Data Protection Act Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Data Protection Act (DPA)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 82 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.078% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
South West median annual salary £30,000 £80,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -62.50% +77.78% -18.18%

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 274 166 570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 21.32% 39.90% 34.11%
Number of salaries quoted 175 74 436
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,813 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £27,313 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -13.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £69,375 £59,375 £59,063
90th Percentile £75,754 £72,125 £75,000
South West median annual salary £47,500 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.97% +2.12% -6.58%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Cheltenham - 1 £50,000 - 1
Data Protection Act
South West

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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