Data Protection Act Job Trends in Cardiff

Data Protection Act (DPA)
South Wales > Cardiff

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 49 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 0 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff - 0.27% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.77% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 -
South Wales median annual salary - £55,000 £43,067
% change year-on-year - +27.71% -17.97%

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 72 130 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 20.06% 35.33% 36.39%
Number of salaries quoted 50 101 115
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,750 £33,426
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £38,724
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -31.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £84,438 £71,000 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £53,719 £47,307 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.55% -5.39% +10.55%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Data Protection Act.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Data Protection Act