GDPR Job Trends in the East Midlands

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

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 96 123
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 +4
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 66 38 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.38% 1.93% 1.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.90% 12.62% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 59 33 41
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,300 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% +9.23% -43.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £43,750 £44,250
90th Percentile £105,170 £52,200 £62,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% -13.64%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 415 301 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.69% 15.29% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 286 182 410
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,024 £24,240
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -11.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,625 £63,750
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.48% +9.52% -8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Lincolnshire +2 28 £32,500 +20.37% 16
Leicestershire -27 13 £45,000 +12.50% 9
Northamptonshire +18 12 £60,000 +33.33% 11
Nottinghamshire -20 10 £57,500 +55.41% 12
Derbyshire -4 3 £51,250 +35.76% 14
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 9 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 12 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (4.55%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (16.67%) iTrent
2 2 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.52%) Infor LN
3 1 (1.52%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.52%) SAP EHS
3 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.21%) Azure
1 14 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (19.70%) Power Platform
3 10 (15.15%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.03%) AWS
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (3.03%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.03%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.03%) SaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon Kinesis
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.52%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.52%) PaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.64%) DHCP
1 9 (13.64%) DNS
2 8 (12.12%) TCP/IP
2 8 (12.12%) VLAN
2 8 (12.12%) VoIP
2 8 (12.12%) VPN
3 2 (3.03%) Broadband
3 2 (3.03%) Internet
4 1 (1.52%) Firewall
4 1 (1.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (19.70%) Power BI
2 4 (6.06%) Power Query
3 2 (3.03%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.52%) Apache Hudi
4 1 (1.52%) Apache Iceberg
4 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.52%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.52%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Git
General
1 30 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.27%) Finance
3 17 (25.76%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (25.76%) Legal
4 9 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (12.12%) Law
5 8 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (9.09%) Financial Institution
6 6 (9.09%) Japanese Language
7 4 (6.06%) German Language
7 4 (6.06%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.55%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.55%) Electronics
8 3 (4.55%) Social Housing
9 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.52%) French Language
10 1 (1.52%) Games
10 1 (1.52%) Marketing
10 1 (1.52%) Military
10 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (21.21%) Administrator
2 11 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
3 8 (12.12%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 8 (12.12%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (10.61%) Lead
5 4 (6.06%) IT Support
6 3 (4.55%) Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Data Administrator
6 3 (4.55%) Developer
6 3 (4.55%) IT Manager
6 3 (4.55%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Architect
7 2 (3.03%) CRM Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Data Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM Developer
7 2 (3.03%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Sales Executive
7 2 (3.03%) Security Engineer
8 1 (1.52%) Data Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) HTML
1 2 (3.03%) React
1 2 (3.03%) Web Services
2 1 (1.52%) .NET
2 1 (1.52%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.52%) PySpark
2 1 (1.52%) REST
2 1 (1.52%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (7.58%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.64%) Windows
2 8 (12.12%) Mac OS
2 8 (12.12%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) CRM
1 20 (30.30%) Data Protection
2 15 (22.73%) Process Improvement
3 14 (21.21%) Analytics
3 14 (21.21%) Data Management
4 13 (19.70%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (18.18%) E-Commerce
6 10 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (15.15%) Data Governance
6 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
7 9 (13.64%) Computer Science
7 9 (13.64%) Identity Management
7 9 (13.64%) ITSM
7 9 (13.64%) Service Delivery
8 8 (12.12%) AI
8 8 (12.12%) Application Packaging
8 8 (12.12%) ERP
8 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (12.12%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.58%) SQL
3 4 (6.06%) Python
4 3 (4.55%) VBA
5 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.52%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (27.27%) Degree
2 11 (16.67%) CIPD
3 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (9.09%) MOS
5 4 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (6.06%) DBS Check
6 3 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.55%) MBA
6 3 (4.55%) PMI Certification
6 3 (4.55%) PMP
6 3 (4.55%) SSCP
7 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.52%) CISM
8 1 (1.52%) CISSP
8 1 (1.52%) HNC
8 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (12.12%) Data Quality
3 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (7.58%) PERC
5 4 (6.06%) NIST
6 3 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (3.03%) GRC
7 2 (3.03%) SLA
8 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.52%) COBIT
8 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.52%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.52%) NCSC
8 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (15.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (12.12%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.52%) Nessus
3 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.12%) Apple
2 8 (12.12%) Logitech
2 8 (12.12%) Yealink
3 5 (7.58%) Oracle
3 5 (7.58%) SAP
4 4 (6.06%) HubSpot
5 3 (4.55%) QAD
6 1 (1.52%) Civica
6 1 (1.52%) Databricks
6 1 (1.52%) Google
6 1 (1.52%) HP
6 1 (1.52%) Infor
6 1 (1.52%) Northgate
6 1 (1.52%) Orchard
6 1 (1.52%) Qualys