Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 657 493 611
Rank change year-on-year -164 +118 +219
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 247 585 772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.58% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 1.36% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 184 279 702
10th Percentile £27,750 £38,650 £35,775
25th Percentile £36,899 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% - +23.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,345 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.53% +5.00% +12.75%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,065 43,146 75,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.71% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23,057 23,446 33,908
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,014 £34,513
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Top 18 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England -141 236 £50,000 -9.09% 97
UK excluding London -144 157 £44,345 -15.53% 85
London -44 88 £72,500 +20.83% 15
Work from Home -106 61 £55,000 - 36
North of England -42 44 £50,000 -4.76% 17
Midlands -33 36 £57,500 +15.00% 29
South East 0 34 £32,500 -38.10% 10
West Midlands -17 33 £57,500 +9.52% 7
South West -15 29 £45,000 -18.18% 12
North West -82 21 £34,000 -35.24% 7
Yorkshire +84 19 £50,000 -7.83% 9
Northern Ireland +25 5 £42,500 -15.00%
East of England -4 4 £70,000 +7.69% 12
North East -8 4 - - 1
East Midlands -16 3 £35,500 -18.39% 22
Scotland -73 3 £26,500 -43.62% 3
Wales +5 1 £43,067 -16.49% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £110,000 -

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.24%) Confluence
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.43%) Adobe After Effects
4 6 (2.43%) Adobe Premiere
4 6 (2.43%) Photoshop
4 6 (2.43%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.62%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.21%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.81%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.17%) Azure
2 23 (9.31%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (4.86%) AWS
4 9 (3.64%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.24%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (2.02%) GCP
7 5 (2.02%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (1.62%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.21%) IaaS
9 3 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.81%) Datadog
10 2 (0.81%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.81%) PaaS
11 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.40%) Google Play
11 1 (0.40%) SaaS
11 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.29%) Firewall
2 17 (6.88%) Intranet
3 15 (6.07%) Internet
4 14 (5.67%) SNMP
5 6 (2.43%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (2.02%) VoIP
7 3 (1.21%) Broadband
7 3 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.81%) HTTP
8 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.81%) Wireless
9 1 (0.40%) DHCP
9 1 (0.40%) DNS
9 1 (0.40%) FTP
9 1 (0.40%) Network Security
9 1 (0.40%) PSTN
9 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.67%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.45%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.64%) Data Lake
3 9 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.64%) Power BI
3 9 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (2.83%) Big Data
4 7 (2.83%) Metadata
4 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 7 (2.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.81%) Tableau
6 1 (0.40%) Dremio
6 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.40%) Power Query
6 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (4.86%) Git
2 8 (3.24%) JIRA
3 7 (2.83%) Selenium
4 6 (2.43%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.40%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.40%) Postman
6 1 (0.40%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.40%) Storybook
General
1 68 (27.53%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.05%) Finance
3 36 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.17%) Legal
5 18 (7.29%) Marketing
6 13 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.45%) Retail
8 10 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (4.05%) Law
8 10 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (4.05%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.64%) Banking
9 9 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.83%) Front Office
10 7 (2.83%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.43%) Advertising
12 5 (2.02%) Local Government
13 4 (1.62%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (15.38%) Developer
1 38 (15.38%) Senior
2 28 (11.34%) Analyst
3 23 (9.31%) Lead
4 19 (7.69%) Consultant
5 17 (6.88%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.48%) Network Manager
7 14 (5.67%) Security Analyst
8 11 (4.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (4.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 10 (4.05%) Administrator
9 10 (4.05%) Information Security Consultant
9 10 (4.05%) Security Consultant
10 9 (3.64%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.64%) IT Analyst
