GDPR Job Trends in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 166 155
Rank change year-on-year +26 -11 +108
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 965 770 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.52% 1.87% 1.91%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.35% 11.38% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 711 476 885
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,306 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,373 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +38.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £83,125 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,373 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.51% +38.75% -9.09%

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 7,229 6,767 9,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.40% 16.47% 14.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,360 3,360 7,402
10th Percentile £30,370 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in England

GDPR
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GDPR

GDPR
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in England

GDPR
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 5 March 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
London +62 393 £80,000 -5.88% 214
South East +18 195 £44,000 -37.14% 130
North of England -30 156 £51,500 +10.75% 110
Midlands +35 116 £52,029 -13.29% 76
Yorkshire -4 82 £57,239 +6.99% 25
North West -46 63 £41,250 +3.13% 70
East Midlands +21 62 £44,250 -1.67% 28
South West -12 59 £42,500 -32.00% 34
West Midlands -1 53 £65,250 +2.35% 48
East of England +3 35 £65,000 +5.69% 43
North East -18 11 £41,500 -23.10% 16
GDPR
UK

GDPR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 38 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.55%) CMS
6 11 (1.14%) Apache
7 10 (1.04%) Confluence
8 7 (0.73%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.62%) WordPress
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.10%) PowerFactory
11 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 48 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.10%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.10%) InDesign
7 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.10%) Revit
7 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.55%) iTrent
2 14 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 13 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.93%) Shopify
5 8 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.41%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.41%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.31%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.31%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.31%) Yoast SEO
8 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.10%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.10%) Magento
9 1 (0.10%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 275 (28.50%) Azure
2 176 (18.24%) AWS
3 119 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (9.22%) Power Platform
5 76 (7.88%) Entra ID
6 65 (6.74%) SaaS
7 61 (6.32%) GCP
8 49 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
9 32 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (3.11%) GitHub
11 26 (2.69%) Datadog
12 23 (2.38%) Azure AI
13 22 (2.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 22 (2.28%) Snowflake
14 21 (2.18%) Amazon SageMaker
14 21 (2.18%) Serverless
14 21 (2.18%) Vertex AI
15 20 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (2.07%) Mimecast
16 17 (1.76%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 115 (11.92%) Firewall
2 44 (4.56%) VPN
3 42 (4.35%) Network Security
4 37 (3.83%) WAN
5 28 (2.90%) DNS
6 23 (2.38%) TCP/IP
6 23 (2.38%) VLAN
7 22 (2.28%) CHAP
7 22 (2.28%) DHCP
8 15 (1.55%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.04%) DMZ
9 10 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (1.04%) LAN
10 8 (0.83%) VoIP
11 7 (0.73%) Internet
12 6 (0.62%) SAN
13 4 (0.41%) SSL
14 3 (0.31%) SCCP
15 2 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.29%) Power BI
2 43 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (3.42%) Tableau
4 32 (3.32%) Metadata
5 29 (3.01%) Relational Database
5 29 (3.01%) SQL Server
6 26 (2.69%) Oracle Database
7 23 (2.38%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.66%) Apache Hive
9 15 (1.55%) BigQuery
10 12 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.24%) Spark SQL
11 11 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (1.14%) Impala
11 11 (1.14%) Parquet
11 11 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.04%) Looker
12 10 (1.04%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.04%) Power Query
13 9 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (3.11%) Git
2 24 (2.49%) JIRA
3 15 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.14%) IBM UrbanCode
5 9 (0.93%) GitLab
6 8 (0.83%) ERwin
7 7 (0.73%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.62%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.41%) MLflow
11 2 (0.21%) Crashlytics
12 1 (0.10%) Android Studio
12 1 (0.10%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.10%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.10%) JUnit
12 1 (0.10%) Postman
12 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.10%) Vite
12 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 367 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 285 (29.53%) Finance
3 205 (21.24%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (13.26%) Legal
5 117 (12.12%) Retail
6 85 (8.81%) Marketing
7 84 (8.70%) Banking
8 81 (8.39%) Law
9 56 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
10 55 (5.70%) Public Sector
11 52 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 36 (3.73%) Financial Institution
12 36 (3.73%) Pharmaceutical
13 32 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (2.69%) Manufacturing
