GDPR Job Trends in Dorset

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

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 57 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 1.13% 0.18% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.63% 1.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £31,700 - -
25th Percentile £32,375 £102,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £115,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% - -
75th Percentile £36,375 £127,500 -
90th Percentile £36,900 - -
South West median annual salary £43,750 £66,250 £47,250
% change year-on-year -33.96% +40.21% +5.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 32 69 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 7.21% 12.21% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 21 36 29
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.85% -14.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £54,375 £77,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year - -15.25% +18.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Dorset

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Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing GDPR

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Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. 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
Bournemouth - 2 £34,500 - 4
GDPR
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 3 (60.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Legal
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Engagement Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Forensics
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Data Security
3 3 (60.00%) Identity Management
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (60.00%) Information Assurance
3 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Change
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) ITSM
4 2 (40.00%) RBAC
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) FFIEC
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow