GDPR Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 160 169
Rank change year-on-year +28 +9 -25
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 49 132 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.39% 1.35% 1.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.07% 10.65% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 38 86 82
10th Percentile £40,925 £23,500 -
25th Percentile £54,063 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £37,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +86.67% +17.19% -41.69%
75th Percentile £74,688 £49,645 £55,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £47,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +32.98% -14.55% -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 540 1,240 1,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.34% 12.70% 18.10%
Number of salaries quoted 251 815 633
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £27,300
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,938 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £53,519
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -6.58% +7.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for GDPR in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Bristol +26 26 £58,750 +16.05% 46
Somerset -4 10 £72,500 +93.33% 39
Devon +11 4 £60,000 +118.18% 65
Gloucestershire +58 3 £30,000 +1.90% 64
Dorset +26 3 - - 29
Wiltshire +40 2 £75,000 +197.03% 38
GDPR
England

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (4.08%) ArcGIS
1 2 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.78%) Azure
2 11 (22.45%) AWS
3 9 (18.37%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.16%) Collibra
4 4 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (6.12%) GCP
5 3 (6.12%) Serverless
5 3 (6.12%) Snowflake
6 2 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.08%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.04%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.04%) GitHub
7 1 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.65%) Network Security
2 6 (12.24%) Firewall
3 3 (6.12%) VPN
4 1 (2.04%) BGP
4 1 (2.04%) EIGRP
4 1 (2.04%) Internet
4 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.04%) LAN
4 1 (2.04%) OSPF
4 1 (2.04%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.04%) SSL
4 1 (2.04%) VLAN
4 1 (2.04%) VoIP
4 1 (2.04%) WAN
4 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.04%) Wireless
4 1 (2.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.37%) Power BI
2 4 (8.16%) Metadata
3 3 (6.12%) Ataccama
4 2 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.08%) GIS
5 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Git
1 1 (2.04%) Postman
General
1 25 (51.02%) Social Skills
2 19 (38.78%) Finance
3 11 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.24%) Legal
5 5 (10.20%) Retail
6 3 (6.12%) Banking
6 3 (6.12%) Law
6 3 (6.12%) Marketing
7 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.08%) Electronics
7 2 (4.08%) Financial Institution
7 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.08%) Prime Brokerage
8 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Lead
2 10 (20.41%) Head of IT
3 5 (10.20%) Architect
4 4 (8.16%) Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Business Intelligence Lead
4 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) IT Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Security Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) AWS Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Engagement Manager
5 3 (6.12%) IT Support
5 3 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Lead Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Security Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) IT Support Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Risk Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Senior IT Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Kafka
2 1 (2.04%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (2.04%) CSS
2 1 (2.04%) Flask
2 1 (2.04%) HTML
2 1 (2.04%) HTML5
2 1 (2.04%) Hugging Face
2 1 (2.04%) jQuery
2 1 (2.04%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.04%) React
2 1 (2.04%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.04%) Swagger
2 1 (2.04%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.08%) Blockchain
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.08%) Derivative
4 2 (4.08%) Educational Technology
4 2 (4.08%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.04%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.04%) CCTV
5 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.04%) Data Fabric
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.04%) Reinsurance
5 1 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.04%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Windows
1 4 (8.16%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.73%) Regulatory Compliance
2 14 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (26.53%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (26.53%) IT Strategy
4 11 (22.45%) ERP
4 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (22.45%) Risk Management
5 10 (20.41%) Budget Management
5 10 (20.41%) Project Management
6 9 (18.37%) Analytics
6 9 (18.37%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (16.33%) Data Protection
8 7 (14.29%) Application Security
8 7 (14.29%) Incident Response
8 7 (14.29%) ITIL
8 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
9 6 (12.24%) Information Security
9 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) Java
2 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) C#
3 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
3 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) CISM
1 6 (12.24%) CISSP
2 5 (10.20%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) SC Cleared
2 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) CEH
3 3 (6.12%) FFIEC
4 2 (4.08%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.08%) GIAC
4 2 (4.08%) ISSAP
4 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.08%) SANS
5 1 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.04%) MBA
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.04%) PhD
5 1 (2.04%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.53%) NIST
2 6 (12.24%) Accessibility
2 6 (12.24%) Data Quality
2 6 (12.24%) PCI DSS
3 4 (8.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (6.12%) HIPAA
4 3 (6.12%) SOC 2
5 2 (4.08%) COBIT
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.04%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Cisco
2 2 (4.08%) Databricks
3 1 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.04%) Dell
3 1 (2.04%) Informatica
3 1 (2.04%) Meraki
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle
3 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.04%) Verint