GDPR Job Trends in Birmingham

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 121 85
Rank change year-on-year +46 -36 +42
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 31 12 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.80% 0.66% 1.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.58% 2.98% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 9 15
10th Percentile £29,000 £44,543 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,375 £56,250 £42,430
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +35.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,313 £71,250 £60,500
90th Percentile £74,625 £78,250 £72,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 187 403 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.83% 22.28% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 128 155 170
10th Percentile £30,575 £40,200 £31,521
25th Percentile £43,497 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -
75th Percentile £69,625 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,563 £109,500 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £51,814
% change year-on-year - +1.32% +3.63%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GDPR relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

GDPR job vacancy trend in Birmingham

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Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Birmingham over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Birmingham

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) PowerFactory
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Revit
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (19.35%) SAP HCM
1 6 (19.35%) SAP HR
1 6 (19.35%) SAP Payroll
1 6 (19.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) SuccessFactors
2 7 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.23%) OCI
3 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) DHCP
1 6 (19.35%) DNS
2 1 (3.23%) Internet
2 1 (3.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Metadata
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
General
1 7 (22.58%) Legal
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Law
6 2 (6.45%) Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Marketing
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (19.35%) 2nd Line Technical Support
1 6 (19.35%) SAP Support
1 6 (19.35%) Technical Support
2 5 (16.13%) Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Data Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Data Governance Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Governance Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Implementation Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Implementation Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Project Implementation Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) SAP Support Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (32.26%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) PropTech
3 1 (3.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Linux
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
1 6 (19.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Data Security
2 8 (25.81%) Security Operations
3 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure Management
4 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Project Management
4 6 (19.35%) Time Management
5 5 (16.13%) Analytics
5 5 (16.13%) Data Governance
6 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
6 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
7 3 (9.68%) Agile
7 3 (9.68%) Building Information Modelling
7 3 (9.68%) Change Management
7 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.68%) CRM
7 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (9.68%) Metadata Management
7 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
7 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) ABAP
2 1 (3.23%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Data Quality
1 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (3.23%) NIST
3 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (19.35%) Hyper-V
2 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) SAP
2 6 (19.35%) VMware
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.45%) Kronos
4 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.45%) Workday
5 1 (3.23%) Oracle
5 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow