Data Protection Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 289 215
Rank change year-on-year +69 -74 +44
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 927 662 1,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.26% 1.13% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.18% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 629 370 855
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,057 £32,272
25th Percentile £37,199 £42,063 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,875 £79,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,636 55,896 68,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.65% 95.56% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 41,817 28,997 41,145
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the UK excluding London

Data Protection
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
North of England +95 272 £50,000 -0.47% 92
Midlands +77 217 £50,000 -9.09% 82
South East +13 217 £45,526 -17.23% 162
North West +40 148 £42,500 -15.40% 45
West Midlands +65 144 £54,000 +2.86% 48
South West +35 105 £48,750 -11.36% 51
Yorkshire +96 94 £52,500 +0.70% 35
East Midlands +17 68 £50,000 -9.09% 34
Scotland -52 50 £45,000 -7.46% 21
East of England +6 37 £50,250 +18.24% 45
North East +19 30 £42,000 -11.78% 14
Wales +22 22 £37,000 -7.58% 8
Northern Ireland +25 7 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £110,000 -
Data Protection
UK

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 87 (9.39%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.51%) IIS
4 11 (1.19%) WordPress
5 7 (0.76%) Apache
6 6 (0.65%) nginx
7 4 (0.43%) Site Server
8 3 (0.32%) CMS
8 3 (0.32%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.22%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.22%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) Confluence
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.11%) Totara
Applications
1 84 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
4 14 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (0.76%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 159 (17.15%) Azure
2 104 (11.22%) Power Platform
3 94 (10.14%) AWS
4 73 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (3.24%) Entra ID
6 29 (3.13%) GCP
7 25 (2.70%) SaaS
8 18 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (1.83%) Serverless
10 16 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (1.62%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.62%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.40%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 12 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (1.29%) IaaS
14 11 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 52 (5.61%) Firewall
2 32 (3.45%) DNS
3 31 (3.34%) Network Security
4 24 (2.59%) DHCP
5 23 (2.48%) Internet
6 21 (2.27%) LAN
7 15 (1.62%) Cisco IPT
7 15 (1.62%) VPN
8 14 (1.51%) Intranet
8 14 (1.51%) TCP/IP
9 13 (1.40%) WAN
9 13 (1.40%) Wireless
10 10 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
10 10 (1.08%) SNMP
10 10 (1.08%) VoIP
11 9 (0.97%) HTTP
11 9 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.86%) SAN
13 6 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
14 5 (0.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (10.46%) Power BI
2 53 (5.72%) SQL Server
3 35 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (2.91%) Relational Database
5 25 (2.70%) Data Lake
6 19 (2.05%) Metadata
7 18 (1.94%) MySQL
8 16 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (1.51%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 11 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.08%) Power Query
12 9 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (0.86%) Big Data
13 8 (0.86%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 4 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (0.43%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 58 (6.26%) JIRA
2 8 (0.86%) Git
3 4 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.43%) Moq
4 3 (0.32%) GitLab
5 2 (0.22%) Hudson
6 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.11%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.11%) NUnit
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.11%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.11%) Storybook
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 297 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 250 (26.97%) Finance
3 231 (24.92%) Legal
4 139 (14.99%) Banking
5 121 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (8.20%) Law
7 62 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (6.15%) Retail
9 50 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (4.53%) Marketing
11 31 (3.34%) Manufacturing
12 30 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (3.13%) Public Sector
14 22 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (2.37%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.08%) Police
17 7 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.65%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 145 (15.64%) Senior
2 126 (13.59%) Analyst
3 84 (9.06%) Senior Analyst
4 76 (8.20%) Developer
5 73 (7.87%) Lead
6 54 (5.83%) Data Manager
7 38 (4.10%) IT Manager
7 38 (4.10%) Security Manager
8 35 (3.78%) Data Protection Manager
9 32 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (3.24%) Architect
