GDPR Jobs in the West Midlands

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 198 107
Rank change year-on-year +83 -91 -4
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 149 75 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.05% 1.14% 2.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.23% 3.96% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 82 49 96
10th Percentile £31,114 £40,508 £28,798
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,653 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £56,500 £81,250 £67,813
90th Percentile £63,425 £84,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £46,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.45% -4.35% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,126 1,895 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.51% 28.84% 19.30%
Number of salaries quoted 866 725 870
10th Percentile £27,400 £31,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £51,573 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% +8.57% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,005 £62,191
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Birmingham +17 52 £37,500 -51.61% 19
Staffordshire -2 28 £37,500 -28.57% 12
Solihull +12 18 £22,500 - 1
Wolverhampton +19 17 £53,500 +7.00% 2
Coventry +32 4 £65,000 -7.14% 3
Warwickshire +41 2 £23,000 -58.93% 5
Halesowen - 2 £40,000 -
Worcestershire -16 1 - - 2
Herefordshire - 1 £32,500 -
Walsall - 1 £80,000 - 1
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England

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 22 (14.77%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.34%) SAS
4 1 (0.67%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 35 (23.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.01%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 34 (22.82%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (21.48%) Power Platform
3 24 (16.11%) Azure
4 17 (11.41%) GCP
5 8 (5.37%) AWS
5 8 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (5.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.42%) Firewall
2 16 (10.74%) Intranet
3 8 (5.37%) VPN
4 5 (3.36%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.01%) DHCP
5 3 (2.01%) DNS
6 2 (1.34%) LAN
6 2 (1.34%) SAN
6 2 (1.34%) WAN
7 1 (0.67%) Internet
7 1 (0.67%) IPv4
7 1 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (21.48%) Power BI
2 17 (11.41%) BigQuery
2 17 (11.41%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (11.41%) Looker
3 10 (6.71%) SQL Server
4 9 (6.04%) Metadata
5 8 (5.37%) Data Lake
5 8 (5.37%) Relational Database
5 8 (5.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (5.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.03%) Big Data
6 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 5 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.34%) MySQL
9 1 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.67%) GIS
9 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.67%) QGIS
9 1 (0.67%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (4.03%) JIRA
General
1 73 (48.99%) Social Skills
2 66 (44.30%) Finance
3 45 (30.20%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (15.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (12.08%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (10.74%) Legal
7 14 (9.40%) Banking
7 14 (9.40%) Environmental Health
8 8 (5.37%) Retail
9 6 (4.03%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (3.36%) Games
11 3 (2.01%) Law
11 3 (2.01%) Marketing
11 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (22.15%) Analyst
2 18 (12.08%) IT Manager
3 17 (11.41%) Data Engineer
4 14 (9.40%) Lead
5 13 (8.72%) HR Analyst
6 10 (6.71%) HR Assistant
7 9 (6.04%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (6.04%) Principal Data Engineer
7 9 (6.04%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (6.04%) Security Analyst
8 8 (5.37%) Architect
8 8 (5.37%) Data Architect
8 8 (5.37%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (5.37%) Security Operations Analyst
9 7 (4.70%) Azure Data Engineer
9 7 (4.70%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (4.70%) Support Officer
10 6 (4.03%) Security Manager
10 6 (4.03%) Senior
10 6 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.79%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (15.44%) Management Information System
3 20 (13.42%) NHS
4 9 (6.04%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (5.37%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (4.03%) Algorithms
7 5 (3.36%) Client/Server
7 5 (3.36%) Clustering
7 5 (3.36%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.68%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.01%) SCADA
10 2 (1.34%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.67%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.67%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.75%) Windows
2 10 (6.71%) Linux
3 5 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.24%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (35.57%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (28.86%) Data Governance
4 40 (26.85%) Data Protection
5 37 (24.83%) Business Intelligence
5 37 (24.83%) Information Security
6 35 (23.49%) Line Management
7 29 (19.46%) Project Management
8 25 (16.78%) Data Engineering
9 24 (16.11%) Change Management
10 23 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (15.44%) Customer Service
10 23 (15.44%) Risk Management
11 21 (14.09%) Digital Strategy
12 20 (13.42%) Decision-Making
13 19 (12.75%) Data Privacy
14 18 (12.08%) Agile
14 18 (12.08%) Mentoring
14 18 (12.08%) Process Improvement
15 17 (11.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.71%) SQL
2 8 (5.37%) T-SQL
3 3 (2.01%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (4.70%) CISSP
1 7 (4.70%) Degree
2 6 (4.03%) CRISC
3 5 (3.36%) CISA
3 5 (3.36%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.68%) GIAC
4 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.68%) SANS
5 3 (2.01%) CIPD
5 3 (2.01%) CISM
6 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.34%) CCNA
6 2 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.34%) MCSE
7 1 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (15.44%) Data Quality
3 22 (14.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (7.38%) NIST
5 5 (3.36%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.36%) QA
6 4 (2.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (2.01%) GRC
8 1 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (6.71%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.70%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.37%) Terraform
2 5 (3.36%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.67%) SCCM
3 1 (0.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 73 (48.99%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.41%) Google
3 16 (10.74%) Sophos
4 13 (8.72%) Sage
5 8 (5.37%) Databricks
6 7 (4.70%) Dell
7 5 (3.36%) EqualLogic
7 5 (3.36%) NetApp
7 5 (3.36%) Nimble Storage
7 5 (3.36%) VMware
8 2 (1.34%) EMC
8 2 (1.34%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.67%) Facebook