GDPR Jobs in Scotland

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 175 114
Rank change year-on-year -20 -61 +33
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 57 35 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.00% 0.92% 2.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.69% 8.05% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 23 16 46
10th Percentile £25,750 £36,519 £38,318
25th Percentile £32,500 £49,813 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,526 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +13.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,833 £71,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,167 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 588 435 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.32% 11.47% 16.58%
Number of salaries quoted 264 199 422
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,044 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,000 £48,763
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +8.69% +14.74%
75th Percentile £60,313 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £87,419 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Scotland

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Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in Scotland.

Salary trend for GDPR in Scotland

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Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Glasgow -63 34 £44,500 -26.14% 7
Edinburgh +43 16 £60,000 +0.80% 6
Aberdeen - 3 - - 2
Dundee -4 1 £22,500 -43.39% 1
Stirling - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £35,000 -
GDPR
UK

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (15.79%) GCP
4 7 (12.28%) Entra ID
5 6 (10.53%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.26%) IaaS
6 3 (5.26%) PaaS
6 3 (5.26%) SaaS
7 2 (3.51%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.77%) Firewall
2 2 (3.51%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.79%) BigQuery
1 9 (15.79%) Looker
2 6 (10.53%) Power BI
3 1 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.75%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) GitLab
General
1 21 (36.84%) Finance
2 18 (31.58%) Banking
3 16 (28.07%) Legal
4 14 (24.56%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (12.28%) Social Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.26%) Law
6 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.75%) French Language
8 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Analyst
2 12 (21.05%) Senior
2 12 (21.05%) Senior Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Data Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Platform Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Principal Data Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Information Officer
4 5 (8.77%) Information Security Officer
4 5 (8.77%) Security Officer
5 4 (7.02%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Data Protection Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Head of Information
5 4 (7.02%) Security Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.26%) Administrator
6 3 (5.26%) IT Administrator
6 3 (5.26%) IT Support
7 2 (3.51%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) SAML
2 2 (3.51%) LDAP
2 2 (3.51%) OAuth
2 2 (3.51%) OpenID
3 1 (1.75%) OpenCV
3 1 (1.75%) OpenVINO
3 1 (1.75%) RESTful
3 1 (1.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.02%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (7.02%) Low-Code
4 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.51%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Windows
2 2 (3.51%) Linux
3 1 (1.75%) Android
3 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.88%) Data Protection
2 25 (43.86%) Data Management
3 20 (35.09%) Data Governance
4 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (28.07%) Data Privacy
5 16 (28.07%) Matrix Management
5 16 (28.07%) Matrix Organization
5 16 (28.07%) Process Improvement
6 13 (22.81%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (19.30%) Agile
8 10 (17.54%) DevOps
8 10 (17.54%) Impact Assessments
8 10 (17.54%) Supplier Relationship Management
9 9 (15.79%) Change Management
9 9 (15.79%) Data Engineering
9 9 (15.79%) Data Pipeline
9 9 (15.79%) Data Science
9 9 (15.79%) DataOps
9 9 (15.79%) Mentoring
9 9 (15.79%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.51%) C++
1 2 (3.51%) Python
2 1 (1.75%) C
2 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) CISM
2 7 (12.28%) CISSP
3 6 (10.53%) CISA
3 6 (10.53%) Degree
4 2 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (3.51%) CCSP
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.75%) CEH
5 1 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.75%) PhD
5 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (15.79%) NIST
3 6 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (10.53%) Data Quality
4 3 (5.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.75%) FedRAMP
6 1 (1.75%) IEC 62304
6 1 (1.75%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.75%) NCSC
6 1 (1.75%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.75%) PMO
6 1 (1.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.75%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (15.79%) Google
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.51%) ForgeRock
3 2 (3.51%) Nintex
4 1 (1.75%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.75%) Dell
4 1 (1.75%) HP
4 1 (1.75%) NetApp
4 1 (1.75%) Qualys
4 1 (1.75%) VMware