Data Protection Jobs in England

Data Protection
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 278 245
Rank change year-on-year +64 -33 +57
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1,244 1,065 2,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.33% 1.28% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.35% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 883 659 1,458
10th Percentile £31,114 £36,450 £34,222
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,050 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +0.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £94,600 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,398 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.74% +0.72% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,844 79,154 138,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.92% 95.46% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55,725 48,396 74,307
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,324 £33,259
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,875 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in England

Data Protection
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
London +10 376 £53,000 -15.20% 148
North of England +94 277 £50,000 -0.47% 87
Midlands +58 224 £50,000 -9.09% 77
South East +23 218 £45,802 -16.72% 92
North West +44 153 £42,500 -15.40% 49
West Midlands +58 149 £54,000 +2.86% 50
South West +22 104 £48,750 -11.36% 37
Yorkshire +100 95 £52,500 +1.40% 27
East Midlands +7 70 £47,500 -17.39% 26
East of England -18 39 £51,500 +27.15% 54
North East +5 29 £36,000 -24.38% 13
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
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
1 111 (8.92%) SharePoint
2 35 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.13%) IIS
4 11 (0.88%) Confluence
4 11 (0.88%) WordPress
5 9 (0.72%) Apache
6 8 (0.64%) CMS
6 8 (0.64%) nginx
7 4 (0.32%) SAS
7 4 (0.32%) Site Server
8 3 (0.24%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.16%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.16%) Kentico
9 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.080%) Moodle
10 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.080%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.080%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.080%) Totara
Applications
1 106 (8.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
4 13 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (0.56%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.080%) InDesign
10 1 (0.080%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 28 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.080%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.080%) Primavera
8 1 (0.080%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.080%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 220 (17.68%) Azure
2 130 (10.45%) Power Platform
3 127 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
4 118 (9.49%) AWS
5 37 (2.97%) Entra ID
6 34 (2.73%) GCP
7 26 (2.09%) SaaS
8 23 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 22 (1.77%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.61%) IaaS
10 20 (1.61%) PaaS
11 19 (1.53%) Google Workspace
12 17 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (1.37%) Serverless
13 16 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 15 (1.21%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 88 (7.07%) Firewall
2 46 (3.70%) DNS
3 37 (2.97%) Wireless
4 34 (2.73%) LAN
4 34 (2.73%) Network Security
5 33 (2.65%) Internet
6 28 (2.25%) WAN
7 26 (2.09%) DHCP
8 25 (2.01%) Intranet
9 23 (1.85%) VPN
10 17 (1.37%) Cisco IPT
11 16 (1.29%) Broadband
12 15 (1.21%) TCP/IP
13 14 (1.13%) SNMP
13 14 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
14 13 (1.05%) NAS
15 12 (0.96%) VoIP
16 10 (0.80%) SAN
17 9 (0.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (9.81%) Power BI
2 79 (6.35%) SQL Server
3 53 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (2.65%) Relational Database
5 28 (2.25%) Data Lake
6 25 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (1.93%) Metadata
8 23 (1.85%) MySQL
9 17 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 14 (1.13%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.05%) Big Data
13 10 (0.80%) Power Query
14 9 (0.72%) Tableau
15 8 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.64%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 8 (0.64%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 75 (6.03%) JIRA
2 23 (1.85%) Git
3 11 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.48%) Mercurial
5 5 (0.40%) Selenium
6 4 (0.32%) Moq
7 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.24%) GitLab
8 2 (0.16%) Hudson
8 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.080%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.080%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.080%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.080%) NUnit
9 1 (0.080%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.080%) Postman
9 1 (0.080%) Sourcetree
9 1 (0.080%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.080%) Storybook
9 1 (0.080%) Visual Studio
General
1 403 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 336 (27.01%) Finance
3 273 (21.95%) Legal
4 168 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
5 144 (11.58%) Banking
6 81 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
7 80 (6.43%) Retail
8 74 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 74 (5.95%) Law
9 64 (5.14%) Marketing
10 40 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (3.22%) Public Sector
11 38 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.65%) Manufacturing
13 25 (2.01%) Local Government
13 25 (2.01%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
15 15 (1.21%) Games
16 11 (0.88%) Advertising
17 9 (0.72%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 203 (16.32%) Senior
2 154 (12.38%) Analyst
3 109 (8.76%) Developer
4 95 (7.64%) Lead
5 86 (6.91%) Senior Analyst
6 78 (6.27%) Data Manager
