Data Protection Job Trends in Cornwall

Data Protection
South West > Cornwall

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cornwall requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 1 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall 0.57% - 5.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% - 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £36,875
25th Percentile - - £36,956
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,995 - £39,005
75th Percentile - - £42,078
90th Percentile - - £42,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £62,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -24.00% +28.21% -11.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cornwall

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cornwall.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 123 64 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cornwall 70.69% 83.12% 63.41%
Number of salaries quoted 71 46 117
10th Percentile £14,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,400 £28,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £31,500 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% -19.24% -2.49%
75th Percentile £45,625 £40,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £53,868 £63,750 £66,478
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -5.56%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Cornwall

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Cornwall

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Job Locations in Cornwall

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Cornwall region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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
Truro - 1 £38,995 -
Data Protection
South West

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall 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%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR