Data Protection Act (DPA)
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 80 | 62 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -18 | +7 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire | - | 0.73% | 0.93% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 2.44% | 2.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £47,750 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £56,250 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £57,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +9.52% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £63,750 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £50,000 | £60,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +14.29% | +5.00% |
All Generic Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 371 | 328 | 180 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 59.84% | 29.87% | 33.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 171 | 208 | 99 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,375 | £25,000 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,114 | £35,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £36,925 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.12% | -5.56% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £38,127 | £58,750 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £53,688 | £62,500 | £63,750 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £47,500 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.52% | -4.55% | +15.79% |
Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Staffordshire.