Data Protection Act Jobs in the Midlands

Data Protection Act (DPA)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 290 269
Rank change year-on-year +59 -21 +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 29 35 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.42% 0.27% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 0.87% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 22 22 28
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,124 £41,750
25th Percentile £35,625 £39,438 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,625 £66,875
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,950 £85,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,050
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.17% +0.09%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,265 4,043 3,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.77% 31.43% 43.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 2,659 1,451
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +13.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the Midlands

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in the Midlands

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Act in the Midlands

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
West Midlands +52 28 £50,000 -14.89% 1
East Midlands +41 1 £28,500 -19.72% 2
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.45%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (10.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Azure
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (3.45%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) VLAN
2 1 (3.45%) LAN
2 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (3.45%) WAN
2 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle Database
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle Exadata
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) JIRA
2 2 (6.90%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) Postman
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Law
3 3 (10.34%) Legal
3 3 (10.34%) Retail
4 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Automotive
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Senior
3 6 (20.69%) Developer
4 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Support
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Support Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Oracle Applications Support
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) CRM Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Oracle Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Oracle Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (24.14%) Middleware
2 5 (17.24%) Node.js
2 5 (17.24%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (17.24%) React
3 4 (13.79%) .NET
4 3 (10.34%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (6.90%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (3.45%) Express.js
6 1 (3.45%) Fastify
6 1 (3.45%) MERN Stack
6 1 (3.45%) Next.js
6 1 (3.45%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Windows 10
2 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.90%) Linux
3 2 (6.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (27.59%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (24.14%) Agile
4 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.69%) Business Analysis
5 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (20.69%) Scrum
6 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
6 5 (17.24%) Incident Management
6 5 (17.24%) ITIL
7 4 (13.79%) Customer-Centricity
7 4 (13.79%) Project Management
7 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
8 3 (10.34%) Case Management
8 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (10.34%) CRM
8 3 (10.34%) Customer Insight
8 3 (10.34%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) SQL
2 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
3 4 (13.79%) C#
4 3 (10.34%) Ruby
5 2 (6.90%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.45%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) CISA
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) CCNA
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.45%) OCA
2 1 (3.45%) OCP
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.90%) NCSC
1 2 (6.90%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Oracle
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) VMware