GDPR Job Trends in Northern Ireland

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 33 57
Rank change year-on-year -28 +24 +31
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 13 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.35% 0.74% 0.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.38% 5.26% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +39.78% -15.45%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 105 38 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.91% 13.97% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 28
10th Percentile £32,575 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,563 £42,188 £31,622
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £71,250 £48,454
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +47.05% -3.09%
75th Percentile £72,188 £89,688 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,125 £93,750 £80,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GDPR

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
County Antrim -21 7 £70,000 - 4
Newry - 6 - -
County Down - 6 - -
GDPR
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 12 (92.31%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (92.31%) Finance
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Head of QA
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Officer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Actionable Insight
1 12 (92.31%) Analytics
1 12 (92.31%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 12 (92.31%) Change Management
1 12 (92.31%) Continuous Improvement
1 12 (92.31%) Customer Experience
1 12 (92.31%) PRINCE2
1 12 (92.31%) Quality Management
1 12 (92.31%) Root Cause Analysis
1 12 (92.31%) Service Delivery
1 12 (92.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
2 1 (7.69%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (92.31%) ISO 9001
1 12 (92.31%) QA