Data Protection Act Jobs in Scotland

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. 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 159 285 210
Rank change year-on-year +126 -75 +21
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 5 3 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.17% 0.044% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.68% 0.093% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £51,050 - £39,600
25th Percentile £51,125 £25,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £26,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% -39.77% +13.89%
75th Percentile £59,750 £27,250 £62,750
90th Percentile £61,400 - £70,100
UK median annual salary £60,000 £48,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -11.36% -

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 733 3,210 1,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.62% 47.12% 40.70%
Number of salaries quoted 369 841 764
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £32,618
25th Percentile £48,688 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £89,459
UK 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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in Scotland

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in Scotland

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh +19 3 £54,000 +103.77%
Glasgow - 2 £56,250 -
Data Protection Act
UK

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (20.00%) Automotive
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Web Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Web Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Web Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Web Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) ISMS
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Symantec