Data Protection Act Job Trends in St Helens

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Merseyside > St Helens

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in St Helens. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in St Helens 2.86% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
Merseyside median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £64,686
% change year-on-year -2.22% -13.04% +8.26%

All Generic Skills
St Helens

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 St Helens.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7 17 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in St Helens 20.00% 54.84% 61.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 0
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £45,625 £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,720 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.42% - -
75th Percentile - £53,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median annual salary £53,000 £53,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -0.93% +7.00%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in St Helens

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend in St Helens

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Helens 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Housing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Operations
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC