GDPR Jobs in Manchester

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 134 192
Rank change year-on-year +17 +58 -124
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 43 89 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.96% 1.69% 1.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.95% 13.67% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 32 49 41
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,063 £40,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% +7.37% -27.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - £82,548 £62,833
North West median annual salary £48,306 £40,000 £50,238
% change year-on-year +20.77% -20.38% -22.71%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 432 651 1,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 19.72% 12.36% 25.09%
Number of salaries quoted 185 470 310
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,750 £73,875
North West median annual salary £47,683 £48,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -0.66% -3.03% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Manchester

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Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for GDPR in Manchester

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Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Manchester

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Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 22 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
Bolton -7 14 £75,000 +7.14% 43
Wigan - 2 £26,000 - 2
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North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (39.53%) Azure
2 11 (25.58%) AWS
3 5 (11.63%) GCP
4 4 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (9.30%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (6.98%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (6.98%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.98%) SaaS
5 3 (6.98%) Snowflake
6 2 (4.65%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (4.65%) Amazon SageMaker
6 2 (4.65%) IaaS
6 2 (4.65%) PaaS
7 1 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.23%) Firewall
2 12 (27.91%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.65%) Broadband
3 2 (4.65%) LAN
3 2 (4.65%) Network Security
3 2 (4.65%) SD-WAN
3 2 (4.65%) WAN
3 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.33%) IPsec
4 1 (2.33%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (2.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) NoSQL
2 3 (6.98%) Power BI
3 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 32 (74.42%) Social Skills
2 14 (32.56%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Legal
4 3 (6.98%) Retail
5 2 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Law
6 1 (2.33%) Aviation
6 1 (2.33%) Banking
6 1 (2.33%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.33%) Prime Brokerage
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Architect
2 12 (27.91%) Security Architect
3 6 (13.95%) Lead
3 6 (13.95%) Senior
4 5 (11.63%) AWS Architect
4 5 (11.63%) AWS DevOps
4 5 (11.63%) AWS Solution Architect
4 5 (11.63%) DevOps Architect
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Architect
4 5 (11.63%) Senior DevOps
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 5 (11.63%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (11.63%) TOGAF Architect
5 4 (9.30%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Data Science Leader
6 2 (4.65%) IT Security Manager
6 2 (4.65%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) ARM Templates
2 2 (4.65%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (39.53%) Management Information System
2 14 (32.56%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (30.23%) Security Posture
4 12 (27.91%) Social Media
4 12 (27.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 5 (11.63%) Cloud Native
6 4 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (6.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (2.33%) Blockchain
9 1 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (2.33%) Derivative
9 1 (2.33%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (2.33%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (2.33%) Hedge funds
9 1 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (32.56%) Windows
2 12 (27.91%) Windows Vista
3 3 (6.98%) CentOS
3 3 (6.98%) Linux
3 3 (6.98%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (51.16%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (44.19%) TOGAF
3 17 (39.53%) Risk Management
4 16 (37.21%) Vulnerability Management
5 15 (34.88%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (34.88%) Data Protection
5 15 (34.88%) Identity Management
5 15 (34.88%) Information Security
6 14 (32.56%) Cloud Security
6 14 (32.56%) Computer Science
7 13 (30.23%) CI/CD
7 13 (30.23%) Incident Response
8 12 (27.91%) Collaborative Working
8 12 (27.91%) Containerisation
8 12 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (27.91%) DevOps
8 12 (27.91%) DevSecOps
8 12 (27.91%) Proactive Management
8 12 (27.91%) Risk Analysis
8 12 (27.91%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) PowerShell
1 7 (16.28%) Python
1 7 (16.28%) SQL
2 5 (11.63%) C#
2 5 (11.63%) Java
3 3 (6.98%) Bash
4 2 (4.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) Degree
2 14 (32.56%) CISA
2 14 (32.56%) CISM
2 14 (32.56%) CISSP
3 13 (30.23%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (27.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 12 (27.91%) Azure Certification
4 12 (27.91%) CEH
4 12 (27.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (27.91%) DBS Check
4 12 (27.91%) Master's Degree
5 8 (18.60%) AWS Certification
6 5 (11.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.98%) Linux+ Certification
7 3 (6.98%) RHCE
8 1 (2.33%) CCNA
8 1 (2.33%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (51.16%) NIST
2 18 (41.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (27.91%) HIPAA
4 4 (9.30%) PCI DSS
4 4 (9.30%) SOC 2
5 3 (6.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.33%) PERC
System Software
1 12 (27.91%) Docker
2 4 (9.30%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (6.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.98%) Dovecot
3 3 (6.98%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.98%) Postfix
3 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (27.91%) Kubernetes
2 5 (11.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Google
3 3 (6.98%) Okta
3 3 (6.98%) Ping Identity
3 3 (6.98%) Red Hat
3 3 (6.98%) VMware
4 2 (4.65%) Rapid7