GDPR Job Trends in Bristol

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 87 109
Rank change year-on-year +4 +22 +35
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 11 20 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.55% 1.38% 1.03%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.72% 7.17% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 12
10th Percentile £51,640 £49,250 £37,875
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,438 £44,564
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,250 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% +4.98% +33.89%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,625 £70,625
90th Percentile £84,000 £82,625 £81,543
South West median annual salary £42,500 £62,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year -32.00% +3.74% +14.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 233 279 293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 11.64% 19.29% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 158 106 239
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,898 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% -6.26% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £84,375 £86,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Bristol over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Bristol

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Mimecast
3 1 (9.09%) OCI
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) DMZ
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Security Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Auditor
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) CRM Executive
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Data Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Auditor
3 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Auditor
3 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Auditor
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (18.18%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (9.09%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Analytics
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
2 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
2 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Cryptography
3 2 (18.18%) Data Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
3 2 (18.18%) Internal Audit
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) SIEM
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CEH
4 1 (9.09%) CISA
4 1 (9.09%) CISMP
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) NIST
2 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (36.36%) NCSC
2 4 (36.36%) PCI DSS
3 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (9.09%) COBIT
4 1 (9.09%) GRC
4 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
4 1 (9.09%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Tenable
2 1 (9.09%) Verint