GDPR Jobs in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 144 274
Rank change year-on-year -26 +130 -35
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 824 1,631 1,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.80% 1.92% 1.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.55% 13.76% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 598 1,042 704
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,020 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,875 £30,385 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £46,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.54% -15.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,200 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £46,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +39.78% -15.45% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,814 11,857 18,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.12% 13.96% 19.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,180 8,405 8,427
10th Percentile £30,580 £27,300 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in England.

Salary trend for GDPR in England

GDPR
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
London +64 343 £83,750 +61.06% 766
South East -9 160 £62,500 +31.58% 207
North of England -65 136 £48,306 +18.74% 189
Midlands -28 93 £55,000 +46.67% 124
North West -45 87 £40,000 - 115
West Midlands -7 64 £57,468 +31.19% 89
South West +29 43 £62,500 +66.67% 71
East of England +14 40 £50,000 +23.84% 45
Yorkshire -23 38 £54,250 +12.44% 67
East Midlands +14 29 £32,500 - 33
North East +5 11 £57,500 +41.98% 9
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UK

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (3.76%) CMS
2 24 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (2.79%) Umbraco
4 20 (2.43%) SharePoint
5 16 (1.94%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.09%) Confluence
6 9 (1.09%) SAS
7 5 (0.61%) Apache
7 5 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.61%) WordPress
8 3 (0.36%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.24%) Drupal
9 2 (0.24%) Moodle
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 60 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.09%) Acrobat
4 5 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.91%) Raiser’s Edge
2 13 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.21%) SAP HCM
3 10 (1.21%) SAP HR
3 10 (1.21%) SAP Payroll
4 5 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.12%) Finacle
7 1 (0.12%) iTrent
7 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 273 (33.13%) Azure
2 124 (15.05%) AWS
3 87 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (9.47%) GCP
5 70 (8.50%) Power Platform
6 67 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (4.61%) SaaS
8 36 (4.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 36 (4.37%) Azure Service Bus
9 35 (4.25%) SonarCloud
10 31 (3.76%) Entra ID
11 26 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (2.79%) Serverless
13 22 (2.67%) Azure Sentinel
13 22 (2.67%) Snowflake
14 20 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
16 18 (2.18%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 108 (13.11%) Firewall
2 85 (10.32%) Network Security
3 33 (4.00%) Intranet
4 31 (3.76%) VPN
5 30 (3.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 18 (2.18%) DNS
7 16 (1.94%) SAN
8 15 (1.82%) DHCP
9 12 (1.46%) NAS
9 12 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.09%) WAN
11 7 (0.85%) VoIP
12 6 (0.73%) LAN
12 6 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.61%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.61%) VLAN
14 4 (0.49%) Broadband
15 2 (0.24%) Internet
15 2 (0.24%) OSPF
15 2 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (8.13%) Power BI
2 61 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (5.10%) SQL Server
4 37 (4.49%) Elasticsearch
5 31 (3.76%) Tableau
6 27 (3.28%) NoSQL
7 26 (3.16%) Metadata
8 14 (1.70%) Big Data
9 11 (1.33%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.09%) IBM InfoSphere
10 9 (1.09%) Metadata Repository
10 9 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.85%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.73%) Looker
14 5 (0.61%) MySQL
14 5 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
15 4 (0.49%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 39 (4.73%) Git
2 37 (4.49%) Octopus Deploy
3 36 (4.37%) MSBuild
3 36 (4.37%) Team Foundation Server
4 35 (4.25%) Visual Studio
5 22 (2.67%) JIRA
6 16 (1.94%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.97%) Selenium
8 5 (0.61%) Postman
8 5 (0.61%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.36%) JMeter
9 3 (0.36%) Mocha
9 3 (0.36%) MSTest
9 3 (0.36%) NUnit
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.36%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.24%) Maven
10 2 (0.24%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 332 (40.29%) Social Skills
2 184 (22.33%) Finance
3 133 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (12.38%) Legal
5 84 (10.19%) Retail
6 68 (8.25%) Marketing
7 65 (7.89%) Law
8 39 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (3.76%) Public Sector
10 29 (3.52%) Banking
11 23 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.94%) Games
17 11 (1.33%) Advertising
18 9 (1.09%) Electronics
18 9 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 133 (16.14%) Architect
2 80 (9.71%) Lead
3 74 (8.98%) Senior
4 65 (7.89%) Analyst
5 49 (5.95%) Security Engineer
6 40 (4.85%) Technical Architect
7 38 (4.61%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (4.49%) IT Manager
9 33 (4.00%) IT Support
9 33 (4.00%) Security Manager
10 32 (3.88%) Security Architect
11 29 (3.52%) Developer
12 26 (3.16%) Operations Manager
13 25 (3.03%) Information Manager
14 23 (2.79%) Azure Engineer
14 23 (2.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 23 (2.79%) Umbraco Developer
15 22 (2.67%) Data Engineer
16 21 (2.55%) AWS Architect
16 21 (2.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (8.86%) HTML
2 72 (8.74%) CSS
3 47 (5.70%) .NET
4 41 (4.98%) REST
5 39 (4.73%) JSON
6 38 (4.61%) XML
7 37 (4.49%) ASP.NET
8 36 (4.37%) Bootstrap
9 35 (4.25%) gRPC
10 26 (3.16%) Kafka
11 24 (2.91%) HTML5
11 24 (2.91%) jQuery
12 19 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (1.46%) ARM Templates
13 12 (1.46%) Azure Blueprints
14 10 (1.21%) SAP Fiori
15 8 (0.97%) Node.js
15 8 (0.97%) PySpark
15 8 (0.97%) RESTful
16 7 (0.85%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 132 (16.02%) Management Information System
2 81 (9.83%) Security Posture
3 43 (5.22%) Cloud Native
4 39 (4.73%) Data Protection Act
5 34 (4.13%) Social Media
6 29 (3.52%) NHS
6 29 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (3.40%) Onboarding
8 27 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
9 21 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (2.18%) Algorithms
11 17 (2.06%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 13 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.46%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (1.33%) Driving Licence
15 11 (1.33%) Freedom of Information
16 10 (1.21%) e-Learning
16 10 (1.21%) Virtual Team
17 9 (1.09%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 101 (12.26%) Windows
2 31 (3.76%) Windows Server
3 29 (3.52%) Linux
4 14 (1.70%) Windows Vista
5 12 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.97%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.85%) VMS
7 7 (0.85%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.73%) Android
8 6 (0.73%) Unix
8 6 (0.73%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.36%) CentOS
11 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.24%) Solaris
13 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 212 (25.73%) Data Protection
3 199 (24.15%) Cybersecurity
4 169 (20.51%) Information Security
5 165 (20.02%) DevOps
6 126 (15.29%) CI/CD
7 122 (14.81%) Risk Management
8 119 (14.44%) Analytics
9 117 (14.20%) Data Security
10 115 (13.96%) Incident Response
11 103 (12.50%) Agile
12 98 (11.89%) Cloud Security
13 96 (11.65%) Computer Science
14 95 (11.53%) Data Privacy
15 90 (10.92%) Data Management
16 89 (10.80%) Data Governance
16 89 (10.80%) Microservices
16 89 (10.80%) Project Management
17 86 (10.44%) Business Intelligence
17 86 (10.44%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 133 (16.14%) SQL
2 112 (13.59%) Python
3 78 (9.47%) PowerShell
4 71 (8.62%) C#
5 59 (7.16%) JavaScript
6 40 (4.85%) Bash
6 40 (4.85%) Java
7 12 (1.46%) PHP
7 12 (1.46%) R
8 10 (1.21%) ABAP
9 9 (1.09%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (0.73%) Scala
11 5 (0.61%) Perl
12 4 (0.49%) C++
12 4 (0.49%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.24%) Ruby
14 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 162 (19.66%) Degree
2 88 (10.68%) CISSP
3 75 (9.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 63 (7.65%) CISM
5 60 (7.28%) Azure Certification
6 37 (4.49%) AWS Certification
6 37 (4.49%) CISA
7 36 (4.37%) DBS Check
8 34 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (4.00%) Security Cleared
10 29 (3.52%) CEH
10 29 (3.52%) Master's Degree
11 27 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 26 (3.16%) SC Cleared
13 25 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 23 (2.79%) PMI Certification
15 21 (2.55%) PMP
16 13 (1.58%) CRISC
17 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
18 10 (1.21%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (26.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 168 (20.39%) NIST
3 123 (14.93%) PCI DSS
4 86 (10.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 73 (8.86%) HIPAA
6 65 (7.89%) Data Quality
7 57 (6.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 54 (6.55%) Accessibility
9 33 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 33 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 32 (3.88%) SOC 2
11 30 (3.64%) QA
12 23 (2.79%) GRC
12 23 (2.79%) WCAG
13 14 (1.70%) SLA
14 13 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 11 (1.33%) PERC
16 9 (1.09%) Basel III
16 9 (1.09%) COBIT
17 8 (0.97%) NCSC
System Software
1 76 (9.22%) Docker
2 64 (7.77%) Active Directory
3 28 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (2.79%) Hyper-V
6 11 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.73%) vSphere
8 3 (0.36%) Dovecot
8 3 (0.36%) Postfix
8 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (7.52%) Terraform
2 57 (6.92%) Kubernetes
3 26 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (2.31%) Grafana
5 17 (2.06%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.82%) Ansible
7 12 (1.46%) CASB
8 8 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.73%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.73%) Puppet
10 5 (0.61%) Istio
10 5 (0.61%) linkerd
11 4 (0.49%) Nessus
11 4 (0.49%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.49%) SCCM
11 4 (0.49%) SCOM
11 4 (0.49%) SCOrch
12 3 (0.36%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.36%) QRadar
12 3 (0.36%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 218 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 75 (9.10%) Google
3 37 (4.49%) VMware
4 35 (4.25%) SAP
5 22 (2.67%) HP
6 20 (2.43%) Cisco
7 19 (2.31%) Informatica
7 19 (2.31%) ServiceNow
8 17 (2.06%) Citrix
9 16 (1.94%) OpenAI
10 15 (1.82%) Adobe
11 14 (1.70%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.58%) Meraki
13 12 (1.46%) Veeam
13 12 (1.46%) Workday
14 11 (1.33%) Splunk
15 10 (1.21%) IBM
15 10 (1.21%) OneTrust
15 10 (1.21%) Oracle
15 10 (1.21%) Palo Alto