GDPR Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 137 193
Rank change year-on-year +32 +56 +46
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 418 340 380
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.17% 2.63% 1.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.30% 16.03% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 287 206 305
10th Percentile £43,250 £56,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £58,199 £62,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £83,750 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +61.06% -13.33%
75th Percentile £94,250 £97,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £89,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +41.30% -16.36%

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 2,732 2,121 3,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.15% 16.43% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,801 1,266 2,513
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,900
% change year-on-year +4.35% +8.70% -8.00%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in London

GDPR
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing GDPR

GDPR
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

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 18 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
West London +14 53 £46,000 -47.43% 15
Central London -16 53 £87,500 +16.67% 48
East London +11 27 £96,250 +1.32% 8
South London +19 9 £45,000 -30.77% 5
North London +9 9 £70,000 +27.27% 1
GDPR
England

GDPR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 25 (5.98%) Apache Spark
2 24 (5.74%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.67%) Apache
4 6 (1.44%) Confluence
4 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.44%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.96%) CMS
6 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.96%) Shopify
3 2 (0.48%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.48%) Yoast SEO
4 1 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.24%) iTrent
4 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 190 (45.45%) Azure
2 128 (30.62%) AWS
3 64 (15.31%) GCP
4 51 (12.20%) Power Platform
5 35 (8.37%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (6.46%) Snowflake
7 25 (5.98%) Datadog
8 24 (5.74%) Entra ID
9 22 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 22 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (5.26%) dbt
10 20 (4.78%) Amazon SageMaker
10 20 (4.78%) Azure AI
10 20 (4.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 20 (4.78%) SaaS
10 20 (4.78%) Vertex AI
11 19 (4.55%) GitHub
12 17 (4.07%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (3.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (13.40%) Firewall
2 38 (9.09%) VPN
2 38 (9.09%) WAN
3 30 (7.18%) Network Security
4 27 (6.46%) CHAP
5 20 (4.78%) SD-WAN
6 15 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (2.39%) DNS
8 8 (1.91%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (1.67%) VLAN
10 5 (1.20%) LAN
10 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.96%) Wireless
12 3 (0.72%) Broadband
12 3 (0.72%) DHCP
12 3 (0.72%) Internet
12 3 (0.72%) NGN
12 3 (0.72%) SCCP
13 2 (0.48%) Cisco IPT
13 2 (0.48%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.00%) Power BI
2 35 (8.37%) Tableau
3 29 (6.94%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (6.22%) Data Lake
5 25 (5.98%) BigQuery
6 19 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
6 19 (4.55%) Oracle Database
7 18 (4.31%) SQL Server
8 17 (4.07%) Looker
8 17 (4.07%) Relational Database
9 16 (3.83%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (3.83%) Snowflake Schema
10 11 (2.63%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.15%) Apache Hive
11 9 (2.15%) Metadata
12 7 (1.67%) Impala
12 7 (1.67%) Parquet
12 7 (1.67%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (3.83%) MLflow
2 15 (3.59%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.11%) Git
4 12 (2.87%) GitLab
5 11 (2.63%) JIRA
6 9 (2.15%) CircleCI
7 7 (1.67%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.72%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.48%) Crashlytics
10 1 (0.24%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.24%) Xcode
General
1 158 (37.80%) Finance
2 131 (31.34%) Social Skills
3 100 (23.92%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (16.75%) Banking
5 54 (12.92%) Marketing
6 50 (11.96%) Retail
7 47 (11.24%) Legal
8 44 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (8.37%) Financial Institution
10 32 (7.66%) Pharmaceutical
11 28 (6.70%) Law
12 21 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (3.35%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (2.15%) Advertising
15 9 (2.15%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
18 4 (0.96%) Games
19 3 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 67 (16.03%) Lead
2 53 (12.68%) Senior
3 51 (12.20%) Analyst
4 28 (6.70%) Auditor
5 27 (6.46%) Security Auditor
6 25 (5.98%) Data Engineer
7 24 (5.74%) Internal Auditor
8 23 (5.50%) Security Analyst
9 22 (5.26%) Architect
9 22 (5.26%) IT Manager
10 20 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
11 19 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
