3 (6.82%) ITIL
9 3 (6.82%) SABSA
9 3 (6.82%) Security Architecture
9 3 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 20 (45.45%) Degree
2 5 (11.36%) CISSP
3 3 (6.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (6.82%) CCSK
3 3 (6.82%) CCSP
3 3 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.55%) CISA
4 2 (4.55%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) GDPR
2 3 (6.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.27%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (6.82%) Netskope
1 3 (6.82%) Symantec
1 3 (6.82%) Zscaler
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco
3 1 (2.27%) Dell
3 1 (2.27%) OneTrust