GDPR Job Trends in Devon

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon 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 48 48 54
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -12
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 5 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.85% 1.55% 0.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.25% 14.89% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £33,750 £56,125 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £57,813 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £63,750 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +145.19% -23.53%
75th Percentile £47,500 £67,813 -
90th Percentile £48,250 £68,375 -
South West median annual salary £42,500 £65,000 £47,657
% change year-on-year -34.62% +36.39% -10.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 69 47 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 11.77% 10.42% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 50 13 29
10th Percentile £29,750 £42,200 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,625 £45,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £61,644 £42,048
Median % change year-on-year -22.94% +46.61% +7.02%
75th Percentile £52,500 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £82,500 £66,750
South West median annual salary £50,693 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.44% - +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Devon

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Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Devon

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

Salary histogram for GDPR in Devon

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Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Devon 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
Exeter -2 4 £45,000 -29.41% 3
Plymouth - 1 £32,500 - 3
GDPR
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) VLAN
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) DMZ
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) SMS
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) CRM Executive
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Low-Code Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) B2C
2 1 (20.00%) BCP
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Email Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) SonicWALL
3 2 (40.00%) Veeam
4 1 (20.00%) Blue Prism
4 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (20.00%) Dell