Data Protection Act Jobs in England

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 637 498 582
Rank change year-on-year -139 +84 +218
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 229 458 757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.54% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 1.25% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 170 246 693
10th Percentile £27,750 £38,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £36,300 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,302 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.85% +0.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £48,750 £55,050 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.44% +0.09% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
England

Data Protection Act is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,484 36,695 66,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.50% 43.61% 47.39%
Number of salaries quoted 20,995 20,279 30,587
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,761 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,686 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Data Protection Act in England

Data Protection Act
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 Act within the England 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
London -43 80 £72,500 +10.69% 20
North of England +4 47 £50,000 -2.44% 27
Midlands -17 34 £57,500 +15.00% 21
South East -16 33 £32,500 -38.10% 12
West Midlands -18 31 £58,750 +14.63% 7
South West -19 29 £45,000 -18.18% 18
North West -30 24 £40,750 -18.50% 15
Yorkshire +58 19 £50,000 -7.83% 10
East of England -19 5 £70,000 +7.69% 12
North East -8 4 - - 2
East Midlands -18 3 £35,500 -18.39% 14
Data Protection Act
UK

Data Protection Act
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 8 (3.49%) Confluence
2 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.18%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.44%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.44%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.62%) Adobe After Effects
3 6 (2.62%) Adobe Premiere
3 6 (2.62%) Photoshop
3 6 (2.62%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.75%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.85%) Azure
2 23 (10.04%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (5.24%) AWS
4 10 (4.37%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 7 (3.06%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.18%) GCP
7 5 (2.18%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (1.75%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.31%) IaaS
10 2 (0.87%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.87%) PaaS
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.44%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.44%) Google Play
11 1 (0.44%) SaaS
11 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.42%) Intranet
2 16 (6.99%) Firewall
3 14 (6.11%) Internet
3 14 (6.11%) SNMP
4 6 (2.62%) Cisco IPT
5 5 (2.18%) VoIP
6 4 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.31%) Broadband
7 3 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.31%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.87%) HTTP
8 2 (0.87%) Wireless
9 1 (0.44%) DHCP
9 1 (0.44%) DNS
9 1 (0.44%) FTP
9 1 (0.44%) PSTN
9 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.11%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (4.80%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.37%) Data Lake
3 10 (4.37%) Power BI
4 8 (3.49%) Big Data
4 8 (3.49%) Metadata
4 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 8 (3.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 8 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.87%) Tableau
6 1 (0.44%) Dremio
6 1 (0.44%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.44%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.44%) Power Query
6 1 (0.44%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (4.80%) Git
2 8 (3.49%) JIRA
3 7 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.62%) Selenium
5 2 (0.87%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.44%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.44%) Postman
6 1 (0.44%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.44%) Storybook
General
1 68 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.83%) Finance
3 33 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (13.54%) Legal
5 19 (8.30%) Marketing
6 11 (4.80%) Banking
6 11 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (4.80%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (4.80%) Retail
7 10 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.37%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.49%) Front Office
9 8 (3.49%) Law
10 7 (3.06%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.62%) Advertising
12 5 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.75%) Local Government
13 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (16.16%) Senior
2 34 (14.85%) Developer
3 27 (11.79%) Analyst
4 22 (9.61%) Lead
5 19 (8.30%) Consultant
6 17 (7.42%) Project Manager
7 16 (6.99%) Network Manager
8 14 (6.11%) Security Analyst
9 11 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 11 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 11 (4.80%) Information Security Consultant
9 11 (4.80%) Security Consultant
10 10 (4.37%) Security Manager
10 10 (4.37%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.93%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.93%) IT Analyst
11 9 (3.93%) IT Security Analyst
11 9 (3.93%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.49%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.37%) React
2 9 (3.93%) Node.js
3 8 (3.49%) .NET
3 8 (3.49%) Spring
3 8 (3.49%) Spring Boot
4 7 (3.06%) Hibernate
4 7 (3.06%) JPA
5 6 (2.62%) Vue
6 5 (2.18%) Kafka
6 5 (2.18%) RESTful
7 4 (1.75%) CSS
7 4 (1.75%) Web Services
8 3 (1.31%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.31%) HTML
8 3 (1.31%) Jest
9 2 (0.87%) Express.js
9 2 (0.87%) Laravel
9 2 (0.87%) Next.js
9 2 (0.87%) Redux
9 2 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.34%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.86%) NHS
3 17 (7.42%) Freedom of Information
4 15 (6.55%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (5.68%) Virtual Team
6 12 (5.24%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.93%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.62%) Derivative
10 5 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.18%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.18%) Fat Client
10 5 (2.18%) Hedge funds
10 5 (2.18%) Thin Client
11 4 (1.75%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.75%) SCORM
12 3 (1.31%) CCTV
12 3 (1.31%) Cyberattack
12 3 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.35%) Windows
2 15 (6.55%) Linux
3 10 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.31%) Android
4 3 (1.31%) Unix
5 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.44%) NetWare
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) Solaris
6 1 (0.44%) SUSE
6 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 50 (21.83%) Information Security
3 46 (20.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 39 (17.03%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (15.28%) Agile
6 34 (14.85%) Customer Service
7 31 (13.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 28 (12.23%) Project Management
9 26 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (10.48%) DevOps
11 22 (9.61%) Analytics
11 22 (9.61%) Mentoring
11 22 (9.61%) Vulnerability Management
11 22 (9.61%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 20 (8.73%) Risk Register
12 20 (8.73%) Security Operations
13 18 (7.86%) Business Continuity
13 18 (7.86%) Data Privacy
13 18 (7.86%) Line Management
13 18 (7.86%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.04%) SQL
2 22 (9.61%) Java
3 13 (5.68%) JavaScript
4 12 (5.24%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.80%) Python
6 10 (4.37%) C#
6 10 (4.37%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.93%) Scala
8 8 (3.49%) T-SQL
9 5 (2.18%) C++
10 3 (1.31%) Bash
11 2 (0.87%) R
12 1 (0.44%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.44%) Clojure
12 1 (0.44%) Go
12 1 (0.44%) Groovy
12 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.44%) PHP
12 1 (0.44%) Swift
12 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (23.58%) Degree
2 22 (9.61%) Master's Degree
3 14 (6.11%) CISSP
4 12 (5.24%) ISEB
5 9 (3.93%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (2.62%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.62%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.62%) PMP
6 6 (2.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (2.62%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.18%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.18%) MCSA
7 5 (2.18%) MCSE
7 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.75%) CISM
9 3 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (0.87%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (35.81%) GDPR
2 28 (12.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (8.73%) NIST
5 15 (6.55%) PCI DSS
6 13 (5.68%) QA
7 11 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (4.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (3.93%) Data Quality
10 6 (2.62%) NCSC
11 5 (2.18%) COBIT
12 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.75%) GRC
13 3 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (1.31%) PMO
14 2 (0.87%) IASME
14 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 2 (0.87%) SLA
14 2 (0.87%) SNOMED CT
15 1 (0.44%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (8.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (5.68%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.80%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.18%) Docker
5 2 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.44%) Ceph
6 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (6.11%) Terraform
2 13 (5.68%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.93%) CASB
4 4 (1.75%) Ansible
5 2 (0.87%) Control-M
5 2 (0.87%) Istio
5 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.87%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.44%) Grafana
6 1 (0.44%) Kibana
6 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.44%) SCCM
6 1 (0.44%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 77 (33.62%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.73%) VMware
3 11 (4.80%) Aruba
3 11 (4.80%) Cisco
3 11 (4.80%) HP
4 9 (3.93%) Databricks
4 9 (3.93%) Sage
5 6 (2.62%) Adobe
5 6 (2.62%) Oracle
6 5 (2.18%) Apple
6 5 (2.18%) Citrix
6 5 (2.18%) SAP
7 4 (1.75%) Google
8 3 (1.31%) Facebook
8 3 (1.31%) Trayport
8 3 (1.31%) Workday
9 2 (0.87%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.87%) Meraki
9 2 (0.87%) Serena