GDPR Jobs in Kent

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 31 48
Rank change year-on-year -27 +17 +44
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 15 86 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.84% 5.74% 4.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.46% 32.33% 19.70%
Number of salaries quoted 14 79 23
10th Percentile - £13,696 £27,250
25th Percentile - £27,965 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £47,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.17% -6.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £43,500 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £49,019 £85,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.05% -9.52% -9.87%

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 97 266 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 11.92% 17.76% 24.02%
Number of salaries quoted 39 197 71
10th Percentile - £23,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,965 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -15.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £62,000 £46,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +34.78% -9.80% -2.86%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Kent

GDPR
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in Kent.

Salary trend for GDPR in Kent

GDPR
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Kent over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 2025. 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 +1 8 £30,000 -45.45%
Tunbridge Wells +11 2 £41,567 -11.56%
GDPR
South East

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 6 (40.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
General
1 6 (40.00%) Legal
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Law
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
3 1 (6.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) 1st Line Support
2 6 (40.00%) IT Support
3 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Information Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Information Governance Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Information Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) CSS
1 6 (40.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (13.33%) Cyberattack
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (6.67%) Housing Association
3 1 (6.67%) NHS
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Workflow
2 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Assurance
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (13.33%) Line Management
3 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) System Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (6.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (6.67%) Information Governance
4 1 (6.67%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (6.67%) IT Strategy
4 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (40.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GRC
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco
1 8 (53.33%) Meraki
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Sage