Data Protection Job Trends in Worcestershire

Data Protection
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -19
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 9 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 1.47% - 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% - 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £43,875 - -
25th Percentile £46,500 - £32,083
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 - £33,383
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.43%
75th Percentile £66,750 - £34,682
90th Percentile £72,500 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year - -0.99% -3.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 505 115 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 82.38% 96.64% 78.14%
Number of salaries quoted 297 74 307
10th Percentile £29,900 £15,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £26,313 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -18.60% -4.44%
75th Percentile £72,500 £59,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £72,050 £61,250
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% -4.94%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Data Protection job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Data Protection
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Protection in Worcestershire

Data Protection
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 24 April 2026. 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
Bromsgrove - 3 £48,000 - 1
Droitwich - 2 £70,000 -
Worcester - 1 £42,500 - 2
Data Protection
West Midlands

Data Protection
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Accountant
1 3 (33.33%) Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Accountant
2 2 (22.22%) Head of IT
3 1 (11.11%) Information Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) AI
1 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (33.33%) QMS
2 3 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ACCA
1 3 (33.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 4 (44.44%) GDPR
3 3 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 3 (33.33%) HIPAA
4 1 (11.11%) GRC
4 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (11.11%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft