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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 115 157
Rank change year-on-year -33 +42 +10
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 172 388 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.83% 2.31% 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.38% 15.91% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 135 252 113
10th Percentile £25,500 £22,750 £35,134
25th Percentile £37,500 £28,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -9.52% -9.87%
75th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £67,050
90th Percentile - £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £46,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +34.41% -15.45% -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 1,834 2,438 2,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.52% 14.50% 18.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 1,611 1,278
10th Percentile £36,250 £24,500 £29,400
25th Percentile £50,394 £31,500 £40,612
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £46,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -9.80% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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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 12 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 12 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 53 £82,500 +85.39% 98
Surrey +40 49 £45,000 -5.26% 32
Berkshire +34 37 £82,500 +26.92% 68
Hampshire +16 27 £57,500 -4.17% 29
Kent -27 15 £30,000 -36.17% 10
West Sussex +24 12 £23,197 -57.82% 16
Oxfordshire +11 11 £43,750 +65.09% 29
Middlesex - 8 - - 1
East Sussex +31 6 £62,500 +11.11% 6
Buckinghamshire -15 5 £52,500 +45.83% 16
Sussex +19 2 - - 9
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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 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.49%) WordPress
2 4 (2.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.58%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.23%) Acrobat
3 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (35.47%) Azure
2 37 (21.51%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (20.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 35 (20.35%) Azure Service Bus
4 34 (19.77%) SonarCloud
5 23 (13.37%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (5.23%) Google Workspace
6 9 (5.23%) SaaS
7 8 (4.65%) AWS
7 8 (4.65%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (3.49%) GCP
9 5 (2.91%) IaaS
9 5 (2.91%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.33%) PaaS
11 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
13 1 (0.58%) Canva
13 1 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.88%) Firewall
2 9 (5.23%) Intranet
2 9 (5.23%) SAN
3 6 (3.49%) NAS
4 4 (2.33%) VPN
5 2 (1.16%) DHCP
5 2 (1.16%) DNS
5 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.58%) Network Security
6 1 (0.58%) VLAN
6 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (19.77%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.91%) Power BI
3 4 (2.33%) Big Data
3 4 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.74%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.16%) DTS
5 2 (1.16%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.16%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 35 (20.35%) MSBuild
1 35 (20.35%) Octopus Deploy
2 34 (19.77%) Git
2 34 (19.77%) Team Foundation Server
2 34 (19.77%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.58%) JIRA
3 1 (0.58%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
General
1 45 (26.16%) Retail
1 45 (26.16%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.12%) Finance
2 26 (15.12%) Legal
3 18 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.47%) Law
4 8 (4.65%) Games
4 8 (4.65%) Marketing
5 5 (2.91%) Military
5 5 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.74%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.74%) Prime Brokerage
8 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.58%) Automotive
9 1 (0.58%) Aviation
9 1 (0.58%) Back Office
9 1 (0.58%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 37 (21.51%) Architect
2 36 (20.93%) Technical Architect
3 14 (8.14%) Security Engineer
4 10 (5.81%) Analyst
4 10 (5.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 10 (5.81%) IT Support
4 10 (5.81%) Senior
5 9 (5.23%) Compliance Advisor
5 9 (5.23%) Security Advisor
6 8 (4.65%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (4.07%) Lead
7 7 (4.07%) Support Engineer
8 5 (2.91%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (2.91%) Head of Operations
8 5 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (2.91%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (2.91%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 5 (2.91%) Service Support Manager
8 5 (2.91%) Support Manager
8 5 (2.91%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (24.42%) CSS
1 42 (24.42%) HTML
2 35 (20.35%) .NET
2 35 (20.35%) ASP.NET
2 35 (20.35%) JSON
2 35 (20.35%) REST
2 35 (20.35%) XML
3 34 (19.77%) Bootstrap
3 34 (19.77%) gRPC
4 3 (1.74%) Kafka
5 2 (1.16%) Pandas
6 1 (0.58%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.58%) HTML5
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.56%) Management Information System
1 13 (7.56%) Security Posture
2 11 (6.40%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (5.81%) e-Learning
4 9 (5.23%) Driving Licence
5 7 (4.07%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.91%) Clustering
6 5 (2.91%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (2.33%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.74%) Blockchain
8 3 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.74%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.74%) Derivative
8 3 (1.74%) Hedge funds
9 2 (1.16%) CMDB
9 2 (1.16%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.58%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.58%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 30 (17.44%) Windows
2 6 (3.49%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.58%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (23.26%) DevOps
3 37 (21.51%) Microservices
4 36 (20.93%) Event-Driven
4 36 (20.93%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 35 (20.35%) API Integration
5 35 (20.35%) Code Quality
5 35 (20.35%) Data Encryption
6 34 (19.77%) Design Patterns
6 34 (19.77%) MVC
6 34 (19.77%) Performance Optimisation
6 34 (19.77%) Performance Testing
7 28 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (15.70%) Data Protection
8 27 (15.70%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (15.12%) Information Security
10 20 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (9.30%) Data Management
11 16 (9.30%) Data Security
12 14 (8.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 42 (24.42%) JavaScript
2 41 (23.84%) SQL
3 35 (20.35%) C#
4 20 (11.63%) PowerShell
5 13 (7.56%) Python
6 6 (3.49%) PHP
7 5 (2.91%) Bash
8 3 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.16%) Java
10 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (16.86%) Degree
2 11 (6.40%) Azure Certification
3 9 (5.23%) CISSP
4 8 (4.65%) CEH
4 8 (4.65%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.49%) CISM
7 5 (2.91%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.33%) OSCP
8 4 (2.33%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.74%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.74%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.16%) CISMP
10 2 (1.16%) GIAC
11 1 (0.58%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (25.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (12.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (10.47%) PCI DSS
4 13 (7.56%) NIST
5 9 (5.23%) PERC
5 9 (5.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (4.65%) HIPAA
7 7 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.49%) Data Quality
9 5 (2.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (2.33%) GRC
11 3 (1.74%) NCSC
11 3 (1.74%) QA
11 3 (1.74%) SLA
12 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
12 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (1.16%) PMO
13 1 (0.58%) COBIT
13 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (20.35%) Docker
2 18 (10.47%) Active Directory
3 12 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.49%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.74%) QRadar
4 2 (1.16%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.58%) Grafana
5 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.58%) Nessus
5 1 (0.58%) OpenVAS
5 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 63 (36.63%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.98%) Cisco
2 12 (6.98%) Google
2 12 (6.98%) VMware
3 11 (6.40%) Citrix
4 10 (5.81%) Adobe
5 9 (5.23%) OneTrust
6 8 (4.65%) Meraki
7 6 (3.49%) Apple
8 5 (2.91%) Dell
8 5 (2.91%) Veeam
9 3 (1.74%) Facebook
9 3 (1.74%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.74%) Splunk
10 2 (1.16%) Databricks
10 2 (1.16%) Oracle
10 2 (1.16%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.58%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.58%) McAfee
11 1 (0.58%) Sage