Data Protection Job Trends in Lancashire

Data Protection
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 65 35
Rank change year-on-year +12 -30 +37
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 6 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.52% 1.09% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.22% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £32,000 £59,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,029 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,724 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -48.12% +23.81%
75th Percentile £33,750 £35,333 -
90th Percentile - £41,294 -
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 977 737 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 85.48% 89.12% 83.20%
Number of salaries quoted 293 456 245
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,500 £26,350
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +5.38% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,793 £58,977 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,845 £67,968 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +0.22%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Business Development Manager
1 5 (83.33%) Business Manager
1 5 (83.33%) Development Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Development
2 5 (83.33%) Client Onboarding
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check