GDPR Jobs in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 121 180
Rank change year-on-year -30 +59 +4
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 183 378 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.89% 2.15% 1.83%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.40% 15.22% 10.16%
Number of salaries quoted 138 238 96
10th Percentile £26,200 £22,675 £35,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £72,188
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £47,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +32.28% -14.09% -4.35%

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 1,946 2,483 2,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.09% 14.09% 17.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 1,616 1,213
10th Percentile £37,000 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £32,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £45,125 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.40% -11.52% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the South East.

Salary trend for GDPR in the South East

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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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 +6 63 £82,500 +129.17% 75
Berkshire +46 49 £82,500 +26.92% 46
Surrey +40 48 £45,000 -5.26% 29
Hampshire +29 30 £57,500 -4.17% 31
Kent -21 13 £30,000 -38.14% 15
West Sussex +19 12 £27,849 -49.37% 16
Oxfordshire +13 9 £25,000 -5.66% 21
Middlesex - 8 - - 1
East Sussex +25 7 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Buckinghamshire -15 5 £65,000 +103.13% 20
Sussex +20 2 - - 7
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England

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (6.01%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.28%) WordPress
3 3 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.09%) CMS
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.55%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (12.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.83%) Acrobat
2 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (36.61%) Azure
2 32 (17.49%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (16.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 30 (16.39%) Azure Service Bus
3 30 (16.39%) SonarCloud
4 17 (9.29%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (8.74%) AWS
6 14 (7.65%) GCP
7 11 (6.01%) SaaS
8 8 (4.37%) Entra ID
8 8 (4.37%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (3.83%) Google Workspace
10 6 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.73%) IaaS
12 4 (2.19%) PaaS
13 2 (1.09%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.84%) Firewall
2 9 (4.92%) SAN
3 7 (3.83%) Intranet
4 6 (3.28%) NAS
5 5 (2.73%) VPN
6 3 (1.64%) Network Security
7 2 (1.09%) DHCP
7 2 (1.09%) DNS
7 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.09%) VLAN
8 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (16.39%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (6.01%) Big Data
4 9 (4.92%) Data Lake
4 9 (4.92%) Hadoop
4 9 (4.92%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.28%) Power BI
6 3 (1.64%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.64%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.09%) DTS
Development Applications
1 31 (16.94%) Git
2 30 (16.39%) MSBuild
2 30 (16.39%) Octopus Deploy
2 30 (16.39%) Team Foundation Server
2 30 (16.39%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.55%) Metasploit
General
1 62 (33.88%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.04%) Retail
3 33 (18.03%) Finance
4 24 (13.11%) Legal
5 22 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (12.02%) Law
6 9 (4.92%) Games
7 8 (4.37%) Marketing
8 6 (3.28%) Military
8 6 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.64%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.64%) Prime Brokerage
11 2 (1.09%) Billing
11 2 (1.09%) Electronics
12 1 (0.55%) Automotive
12 1 (0.55%) Back Office
12 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (18.58%) Architect
2 33 (18.03%) Technical Architect
3 17 (9.29%) Analyst
4 16 (8.74%) Security Engineer
5 13 (7.10%) IT Support
5 13 (7.10%) Senior
6 11 (6.01%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 10 (5.46%) Lead
8 9 (4.92%) Data Analytics Director
9 8 (4.37%) 1st Line Support
10 7 (3.83%) Compliance Advisor
10 7 (3.83%) Security Advisor
10 7 (3.83%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.83%) Technical Support
11 5 (2.73%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (2.73%) Head of Operations
11 5 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.73%) Infrastructure Support
11 5 (2.73%) Service Manager
11 5 (2.73%) Service Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (19.67%) CSS
1 36 (19.67%) HTML
2 31 (16.94%) .NET
2 31 (16.94%) ASP.NET
2 31 (16.94%) JSON
2 31 (16.94%) REST
2 31 (16.94%) XML
3 30 (16.39%) Bootstrap
3 30 (16.39%) gRPC
4 10 (5.46%) Kafka
5 2 (1.09%) Pandas
6 1 (0.55%) EDI
6 1 (0.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.02%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.65%) Security Posture
3 11 (6.01%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.46%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (5.46%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.37%) e-Learning
6 6 (3.28%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (2.73%) Clustering
7 5 (2.73%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.64%) Blockchain
9 3 (1.64%) Derivative
9 3 (1.64%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.09%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.09%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.49%) Windows
2 6 (3.28%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.09%) Linux
5 1 (0.55%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (22.95%) DevOps
3 35 (19.13%) Technical Leadership
4 32 (17.49%) Microservices
5 31 (16.94%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (16.94%) Data Encryption
5 31 (16.94%) Design Patterns
5 31 (16.94%) Event-Driven
5 31 (16.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 30 (16.39%) API Integration
6 30 (16.39%) Code Quality
6 30 (16.39%) MVC
6 30 (16.39%) Performance Optimisation
6 30 (16.39%) Performance Testing
7 29 (15.85%) Data Protection
8 26 (14.21%) Information Security
9 22 (12.02%) Computer Science
10 21 (11.48%) Data Security
11 20 (10.93%) Mentoring
12 19 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 45 (24.59%) SQL
2 37 (20.22%) JavaScript
3 30 (16.39%) C#
4 24 (13.11%) PowerShell
5 17 (9.29%) Python
6 8 (4.37%) Bash
7 6 (3.28%) PHP
8 4 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.55%) Java
10 1 (0.55%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 40 (21.86%) Degree
2 18 (9.84%) Azure Certification
3 16 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (5.46%) AWS Certification
4 10 (5.46%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.92%) CISSP
6 8 (4.37%) CEH
6 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.37%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (4.37%) Security Cleared
7 7 (3.83%) CISM
8 6 (3.28%) OSCP
9 4 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.19%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.64%) CISMP
10 3 (1.64%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.09%) HNC
11 2 (1.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (22.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (10.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (9.29%) PCI DSS
4 12 (6.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (6.01%) HIPAA
5 11 (6.01%) NIST
6 10 (5.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (3.83%) PERC
8 6 (3.28%) Data Quality
9 4 (2.19%) GRC
10 3 (1.64%) SLA
10 3 (1.64%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.09%) Accessibility
11 2 (1.09%) NCSC
11 2 (1.09%) PMO
12 1 (0.55%) COBIT
12 1 (0.55%) COSHH
12 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 31 (16.94%) Docker
2 18 (9.84%) Active Directory
3 12 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.28%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.19%) QRadar
3 3 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.09%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.55%) Grafana
5 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.55%) Nessus
5 1 (0.55%) OpenVAS
5 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 63 (34.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.29%) Google
3 13 (7.10%) Cisco
4 12 (6.56%) VMware
5 11 (6.01%) Citrix
6 8 (4.37%) Adobe
6 8 (4.37%) Meraki
7 7 (3.83%) OneTrust
8 6 (3.28%) Apple
9 5 (2.73%) Dell
9 5 (2.73%) Veeam
10 4 (2.19%) Palo Alto
10 4 (2.19%) Splunk
11 3 (1.64%) Facebook
11 3 (1.64%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.64%) Sage
11 3 (1.64%) ServiceNow
12 2 (1.09%) Oracle
13 1 (0.55%) Qualys
13 1 (0.55%) Siemens