Data Protection Act Job Trends in the South East

Data Protection Act (DPA)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in the South East. 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 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 252 351
Rank change year-on-year -42 +99 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 2 24 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.014% 0.31% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.057% 0.77% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 24
10th Percentile - £57,677 £20,847
25th Percentile £25,375 £60,567 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,750 £65,769 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -60.85% +102.36% -38.10%
75th Percentile £26,125 £90,576 £38,536
90th Percentile - £105,231 £49,825
England median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% +20.00% -9.17%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,499 3,107 5,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.09% 40.61% 34.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,241 1,429 3,792
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Protection Act.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Protection Act

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Berkshire +4 1 - -
Thames Valley +1 1 - - 1
Kent - 1 £25,750 -
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Compliance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) SLA