Data Protection Act Job Trends in Stockton-on-Tees

Data Protection Act (DPA)
Durham > Stockton-on-Tees

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Stockton-on-Tees. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockton-on-Tees 1.20% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Durham median annual salary £72,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Stockton-on-Tees

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 Stockton-on-Tees.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14 13 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockton-on-Tees 16.87% 29.55% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile - - £40,450
25th Percentile £45,750 - £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile £59,500 - £52,700
Durham median annual salary £46,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +32.86% -22.22% -7.22%

Data Protection Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockton-on-Tees 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) NIST