GDPR Job Trends in Reading

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 61 99
Rank change year-on-year +19 +38 -43
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 7 15 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 1.19% 2.07% 0.093%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.73% 14.02% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £71,000 £54,500 -
25th Percentile £80,000 £55,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% - -
75th Percentile £85,938 £92,500 -
90th Percentile £87,625 £110,500 -
Berkshire median annual salary £47,000 £82,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -43.03% +106.25% -31.91%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 55 107 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 9.39% 14.78% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 39 35 66
10th Percentile £39,625 £40,013 £38,130
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £68,670 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £85,000 £87,250
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +25.00% +16.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Reading

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Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Reading over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Reading

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (14.29%) Anypoint
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
1 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Boomi
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) iPaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 1 (14.29%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Junior
2 2 (28.57%) Junior Penetration Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Junior Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Security Risk Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Risk Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Security Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Development Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Development Team Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Protective Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) AI
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 1 (14.29%) Open Source
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CGEIT
2 2 (28.57%) CHECK Team Leader
2 2 (28.57%) CHECK Team Member
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) CRISC
2 2 (28.57%) OSCP
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) GRC
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
3 1 (14.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 1 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) Epicor
3 1 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) IFS
3 1 (14.29%) Infor
3 1 (14.29%) Informatica
3 1 (14.29%) Jitterbit
3 1 (14.29%) MuleSoft
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) Sitecore
3 1 (14.29%) SnapLogic
3 1 (14.29%) Software AG
3 1 (14.29%) Talend
3 1 (14.29%) TIBCO
3 1 (14.29%) Workday