PERC Job Trends in the South West

Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PERC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 - 232
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Permanent jobs citing PERC 2 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.022% - 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% - 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile - - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £59,773 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% -2.08% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

PERC 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 889 455 972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.67% 13.17% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 523 333 554
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,532 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,000 £83,512
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,298 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.98% +0.54% -8.33%

PERC
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PERC job vacancy trend in the South West

PERC
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PERC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PERC

PERC
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 PERC within the South West region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Bristol - 1 £45,000 -
PERC
England

PERC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Publishing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Acquisition
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Email Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Multivariate Testing
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Personalization
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) QA