Data Protection Act Jobs 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 359 334
Rank change year-on-year +71 -25 +118
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 17 35 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.19% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.58% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5 25 24
10th Percentile £40,750 £24,500 £44,325
25th Percentile £55,750 £27,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £30,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +85.25% -40.49% -4.83%
75th Percentile £66,153 £36,000 £59,069
90th Percentile £95,461 £49,350 £63,508
England median annual salary £60,000 £48,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.08% -15.22% +4.55%

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 4,051 6,040 5,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 40.96% 32.91% 41.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 3,803 2,938
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,175
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £87,500
England 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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the South East

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in the South East.

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in the South East

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in the South East over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Act in the South East

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 2 July 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
Thames Valley +40 7 £61,134 +100.44% 3
Middlesex - 7 - -
Berkshire +21 6 £56,500 +69.92% 1
Hampshire +69 1 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +38 1 £65,769 +130.77% 1
West Sussex +31 1 - - 3
Surrey - 1 £31,500 - 4
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Acrobat
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) DTS
1 1 (5.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Legal
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Publishing
4 2 (11.76%) Games
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Information Officer
1 7 (41.18%) Risk Officer
2 3 (17.65%) Governance Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Information Governance Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Information Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Information Security Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Security Manager
3 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Compliance Advisor
3 1 (5.88%) Head of Digital
3 1 (5.88%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Network Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Network Support
3 1 (5.88%) Security Advisor
3 1 (5.88%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) CakePHP
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
1 1 (5.88%) JSON
1 1 (5.88%) Laravel
1 1 (5.88%) RESTful
1 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Management Information System
2 7 (41.18%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (29.41%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (17.65%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (5.88%) e-Learning
5 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (5.88%) Tandem
5 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 11 (64.71%) Information Security
3 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (47.06%) Agile
4 8 (47.06%) Coaching
4 8 (47.06%) Mentoring
4 8 (47.06%) Performance Management
4 8 (47.06%) Risk Management
5 7 (41.18%) Due Diligence
5 7 (41.18%) GAP Analysis
5 7 (41.18%) Impact Analysis
5 7 (41.18%) OWASP
5 7 (41.18%) People Management
5 7 (41.18%) Quantitative Risk Management
5 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
5 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
7 3 (17.65%) ISMS
7 3 (17.65%) Psychology
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) CISM
1 10 (58.82%) CISSP
2 7 (41.18%) CRISC
3 3 (17.65%) CISA
3 3 (17.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.88%) MCSA
5 1 (5.88%) MCSE
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (64.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (58.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (23.53%) GDPR
5 3 (17.65%) HIPAA
6 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
7 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
7 1 (5.88%) PERC
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Aruba
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco
2 1 (5.88%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) HP
2 1 (5.88%) OneTrust
2 1 (5.88%) Sage