Data Protection Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 204 155
Rank change year-on-year +34 -49 -16
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 81 43 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.09% 0.77% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.82% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 60 16 77
10th Percentile £27,750 £45,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £50,075 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,313 £73,750 £59,425
90th Percentile £85,250 £79,375 £63,750
South East median annual salary £45,802 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.72% +4.76% +14.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,117 5,275 7,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.61% 94.70% 93.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,005 2,984 3,915
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Data Protection in the Thames Valley

Data Protection
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +33 46 £51,250 -19.64% 12
Buckinghamshire +2 20 £46,250 -22.92% 8
Oxfordshire -8 15 £40,000 -33.33% 13
Data Protection
South East

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (4.94%) nginx
2 1 (1.23%) Confluence
2 1 (1.23%) IBM Domino
2 1 (1.23%) Moodle
2 1 (1.23%) Totara
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (8.64%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (8.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (3.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.16%) Azure
2 11 (13.58%) AWS
3 10 (12.35%) Power Platform
4 8 (9.88%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (8.64%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.94%) Alation
6 4 (4.94%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (4.94%) Amazon ELB
6 4 (4.94%) Amazon S3
6 4 (4.94%) Collibra
6 4 (4.94%) GCP
6 4 (4.94%) GitHub
6 4 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (4.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.47%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.47%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.23%) IaaS
8 1 (1.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (22.22%) Internet
2 16 (19.75%) Firewall
3 11 (13.58%) Intranet
4 10 (12.35%) SNMP
5 9 (11.11%) VPN
6 8 (9.88%) Network Security
7 6 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (6.17%) DNS
9 4 (4.94%) MQTT
9 4 (4.94%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (1.23%) tcpdump
10 1 (1.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.35%) Power BI
2 9 (11.11%) Data Lake
3 8 (9.88%) Power Query
4 4 (4.94%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (4.94%) Metadata
4 4 (4.94%) MySQL
4 4 (4.94%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.23%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 28 (34.57%) Legal
2 18 (22.22%) Law
2 18 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 17 (20.99%) Finance
4 10 (12.35%) Marketing
5 6 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.41%) Telecoms
6 5 (6.17%) Retail
7 4 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.70%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (14.81%) Developer
2 11 (13.58%) Data Protection Officer
3 10 (12.35%) Network Manager
4 9 (11.11%) Senior
5 8 (9.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 8 (9.88%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 8 (9.88%) Power BI Developer
6 7 (8.64%) Consultant
7 6 (7.41%) Architect
7 6 (7.41%) Data Manager
8 5 (6.17%) Security Architect
9 4 (4.94%) Administrator
9 4 (4.94%) Data Consultant
9 4 (4.94%) Full Stack Developer
9 4 (4.94%) Governance Consultant
9 4 (4.94%) Head of Compliance
9 4 (4.94%) IT Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Portfolio Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.94%) Senior Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) Web Services
2 4 (4.94%) CSS
2 4 (4.94%) GraphQL
2 4 (4.94%) gRPC
2 4 (4.94%) HTML
2 4 (4.94%) Knex.js
2 4 (4.94%) LEMP Stack
2 4 (4.94%) Node.js
2 4 (4.94%) React
2 4 (4.94%) React Native
2 4 (4.94%) RESTful
2 4 (4.94%) Sequelize
3 2 (2.47%) PySpark
4 1 (1.23%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 24 (29.63%) Data Protection Act
2 23 (28.40%) Management Information System
3 8 (9.88%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (6.17%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (6.17%) Mobile App
5 4 (4.94%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (4.94%) IoT
5 4 (4.94%) Security Posture
5 4 (4.94%) Social Media
6 3 (3.70%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.47%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.47%) NHS
8 1 (1.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.23%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.23%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.23%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.23%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.17%) Kali Linux
1 5 (6.17%) Linux
2 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.99%) Information Security
2 15 (18.52%) Data Management
3 13 (16.05%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (16.05%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (13.58%) Agile
5 11 (13.58%) Incident Response
6 10 (12.35%) DevOps
6 10 (12.35%) Line Management
6 10 (12.35%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (11.11%) B2C
7 9 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 9 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (11.11%) Contingency Planning
7 9 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
8 8 (9.88%) Containerisation
8 8 (9.88%) CRM
8 8 (9.88%) Incident Management
8 8 (9.88%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.05%) Python
2 10 (12.35%) SQL
3 8 (9.88%) T-SQL
4 7 (8.64%) PowerShell
5 4 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.94%) JSX
5 4 (4.94%) R
5 4 (4.94%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.47%) Bash
6 2 (2.47%) Bicep
7 1 (1.23%) C#
7 1 (1.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (25.93%) Degree
2 8 (9.88%) Azure Certification
3 7 (8.64%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.41%) ISEB
4 6 (7.41%) Master's Degree
5 5 (6.17%) AWS Certification
5 5 (6.17%) CISSP
6 4 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.70%) CISA
7 3 (3.70%) CRISC
8 2 (2.47%) MCSA
8 2 (2.47%) MCSE
9 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.99%) GDPR
2 10 (12.35%) NIST
3 9 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (8.64%) Data Quality
5 6 (7.41%) PCI DSS
6 5 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (3.70%) COBIT
7 3 (3.70%) COSO
7 3 (3.70%) ITGC
8 2 (2.47%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.23%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (11.11%) Hyper-V
1 9 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.88%) Docker
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (6.17%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.17%) Suricata
Vendors
1 28 (34.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.35%) Cisco
3 9 (11.11%) VMware
4 7 (8.64%) Sage
5 6 (7.41%) Splunk
6 5 (6.17%) Aruba
6 5 (6.17%) HP
6 5 (6.17%) Juniper
6 5 (6.17%) Palo Alto
7 4 (4.94%) Informatica
7 4 (4.94%) Talend
8 3 (3.70%) Workday
9 2 (2.47%) OpenAI
10 1 (1.23%) Apple
10 1 (1.23%) Atlassian