GDPR Job Trends in the City of Westminster

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of Westminster requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 45 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 8 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of Westminster 12.31% 1.80% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 88.89% 10.26% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,105 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,961 - -
75th Percentile £72,816 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £87,500 £63,287
% change year-on-year +2.86% +38.26% -2.64%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of Westminster

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 the City of Westminster.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9 39 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 13.85% 17.57% 9.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile - £57,196 £43,950
25th Percentile £65,105 £57,302 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,961 £60,498 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% -15.09% +22.84%
75th Percentile £72,816 £78,634 £79,063
90th Percentile - £87,703 £91,250
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

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Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing GDPR

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
1 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) ERwin
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Law
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Data Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 4 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Lead Data Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Information Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Security Technical Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Analytics
1 6 (75.00%) Business Strategy
1 6 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (50.00%) Coaching
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 4 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Data Science
2 4 (50.00%) Data Security
2 4 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 4 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (25.00%) GCIH
2 2 (25.00%) GIAC
2 2 (25.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) ITGC
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
1 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) ArcSight ESM
1 2 (25.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) ArcSight
1 2 (25.00%) LogLogic
1 2 (25.00%) McAfee
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Splunk