GDPR Job Trends in the South East

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 126 123
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 +92
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 188 203 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.20% 2.36% 2.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.24% 15.70% 16.34%
Number of salaries quoted 158 162 219
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £37,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £73,438 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £83,750 £92,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -1.64% +25.13% -11.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,673 1,293 2,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.64% 15.05% 12.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,165 691 1,463
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year - +6.98% -6.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the South East over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the South East

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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 GDPR within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Thames Valley +26 77 £47,500 -42.42% 42
Hampshire -42 39 £57,500 +4.55% 5
Berkshire +5 35 £55,000 -33.33% 14
Surrey -41 35 £55,000 +37.50% 15
Buckinghamshire -1 24 £50,000 -23.08% 16
Oxfordshire +2 18 £47,166 +88.66% 12
Kent -24 15 £31,000 +3.33% 20
East Sussex -8 12 £70,000 +21.74% 2
West Sussex -20 9 £35,000 -46.15% 2
Middlesex +32 1 £97,500 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (6.38%) CMS
2 9 (4.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.06%) WordPress
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (10.11%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.06%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.06%) EPLAN
4 2 (1.06%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.53%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.53%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.23%) Azure
2 14 (7.45%) SaaS
3 13 (6.91%) Power Platform
4 11 (5.85%) Google Tag Manager
5 10 (5.32%) Google Data Studio
5 10 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.72%) AWS
6 7 (3.72%) Azure Functions
6 7 (3.72%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (3.72%) Serverless
7 6 (3.19%) Mimecast
7 6 (3.19%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.13%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.60%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.06%) GitHub
11 2 (1.06%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 22 (11.70%) Firewall
2 14 (7.45%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (4.79%) VPN
4 8 (4.26%) DHCP
4 8 (4.26%) DNS
4 8 (4.26%) Wireless
5 7 (3.72%) VLAN
6 4 (2.13%) WAN
7 3 (1.60%) LAN
8 2 (1.06%) Internet
8 2 (1.06%) Network Security
9 1 (0.53%) Broadband
9 1 (0.53%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.53%) NGFW
9 1 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.32%) Looker
3 9 (4.79%) Power BI
4 7 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.72%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.13%) Tableau
6 3 (1.60%) Metadata
6 3 (1.60%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.53%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.53%) Impala
8 1 (0.53%) MySQL
8 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.53%) Parquet
8 1 (0.53%) Power Query
8 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (4.79%) Git
2 2 (1.06%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.53%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.53%) JIRA
General
1 79 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (17.55%) Finance
4 26 (13.83%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (12.77%) Legal
6 20 (10.64%) Marketing
7 17 (9.04%) Retail
8 13 (6.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (6.38%) Games
10 11 (5.85%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (5.85%) Law
11 6 (3.19%) Financial Institution
11 6 (3.19%) Japanese Language
11 6 (3.19%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.66%) Military
13 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.06%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 25 (13.30%) Security Manager
2 15 (7.98%) Support Engineer
3 13 (6.91%) Developer
3 13 (6.91%) IT Engineer
3 13 (6.91%) IT Support
4 12 (6.38%) Analyst
4 12 (6.38%) Compliance Manager
4 12 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 11 (5.85%) Lead
6 9 (4.79%) Administrator
6 9 (4.79%) Information Manager
6 9 (4.79%) Information Security Manager
6 9 (4.79%) Senior
6 9 (4.79%) Technical Engineer
6 9 (4.79%) Technical Support
6 9 (4.79%) Technical Support Engineer
7 8 (4.26%) Security Assurance Manager
8 7 (3.72%) Network Engineer
8 7 (3.72%) Software Developer
9 6 (3.19%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.72%) .NET
2 5 (2.66%) HTML
3 3 (1.60%) React
4 2 (1.06%) CSS
4 2 (1.06%) Hugging Face
4 2 (1.06%) LangChain
4 2 (1.06%) Ray
4 2 (1.06%) vLLM
4 2 (1.06%) Web Services
4 2 (1.06%) YAML
5 1 (0.53%) Apollo GraphQL
5 1 (0.53%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.53%) Laravel
5 1 (0.53%) Next.js
5 1 (0.53%) OpenID
5 1 (0.53%) PySpark
5 1 (0.53%) SAML
5 1 (0.53%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.11%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (6.91%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (6.38%) Driving Licence
4 11 (5.85%) CCTV
4 11 (5.85%) Security Posture
5 10 (5.32%) Marketing Technology
6 7 (3.72%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.66%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.13%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.60%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.60%) Arduino
9 3 (1.60%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.60%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.06%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.38%) Windows
2 5 (2.66%) Linux
3 2 (1.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (26.06%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (22.34%) Data Protection
3 42 (22.34%) Information Security
4 28 (14.89%) CRM
5 26 (13.83%) Computer Science
6 25 (13.30%) Risk Management
7 24 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (11.70%) Decision-Making
8 22 (11.70%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (11.17%) Analytics
9 21 (11.17%) Customer Service
10 20 (10.64%) Roadmaps
11 19 (10.11%) AI
11 19 (10.11%) Incident Response
12 18 (9.57%) Cloud Security
13 15 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (7.45%) CI/CD
14 14 (7.45%) Customer Experience
14 14 (7.45%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.30%) Python
2 15 (7.98%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.98%) SQL
3 7 (3.72%) C#
4 4 (2.13%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.60%) Bash
5 3 (1.60%) C
5 3 (1.60%) Pascal
6 2 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (21.81%) Degree
2 14 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.79%) CREST Certified
4 8 (4.26%) Azure Certification
4 8 (4.26%) CISM
4 8 (4.26%) DV Cleared
4 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.72%) CISSP
5 7 (3.72%) HNC
6 6 (3.19%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.19%) MOS
7 4 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.60%) NVQ Level 3
8 3 (1.60%) OSCP
9 2 (1.06%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (19.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (11.17%) Data Quality
3 18 (9.57%) NIST
3 18 (9.57%) PCI DSS
4 17 (9.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (8.51%) SOC 2
6 15 (7.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (5.85%) GRC
8 8 (4.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (4.26%) NCSC
9 7 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (2.66%) Accessibility
11 4 (2.13%) HIPAA
11 4 (2.13%) ISO 9001
11 4 (2.13%) PERC
11 4 (2.13%) QA
11 4 (2.13%) SOC 3
12 3 (1.60%) SLA
13 2 (1.06%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.53%) IFRS
System Software
1 11 (5.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.72%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.19%) vSphere
4 2 (1.06%) Docker
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.60%) Terraform
2 2 (1.06%) Ansible
2 2 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.53%) CASB
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.53%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 43 (22.87%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.91%) Google
3 12 (6.38%) Oracle
4 10 (5.32%) Braze
5 9 (4.79%) Cisco
6 6 (3.19%) Meraki
6 6 (3.19%) Veeam
6 6 (3.19%) VMware
7 3 (1.60%) Motorola
8 2 (1.06%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (1.06%) Aruba
8 2 (1.06%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.06%) SAP
8 2 (1.06%) Siemens
8 2 (1.06%) Splunk
8 2 (1.06%) Wonderware
9 1 (0.53%) Databricks
9 1 (0.53%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.53%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow