Data Protection Job Trends in Gwent

Data Protection
South Wales > Gwent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gwent requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 17 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 11 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gwent 39.29% 3.03% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 39.29% 3.51% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,000 £83,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £87,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -68.00% - -
75th Percentile - £91,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £28,000 £87,500 £43,067
% change year-on-year -68.00% +103.17% -17.97%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gwent

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 Gwent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28 57 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gwent 100.00% 86.36% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 17 2
10th Percentile £27,000 £41,500 £24,275
25th Percentile £28,000 £42,500 £25,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £49,000 £28,250
Median % change year-on-year -30.61% +73.45% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,592 £31,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,259 £32,825
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Gwent

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Gwent

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Gwent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gwent citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
General
1 11 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) IT Support
2 4 (36.36%) IT Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Driving Licence
1 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft