Data Protection Act Jobs in Yorkshire

Data Protection Act (DPA)
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 202 275
Rank change year-on-year +49 +73 -78
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 7 18 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.24% 0.30% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 1.02% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 16
10th Percentile £45,000 £30,925 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -7.83% +14.21%
75th Percentile £90,625 £60,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £91,250 £68,460 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,050
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.17% +0.09%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,064 1,757 3,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 35.76% 28.98% 39.13%
Number of salaries quoted 483 1,257 1,400
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,000 £33,998
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £73,125 £65,603 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £80,000 £86,393
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection Act in Yorkshire

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Data Protection Act in Yorkshire

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Protection Act in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Protection Act in Yorkshire

Data Protection Act
Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
West Yorkshire +42 6 £80,000 +60.00% 4
North Yorkshire - 1 £30,000 - 1
Data Protection Act
England

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (85.71%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Consultant
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security Consultant
1 6 (85.71%) Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (85.71%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 6 (85.71%) Business Continuity
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Management
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) Risk Register
2 6 (85.71%) Security Auditing
2 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
2 6 (85.71%) Security Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Threat Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (85.71%) GDPR
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft