DORA Job Trends in the South East

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring DORA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	342	278	315
Rank change year-on-year	-64	+37	-
Permanent jobs citing DORA	7	6	4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East	0.035%	0.067%	0.035%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.33%	0.42%	0.29%
Number of salaries quoted	5	3	4
10^th Percentile	-	£56,000	£76,375
25^th Percentile	£46,250	£72,500	£85,938
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£100,000	£92,500
Median % change year-on-year	-37.50%	+8.11%	-
75^th Percentile	£96,250	-	£93,750
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median annual salary	£90,000	£85,000	£92,500
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	-8.11%	-2.63%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

DORA 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 the South East.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	2,146	1,416	1,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East	10.79%	15.78%	12.06%
Number of salaries quoted	1,439	750	687
10^th Percentile	£30,833	£29,000	£32,750
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£36,250	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£55,000	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	-4.55%	+1.85%	+2.86%
75^th Percentile	£66,486	£70,000	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£81,250	£83,750	£83,750
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-4.17%	-

DORA Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DORA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

DORA Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing DORA.

DORA Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing DORA in the South East over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Salary histogram for DORA in the South East

DORA Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DORA within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Thames Valley	-	3	£47,500	-
Buckinghamshire	-	2	£47,500	-
Surrey	-35	1	-	-
East Sussex	-	1	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	1	£62,500	-
DORA England

DORA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing DORA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for DORA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	85.7%	6
2	Continuous Improvement	42.9%	3
2	Cyber Essentials	42.9%	3
2	Cybersecurity	42.9%	3
2	Information Security	42.9%	3
2	NIST	42.9%	3
2	SIEM	42.9%	3
2	Vulnerability Management	42.9%	3
9	AI	28.6%	2
9	Azure	28.6%	2
9	BCP	28.6%	2
9	Business Continuity	28.6%	2
9	Business Continuity Planning	28.6%	2
9	Client Onboarding	28.6%	2
9	CompTIA Security+	28.6%	2
9	Cyber Essentials PLUS	28.6%	2
9	Data Protection	28.6%	2
9	Disaster Recovery	28.6%	2
9	Due Diligence	28.6%	2
9	GDPR	28.6%	2
9	Information Security Governance	28.6%	2
9	ISO 22301	28.6%	2
9	ISO 9001	28.6%	2
9	Microsoft	28.6%	2
9	Operational Resilience	28.6%	2
9	Presales	28.6%	2
9	Regulatory Compliance	28.6%	2
9	Risk Management	28.6%	2
9	SaaS	28.6%	2
9	Sales Enablement	28.6%	2

DORA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	85.7%	6
2	Cyber Essentials	42.9%	3
2	NIST	42.9%	3
4	Cyber Essentials PLUS	28.6%	2
4	GDPR	28.6%	2
4	ISO 22301	28.6%	2
4	ISO 9001	28.6%	2
4	SLA	28.6%	2
9	GRC	14.3%	1
9	ISO/IEC 42001	14.3%	1
9	SOC 2	14.3%	1