GDPR Job Trends in Surrey

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 56 77
Rank change year-on-year +4 +21 +65
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 47 48 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.83% 3.98% 1.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.13% 19.43% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 42 27 5
10th Percentile £26,600 £25,500 £43,550
25th Percentile £30,250 £39,025 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.45% +12.24% +34.25%
75th Percentile £40,063 £82,500 £51,000
90th Percentile £49,950 £83,000 £60,900
South East median annual salary £39,640 £65,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -39.02% +32.65% -6.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 187 247 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 11.26% 20.48% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 118 123 88
10th Percentile £27,350 £31,250 £27,325
25th Percentile £30,250 £38,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,250 £82,500 £84,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £59,749 £50,250
% change year-on-year -12.13% +18.90% -4.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GDPR relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

GDPR job vacancy trend in Surrey

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Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Surrey over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Surrey

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Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
Redhill +9 17 £34,250 +31.73%
Godstone -2 6 £36,000 -
Leatherhead -2 4 £38,000 +5.18%
Camberley +6 3 - -
Reigate +2 3 £49,000 +71.93%
Horley - 3 £38,000 - 1
Weybridge -9 1 £72,500 +31.82%
Staines - 1 £55,000 - 1
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.89%) Mimecast
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.38%) SaaS
4 2 (4.26%) Azure
4 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.13%) AWS
5 1 (2.13%) AWS Fargate
5 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.13%) CloudFront
5 1 (2.13%) Datadog
5 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.13%) Serverless
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.02%) Firewall
2 3 (6.38%) SMS
3 2 (4.26%) DHCP
3 2 (4.26%) DNS
3 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 29 (61.70%) Retail
2 24 (51.06%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Finance
5 3 (6.38%) Marketing
5 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.13%) Back Office
7 1 (2.13%) Electronics
7 1 (2.13%) Games
7 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.13%) Law
7 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) IT Support
2 8 (17.02%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 8 (17.02%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (14.89%) Help Desk Technician
4 5 (10.64%) Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) IT Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) IT Risk Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Risk Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Support Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Technical Support
5 4 (8.51%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Coordinator
6 3 (6.38%) CRM Executive
6 3 (6.38%) Senior
7 2 (4.26%) Developer
7 2 (4.26%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Network Manager
8 1 (2.13%) Junior Developer
8 1 (2.13%) Technical Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) JSON
1 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Driving Licence
2 12 (25.53%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.38%) Digital Media
3 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.13%) NHS
4 1 (2.13%) PMI
4 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) Windows
1 6 (12.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (59.57%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (14.89%) CRM
2 7 (14.89%) Service Delivery
2 7 (14.89%) Time Management
3 6 (12.77%) Client Onboarding
4 4 (8.51%) Analytics
4 4 (8.51%) Cost Optimisation
4 4 (8.51%) IT Audit
4 4 (8.51%) Risk Register
4 4 (8.51%) Workflow
5 3 (6.38%) B2B
5 3 (6.38%) Business Continuity
5 3 (6.38%) Computer Science
5 3 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (6.38%) Copywriting
5 3 (6.38%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (6.38%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (6.38%) ERP
5 3 (6.38%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) PowerShell
1 7 (14.89%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) C
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (23.40%) Degree
2 4 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
2 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) A+ Certification
3 3 (6.38%) DBS Check
3 3 (6.38%) MCP
3 3 (6.38%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.13%) CIPD
4 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (17.02%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.77%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
1 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (27.66%) Veeam
2 6 (12.77%) Citrix
2 6 (12.77%) VMware
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.51%) HubSpot
4 4 (8.51%) Sage
5 3 (6.38%) Salesforce
5 3 (6.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (2.13%) SOTI