GDPR Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 268 240
Rank change year-on-year +116 -28 -19
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 1,651 1,196 2,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.92% 1.33% 1.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.82% 6.91% 10.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 691 1,177
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £32,900
25th Percentile £30,385 £42,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,313 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,775 £92,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £46,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.45% - -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,950 17,308 22,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.91% 19.26% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8,383 8,006 11,760
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

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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 11 May 2024.

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 11 May 2024. 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
North of England +191 404 £42,250 -11.98% 106
South East +43 388 £47,500 -9.52% 134
London +49 379 £52,000 -13.33% 189
Midlands +76 230 £37,500 -33.04% 107
North West +100 183 £40,000 -20.38% 50
Yorkshire +167 162 £47,500 - 45
West Midlands +79 153 £43,806 -20.35% 52
South West +7 136 £37,500 -16.67% 52
East of England +53 95 £42,250 -39.64% 50
East Midlands +23 75 £32,500 -43.97% 54
North East +47 59 £40,250 -15.71% 14
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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
1 122 (7.39%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.21%) WordPress
4 18 (1.09%) Captiva
4 18 (1.09%) FileNet
4 18 (1.09%) WebSphere
5 16 (0.97%) SAS
6 15 (0.91%) CMS
6 15 (0.91%) Confluence
7 8 (0.48%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.36%) Apache
9 5 (0.30%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.24%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.24%) Site Server
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 145 (8.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 109 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
4 25 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.39%) AutoCAD
6 11 (0.67%) Revit
7 5 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.30%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.061%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.061%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.061%) InDesign
10 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.061%) Sketch
10 1 (0.061%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 22 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.24%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.18%) Shopify
5 2 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.061%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.061%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.061%) FastStats
6 1 (0.061%) iTrent
6 1 (0.061%) Primavera
6 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.061%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.061%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.061%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 404 (24.47%) Azure
2 292 (17.69%) GCP
3 257 (15.57%) Microsoft 365
4 222 (13.45%) AWS
5 183 (11.08%) Power Platform
6 37 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 36 (2.18%) SaaS
8 34 (2.06%) Serverless
9 31 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
10 25 (1.51%) IaaS
11 22 (1.33%) GitHub
11 22 (1.33%) Snowflake
12 21 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
12 21 (1.27%) PaaS
13 20 (1.21%) Matillion
14 19 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 14 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 136 (8.24%) Firewall
2 40 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
3 38 (2.30%) Wireless
4 34 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
4 34 (2.06%) VPN
5 32 (1.94%) DNS
6 30 (1.82%) WAN
7 23 (1.39%) Intranet
8 21 (1.27%) 4G
8 21 (1.27%) Network Security
8 21 (1.27%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.15%) LAN
10 18 (1.09%) DHCP
10 18 (1.09%) VLAN
11 16 (0.97%) SAN
11 16 (0.97%) VoIP
12 15 (0.91%) Internet
12 15 (0.91%) Structured Cabling
13 14 (0.85%) MPLS
14 12 (0.73%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (15.51%) Looker
2 255 (15.45%) BigQuery
3 158 (9.57%) Power BI
4 152 (9.21%) Data Warehouse
5 63 (3.82%) SQL Server
6 54 (3.27%) Data Lake
7 49 (2.97%) Metadata
8 31 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 26 (1.57%) Big Data
9 26 (1.57%) MySQL
10 22 (1.33%) Tableau
11 21 (1.27%) NoSQL
12 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.61%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (0.48%) QlikView
15 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 7 (0.42%) MongoDB
16 6 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 107 (6.48%) JIRA
2 37 (2.24%) Git
3 18 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
4 11 (0.67%) Selenium
5 10 (0.61%) GitLab
5 10 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.48%) CircleCI
6 8 (0.48%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.48%) JUnit
7 5 (0.30%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.30%) Xcode
8 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.12%) MLflow
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.061%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.061%) Subversion
10 1 (0.061%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.061%) Vite
General
1 528 (31.98%) Social Skills
2 478 (28.95%) Finance
3 433 (26.23%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (16.66%) Legal
5 165 (9.99%) Banking
6 110 (6.66%) Public Sector
7 83 (5.03%) Retail
8 81 (4.91%) Law
9 76 (4.60%) Marketing
10 73 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 65 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
12 45 (2.73%) Games
13 44 (2.67%) Telecoms
14 40 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
15 26 (1.57%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.39%) Mandarin Language
18 17 (1.03%) Digital Economy
18 17 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 208 (12.60%) Analyst
2 186 (11.27%) Senior
3 172 (10.42%) Architect
4 158 (9.57%) Data Engineer
5 145 (8.78%) Data Architect
6 143 (8.66%) Platform Engineer
6 143 (8.66%) Principal Data Engineer
6 143 (8.66%) Principal Engineer
7 116 (7.03%) Lead
8 91 (5.51%) Senior Analyst
9 84 (5.09%) IT Manager
10 68 (4.12%) Developer
11 55 (3.33%) Security Manager
12 53 (3.21%) Support Engineer
13 52 (3.15%) Security Analyst
14 47 (2.85%) IT Support
15 45 (2.73%) Data Manager
15 45 (2.73%) Project Manager
16 42 (2.54%) Consultant
17 37 (2.24%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.06%) HTML
2 28 (1.70%) .NET
2 28 (1.70%) RESTful
3 24 (1.45%) CSS
4 16 (0.97%) REST
4 16 (0.97%) Web Services
5 15 (0.91%) React
5 15 (0.91%) XML
6 14 (0.85%) EDI
7 13 (0.79%) jQuery
8 10 (0.61%) Spring
9 9 (0.55%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.55%) HTML5
9 9 (0.55%) Unreal Engine
9 9 (0.55%) V-Ray
10 8 (0.48%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.42%) Ajax
11 7 (0.42%) gRPC
12 6 (0.36%) ASP.NET
12 6 (0.36%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 336 (20.35%) Self-Motivation
2 179 (10.84%) Management Information System
3 79 (4.78%) Driving Licence
4 77 (4.66%) Data Protection Act
5 58 (3.51%) Security Posture
6 49 (2.97%) NHS
7 43 (2.60%) Data Centre
8 39 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
9 25 (1.51%) Mobile App
10 23 (1.39%) e-Learning
11 21 (1.27%) IoT
11 21 (1.27%) Onboarding
12 20 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
13 19 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
14 18 (1.09%) CCTV
14 18 (1.09%) DataPower
14 18 (1.09%) Private Cloud
15 16 (0.97%) Algorithms
16 15 (0.91%) Cloud Native
17 14 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 184 (11.14%) Windows
2 75 (4.54%) Windows Server
3 65 (3.94%) Linux
4 54 (3.27%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.76%) Android
6 26 (1.57%) Apple iOS
7 20 (1.21%) Unix
8 15 (0.91%) Mac OS
9 12 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
10 10 (0.61%) Mac OS X
11 9 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.12%) VMS
13 2 (0.12%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.12%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.061%) AIX
14 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (33.01%) Problem-Solving
2 384 (23.26%) Data Protection
3 339 (20.53%) Data Governance
4 330 (19.99%) Mentoring
5 323 (19.56%) Cybersecurity
6 279 (16.90%) Data Engineering
6 279 (16.90%) Information Security
7 278 (16.84%) Agile
8 258 (15.63%) Platform Engineering
9 242 (14.66%) Data Management
10 238 (14.42%) DevOps
11 198 (11.99%) Data Privacy
12 197 (11.93%) Change Management
13 195 (11.81%) Data Science
14 185 (11.21%) Risk Management
15 183 (11.08%) Data Modelling
16 179 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
16 179 (10.84%) Data Security
17 173 (10.48%) ETL
18 167 (10.12%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (8.18%) SQL
2 45 (2.73%) JavaScript
3 41 (2.48%) Java
4 38 (2.30%) Python
5 37 (2.24%) C#
6 31 (1.88%) T-SQL
7 28 (1.70%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.09%) C
9 17 (1.03%) C++
9 17 (1.03%) PHP
10 7 (0.42%) R
11 6 (0.36%) Bash
12 5 (0.30%) COBOL
12 5 (0.30%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.30%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 5 (0.30%) Swift
12 5 (0.30%) VB
13 4 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.18%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 235 (14.23%) Degree
2 144 (8.72%) DBS Check
3 117 (7.09%) CISSP
4 70 (4.24%) CISM
5 55 (3.33%) Security Cleared
6 46 (2.79%) Master's Degree
7 44 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.24%) CRISC
8 37 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (2.24%) SC Cleared
9 32 (1.94%) CISA
10 29 (1.76%) GIAC
11 26 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
12 19 (1.15%) Azure Certification
13 17 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (0.85%) CEH
14 14 (0.85%) GSEC
14 14 (0.85%) SSCP
15 13 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
15 13 (0.79%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (15.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 217 (13.14%) Data Quality
3 142 (8.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 117 (7.09%) NIST
5 87 (5.27%) PCI DSS
6 58 (3.51%) GRC
7 48 (2.91%) SLA
8 36 (2.18%) HIPAA
9 35 (2.12%) QA
10 30 (1.82%) Accessibility
10 30 (1.82%) NCSC
11 23 (1.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 23 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 22 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 20 (1.21%) COBIT
14 16 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.73%) PSD2
15 12 (0.73%) SOC 2
16 11 (0.67%) COSHH
16 11 (0.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 92 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.54%) Hyper-V
3 25 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.61%) Firmware
4 10 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.55%) Docker
6 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.30%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.18%) vSphere
10 1 (0.061%) LXC
Systems Management
1 31 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.97%) FortiGate
3 15 (0.91%) SCCM
4 14 (0.85%) Terraform
5 13 (0.79%) CASB
6 10 (0.61%) Kubernetes
6 10 (0.61%) Nessus
7 8 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.36%) CSIRT
8 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (0.36%) SCDPM
9 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.24%) Autotask
9 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.18%) SELinux
11 2 (0.12%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.12%) QRadar
11 2 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 449 (27.20%) Microsoft
2 287 (17.38%) Google
3 47 (2.85%) SAP
4 42 (2.54%) Cisco
5 40 (2.42%) Databricks
6 36 (2.18%) VMware
7 30 (1.82%) Oracle
8 27 (1.64%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.39%) Citrix
10 22 (1.33%) Dell
10 22 (1.33%) Sophos
11 21 (1.27%) Adobe
12 20 (1.21%) IBM
13 18 (1.09%) Apple
13 18 (1.09%) Kofax
13 18 (1.09%) Pega
13 18 (1.09%) Salesforce
14 15 (0.91%) Qualys
14 15 (0.91%) Sage
15 14 (0.85%) HP