13 16 (3.83%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
14 15 (3.59%) Head of Security
14 15 (3.59%) Security Manager
15 12 (2.87%) Head of IT
15 12 (2.87%) Operations Manager
16 10 (2.39%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.18%) Kafka
2 16 (3.83%) LangChain
2 16 (3.83%) LlamaIndex
2 16 (3.83%) OAuth
2 16 (3.83%) pgvector
2 16 (3.83%) PyTorch
2 16 (3.83%) scikit-learn
2 16 (3.83%) TensorFlow
3 13 (3.11%) SAML
4 12 (2.87%) ADO
4 12 (2.87%) CSS
4 12 (2.87%) HTML
4 12 (2.87%) YAML
5 11 (2.63%) PySpark
6 9 (2.15%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (2.15%) RESTful
7 6 (1.44%) JSON
8 4 (0.96%) Node.js
8 4 (0.96%) REST
8 4 (0.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.40%) Management Information System
2 25 (5.98%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.50%) Life Science
4 20 (4.78%) Pharmacovigilance
5 18 (4.31%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (4.31%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.83%) Clustering
6 16 (3.83%) Public Cloud
7 15 (3.59%) Blockchain
8 13 (3.11%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.91%) Cyberattack
9 8 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.67%) Insider Threat
11 6 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.44%) Social Media
12 5 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.74%) Windows
2 14 (3.35%) Linux
3 12 (2.87%) VMS
4 7 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.44%) Unix
6 5 (1.20%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.72%) AIX
8 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.24%) Android
9 1 (0.24%) CentOS
9 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (37.32%) Analytics
2 132 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
3 113 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (26.56%) Data Governance
5 101 (24.16%) Incident Response
6 92 (22.01%) AI
6 92 (22.01%) Data Protection
7 86 (20.57%) Information Security
8 78 (18.66%) Risk Management
9 75 (17.94%) Agile
9 75 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 65 (15.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 63 (15.07%) Project Management
12 59 (14.11%) Business Intelligence
13 58 (13.88%) Data Engineering
14 57 (13.64%) DevOps
15 56 (13.40%) Machine Learning
16 53 (12.68%) CI/CD
17 52 (12.44%) Computer Science
17 52 (12.44%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.99%) SQL
2 64 (15.31%) Python
3 20 (4.78%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.59%) Bash
5 14 (3.35%) Java
5 14 (3.35%) JavaScript
6 12 (2.87%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (2.63%) Go
8 5 (1.20%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.96%) Scala
10 3 (0.72%) C#
10 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.72%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.48%) Bicep
11 2 (0.48%) Ruby
12 1 (0.24%) Swift
Qualifications
1 86 (20.57%) Degree
2 80 (19.14%) CISSP
3 60 (14.35%) CISM
4 44 (10.53%) CISA
5 34 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (8.13%) SANS
6 31 (7.42%) FFIEC
7 28 (6.70%) CGEIT
8 27 (6.46%) Azure Certification
9 22 (5.26%) Master's Degree
10 17 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (3.59%) CCNA
12 14 (3.35%) GIAC
13 13 (3.11%) CCNP
14 11 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (2.39%) CompTIA CySA+
15 10 (2.39%) PMI Certification
15 10 (2.39%) PMP
16 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (28.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 108 (25.84%) NIST
3 55 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 55 (13.16%) PCI DSS
4 48 (11.48%) Data Quality
5 43 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 38 (9.09%) HIPAA
7 32 (7.66%) COBIT
7 32 (7.66%) QA
8 30 (7.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 30 (7.18%) SOC 2
9 29 (6.94%) EU AI Act
10 23 (5.50%) Solvency II
11 21 (5.02%) PSD2
12 18 (4.31%) Accessibility
13 16 (3.83%) PERC
14 14 (3.35%) GRC
15 10 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (1.20%) IFRS
16 5 (1.20%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (5.50%) Docker
2 21 (5.02%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.20%) IAG
5 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.48%) HDFS
6 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (9.33%) Terraform
2 28 (6.70%) Ansible
3 25 (5.98%) Kubernetes
4 14 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.35%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.11%) Grafana
6 10 (2.39%) CASB
7 9 (2.15%) Cisco Prime
8 8 (1.91%) SCCM
9 3 (0.72%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.72%) QRadar
10 2 (0.48%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 90 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.37%) Google
3 28 (6.70%) Databricks
4 26 (6.22%) Oracle
5 21 (5.02%) Dell
6 17 (4.07%) Palo Alto
7 16 (3.83%) Cloudera
8 15 (3.59%) Salesforce
9 13 (3.11%) Zscaler
10 12 (2.87%) Meraki
11 11 (2.63%) Cisco
11 11 (2.63%) SAP
11 11 (2.63%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.15%) Red Hat
12 9 (2.15%) Splunk
13 8 (1.91%) CyberArk
14 7 (1.67%) Informatica
14 7 (1.67%) ServiceNow
15 6 (1.44%) Workday
16 5 (1.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud