GDPR Jobs in London

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 212 248
Rank change year-on-year +74 +36 +58
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 314 346 474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.46% 1.44% 1.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.87% 10.24% 9.03%
Number of salaries quoted 199 277 297
10th Percentile £55,600 £27,965 £40,638
25th Percentile £62,500 £39,750 £45,141
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £97,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £117,750 £91,750 £104,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £47,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +32.28% -14.09% -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,111 3,378 5,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.52% 14.06% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,255 2,450 3,421
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £39,748
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% +3.33% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,094 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £112,500 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in London

GDPR
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for GDPR in London

GDPR
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in London

GDPR
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Central London +52 60 £75,000 +11.11% 47
West London +3 9 £85,000 +77.08% 11
South London -17 5 £72,500 +45.00% 7
East London -36 2 £95,000 +239.71% 10
North London - 1 £55,000 - 1
GDPR
England

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (2.87%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.91%) Moodle
4 5 (1.59%) Confluence
5 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.64%) CMS
6 2 (0.64%) Drupal
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.32%) SAS
7 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.73%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.32%) iTrent
5 1 (0.32%) Lorenzo
5 1 (0.32%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 130 (41.40%) Azure
2 76 (24.20%) AWS
3 53 (16.88%) GCP
4 39 (12.42%) Power Platform
5 27 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (7.01%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (7.01%) SaaS
7 21 (6.69%) Serverless
8 18 (5.73%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (5.10%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (5.10%) Azure Sentinel
9 16 (5.10%) GitHub
10 12 (3.82%) AWS KMS
10 12 (3.82%) Entra ID
10 12 (3.82%) Microsoft Copilot
10 12 (3.82%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (3.50%) Azure AI
11 11 (3.50%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (3.50%) Snowflake
12 10 (3.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (15.92%) Firewall
2 44 (14.01%) Network Security
3 17 (5.41%) VPN
4 6 (1.91%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.27%) NAS
5 4 (1.27%) SAN
5 4 (1.27%) WAN
6 2 (0.64%) LAN
6 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.64%) VLAN
7 1 (0.32%) Broadband
7 1 (0.32%) DNS
7 1 (0.32%) Internet
7 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.46%) Power BI
2 27 (8.60%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (5.73%) Tableau
4 12 (3.82%) Metadata
4 12 (3.82%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.87%) IBM InfoSphere
5 9 (2.87%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.91%) Big Data
7 6 (1.91%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.27%) Data Vault
8 4 (1.27%) Power Query
9 3 (0.96%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.64%) OLAP
10 2 (0.64%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 10 (3.18%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.23%) JIRA
3 4 (1.27%) Postman
3 4 (1.27%) Selenium
3 4 (1.27%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.96%) JMeter
4 3 (0.96%) Mocha
4 3 (0.96%) MSTest
4 3 (0.96%) NUnit
4 3 (0.96%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.32%) Git
5 1 (0.32%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 121 (38.54%) Social Skills
2 94 (29.94%) Finance
3 52 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (14.65%) Legal
5 38 (12.10%) Marketing
6 34 (10.83%) Law
7 25 (7.96%) Public Sector
8 21 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (6.37%) Telecoms
10 19 (6.05%) Retail
11 16 (5.10%) Banking
12 15 (4.78%) Electronics
12 15 (4.78%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (2.23%) Front Office
15 6 (1.91%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 64 (20.38%) Architect
2 42 (13.38%) Lead
3 39 (12.42%) Senior
4 26 (8.28%) Operations Manager
4 26 (8.28%) Solutions Architect
5 22 (7.01%) IT Manager
6 18 (5.73%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (5.73%) IT Operations Manager
7 16 (5.10%) Cloud Architect
8 15 (4.78%) IT Support
8 15 (4.78%) IT Support Manager
8 15 (4.78%) Support Manager
9 14 (4.46%) Analyst
9 14 (4.46%) AWS Architect
10 13 (4.14%) Security Engineer
11 11 (3.50%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 11 (3.50%) Lead Architect
11 11 (3.50%) Security Architect
11 11 (3.50%) Security Manager
12 9 (2.87%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.69%) Kafka
2 16 (5.10%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (2.55%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.59%) Node.js
4 5 (1.59%) RESTful
5 4 (1.27%) .NET
5 4 (1.27%) Great Expectations
5 4 (1.27%) Playwright
5 4 (1.27%) pytest
5 4 (1.27%) REST
6 3 (0.96%) CSS
6 3 (0.96%) EDI
6 3 (0.96%) HTML
6 3 (0.96%) Jest
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.96%) Swagger
6 3 (0.96%) Web Services
6 3 (0.96%) WebdriverIO
7 2 (0.64%) Middleware
7 2 (0.64%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 62 (19.75%) Management Information System
2 35 (11.15%) Security Posture
3 33 (10.51%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.14%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.50%) Algorithms
7 10 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.18%) Social Media
8 9 (2.87%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.91%) Learning Management System
11 5 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.59%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.27%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (1.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.28%) Windows
2 17 (5.41%) Linux
3 9 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.27%) VMS
5 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.64%) Solaris
7 1 (0.32%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (28.34%) Data Protection
2 79 (25.16%) DevOps
3 78 (24.84%) CI/CD
4 76 (24.20%) Cybersecurity
5 66 (21.02%) Data Security
5 66 (21.02%) Incident Response
6 64 (20.38%) Information Security
7 60 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (17.20%) Data Privacy
9 52 (16.56%) Analytics
10 51 (16.24%) Business Intelligence
11 50 (15.92%) Mentoring
12 49 (15.61%) Project Management
12 49 (15.61%) Risk Management
13 48 (15.29%) Agile
13 48 (15.29%) Cloud Security
14 47 (14.97%) Roadmaps
15 43 (13.69%) Computer Science
15 43 (13.69%) Incident Management
16 42 (13.38%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 59 (18.79%) Python
2 44 (14.01%) SQL
3 25 (7.96%) PowerShell
4 23 (7.32%) Java
5 16 (5.10%) Bash
6 7 (2.23%) Perl
6 7 (2.23%) Scala
7 6 (1.91%) C#
7 6 (1.91%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.59%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.27%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.27%) R
10 2 (0.64%) Ruby
11 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.32%) Bicep
11 1 (0.32%) C
Qualifications
1 65 (20.70%) Degree
2 37 (11.78%) CISSP
3 34 (10.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (8.92%) Azure Certification
5 22 (7.01%) AWS Certification
6 21 (6.69%) PMI Certification
6 21 (6.69%) PMP
6 21 (6.69%) Security Cleared
7 19 (6.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 18 (5.73%) CISM
9 17 (5.41%) SC Cleared
10 13 (4.14%) DBS Check
11 11 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (2.55%) CRISC
13 6 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.91%) CISA
14 5 (1.59%) CCNP
14 5 (1.59%) CCSP
14 5 (1.59%) Master's Degree
15 4 (1.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (29.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 78 (24.84%) NIST
3 50 (15.92%) HIPAA
4 47 (14.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 43 (13.69%) PCI DSS
6 26 (8.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 26 (8.28%) SOC 2
7 25 (7.96%) Data Quality
8 24 (7.64%) QA
9 21 (6.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 17 (5.41%) Accessibility
11 15 (4.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (3.82%) GRC
13 8 (2.55%) SLA
14 5 (1.59%) GxP
14 5 (1.59%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.96%) NCSC
16 2 (0.64%) GLP
16 2 (0.64%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.64%) PSD2
System Software
1 27 (8.60%) Docker
2 11 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (3.18%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.96%) vSphere
7 2 (0.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (14.33%) Terraform
2 33 (10.51%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.10%) Grafana
4 15 (4.78%) Ansible
5 14 (4.46%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.91%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.91%) Puppet
7 6 (1.91%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.96%) Avamar
9 3 (0.96%) CASB
9 3 (0.96%) Nessus
9 3 (0.96%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.96%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (0.64%) Istio
10 2 (0.64%) linkerd
11 1 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 90 (28.66%) Microsoft
2 43 (13.69%) Google
3 31 (9.87%) SAP
4 17 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.41%) VMware
5 13 (4.14%) Informatica
6 12 (3.82%) Workday
7 11 (3.50%) OpenAI
8 10 (3.18%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.87%) IBM
10 8 (2.55%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.23%) Databricks
12 5 (1.59%) Cisco
12 5 (1.59%) Citrix
12 5 (1.59%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.59%) Splunk
12 5 (1.59%) Tanium
13 4 (1.27%) Oracle
14 3 (0.96%) Juniper
14 3 (0.96%) NetApp