GDPR Jobs in the North West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 233 90
Rank change year-on-year +103 -143 +71
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 177 68 321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.82% 0.86% 3.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.23% 3.64% 20.58%
Number of salaries quoted 99 54 93
10th Percentile £26,750 £36,475 £33,200
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,238 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% -16.27% +9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,099 £75,813 £90,000
England median annual salary £46,250 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.91% -4.35% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,244 1,868 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.81% 23.65% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 881 512 858
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,025
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,063 £63,519
90th Percentile £84,919 £75,000 £76,520
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the North West.

Salary trend for GDPR in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the North West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Manchester +63 90 £51,000 +1.52% 29
Cheshire +21 40 £40,000 -38.46% 25
Merseyside +34 29 £34,000 -24.44% 6
Lancashire +3 12 £40,000 -52.94% 3
Cumbria - 6 - -
GDPR
England

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 20 (11.30%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.26%) Captiva
3 4 (2.26%) FileNet
3 4 (2.26%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.69%) CMS
4 3 (1.69%) Umbraco
5 2 (1.13%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.13%) Confluence
5 2 (1.13%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (10.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.69%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (1.69%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.69%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.56%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.56%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.56%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.56%) Primavera
3 1 (0.56%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 42 (23.73%) GCP
2 39 (22.03%) Azure
3 28 (15.82%) AWS
4 20 (11.30%) Power Platform
5 19 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.95%) SaaS
8 5 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.82%) OCI
8 5 (2.82%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.26%) GitHub
9 4 (2.26%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 3 (1.69%) Commercetools
10 3 (1.69%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 2 (1.13%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.13%) Serverless
11 2 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.82%) VoIP
2 4 (2.26%) Firewall
2 4 (2.26%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.69%) Intranet
3 3 (1.69%) Network Security
4 2 (1.13%) Skype
5 1 (0.56%) Internet
5 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (21.47%) BigQuery
2 35 (19.77%) Looker
3 20 (11.30%) SQL Server
4 13 (7.34%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (7.34%) Power BI
5 7 (3.95%) Metadata
6 4 (2.26%) PowerPivot
7 2 (1.13%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (10.73%) JIRA
2 6 (3.39%) Git
3 4 (2.26%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 58 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 57 (32.20%) Analytical Skills
2 57 (32.20%) Legal
3 36 (20.34%) Finance
4 28 (15.82%) Banking
5 13 (7.34%) Law
6 9 (5.08%) Retail
7 8 (4.52%) Marketing
8 6 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.26%) Games
9 4 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.13%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.56%) Automotive
11 1 (0.56%) Electronics
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (16.38%) Data Engineer
1 29 (16.38%) Platform Engineer
1 29 (16.38%) Principal Data Engineer
1 29 (16.38%) Principal Engineer
2 20 (11.30%) Analyst
3 19 (10.73%) Architect
3 19 (10.73%) Lead
3 19 (10.73%) Senior
4 15 (8.47%) Data Architect
5 12 (6.78%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (6.21%) Developer
7 7 (3.95%) Systems Developer
8 6 (3.39%) Support Engineer
9 5 (2.82%) .NET Developer
9 5 (2.82%) Business Development Manager
9 5 (2.82%) C# Developer
9 5 (2.82%) Development Manager
9 5 (2.82%) Information Analyst
9 5 (2.82%) Security Analyst
9 5 (2.82%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.21%) HTML
2 7 (3.95%) .NET
3 5 (2.82%) XML
4 3 (1.69%) CSS
4 3 (1.69%) HTML5
4 3 (1.69%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.77%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (11.30%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.95%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (3.39%) Blog
5 5 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.82%) e-Learning
5 5 (2.82%) Fat Client
5 5 (2.82%) Thin Client
6 4 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.26%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.26%) DataPower
6 4 (2.26%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.26%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.69%) Animation
7 3 (1.69%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.69%) NHS
7 3 (1.69%) Smart Energy
7 3 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.13%) IoT
8 2 (1.13%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.34%) Windows
2 9 (5.08%) Linux
3 8 (4.52%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.26%) Unix
5 3 (1.69%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (36.16%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 47 (26.55%) DevOps
4 45 (25.42%) Agile
5 42 (23.73%) Data Governance
5 42 (23.73%) Mentoring
6 38 (21.47%) Data Engineering
6 38 (21.47%) Platform Engineering
7 37 (20.90%) Data Management
8 35 (19.77%) Change Management
9 34 (19.21%) Data Science
10 29 (16.38%) Data Pipeline
10 29 (16.38%) DataOps
10 29 (16.38%) Risk Management
11 27 (15.25%) Data Privacy
12 25 (14.12%) Information Security
13 24 (13.56%) Matrix Management
13 24 (13.56%) Matrix Organization
13 24 (13.56%) Process Improvement
14 23 (12.99%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.65%) C#
2 9 (5.08%) Java
2 9 (5.08%) SQL
3 7 (3.95%) Python
4 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.13%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.56%) C
Qualifications
1 23 (12.99%) CISM
2 22 (12.43%) Degree
3 19 (10.73%) CRISC
4 16 (9.04%) CISA
5 14 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 14 (7.91%) Security Cleared
6 12 (6.78%) CISSP
7 6 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.26%) CEH
8 4 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.26%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (2.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (2.26%) ISSMP
8 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.69%) PMP
10 2 (1.13%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.13%) SAS Certification
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (20.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (15.25%) Data Quality
3 19 (10.73%) GRC
4 16 (9.04%) NIST
5 11 (6.21%) PCI DSS
6 9 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (3.95%) QA
8 5 (2.82%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.69%) NCSC
9 3 (1.69%) PSD2
9 3 (1.69%) SLA
9 3 (1.69%) WCAG
10 2 (1.13%) PMO
11 1 (0.56%) COBIT
11 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.56%) P3O
11 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.69%) Hyper-V
1 3 (1.69%) Terminal Services
1 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.26%) Autotask
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.69%) SELinux
3 1 (0.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 37 (20.90%) Google
2 27 (15.25%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.21%) Oracle
4 7 (3.95%) Cisco
4 7 (3.95%) SAP
5 4 (2.26%) Citrix
5 4 (2.26%) Datto
5 4 (2.26%) Dell
5 4 (2.26%) IBM
5 4 (2.26%) Kofax
5 4 (2.26%) Pega
5 4 (2.26%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.69%) Adobe
6 3 (1.69%) HP
6 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.69%) VMware
7 1 (0.56%) Atmel
7 1 (0.56%) Capita
7 1 (0.56%) Civica
7 1 (0.56%) NEC