GDPR Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 120 163
Rank change year-on-year +11 +43 +31
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 183 129 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.26% 2.22% 1.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.32% 14.48% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 144 100 57
10th Percentile £31,075 £28,700 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £50,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -10.71% -5.49%
75th Percentile £66,563 £55,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,725 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +17.65% -12.45%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,278 891 1,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.80% 15.32% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 864 582 845
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,728 £30,580 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,763 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,841 £68,625 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,265 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.04% +0.48% -8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 August 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 Midlands +12 113 £52,500 -4.55% 53
East Midlands -2 69 £45,000 +26.76% 26
GDPR
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.64%) WordPress
4 2 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.09%) IIS
5 1 (0.55%) Apache
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 19 (10.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (6.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.73%) Shopify
3 4 (2.19%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (1.64%) iTrent
4 3 (1.64%) Magento
5 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.09%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.55%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.55%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.55%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 43 (23.50%) Power Platform
2 32 (17.49%) Azure
3 21 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.65%) AWS
5 12 (6.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (4.37%) SaaS
7 7 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.83%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.28%) GCP
9 3 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.64%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.09%) Figma
10 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.09%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.09%) Salesforce Einstein
10 2 (1.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.46%) VPN
2 8 (4.37%) Firewall
3 7 (3.83%) DNS
4 6 (3.28%) DHCP
4 6 (3.28%) VLAN
4 6 (3.28%) VoIP
5 5 (2.73%) Broadband
6 4 (2.19%) SMS
6 4 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.19%) Wireless
7 3 (1.64%) WAN
8 2 (1.09%) Internet
8 2 (1.09%) LAN
8 2 (1.09%) NAS
8 2 (1.09%) Network Security
8 2 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.09%) SAN
8 2 (1.09%) SSL
9 1 (0.55%) IPsec
9 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (23.50%) Power BI
2 15 (8.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (7.65%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (4.37%) Power Query
4 8 (4.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.83%) Tableau
6 6 (3.28%) MySQL
7 5 (2.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.19%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (2.19%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (1.64%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.64%) GIS
9 3 (1.64%) Metadata
9 3 (1.64%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.55%) Apache Iceberg
11 1 (0.55%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (2.73%) Yeoman
2 2 (1.09%) JIRA
3 1 (0.55%) Git
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
General
1 81 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 47 (25.68%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (24.04%) Finance
4 23 (12.57%) Legal
5 16 (8.74%) Marketing
5 16 (8.74%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (8.20%) Law
7 11 (6.01%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.92%) German Language
8 9 (4.92%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.83%) Fire and Rescue
10 6 (3.28%) Social Housing
11 5 (2.73%) Retail
12 4 (2.19%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.19%) Japanese Language
13 3 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.09%) Legal Technology
14 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (16.94%) Analyst
2 20 (10.93%) Architect
3 16 (8.74%) Lead
4 15 (8.20%) Senior
5 12 (6.56%) Data Manager
5 12 (6.56%) Security Analyst
5 12 (6.56%) Security Architect
6 8 (4.37%) Administrator
6 8 (4.37%) Data Governance Analyst
6 8 (4.37%) Data Governance Manager
6 8 (4.37%) Data Protection Analyst
6 8 (4.37%) Governance Manager
7 7 (3.83%) Business Intelligence Lead
7 7 (3.83%) IT Manager
7 7 (3.83%) Team Leader
8 6 (3.28%) Head of QA
8 6 (3.28%) Systems Analyst
9 5 (2.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 5 (2.73%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 5 (2.73%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.92%) HTML
2 5 (2.73%) CSS
3 4 (2.19%) RESTful
4 3 (1.64%) EDI
5 2 (1.09%) Kafka
5 2 (1.09%) React
5 2 (1.09%) Web Services
6 1 (0.55%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.55%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.55%) PySpark
6 1 (0.55%) REST
6 1 (0.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.29%) Data Protection Act
2 14 (7.65%) Management Information System
3 10 (5.46%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.92%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.37%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.83%) Driving Licence
7 6 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.73%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.19%) e-Learning
9 4 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (1.09%) CCTV
11 2 (1.09%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (1.09%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.09%) Replication
11 2 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.46%) Windows
2 8 (4.37%) Linux
3 5 (2.73%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.09%) Android
5 2 (1.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (34.43%) Data Protection
2 47 (25.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (25.14%) Business Intelligence
3 46 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (20.77%) Data Governance
5 37 (20.22%) Information Security
6 34 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
7 32 (17.49%) Analytics
8 28 (15.30%) CRM
8 28 (15.30%) Data Management
9 27 (14.75%) Risk Management
10 22 (12.02%) Customer Experience
10 22 (12.02%) Data Security
11 21 (11.48%) Agile
11 21 (11.48%) AI
11 21 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (10.93%) Decision-Making
12 20 (10.93%) E-Commerce
13 18 (9.84%) Customer Service
14 17 (9.29%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.85%) SQL
2 16 (8.74%) Python
3 7 (3.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (3.28%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.09%) Bash
5 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.09%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.55%) C#
6 1 (0.55%) Java
6 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (18.03%) Degree
2 19 (10.38%) CISM
2 19 (10.38%) CISSP
3 13 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (6.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 11 (6.01%) CCSP
5 9 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.28%) IRCA
7 5 (2.73%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.73%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.19%) MOS
9 3 (1.64%) CIPD
9 3 (1.64%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (1.64%) CRISC
9 3 (1.64%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.64%) SSCP
10 2 (1.09%) CCNA
10 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (20.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (14.75%) Data Quality
3 22 (12.02%) NIST
4 13 (7.10%) GRC
5 10 (5.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (5.46%) ISO 9001
6 9 (4.92%) PCI DSS
7 8 (4.37%) QA
8 7 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (2.73%) Accessibility
9 5 (2.73%) PERC
9 5 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (2.19%) HIPAA
10 4 (2.19%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.09%) COBIT
11 2 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (1.09%) SLA
12 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.55%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.55%) PSD2
System Software
1 11 (6.01%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (5.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.09%) Terraform
4 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.55%) Grafana
4 1 (0.55%) Nessus
4 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.55%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (28.96%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.84%) SAP
3 10 (5.46%) HubSpot
4 7 (3.83%) Oracle
5 4 (2.19%) Google
6 3 (1.64%) Apple
6 3 (1.64%) BT
6 3 (1.64%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.64%) Logitech
6 3 (1.64%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.64%) TOWER Software
6 3 (1.64%) Yealink
7 2 (1.09%) Cisco
7 2 (1.09%) Databricks
7 2 (1.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.09%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.09%) Splunk
7 2 (1.09%) Veeam
7 2 (1.09%) VMware
8 1 (0.55%) Facebook