Data Protection Job Trends in West Sussex

Data Protection
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 18 27
Rank change year-on-year - +9 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 0 26 30
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex - 8.47% 6.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 9.56% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 24
10th Percentile - £24,500 £36,250
25th Percentile - £36,250 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £38,750 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year - -35.95% +5.22%
75th Percentile - £47,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £62,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £46,000 £57,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year -20.00% +20.42% -13.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 288 272 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 72.36% 88.60% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 209 137 266
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,800 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £76,375
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Data Protection
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Protection