Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > Wales
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 124 | 135 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +11 | -42 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | - | 0.12% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.29% | 0.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £51,573 | - |
| UK median annual salary | £48,750 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.36% | - | +23.73% |
All Generic Skills
Wales
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 advertised in Wales with a requirement for generic IT skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 632 | 680 | 902 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 30.50% | 40.82% | 45.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 336 | 323 | 393 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £26,250 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £36,250 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £44,943 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.13% | -14.29% | +31.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £62,988 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,125 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +4.00% | +4.17% |
Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Data Protection Act
Salary Trend in Wales
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Protection Act in Wales.