Data Protection Act Jobs in Merseyside

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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 89 95
Rank change year-on-year +34 +6 -30
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.23% 0.52% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 1.90% 0.78%
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 191 369 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 43.02% 27.19% 36.69%
Number of salaries quoted 76 268 112
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -11.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,679 £64,938
90th Percentile £79,375 £90,000 £71,125
North West median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in Merseyside

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Merseyside.

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in Merseyside

Data Protection Act
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 28 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 +42 1 £60,000 - 1
Data Protection Act
North West

Data Protection Act
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001