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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 38 93
Rank change year-on-year -64 +55 +9
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 21 18 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.85% 3.36% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.79% 28.13% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 2
10th Percentile £41,250 £29,000 -
25th Percentile £42,000 £35,532 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,536 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.70% +11.05% +12.28%
75th Percentile £75,000 £43,750 £33,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £49,000 -
South West median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £60,750
% change year-on-year +16.67% -25.93% +120.91%

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 142 64 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 5.78% 11.96% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 73 50 48
10th Percentile £28,280 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,571 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +2.41% -29.99%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £63,125
90th Percentile £80,000 - £70,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.80%

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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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -42 8 £42,500 +49.12% 4
Cheltenham - 8 £70,000 - 8
Cirencester - 2 £44,000 - 2
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 9 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (38.10%) Azure
3 6 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 4 (19.05%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (19.05%) OneDrive
5 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.76%) dbt
6 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (4.76%) Fivetran
6 1 (4.76%) GitHub
6 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
6 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
2 2 (9.52%) DNS
2 2 (9.52%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) LAN
2 2 (9.52%) WAN
2 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
1 2 (9.52%) GitLab
1 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 3 (14.29%) Games
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Robotics Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (9.52%) Administrator
3 2 (9.52%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Support
3 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) IT Security Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) IT Support
3 2 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
3 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Security Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 3 (14.29%) Robotics
1 3 (14.29%) SCADA
1 3 (14.29%) Security Posture
2 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.52%) Distributed Applications
2 2 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Replication
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
3 2 (9.52%) Android
3 2 (9.52%) Apple iOS
3 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Process Improvement
2 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (23.81%) Data Protection
2 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
3 4 (19.05%) Zero Trust
4 3 (14.29%) AI
4 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 3 (14.29%) Robotic Control
4 3 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (9.52%) DevSecOps
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 2 (9.52%) C++
3 2 (9.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
2 2 (9.52%) CIPD
2 2 (9.52%) CISSP
2 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) CISA
3 1 (4.76%) CISM
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) NIST
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.76%) JSP 440
4 1 (4.76%) NCSC
4 1 (4.76%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Docker
2 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Allen-Bradley
2 3 (14.29%) Siemens
3 2 (9.52%) Fortinet
3 2 (9.52%) Veeam
3 2 (9.52%) VMware
4 1 (4.76%) Infor
4 1 (4.76%) OpenAI
4 1 (4.76%) Workday