Data Protection Act Jobs in the East of England

Data Protection Act (DPA)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 225 195
Rank change year-on-year +42 -30 +64
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 4 5 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.12% 0.073% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% 0.23% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £56,525 £60,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £65,188 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £73,125
90th Percentile - - £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £48,750 £55,554
% change year-on-year +23.08% -12.25% +1.01%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,344 2,134 2,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 39.40% 30.99% 52.61%
Number of salaries quoted 459 1,558 816
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,533 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the East of England

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in the East of England.

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in the East of England

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 15 June 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire +45 3 - -
Essex +12 1 £60,000 - 1
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) ISMS
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001