Data Protection Act Job Trends in Hillingdon

Data Protection Act (DPA)
West London > Hillingdon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Hillingdon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hillingdon 1.23% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £58,250 - -
25th Percentile £59,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £64,375 - -
90th Percentile £64,750 - -
West London median annual salary £62,500 - £29,000
% change year-on-year - - -58.57%

All Generic Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 85 18 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hillingdon 52.47% 42.86% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 41 13 20
10th Percentile £28,675 - £23,459
25th Percentile £31,250 £20,898 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £57,500 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.26% +101.75% -45.71%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £30,250
90th Percentile - £67,820 £67,500
West London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -11.90%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Hillingdon

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
Uxbridge - 2 £62,500 - 2
Data Protection Act
West London

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Sharing
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) OneTrust