PERC Job Trends in the Midlands

Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring PERC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 - 284
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Permanent jobs citing PERC 2 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.019% - 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.17% - 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £77,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.36% -1.67% +20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

PERC 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 1,145 845 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.79% 17.58% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 612 534 1,181
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,822 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +5.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,795 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%

PERC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

PERC job vacancy trend in the Midlands

PERC
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PERC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PERC

PERC
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 PERC within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 March 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
East Midlands - 2 £70,000 - 2
PERC
England

PERC
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR