GDPR Job Trends in Kent

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 70 28
Rank change year-on-year -5 -42 +56
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 13 9 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.26% 1.24% 6.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.16% 10.11% 40.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 33
10th Percentile - £28,100 -
25th Percentile - £32,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £49,134 £27,965
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +75.70% -49.84%
75th Percentile £57,750 £53,000 £47,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £53,600 £53,750
South East median annual salary £43,500 £69,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -37.41% +32.38% -0.47%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 128 89 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 12.44% 12.23% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 40 35 76
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,100 -
25th Percentile £33,750 £44,250 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +48.15% -8.73%
75th Percentile £66,250 £87,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,070 £93,500 £60,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +6.60% -2.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Kent

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Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Kent over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Kent

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Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Sittingbourne - 5 £30,000 - 2
Canterbury - 2 £90,000 -
Chatham 0 1 £75,000 +41.51% 1
West Malling - 1 £24,000 - 1
Dover - 1 £38,000 -
Maidstone - 1 £32,500 - 2
GDPR
South East

GDPR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 5 (38.46%) WordPress
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) AWS CloudTrail
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) Mimecast
General
1 5 (38.46%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Automotive
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) 1st Line Support
1 5 (38.46%) IT Support
2 2 (15.38%) Head of IT
3 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
3 1 (7.69%) AutoCAD Technician
3 1 (7.69%) CAD Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Risk Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Risk Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) CSS
1 5 (38.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Driving Licence
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Workflow
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
3 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) BCP
4 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity
4 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) Data Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) High Availability
4 2 (15.38%) IT Governance
4 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Logistics
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
1 5 (38.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
1 1 (7.69%) QA
1 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
1 5 (38.46%) Meraki
2 2 (15.38%) IFS
3 1 (7.69%) Okta