11 28 (3.02%) Data Analyst
12 27 (2.91%) Cloud Engineer
12 27 (2.91%) Data Protection Officer
13 26 (2.80%) Administrator
14 24 (2.59%) Consultant
14 24 (2.59%) Information Manager
15 23 (2.48%) Governance Manager
15 23 (2.48%) Project Manager
16 22 (2.37%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.88%) .NET
2 31 (3.34%) RESTful
3 22 (2.37%) Web Services
4 18 (1.94%) Node.js
5 15 (1.62%) React
6 11 (1.19%) gRPC
7 9 (0.97%) HTML
7 9 (0.97%) ModSecurity
8 8 (0.86%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.86%) CSS
8 8 (0.86%) EDI
9 7 (0.76%) XML
10 6 (0.65%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.54%) LDAP
12 4 (0.43%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.43%) JSON
12 4 (0.43%) Knex.js
12 4 (0.43%) PySpark
12 4 (0.43%) React Native
12 4 (0.43%) Sequelize
Miscellaneous
1 157 (16.94%) Data Protection Act
2 131 (14.13%) Management Information System
3 40 (4.31%) Data Centre
4 39 (4.21%) Freedom of Information
5 37 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (3.02%) NHS
7 23 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.94%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.83%) CCTV
10 16 (1.73%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.73%) IoT
11 15 (1.62%) Driving Licence
12 14 (1.51%) Taxonomies
13 10 (1.08%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
14 9 (0.97%) Social Media
15 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (7.12%) Windows
2 27 (2.91%) Windows Server
3 24 (2.59%) Linux
4 21 (2.27%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.83%) Android
6 16 (1.73%) Windows 10
7 12 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.54%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.54%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.32%) Unix
11 1 (0.11%) NetWare
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (22.11%) Information Security
2 191 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
3 182 (19.63%) Data Governance
4 179 (19.31%) Data Management
5 174 (18.77%) Data Privacy
6 162 (17.48%) Cybersecurity
7 150 (16.18%) Risk Management
8 142 (15.32%) Process Improvement
9 129 (13.92%) Impact Assessments
10 128 (13.81%) Matrix Management
10 128 (13.81%) Matrix Organization
11 126 (13.59%) Business Intelligence
12 122 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 103 (11.11%) DevOps
14 93 (10.03%) Coaching
15 84 (9.06%) Agile
16 82 (8.85%) Disaster Recovery
17 80 (8.63%) Project Management
18 77 (8.31%) Customer Service
19 74 (7.98%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (8.31%) SQL
2 51 (5.50%) PowerShell
3 50 (5.39%) Python
4 28 (3.02%) T-SQL
5 19 (2.05%) C#
6 17 (1.83%) Bash
6 17 (1.83%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.73%) Java
8 15 (1.62%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.40%) Bicep
9 13 (1.40%) Kotlin
9 13 (1.40%) Swift
10 5 (0.54%) R
11 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.43%) JSX
11 4 (0.43%) PHP
12 3 (0.32%) VB
13 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 168 (18.12%) Degree
2 72 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 66 (7.12%) CISSP
4 50 (5.39%) CISM
5 46 (4.96%) SC Cleared
6 44 (4.75%) CISA
7 32 (3.45%) Master's Degree
8 29 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (2.80%) CRISC
10 21 (2.27%) AWS Certification
11 19 (2.05%) DBS Check
12 18 (1.94%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (1.29%) ISEB
14 12 (1.29%) PMI Certification
14 12 (1.29%) PMP
15 11 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 10 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (1.08%) GIAC
17 9 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 327 (35.28%) GDPR
2 125 (13.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 84 (9.06%) Data Quality
4 56 (6.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 39 (4.21%) NIST
6 34 (3.67%) GRC
7 31 (3.34%) PCI DSS
7 31 (3.34%) QA
8 17 (1.83%) NCSC
9 15 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 14 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (1.08%) SLA
12 9 (0.97%) COBIT
12 9 (0.97%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.76%) ISO 14000
14 7 (0.76%) PMO
15 6 (0.65%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.65%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 41 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (3.56%) Docker
4 29 (3.13%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.76%) SRDF
5 7 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.54%) XenApp
7 4 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.56%) Terraform
3 15 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.97%) CASB
5 7 (0.76%) Ansible
6 5 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.54%) Suricata
6 5 (0.54%) WSUS
7 3 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.22%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.11%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 217 (23.41%) Microsoft
2 37 (3.99%) VMware
3 29 (3.13%) Google
4 21 (2.27%) Cisco
5 16 (1.73%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.51%) SAP
7 13 (1.40%) Databricks
7 13 (1.40%) Oracle
8 10 (1.08%) Apple
9 9 (0.97%) EMC
9 9 (0.97%) Meraki
10 8 (0.86%) Aruba
11 7 (0.76%) Brocade
11 7 (0.76%) Citrix
11 7 (0.76%) Dell
11 7 (0.76%) HP
11 7 (0.76%) Minitab
12 6 (0.65%) Sage
12 6 (0.65%) Splunk
12 6 (0.65%) Veeam