Data Protection Act Job Trends in Shropshire

Data Protection Act (DPA)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Shropshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 0.51% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £51,356 £48,250 £61,250
% change year-on-year +6.44% -21.22% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 118 74 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 20.07% 49.66% 30.23%
Number of salaries quoted 84 73 55
10th Percentile £30,200 £25,500 £26,950
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £41,000 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +3.14% -33.75%
75th Percentile £58,125 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £74,500 £61,000 £68,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.21% -2.73%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Shropshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 20 July 2026. 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
Shrewsbury - 3 £51,356 - 1
Data Protection Act
West Midlands

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Query
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 3 (100.00%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR