Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 658 474 611
Rank change year-on-year -184 +137 +200
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 239 631 776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.60% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 1.41% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 179 280 710
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,199 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% - +23.73%
75th Percentile £72,433 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,706 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.75% +5.00% +12.75%

All Generic Skills
UK

Data Protection Act is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Act in the UK

Data Protection Act
Top 18 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England -155 227 £50,000 -9.09% 63
UK excluding London -156 147 £43,706 -16.75% 48
London -44 90 £72,500 +20.83% 19
Work from Home -96 53 £52,500 -4.55% 31
North of England -65 40 £50,000 -4.76% 7
Midlands -18 34 £57,500 +15.00% 9
South East +16 30 £30,500 -40.49% 18
South West +5 28 £45,000 -18.18% 8
West Midlands +2 28 £57,500 +12.20% 6
Yorkshire +90 19 £50,000 -10.71% 4
North West -98 17 £34,000 -33.33% 3
East Midlands -16 6 £35,500 -18.39% 3
Northern Ireland +34 5 £42,500 -15.00%
North East -4 4 - -
East of England -12 4 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Scotland -78 3 £26,500 -43.62% 3
Channel Islands - 2 £110,000 -
Wales +11 1 £43,067 -16.49% 1

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.35%) Confluence
2 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (6.69%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.51%) Adobe After Effects
4 6 (2.51%) Adobe Premiere
4 6 (2.51%) Photoshop
4 6 (2.51%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.67%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.42%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.64%) Azure
2 19 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.44%) AWS
4 9 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.35%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.93%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (2.09%) GCP
7 5 (2.09%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.09%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 3 (1.26%) Datadog
9 3 (1.26%) IaaS
9 3 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.84%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.84%) PaaS
11 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.42%) Google Play
11 1 (0.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.53%) Firewall
2 17 (7.11%) Intranet
3 15 (6.28%) Internet
4 14 (5.86%) SNMP
5 6 (2.51%) Cisco IPT
6 5 (2.09%) VoIP
7 4 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (1.26%) Broadband
8 3 (1.26%) Network Security
9 2 (0.84%) HTTP
9 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.42%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.77%) Data Lake
2 9 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.77%) Power BI
3 8 (3.35%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.51%) Big Data
6 5 (2.09%) Metadata
6 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (2.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (1.67%) Tableau
8 2 (0.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.42%) Dremio
9 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.42%) Power Query
9 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (5.02%) Git
2 8 (3.35%) JIRA
2 8 (3.35%) Selenium
3 5 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.42%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.42%) Postman
5 1 (0.42%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.42%) Storybook
General
1 57 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.59%) Finance
3 37 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (13.81%) Legal
5 18 (7.53%) Marketing
6 16 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (4.60%) Retail
9 10 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.77%) Law
10 9 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.77%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.35%) Front Office
11 8 (3.35%) Local Government
11 8 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (2.93%) Banking
12 7 (2.93%) Public Sector
13 6 (2.51%) Advertising
14 4 (1.67%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 40 (16.74%) Developer
2 38 (15.90%) Senior
3 26 (10.88%) Analyst
4 21 (8.79%) Lead
5 17 (7.11%) Consultant
6 16 (6.69%) Network Manager
7 14 (5.86%) Security Analyst
8 12 (5.02%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 10 (4.18%) Information Security Consultant
10 10 (4.18%) Security Consultant
11 9 (3.77%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) IT Analyst
11 9 (3.77%) IT Security Analyst
11 9 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.77%) Senior Developer
12 8 (3.35%) Administrator
12 8 (3.35%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.35%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.35%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.18%) Node.js
1 10 (4.18%) React
2 8 (3.35%) .NET
2 8 (3.35%) Spring
2 8 (3.35%) Spring Boot
2 8 (3.35%) Vue
3 7 (2.93%) Hibernate
3 7 (2.93%) JPA
4 6 (2.51%) Kafka
5 5 (2.09%) RESTful
6 4 (1.67%) Jest
6 4 (1.67%) Web Services
7 3 (1.26%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.26%) CSS
7 3 (1.26%) EDI
8 2 (0.84%) Express.js
8 2 (0.84%) HTML
8 2 (0.84%) Laravel
8 2 (0.84%) Redux
8 2 (0.84%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 49 (20.50%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.69%) NHS
3 15 (6.28%) Freedom of Information
4 13 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (3.35%) Derivative
8 7 (2.93%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.93%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.09%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.09%) Fat Client
9 5 (2.09%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.67%) e-Learning
10 4 (1.67%) Freedom of Information Act
10 4 (1.67%) SCORM
11 3 (1.26%) CCTV
11 3 (1.26%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.26%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.26%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.79%) Windows
2 11 (4.60%) Linux
3 9 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Android
4 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 54 (22.59%) Information Security
3 47 (19.67%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (13.81%) Agile
5 33 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (12.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 29 (12.13%) Project Management
7 25 (10.46%) Customer Service
7 25 (10.46%) DevOps
7 25 (10.46%) Mentoring
8 24 (10.04%) Vulnerability Management
9 22 (9.21%) Analytics
9 22 (9.21%) Value Proposition
10 21 (8.79%) Collaborative Working
10 21 (8.79%) Security Operations
11 20 (8.37%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 19 (7.95%) Impact Assessments
12 19 (7.95%) Line Management
13 18 (7.53%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.46%) SQL
2 17 (7.11%) Java
3 16 (6.69%) Python
4 15 (6.28%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.02%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.60%) C#
6 11 (4.60%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.77%) Scala
8 7 (2.93%) T-SQL
9 5 (2.09%) C++
10 2 (0.84%) Bash
10 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.84%) R
11 1 (0.42%) Clojure
11 1 (0.42%) Go
11 1 (0.42%) Groovy
11 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.42%) Swift
11 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (22.59%) Degree
2 22 (9.21%) Master's Degree
3 16 (6.69%) CISSP
4 12 (5.02%) ISEB
5 9 (3.77%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (2.51%) CISM
6 6 (2.51%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.09%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.09%) MCSA
7 5 (2.09%) MCSE
7 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.67%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.26%) CISA
10 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.84%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (32.22%) GDPR
2 23 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (8.79%) NIST
4 19 (7.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (6.69%) PCI DSS
6 14 (5.86%) QA
7 11 (4.60%) Data Quality
8 10 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (3.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (2.51%) NCSC
11 5 (2.09%) COBIT
12 3 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.26%) PMO
13 2 (0.84%) GRC
13 2 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 2 (0.84%) SLA
13 2 (0.84%) SNOMED CT
14 1 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 17 (7.11%) Active Directory
1 17 (7.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (4.60%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.67%) Docker
4 1 (0.42%) Ceph
4 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (6.69%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.86%) Terraform
3 9 (3.77%) CASB
4 3 (1.26%) Ansible
5 2 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.84%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.84%) SCCM
6 1 (0.42%) Control-M
6 1 (0.42%) Grafana
6 1 (0.42%) Istio
6 1 (0.42%) Kibana
6 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (29.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.11%) VMware
3 11 (4.60%) Aruba
3 11 (4.60%) Cisco
3 11 (4.60%) HP
4 9 (3.77%) Sage
5 8 (3.35%) Databricks
5 8 (3.35%) SAP
6 6 (2.51%) Adobe
6 6 (2.51%) Oracle
7 4 (1.67%) Apple
7 4 (1.67%) Citrix
8 3 (1.26%) Facebook
8 3 (1.26%) Google
8 3 (1.26%) Trayport
9 2 (0.84%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.84%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.84%) Meraki
9 2 (0.84%) NEC
9 2 (0.84%) Serena