Data Protection Act Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Cornwall

Data Protection Act (DPA)
South West > Cornwall

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Cornwall. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 8 Jun 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	27
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act	0	0	10
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall	-	-	4.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	-	-	18.52%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	10
10^th Percentile	-	-	£37,018
25^th Percentile	-	-	£37,199
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£39,005
75^th Percentile	-	-	£42,500
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South West median annual salary	£30,000	£80,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-62.50%	+77.78%	-18.18%

All Generic Skills
Cornwall

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cornwall.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	62	20	54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cornwall	35.84%	26.32%	22.04%
Number of salaries quoted	36	14	45
10^th Percentile	£25,200	£26,738	£31,000
25^th Percentile	£26,250	£28,813	£36,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£29,000	£31,750	£39,005
Median % change year-on-year	-8.66%	-18.60%	-3.99%
75^th Percentile	£33,750	£49,063	£40,812
90^th Percentile	£51,875	£63,125	£44,500
South West median annual salary	£50,000	£50,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-	-	-8.90%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Protection Act relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cornwall.