Data Protection Act Job Trends in Plymouth

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Devon > Plymouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Plymouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 0.87% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 - -
75th Percentile £26,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £26,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 45 15 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 19.65% 27.78% 40.24%
Number of salaries quoted 24 7 60
10th Percentile £26,000 £37,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,531 £47,758 £34,964
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,483 £61,644 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +54.11% +9.57%
75th Percentile £67,825 £68,886 £54,175
90th Percentile £78,785 £72,500 £61,250
Devon median annual salary £40,000 £51,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -21.57% +27.50% +4.61%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Plymouth

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft