Data Protection Act Job Trends in Cheltenham

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Cheltenham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.20% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Generic Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 107 36 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 21.79% 40.45% 41.45%
Number of salaries quoted 80 19 105
10th Percentile £28,000 - £28,500
25th Percentile £43,231 £26,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £44,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.89% -23.48% -5.58%
75th Percentile £75,754 £74,375 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £87,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £41,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.21% -13.16% -9.52%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800