Data Protection Job Trends in Sunderland

Data Protection
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sunderland requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 2 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Sunderland 2.00% - 6.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% - 7.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £32,400
25th Percentile - - £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £42,000
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +52.94% +1.19% -23.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sunderland

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Sunderland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79 50 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sunderland 79.00% 90.91% 86.36%
Number of salaries quoted 38 22 82
10th Percentile £28,275 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,250 £32,500 £40,044
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,312 £55,220
Median % change year-on-year +17.83% -27.00% +47.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £73,250
90th Percentile £64,750 £79,750 £82,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Sunderland

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Sunderland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing Data Protection