Data Protection Act Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 102 134
Rank change year-on-year +20 +32 +10
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 3 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.35% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.02% 0.67% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - £39,200
25th Percentile £51,000 £25,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £26,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% -39.77% +13.89%
75th Percentile £57,000 £27,250 £50,188
90th Percentile - - £57,725
Scotland median annual salary £54,000 £26,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year +103.77% -39.77% +13.89%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 295 447 700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 33.99% 28.42% 38.67%
Number of salaries quoted 122 329 399
10th Percentile £30,625 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,817 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,197 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £93,778 £75,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £113,979 £87,750 £97,328
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £52,500 £57,655
% change year-on-year -1.63% -8.94% +4.83%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in Edinburgh

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in Edinburgh

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Web Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Web Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Web Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Web Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Symantec