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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 609 471 561
Rank change year-on-year -138 +90 +221
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 229 586 731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.64% 0.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.77% 1.47% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 167 268 670
10th Percentile £27,750 £38,250 £33,725
25th Percentile £37,199 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +23.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,313 £77,188
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.36% - +19.57%

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 29,659 39,766 61,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.70% 43.18% 46.56%
Number of salaries quoted 20,908 21,633 30,609
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,570 £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 £76,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 6 May 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 6 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
London -43 89 £72,500 +20.83% 16
North of England -51 42 £50,000 -4.76% 20
Midlands -6 35 £57,500 +15.00% 54
West Midlands +6 30 £57,500 +9.52% 6
South East +3 30 £30,500 -41.90% 43
South West -28 28 £45,000 -18.18% 12
Yorkshire +93 19 £50,000 -10.71% 10
North West -83 19 £34,000 -35.24% 9
East Midlands -14 5 £35,500 -18.39% 48
East of England -7 4 £70,000 +7.69% 13
North East -9 4 - - 1
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 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.87%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.62%) Adobe After Effects
4 6 (2.62%) Adobe Premiere
4 6 (2.62%) Photoshop
4 6 (2.62%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.75%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (13.54%) Azure
2 18 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.80%) AWS
4 9 (3.93%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (3.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (2.18%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.18%) GCP
6 5 (2.18%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 4 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.31%) IaaS
8 3 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.87%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.87%) PaaS
10 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.44%) Datadog
10 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.44%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.42%) Intranet
2 16 (6.99%) Firewall
3 15 (6.55%) Internet
4 14 (6.11%) SNMP
5 6 (2.62%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (2.18%) VoIP
7 3 (1.31%) Broadband
7 3 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.87%) HTTP
8 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.44%) FTP
9 1 (0.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.37%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.93%) Data Lake
3 9 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.93%) Power BI
4 7 (3.06%) Big Data
4 7 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.62%) Metadata
5 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 6 (2.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (1.31%) Tableau
7 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.44%) Dremio
8 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.44%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.44%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.44%) Power Query
8 1 (0.44%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (5.68%) Git
2 8 (3.49%) JIRA
2 8 (3.49%) Selenium
3 6 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.87%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.44%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.44%) Postman
5 1 (0.44%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.44%) Storybook
General
1 62 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 52 (22.71%) Finance
3 33 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.97%) Legal
5 18 (7.86%) Marketing
6 11 (4.80%) Retail
7 10 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.93%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.93%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.49%) Banking
9 8 (3.49%) Law
10 7 (3.06%) Front Office
10 7 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.06%) Local Government
10 7 (3.06%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.62%) Advertising
12 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 40 (17.47%) Developer
2 36 (15.72%) Senior
3 27 (11.79%) Analyst
4 21 (9.17%) Lead
5 17 (7.42%) Consultant
6 16 (6.99%) Network Manager
7 15 (6.55%) Project Manager
8 14 (6.11%) Security Analyst
9 11 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 10 (4.37%) Information Security Consultant
10 10 (4.37%) Security Consultant
11 9 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 9 (3.93%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.93%) IT Analyst
11 9 (3.93%) IT Security Analyst
11 9 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.93%) Senior Developer
12 8 (3.49%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.49%) Software Engineer
13 7 (3.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.37%) Node.js
1 10 (4.37%) React
2 8 (3.49%) .NET
2 8 (3.49%) Spring
2 8 (3.49%) Spring Boot
2 8 (3.49%) Vue
3 7 (3.06%) Hibernate
3 7 (3.06%) JPA
4 5 (2.18%) Kafka
4 5 (2.18%) RESTful
5 4 (1.75%) Jest
5 4 (1.75%) Web Services
6 3 (1.31%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.31%) CSS
7 2 (0.87%) EDI
7 2 (0.87%) Express.js
7 2 (0.87%) HTML
7 2 (0.87%) Laravel
7 2 (0.87%) Redux
7 2 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 46 (20.09%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.42%) Freedom of Information
2 17 (7.42%) NHS
3 13 (5.68%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.37%) Algorithms
4 10 (4.37%) Virtual Team
5 9 (3.93%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.06%) Derivative
6 7 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.18%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.18%) Fat Client
7 5 (2.18%) Thin Client
8 4 (1.75%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.75%) SCORM
9 3 (1.31%) CCTV
9 3 (1.31%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.31%) Freedom of Information Act
9 3 (1.31%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.30%) Windows
2 11 (4.80%) Linux
3 9 (3.93%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.87%) Android
4 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.87%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 48 (20.96%) Information Security
3 43 (18.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (17.47%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (13.97%) Agile
6 29 (12.66%) Disaster Recovery
7 27 (11.79%) Customer Service
7 27 (11.79%) Project Management
8 26 (11.35%) Mentoring
9 25 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (10.48%) DevOps
11 23 (10.04%) Analytics
11 23 (10.04%) Vulnerability Management
12 21 (9.17%) Security Operations
13 20 (8.73%) Value Proposition
13 20 (8.73%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 18 (7.86%) Data Privacy
14 18 (7.86%) Impact Assessments
14 18 (7.86%) Line Management
14 18 (7.86%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.04%) SQL
2 18 (7.86%) Java
3 15 (6.55%) JavaScript
4 14 (6.11%) Python
5 11 (4.80%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.80%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.37%) C#
7 9 (3.93%) Scala
8 7 (3.06%) T-SQL
9 5 (2.18%) C++
10 2 (0.87%) Bash
10 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.87%) R
11 1 (0.44%) Clojure
11 1 (0.44%) Go
11 1 (0.44%) Groovy
11 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.44%) PHP
11 1 (0.44%) Swift
11 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (23.14%) Degree
2 22 (9.61%) Master's Degree
3 15 (6.55%) CISSP
4 12 (5.24%) ISEB
5 9 (3.93%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (2.62%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.18%) CISM
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%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.31%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.31%) PMP
9 3 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.87%) CISA
10 2 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (0.87%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (32.31%) GDPR
2 22 (9.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (9.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (9.17%) NIST
4 15 (6.55%) PCI DSS
5 13 (5.68%) QA
6 11 (4.80%) Data Quality
7 10 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (3.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (2.62%) NCSC
10 5 (2.18%) COBIT
11 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (1.31%) GRC
12 3 (1.31%) PMO
13 2 (0.87%) IASME
13 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.87%) SLA
13 2 (0.87%) SNOMED CT
14 1 (0.44%) MiFID
System Software
1 17 (7.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (5.68%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.80%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.75%) Docker
5 1 (0.44%) Ceph
5 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (6.11%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.68%) Terraform
3 9 (3.93%) CASB
4 3 (1.31%) Ansible
5 2 (0.87%) Istio
5 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.87%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.87%) SCCM
6 1 (0.44%) Control-M
6 1 (0.44%) Grafana
6 1 (0.44%) Kibana
6 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 66 (28.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.42%) 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 8 (3.49%) SAP
6 6 (2.62%) Adobe
6 6 (2.62%) Oracle
7 4 (1.75%) Apple
7 4 (1.75%) Citrix
8 3 (1.31%) Facebook
8 3 (1.31%) Google
8 3 (1.31%) Trayport
9 2 (0.87%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.87%) Meraki
9 2 (0.87%) NEC
9 2 (0.87%) Serena