7 57 (4.58%) IT Manager
8 49 (3.94%) Security Manager
9 47 (3.78%) Consultant
10 43 (3.46%) Architect
11 42 (3.38%) Data Protection Manager
12 40 (3.22%) Data Protection Officer
12 40 (3.22%) Information Manager
13 37 (2.97%) Security Analyst
14 33 (2.65%) Governance Manager
14 33 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 33 (2.65%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.49%) Cloud Engineer
16 30 (2.41%) Administrator
17 28 (2.25%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.38%) .NET
2 27 (2.17%) RESTful
3 24 (1.93%) Web Services
4 20 (1.61%) Node.js
5 19 (1.53%) React
6 16 (1.29%) CSS
6 16 (1.29%) HTML
7 14 (1.13%) gRPC
8 11 (0.88%) EDI
9 9 (0.72%) ModSecurity
9 9 (0.72%) Vue
10 8 (0.64%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.64%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.64%) Spring
10 8 (0.64%) Spring Boot
10 8 (0.64%) XML
11 7 (0.56%) Hibernate
11 7 (0.56%) JPA
11 7 (0.56%) REST
12 6 (0.48%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 230 (18.49%) Data Protection Act
2 179 (14.39%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.86%) Freedom of Information
5 45 (3.62%) Data Centre
6 32 (2.57%) NHS
7 29 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
8 26 (2.09%) Security Posture
9 24 (1.93%) Onboarding
10 22 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 22 (1.77%) Mobile App
11 19 (1.53%) CCTV
11 19 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.37%) IoT
13 16 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.29%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.21%) Driving Licence
15 14 (1.13%) Taxonomies
16 13 (1.05%) Social Media
16 13 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 122 (9.81%) Windows
2 55 (4.42%) Windows Server
3 34 (2.73%) Linux
4 24 (1.93%) Mac OS
5 20 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.53%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.37%) Android
8 12 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.40%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.32%) Unix
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.080%) NetWare
13 1 (0.080%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.080%) Solaris
13 1 (0.080%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (21.70%) Information Security
2 247 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
3 243 (19.53%) Cybersecurity
4 213 (17.12%) Data Management
5 193 (15.51%) Data Governance
6 187 (15.03%) Data Privacy
6 187 (15.03%) Risk Management
7 152 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
8 141 (11.33%) Impact Assessments
8 141 (11.33%) Process Improvement
9 134 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 132 (10.61%) Matrix Organization
11 130 (10.45%) DevOps
12 127 (10.21%) Agile
13 126 (10.13%) Matrix Management
14 108 (8.68%) Disaster Recovery
15 106 (8.52%) Coaching
16 102 (8.20%) Customer Service
17 101 (8.12%) Project Management
18 86 (6.91%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 115 (9.24%) SQL
2 73 (5.87%) Python
3 67 (5.39%) PowerShell
4 38 (3.05%) C#
5 36 (2.89%) Bash
6 32 (2.57%) Java
6 32 (2.57%) T-SQL
7 23 (1.85%) JavaScript
8 21 (1.69%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.05%) Bicep
10 10 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.80%) Kotlin
11 9 (0.72%) Scala
12 8 (0.64%) C++
12 8 (0.64%) PHP
12 8 (0.64%) R
12 8 (0.64%) Swift
13 5 (0.40%) JSX
14 3 (0.24%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 235 (18.89%) Degree
2 87 (6.99%) CISSP
3 74 (5.95%) Security Cleared
4 64 (5.14%) CISM
5 56 (4.50%) Master's Degree
6 50 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (3.86%) SC Cleared
8 42 (3.38%) CISA
9 33 (2.65%) DBS Check
10 30 (2.41%) CRISC
11 25 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.93%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.77%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (1.21%) PMI Certification
15 14 (1.13%) PMP
16 12 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 12 (0.96%) ISEB
17 11 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
18 9 (0.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 390 (31.35%) GDPR
2 169 (13.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 96 (7.72%) Data Quality
4 89 (7.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 52 (4.18%) GRC
5 52 (4.18%) NIST
6 47 (3.78%) PCI DSS
7 38 (3.05%) QA
8 25 (2.01%) NCSC
9 18 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 17 (1.37%) SOC 2
11 12 (0.96%) SLA
12 11 (0.88%) ISO 14000
13 10 (0.80%) COBIT
13 10 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.72%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.64%) Accessibility
16 7 (0.56%) PMO
17 6 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 77 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 61 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (3.30%) Docker
4 37 (2.97%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (0.48%) SRDF
6 6 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.48%) XenApp
7 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.24%) vSphere
8 1 (0.080%) Ceph
8 1 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.89%) Terraform
3 20 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.96%) Ansible
5 12 (0.96%) CASB
6 5 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.40%) CSIRT
6 5 (0.40%) Suricata
6 5 (0.40%) WSUS
7 3 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.16%) Istio
8 2 (0.16%) Nessus
8 2 (0.16%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.080%) Grafana
9 1 (0.080%) Kibana
9 1 (0.080%) SCCM
9 1 (0.080%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 303 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.31%) VMware
3 50 (4.02%) Google
4 34 (2.73%) Cisco
5 28 (2.25%) SAP
6 25 (2.01%) Apple
6 25 (2.01%) Oracle
7 18 (1.45%) Aruba
7 18 (1.45%) Meraki
8 17 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.21%) HP
10 13 (1.05%) Databricks
11 12 (0.96%) Adobe
11 12 (0.96%) Citrix
12 10 (0.80%) Sage
13 9 (0.72%) Veeam
14 8 (0.64%) Dell
14 8 (0.64%) EMC
15 7 (0.56%) Minitab
16 6 (0.48%) Brocade