Data Protection Act Jobs in the South West

Data Protection Act (DPA)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 272 253
Rank change year-on-year +91 -19 +32
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 3 29 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.086% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.99% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3 28 9
10th Percentile £58,500 £37,199 £48,200
25th Percentile £65,625 £37,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% -18.18% -38.89%
75th Percentile £82,500 £49,375 -
90th Percentile - - £101,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,050
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.17% +0.09%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,117 2,918 2,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.07% 30.04% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 561 2,039 1,376
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,989 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £38,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -8.90% +4.54%
75th Percentile £68,525 £66,137 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £86,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the South West

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in the South West

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in the South West over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Act in the South West

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Bristol +57 3 £80,000 +64.10% 3
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) AWS Architect
1 2 (66.67%) AWS Security Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
1 2 (66.67%) ISSAP
1 2 (66.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) COBIT
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (66.67%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Verint