Data Protection Act (DPA)
North West > Merseyside
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 56 | 92 | 99 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +36 | +7 | -35 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside | 0.23% | 0.51% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.53% | 1.89% | 0.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £42,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £33,000 | £43,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £34,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +76.47% | -32.00% | +3.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £35,000 | £56,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £56,600 |
| North West median annual salary | £25,480 | £40,750 | £51,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.47% | -20.49% | -2.38% |
All Generic Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 189 | 371 | 380 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside | 42.57% | 27.24% | 36.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74 | 269 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,800 | £26,250 | £33,400 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £35,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | -10.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,938 | £63,750 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,125 | £90,000 | £71,250 |
| North West median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
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Salary Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Merseyside.
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Job Locations in Merseyside
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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | +46 | 1 | £60,000 | - | 2 |
| Data Protection Act North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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