Data Protection Act Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Salisbury

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Salisbury. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	31	27
Rank change year-on-year	-	-4	-
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act	0	4	5
As % of all permanent jobs in Salisbury	-	2.26%	4.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	-	9.30%	13.16%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	5
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£57,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£60,000
75^th Percentile	-	-	£62,500
90^th Percentile	-	-	£64,000
Wiltshire median annual salary	-	-	£60,000

All Generic Skills
Salisbury

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 Salisbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	16	43	38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salisbury	36.36%	24.29%	33.33%
Number of salaries quoted	16	17	35
10^th Percentile	£30,165	-	£31,470
25^th Percentile	£31,541	£32,500	£41,875
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,792	£62,500	£51,000
Median % change year-on-year	-34.73%	+22.55%	-15.00%
75^th Percentile	£42,304	£80,000	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£44,777	-	£73,750
Wiltshire median annual salary	£36,650	£47,500	£49,500
% change year-on-year	-22.84%	-4.04%	+3.13%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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