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 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 127 196
Rank change year-on-year -24 +69 -10
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 189 383 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.97% 2.02% 1.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.61% 15.24% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 145 228 89
10th Percentile £25,500 £22,500 £35,734
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -11.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +31.58% -13.64% -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 1,967 2,513 2,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.52% 13.27% 16.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 1,635 1,156
10th Percentile £35,000 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,339 £32,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -10.45% -4.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -1 62 £82,500 +129.17% 370
Surrey +42 53 £40,000 -15.79% 98
Berkshire +46 48 £82,500 +26.92% 220
Hampshire +43 32 £54,500 -9.17% 157
Kent -14 15 £30,000 -47.14% 81
West Sussex +15 9 £27,849 -49.37% 72
East Sussex +26 8 £57,500 -8.00% 44
Oxfordshire +24 8 £25,000 -5.66% 78
Middlesex - 8 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -13 6 £65,384 +95.18% 75
Sussex +23 2 - - 10
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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 (5.82%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.17%) WordPress
3 2 (1.06%) CMS
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (11.64%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.59%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 68 (35.98%) Azure
2 30 (15.87%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (14.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 28 (14.81%) Azure Service Bus
3 28 (14.81%) SonarCloud
4 17 (8.99%) AWS
5 15 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (7.41%) GCP
7 10 (5.29%) Power Platform
8 8 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (4.23%) Entra ID
8 8 (4.23%) SaaS
9 6 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.59%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.59%) IaaS
11 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.06%) PaaS
11 2 (1.06%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.53%) Azure API Management
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.05%) Firewall
2 9 (4.76%) SAN
3 6 (3.17%) NAS
4 5 (2.65%) Network Security
4 5 (2.65%) VPN
5 3 (1.59%) Intranet
6 2 (1.06%) DHCP
6 2 (1.06%) DNS
6 2 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.06%) VLAN
7 1 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.81%) Elasticsearch
2 14 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (5.82%) Big Data
4 9 (4.76%) Data Lake
4 9 (4.76%) Hadoop
4 9 (4.76%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.23%) Power BI
6 4 (2.12%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.59%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.06%) DTS
9 1 (0.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (15.87%) Git
2 29 (15.34%) MSBuild
3 28 (14.81%) Octopus Deploy
3 28 (14.81%) Team Foundation Server
3 28 (14.81%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) Maven
4 1 (0.53%) Metasploit
General
1 66 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 45 (23.81%) Retail
3 39 (20.63%) Finance
4 20 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.58%) Legal
5 18 (9.52%) Law
6 9 (4.76%) Games
7 8 (4.23%) Marketing
7 8 (4.23%) Military
7 8 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.12%) Billing
9 4 (2.12%) Electronics
10 3 (1.59%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.59%) Prime Brokerage
11 2 (1.06%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 32 (16.93%) Architect
2 31 (16.40%) Technical Architect
3 22 (11.64%) Analyst
4 18 (9.52%) Senior
5 15 (7.94%) IT Support
6 13 (6.88%) Security Engineer
7 11 (5.82%) Lead
8 10 (5.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 9 (4.76%) Data Analytics Director
9 9 (4.76%) Technical Support
10 8 (4.23%) 1st Line Support
11 7 (3.70%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.17%) Coordinator
12 6 (3.17%) Security Analyst
13 5 (2.65%) 2nd Line Support
13 5 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (2.65%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 5 (2.65%) Service Manager
13 5 (2.65%) Service Support Manager
13 5 (2.65%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (17.99%) CSS
1 34 (17.99%) HTML
2 30 (15.87%) .NET
3 29 (15.34%) ASP.NET
3 29 (15.34%) JSON
3 29 (15.34%) REST
3 29 (15.34%) XML
4 28 (14.81%) Bootstrap
4 28 (14.81%) gRPC
5 10 (5.29%) Kafka
6 2 (1.06%) Pandas
7 1 (0.53%) EDI
7 1 (0.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.64%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.88%) Driving Licence
3 12 (6.35%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.82%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (3.17%) Freedom of Information
6 5 (2.65%) Clustering
6 5 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.12%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.59%) Blockchain
8 3 (1.59%) Derivative
8 3 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.59%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.06%) CCTV
9 2 (1.06%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.06%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 36 (19.05%) Windows
2 6 (3.17%) Apple iOS
2 6 (3.17%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.06%) Linux
4 1 (0.53%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (21.16%) DevOps
3 34 (17.99%) Technical Leadership
4 31 (16.40%) Microservices
5 30 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (15.34%) Data Encryption
6 29 (15.34%) Design Patterns
6 29 (15.34%) Event-Driven
6 29 (15.34%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 28 (14.81%) API Integration
7 28 (14.81%) Code Quality
7 28 (14.81%) MVC
7 28 (14.81%) Performance Optimisation
7 28 (14.81%) Performance Testing
8 25 (13.23%) Data Protection
9 24 (12.70%) Information Security
10 23 (12.17%) Mentoring
11 20 (10.58%) Computer Science
11 20 (10.58%) Data Governance
11 20 (10.58%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 45 (23.81%) SQL
2 36 (19.05%) JavaScript
3 29 (15.34%) C#
4 24 (12.70%) PowerShell
5 21 (11.11%) Python
6 10 (5.29%) Bash
7 6 (3.17%) PHP
8 5 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.53%) Go
10 1 (0.53%) Groovy
10 1 (0.53%) Java
10 1 (0.53%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 42 (22.22%) Degree
2 17 (8.99%) Azure Certification
3 14 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.82%) AWS Certification
5 10 (5.29%) Master's Degree
5 10 (5.29%) Security Cleared
6 9 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.70%) CISM
7 7 (3.70%) CISSP
8 6 (3.17%) CEH
8 6 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (3.17%) OSCP
9 5 (2.65%) CISMP
9 5 (2.65%) SC Cleared
10 4 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (2.12%) GSEC
11 3 (1.59%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.59%) HNC
11 3 (1.59%) HND
11 3 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (17.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (6.88%) PCI DSS
4 12 (6.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (5.82%) NIST
6 10 (5.29%) HIPAA
6 10 (5.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (3.17%) Data Quality
8 5 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.12%) GRC
10 3 (1.59%) PERC
10 3 (1.59%) SLA
10 3 (1.59%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
11 2 (1.06%) COSHH
11 2 (1.06%) NCSC
11 2 (1.06%) PMO
12 1 (0.53%) COBIT
12 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.53%) QA
System Software
1 30 (15.87%) Docker
2 19 (10.05%) Active Directory
3 12 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.17%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.12%) QRadar
3 2 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.06%) RSA Archer
3 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.53%) Grafana
4 1 (0.53%) Nessus
4 1 (0.53%) OpenVAS
4 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (33.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.88%) Cisco
2 13 (6.88%) Google
3 12 (6.35%) VMware
4 11 (5.82%) Citrix
5 8 (4.23%) Meraki
6 6 (3.17%) Apple
7 5 (2.65%) Dell
7 5 (2.65%) HubSpot
7 5 (2.65%) Sage
7 5 (2.65%) Veeam
8 4 (2.12%) Adobe
8 4 (2.12%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.12%) Splunk
9 3 (1.59%) Facebook
9 3 (1.59%) OneTrust
9 3 (1.59%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.06%) Oracle
10 2 (1.06%) Siemens
11 1 (0.53%) Qualys