GDPR Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 73 57
Rank change year-on-year +30 -16 +65
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 22 9 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.49% 1.03% 2.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.85% 6.82% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 14
10th Percentile - £60,700 £38,541
25th Percentile £31,250 £69,500 £55,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +29.63%
75th Percentile £67,500 £100,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £122,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £61,250 £61,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -0.41% +13.89% -5.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 79 132 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 8.93% 15.05% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 57 53 38
10th Percentile - £30,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,370 £35,000 £32,754
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +5.13%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

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Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Cambridgeshire

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Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Peterborough -2 7 - - 3
Cambridge +2 4 £67,500 -41.30% 5
GDPR
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (18.18%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 4 (18.18%) OneDrive
3 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Firewall
2 4 (18.18%) Wireless
3 3 (13.64%) DMZ
3 3 (13.64%) Network Security
4 1 (4.55%) DHCP
4 1 (4.55%) DNS
4 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Power BI
1 4 (18.18%) Tableau
General
1 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Games
3 4 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Administrator
1 5 (22.73%) IT Administrator
1 5 (22.73%) IT Support
2 4 (18.18%) Compliance Manager
2 4 (18.18%) Lead
3 3 (13.64%) Audio Visual Technician
3 3 (13.64%) Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Information Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Risk Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Cloud Native
2 4 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (18.18%) Freedom of Information Act
2 4 (18.18%) Low-Code
3 3 (13.64%) Blog
3 3 (13.64%) CCTV
3 3 (13.64%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
3 3 (13.64%) PKI
3 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
3 3 (13.64%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Android
2 4 (18.18%) Apple iOS
2 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
2 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Data Protection
2 7 (31.82%) Cloud Security
2 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 6 (27.27%) Security Management
4 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (22.73%) Information Security
4 5 (22.73%) ISMS
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) Analytics
5 4 (18.18%) Business Strategy
5 4 (18.18%) Coaching
5 4 (18.18%) Containerisation
5 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 4 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 4 (18.18%) Fintech
5 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Bash
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) CEH
3 2 (9.09%) CISM
3 2 (9.09%) CISSP
3 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (22.73%) NIST
2 5 (22.73%) PCI DSS
3 4 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (13.64%) GRC
4 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 3 (13.64%) JSP 440
4 3 (13.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Apple
2 4 (18.18%) Samsung
2 4 (18.18%) Verint