10 9 (3.64%) IT Security Analyst
10 9 (3.64%) Security Manager
10 9 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (3.64%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.24%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.05%) Node.js
1 10 (4.05%) React
2 8 (3.24%) .NET
2 8 (3.24%) Spring
2 8 (3.24%) Spring Boot
3 7 (2.83%) Hibernate
3 7 (2.83%) JPA
3 7 (2.83%) Vue
4 5 (2.02%) Kafka
4 5 (2.02%) RESTful
5 4 (1.62%) Jest
5 4 (1.62%) Web Services
6 3 (1.21%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.21%) CSS
7 2 (0.81%) Express.js
7 2 (0.81%) HTML
7 2 (0.81%) Laravel
7 2 (0.81%) Next.js
7 2 (0.81%) Redux
7 2 (0.81%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.03%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.29%) NHS
3 17 (6.88%) Freedom of Information
4 15 (6.07%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (4.86%) Virtual Team
6 11 (4.45%) Algorithms
7 10 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (3.64%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (2.83%) Derivative
10 5 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.02%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.02%) Fat Client
10 5 (2.02%) Thin Client
11 4 (1.62%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.62%) SCORM
12 3 (1.21%) CCTV
12 3 (1.21%) Cyberattack
12 3 (1.21%) Hedge funds
12 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.21%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.31%) Windows
2 13 (5.26%) Linux
3 10 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.81%) Android
4 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 52 (21.05%) Information Security
3 51 (20.65%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (14.98%) Project Management
6 34 (13.77%) Agile
6 34 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (12.96%) Customer Service
8 29 (11.74%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (10.53%) Mentoring
10 25 (10.12%) DevOps
11 23 (9.31%) Analytics
11 23 (9.31%) Vulnerability Management
12 22 (8.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 21 (8.50%) Collaborative Working
13 21 (8.50%) Security Operations
13 21 (8.50%) Value Proposition
14 19 (7.69%) Line Management
15 18 (7.29%) Risk Register
16 17 (6.88%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.12%) SQL
2 19 (7.69%) Java
3 15 (6.07%) JavaScript
4 12 (4.86%) Python
5 11 (4.45%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.45%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.05%) C#
7 9 (3.64%) Scala
7 9 (3.64%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.62%) C++
9 2 (0.81%) Bash
9 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.81%) R
10 1 (0.40%) Clojure
10 1 (0.40%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) Groovy
10 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.40%) PHP
10 1 (0.40%) Swift
10 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (22.27%) Degree
2 22 (8.91%) Master's Degree
3 15 (6.07%) CISSP
4 12 (4.86%) ISEB
5 10 (4.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 9 (3.64%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (2.43%) DBS Check
7 6 (2.43%) Security Cleared
8 5 (2.02%) CISM
8 5 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (2.02%) MCSA
8 5 (2.02%) MCSE
8 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.02%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.02%) PMP
9 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.81%) CISA
10 2 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (32.39%) GDPR
2 24 (9.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (9.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (8.50%) NIST
5 15 (6.07%) PCI DSS
6 14 (5.67%) QA
7 10 (4.05%) Data Quality
7 10 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 10 (4.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (2.43%) NCSC
9 5 (2.02%) COBIT
10 4 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (1.21%) GRC
11 3 (1.21%) PMO
12 2 (0.81%) IASME
12 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 2 (0.81%) SLA
12 2 (0.81%) SNOMED CT
13 1 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (8.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (6.88%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.45%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.02%) Docker
5 2 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.40%) Ceph
6 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.07%) Terraform
3 9 (3.64%) CASB
4 3 (1.21%) Ansible
5 2 (0.81%) Istio
5 2 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.81%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.81%) SCCM
6 1 (0.40%) Control-M
6 1 (0.40%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) Kibana
6 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 79 (31.98%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.10%) VMware
3 11 (4.45%) Aruba
3 11 (4.45%) Cisco
3 11 (4.45%) HP
4 9 (3.64%) Databricks
4 9 (3.64%) Sage
5 8 (3.24%) SAP
6 6 (2.43%) Adobe
6 6 (2.43%) Oracle
7 5 (2.02%) Citrix
8 4 (1.62%) Apple
9 3 (1.21%) Facebook
9 3 (1.21%) Google
9 3 (1.21%) Trayport
9 3 (1.21%) Workday
10 2 (0.81%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.81%) Cognos
10 2 (0.81%) Meraki
10 2 (0.81%) Serena