Data Protection Act Job Trends in Leicester

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Leicester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 42 45
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.41% 0.34% 1.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% 1.22% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £43,300
25th Percentile - £72,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +50.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +50.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 82 82 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 33.33% 27.61% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 47 37 97
10th Percentile £24,000 £39,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £78,000 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £41,645 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.71% -4.76% +31.25%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Leicester

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Leicester

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISMP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft