GDPR Job Trends in Gloucestershire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 55 119
Rank change year-on-year -24 +64 -16
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 10 3 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.72% 0.70% 0.84%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.90% 9.68% 8.75%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 8
10th Percentile £37,500 £28,000 £28,408
25th Percentile £40,313 £28,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £30,000 £29,440
Median % change year-on-year +54.17% +1.90% -52.90%
75th Percentile £56,250 £31,000 £33,000
90th Percentile £70,500 - £33,225
South West median annual salary £45,000 £72,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -37.93% +93.33% +31.58%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 101 31 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 7.27% 7.24% 9.56%
Number of salaries quoted 83 26 101
10th Percentile £28,100 £26,875 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £29,750 £40,482
Median % change year-on-year +68.07% -26.51% -28.03%
75th Percentile £61,069 £50,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,754 £58,750 £75,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -8.70% +14.43% -6.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

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Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Gloucestershire

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Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Gloucester -15 4 £41,250 +44.74% 1
Cheltenham - 3 £50,000 - 1
GDPR
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (20.00%) Confluence
4 1 (10.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) LAN
1 4 (40.00%) WAN
1 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security
3 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) IT Support
2 4 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Compliance
4 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Systems Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Replication
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) Network Optimisation
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Content Management
5 1 (10.00%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) CISA
3 1 (10.00%) CISM
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (30.00%) NIST
4 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (10.00%) JSP 440
5 1 (10.00%) NCSC
5 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (20.00%) Veeam
4 1 (10.00%) HubSpot
4 1 (10.00%) Xero