15 23 (2.38%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (1.24%) Advertising
19 11 (1.14%) Games
Job Titles
1 123 (12.75%) Lead
2 94 (9.74%) Senior
3 92 (9.53%) Analyst
4 61 (6.32%) Architect
5 58 (6.01%) Security Manager
6 47 (4.87%) Data Engineer
7 38 (3.94%) IT Manager
8 36 (3.73%) Administrator
9 34 (3.52%) IT Support
10 32 (3.32%) Security Analyst
11 26 (2.69%) Consultant
11 26 (2.69%) Data Architect
12 25 (2.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 24 (2.49%) Developer
13 24 (2.49%) Support Engineer
14 23 (2.38%) Auditor
14 23 (2.38%) Head of IT
15 21 (2.18%) Cloud Engineer
15 21 (2.18%) Data Analyst
15 21 (2.18%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.07%) HTML
1 20 (2.07%) PySpark
2 19 (1.97%) CSS
2 19 (1.97%) Kafka
2 19 (1.97%) RESTful
3 17 (1.76%) OAuth
4 14 (1.45%) .NET
5 13 (1.35%) SAML
6 12 (1.24%) ADO
6 12 (1.24%) YAML
7 11 (1.14%) REST
8 10 (1.04%) JSON
9 9 (0.93%) SOAP
10 8 (0.83%) Node.js
11 7 (0.73%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (0.73%) jQuery
11 7 (0.73%) Middleware
11 7 (0.73%) XML
12 6 (0.62%) EDI
12 6 (0.62%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.39%) Management Information System
2 53 (5.49%) Security Posture
3 52 (5.39%) Data Protection Act
4 45 (4.66%) Onboarding
5 35 (3.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 33 (3.42%) Cloud Native
7 29 (3.01%) Driving Licence
8 28 (2.90%) Life Science
9 24 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.18%) Pharmacovigilance
11 20 (2.07%) PKI
12 18 (1.87%) Data Structures
12 18 (1.87%) NHS
13 17 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
14 16 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.35%) Blockchain
15 13 (1.35%) Social Media
16 12 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.53%) Windows
2 28 (2.90%) Linux
3 24 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 12 (1.24%) VMS
6 11 (1.14%) Unix
7 7 (0.73%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.21%) AIX
8 2 (0.21%) Android
8 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (27.15%) Analytics
1 262 (27.15%) Cybersecurity
2 235 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 224 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
4 209 (21.66%) Data Protection
5 189 (19.59%) Data Governance
6 166 (17.20%) Information Security
7 154 (15.96%) Risk Management
8 142 (14.72%) Incident Response
9 137 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 134 (13.89%) Decision-Making
11 125 (12.95%) AI
12 111 (11.50%) Agile
13 106 (10.98%) CRM
14 105 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 99 (10.26%) Service Delivery
16 98 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
17 97 (10.05%) CI/CD
18 91 (9.43%) DevOps
19 83 (8.60%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 114 (11.81%) Python
1 114 (11.81%) SQL
2 55 (5.70%) PowerShell
3 23 (2.38%) JavaScript
4 22 (2.28%) Bash
5 21 (2.18%) Java
6 18 (1.87%) C#
7 12 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.04%) Scala
9 8 (0.83%) Go
9 8 (0.83%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.52%) Bicep
10 5 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.41%) ABAP
12 3 (0.31%) PHP
12 3 (0.31%) R
12 3 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 197 (20.41%) Degree
2 113 (11.71%) CISSP
3 77 (7.98%) CISM
4 59 (6.11%) Security Cleared
5 52 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (5.28%) CISA
7 42 (4.35%) SC Cleared
8 33 (3.42%) Master's Degree
9 32 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (2.90%) Azure Certification
12 26 (2.69%) FFIEC
13 25 (2.59%) CGEIT
13 25 (2.59%) CREST Certified
13 25 (2.59%) SANS
14 22 (2.28%) PMI Certification
15 21 (2.18%) CIPD
15 21 (2.18%) IRCA
15 21 (2.18%) PMP
16 19 (1.97%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 274 (28.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 192 (19.90%) NIST
3 126 (13.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 110 (11.40%) Data Quality
5 104 (10.78%) PCI DSS
6 71 (7.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 62 (6.42%) SOC 2
8 57 (5.91%) GRC
9 56 (5.80%) QA
10 52 (5.39%) HIPAA
11 44 (4.56%) NCSC
12 39 (4.04%) Accessibility
13 32 (3.32%) EU AI Act
14 31 (3.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 26 (2.69%) ISO 9001
16 25 (2.59%) COBIT
17 23 (2.38%) PSD2
17 23 (2.38%) Solvency II
18 22 (2.28%) Actionable Recommendations
19 21 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 68 (7.05%) Active Directory
2 31 (3.21%) Docker
3 16 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.52%) HDFS
8 3 (0.31%) Firmware
9 2 (0.21%) vSphere
10 1 (0.10%) Squid
10 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (4.66%) Terraform
2 36 (3.73%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.90%) Ansible
4 22 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.66%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.55%) CASB
7 13 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.24%) Grafana
9 7 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.73%) SCCM
10 6 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.41%) Cisco Prime
12 4 (0.41%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.31%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.31%) Nessus
13 3 (0.31%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.31%) QRadar
14 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 221 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.77%) Google
3 45 (4.66%) Oracle
4 40 (4.15%) Salesforce
5 29 (3.01%) SAP
6 28 (2.90%) Veeam
7 27 (2.80%) Databricks
8 22 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 20 (2.07%) VMware
10 18 (1.87%) Workday
11 16 (1.66%) Talend
12 15 (1.55%) Dell
12 15 (1.55%) HubSpot
12 15 (1.55%) Informatica
13 14 (1.45%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.35%) MuleSoft
14 13 (1.35%) Red Hat
14 13 (1.35%) Zscaler
15 12 (1.24%) IBM
16 11 (1.14%) Cisco