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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 62 114
Rank change year-on-year -15 +52 -11
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 8 1 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.63% 0.24% 0.84%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.70% 3.33% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 8
10th Percentile £37,500 - £28,408
25th Percentile £39,375 £27,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £28,500 £29,440
Median % change year-on-year +49.12% -3.19% -52.90%
75th Percentile £58,750 £29,250 £33,000
90th Percentile £71,500 - £33,225
South West median annual salary £43,227 £62,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -30.84% +66.67% -25.00%

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 92 30 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 7.20% 7.19% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 68 22 127
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,575 £27,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £27,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £31,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +85.78% -13.89% -31.43%
75th Percentile £75,754 £50,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £79,160 £58,625 £75,000
South West median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £52,396
% change year-on-year -6.96% +9.74% +0.92%

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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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -12 4 £41,250 +44.74% 3
Cheltenham - 2 £57,500 - 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 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) Confluence
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (12.50%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Advertising
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) IT Support
2 4 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Compliance
3 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Systems Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) CCTV
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) RBAC
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Detection
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CISA
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (12.50%) JSP 440
3 1 (12.50%) NCSC
3 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (37.50%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
4 2 (25.00%) Veeam
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) HubSpot
5 1 (12.50%) Meraki
5 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 1 (12.50%) Xero