GDPR Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 117 152
Rank change year-on-year -28 +35 +125
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 126 177 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.11% 1.96% 1.67%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.13% 11.40% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 94 102 116
10th Percentile £29,300 - £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £40,000 £49,913
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -19.86% +8.51%
75th Percentile £62,701 £64,250 £63,000
90th Percentile £78,776 £77,500 £82,548
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -7.69% +22.07% -3.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 960 1,552 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.44% 17.22% 13.59%
Number of salaries quoted 529 605 1,064
10th Percentile £28,714 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £58,400 £60,000 £57,046
% change year-on-year -2.67% +5.18% -0.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 January 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
Yorkshire -14 67 £56,120 +5.89% 52
North West -25 55 £45,000 +21.62% 52
North East -8 4 £41,000 +8.70% 14
GDPR
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.59%) Confluence
2 2 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.79%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.79%) CMS
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (15.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.38%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.79%) Magento
3 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.79%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.08%) SaaS
2 16 (12.70%) Entra ID
3 15 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (11.90%) Microsoft Purview
4 13 (10.32%) Azure
4 13 (10.32%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.35%) AWS
6 4 (3.17%) GCP
7 3 (2.38%) Boomi
8 2 (1.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.59%) Collibra
8 2 (1.59%) PaaS
9 1 (0.79%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.79%) dbt
9 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.79%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.46%) Firewall
2 10 (7.94%) Network Security
3 7 (5.56%) DNS
4 5 (3.97%) LAN
4 5 (3.97%) WAN
4 5 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.17%) SMS
6 3 (2.38%) DHCP
6 3 (2.38%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.38%) VLAN
6 3 (2.38%) VPN
7 2 (1.59%) Broadband
7 2 (1.59%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.79%) Internet
8 1 (0.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.32%) Power BI
2 5 (3.97%) Tableau
3 3 (2.38%) Metadata
3 3 (2.38%) MySQL
3 3 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.59%) Ataccama
4 2 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.79%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.79%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.79%) Looker
5 1 (0.79%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 4 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
2 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (43.65%) Social Skills
2 38 (30.16%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (23.81%) Legal
4 27 (21.43%) Finance
5 14 (11.11%) Law
5 14 (11.11%) Marketing
6 9 (7.14%) Retail
7 8 (6.35%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.56%) French Language
9 6 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 3 (2.38%) Advertising
12 3 (2.38%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.38%) Local Government
12 3 (2.38%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.59%) Banking
13 2 (1.59%) Billing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.29%) Lead
2 11 (8.73%) Analyst
3 10 (7.94%) Senior
4 8 (6.35%) Consultant
4 8 (6.35%) CRM Executive
4 8 (6.35%) HR Advisor
5 6 (4.76%) Data Analyst
5 6 (4.76%) IT Support
6 5 (3.97%) Data Consultant
6 5 (3.97%) Data Protection Consultant
6 5 (3.97%) IT Manager
6 5 (3.97%) IT Sales Executive
6 5 (3.97%) MIS Manager
6 5 (3.97%) Sales Executive
7 4 (3.17%) Accountant
7 4 (3.17%) Assistant Accountant
7 4 (3.17%) Compliance Manager
7 4 (3.17%) HR Analyst
7 4 (3.17%) HR Data Analyst
7 4 (3.17%) Salesforce Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.17%) .NET
2 3 (2.38%) RESTful
3 2 (1.59%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.59%) Blazor
3 2 (1.59%) CSS
3 2 (1.59%) Entity Framework
3 2 (1.59%) HTML
4 1 (0.79%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.79%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.79%) HTML5
4 1 (0.79%) Ionic Framework
4 1 (0.79%) jQuery
4 1 (0.79%) LDAP
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.79%) React
4 1 (0.79%) SLSA
4 1 (0.79%) SOAP
4 1 (0.79%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.25%) Data Protection Act
2 17 (13.49%) Onboarding
3 11 (8.73%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.97%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.38%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.38%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.38%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.38%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.59%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.59%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.59%) Life Science
7 2 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.79%) Blog
8 1 (0.79%) IoT
8 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.76%) Windows
2 5 (3.97%) Linux
3 3 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.59%) Android
4 2 (1.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 44 (34.92%) Data Protection
3 43 (34.13%) Decision-Making
4 34 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (23.02%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (21.43%) Risk Management
7 26 (20.63%) CRM
8 23 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (15.87%) Data Governance
10 19 (15.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (14.29%) Incident Response
11 18 (14.29%) Security Architecture
11 18 (14.29%) SIEM
12 17 (13.49%) Analytics
13 16 (12.70%) Business Continuity
13 16 (12.70%) Information Governance
14 15 (11.90%) BCP
14 15 (11.90%) Business Continuity Planning
14 15 (11.90%) Risk Register
15 14 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.14%) SQL
2 5 (3.97%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.17%) C#
4 2 (1.59%) Bicep
4 2 (1.59%) Java
5 1 (0.79%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.79%) Bash
5 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (13.49%) Degree
2 5 (3.97%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.17%) CISSP
4 3 (2.38%) CIPD
5 2 (1.59%) AAT
5 2 (1.59%) ACCA
5 2 (1.59%) CIMA
5 2 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.59%) ISEB
5 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.59%) PMP
6 1 (0.79%) CISA
6 1 (0.79%) CISMP
6 1 (0.79%) City & Guilds
6 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.79%) GSEC
6 1 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.79%) MBA
6 1 (0.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (30.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (23.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (14.29%) NIST
4 15 (11.90%) Data Quality
5 8 (6.35%) PCI DSS
6 7 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (5.56%) GRC
7 6 (4.76%) Accessibility
7 6 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (4.76%) GLBA
8 5 (3.97%) QA
9 4 (3.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (3.17%) SLA
10 3 (2.38%) EU AI Act
10 3 (2.38%) NCSC
10 3 (2.38%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.79%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.79%) PERC
11 1 (0.79%) PMO
11 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.38%) Firmware
2 3 (2.38%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.59%) Docker
4 1 (0.79%) Squid
4 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.17%) Terraform
2 2 (1.59%) Ansible
2 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.59%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.59%) Puppet
3 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.79%) Kibana
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) Salesforce
3 9 (7.14%) Workday
4 8 (6.35%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.97%) iManage
6 4 (3.17%) Adobe
6 4 (3.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (2.38%) Apple
7 3 (2.38%) Oracle
7 3 (2.38%) Software AG
7 3 (2.38%) Talend
7 3 (2.38%) VMware
8 2 (1.59%) Sage
8 2 (1.59%) SAP
8 2 (1.59%) webMethods
8 2 (1.59%) Xamarin
8 2 (1.59%) Xero
9 1 (0.79%) Epicor
9 1 (0.79%) IBM
9 1 (0.79%) Informatica