GDPR Jobs in Scotland

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 191 58
Rank change year-on-year -27 -133 +92
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 66 30 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.98% 0.63% 4.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.16% 4.08% 27.58%
Number of salaries quoted 34 7 44
10th Percentile £22,250 £35,645 -
25th Percentile £27,438 £40,269 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +32.28% -
75th Percentile £69,375 £62,833 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,548 £64,700 -
UK median annual salary £46,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.91% - -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 809 735 990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.05% 15.52% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 345 209 462
10th Percentile £22,450 £31,505 £25,625
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +5.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,433 £89,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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 27 April 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 27 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
Edinburgh +61 26 £70,000 +17.60% 13
Glasgow -92 24 £39,000 -40.00% 16
Aberdeen -4 7 £55,000 - 3
Dundee -8 6 £22,500 -43.39%
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £35,000 - 3
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 7 (10.61%) Captiva
1 7 (10.61%) FileNet
1 7 (10.61%) WebSphere
2 6 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (30.30%) Azure
2 16 (24.24%) GCP
3 11 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 11 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (10.61%) GitHub
5 6 (9.09%) Power Platform
6 5 (7.58%) IaaS
6 5 (7.58%) PaaS
6 5 (7.58%) SaaS
7 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.03%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Firewall
1 2 (3.03%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) BigQuery
1 9 (13.64%) Looker
2 6 (9.09%) Power BI
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (19.70%) JIRA
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.52%) GitLab
3 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (36.36%) Finance
2 21 (31.82%) Banking
3 13 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (18.18%) Legal
5 8 (12.12%) Social Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Law
8 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (15.15%) Analyst
2 9 (13.64%) Data Engineer
2 9 (13.64%) Platform Engineer
2 9 (13.64%) Principal Data Engineer
2 9 (13.64%) Principal Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) FileNet Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Senior
3 7 (10.61%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (10.61%) Software Engineer
4 6 (9.09%) Consultant
4 6 (9.09%) Help Desk Adviser
4 6 (9.09%) Security Consultant
5 5 (7.58%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 5 (7.58%) Security Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Head of Information
7 3 (4.55%) Administrator
7 3 (4.55%) Information Officer
7 3 (4.55%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) SAML
2 2 (3.03%) LDAP
2 2 (3.03%) OAuth
2 2 (3.03%) OpenID
3 1 (1.52%) OpenCV
3 1 (1.52%) OpenVINO
3 1 (1.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (10.61%) DataPower
2 7 (10.61%) Private Cloud
3 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.55%) Low-Code
4 3 (4.55%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.52%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.52%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.64%) Windows
2 8 (12.12%) Linux
3 7 (10.61%) Unix
4 4 (6.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (34.85%) Data Protection
2 20 (30.30%) Change Management
3 19 (28.79%) Data Management
4 17 (25.76%) Agile
5 16 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (24.24%) Data Governance
5 16 (24.24%) DevOps
5 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (19.70%) Coaching
6 13 (19.70%) Mentoring
7 12 (18.18%) Data Privacy
7 12 (18.18%) Matrix Management
7 12 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
7 12 (18.18%) Process Improvement
8 11 (16.67%) Information Security
9 9 (13.64%) Data Engineering
9 9 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
9 9 (13.64%) Data Science
9 9 (13.64%) DataOps
9 9 (13.64%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.12%) SQL
2 7 (10.61%) Java
3 4 (6.06%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.52%) C++
4 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (10.61%) CISM
1 7 (10.61%) CISSP
2 4 (6.06%) Azure Certification
2 4 (6.06%) CISA
2 4 (6.06%) Degree
3 2 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (3.03%) CCSP
3 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.03%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.52%) HNC
4 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.52%) PhD
4 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.70%) NIST
2 11 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (9.09%) Data Quality
5 5 (7.58%) NCSC
6 2 (3.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.52%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (13.64%) Google
2 8 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 7 (10.61%) IBM
3 7 (10.61%) Kofax
3 7 (10.61%) Oracle
3 7 (10.61%) Pega
3 7 (10.61%) SAP
3 7 (10.61%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.03%) ForgeRock
5 1 (1.52%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.52%) Dell
5 1 (1.52%) HP
5 1 (1.52%) NetApp
5 1 (1.52%) Nintex
5 1 (1.52%) Qualys
5 1 (1.52%) VMware