GDPR Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 119 131
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 -38
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 61 64 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.53% 1.86% 1.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.17% 15.53% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 44 42 30
10th Percentile £27,875 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,938 £61,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £82,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +40.43% +6.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,375 - £73,000
South East median annual salary £43,500 £68,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.50% +30.48% -0.47%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 600 412 576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.07% 11.98% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 245 231 349
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,125 £30,400
25th Percentile £39,625 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £84,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -2.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Buckinghamshire +28 30 £59,250 +18.50% 12
Berkshire -34 17 £60,000 -27.27% 27
Oxfordshire +28 14 £70,000 +12.00% 3
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (3.28%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.64%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) SAP GRC
2 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.64%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.64%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.95%) SaaS
2 13 (21.31%) Azure
3 8 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.20%) AWS
5 4 (6.56%) GCP
5 4 (6.56%) Power Automate
6 3 (4.92%) Zapier
7 2 (3.28%) Boomi
7 2 (3.28%) iPaaS
7 2 (3.28%) OCI
7 2 (3.28%) Workato
8 1 (1.64%) dbt
8 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.64%) Fivetran
8 1 (1.64%) GitHub
8 1 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.64%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.84%) SMS
2 1 (1.64%) S/MIME
2 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.92%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.28%) BigQuery
2 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.28%) Metadata
2 2 (3.28%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.64%) Git
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 25 (40.98%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (16.39%) Finance
3 10 (16.39%) Marketing
4 9 (14.75%) Legal
5 5 (8.20%) Retail
5 5 (8.20%) Telecoms
6 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.92%) Environmental Health
7 3 (4.92%) Law
8 2 (3.28%) Banking
8 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.64%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 17 (27.87%) Senior
2 9 (14.75%) Procurement Manager
3 7 (11.48%) IT Manager
4 6 (9.84%) CRM Executive
5 5 (8.20%) IT Procurement Manager
6 4 (6.56%) Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Architect
7 3 (4.92%) C# Developer
7 3 (4.92%) Category Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Coordinator
7 3 (4.92%) Data Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Developer
7 3 (4.92%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Risk Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) REST
2 3 (4.92%) .NET
2 3 (4.92%) ASP.NET Web API
2 3 (4.92%) OpenAPI
2 3 (4.92%) Swagger
3 1 (1.64%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.64%) JSON
3 1 (1.64%) RESTful
3 1 (1.64%) SLSA
3 1 (1.64%) SOAP
3 1 (1.64%) Web Services
3 1 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.92%) IoT
3 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.64%) AS400
5 1 (1.64%) CCTV
5 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.64%) iSeries
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.64%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.64%) NHS
5 1 (1.64%) PKI
5 1 (1.64%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.92%) Unix
1 3 (4.92%) Windows
2 1 (1.64%) Linux
2 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.87%) Analytics
2 16 (26.23%) Information Security
3 13 (21.31%) CRM
4 12 (19.67%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (18.03%) Data Protection
5 11 (18.03%) Regulatory Compliance
5 11 (18.03%) Roadmaps
5 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (11.48%) Contract Negotiation
7 7 (11.48%) Data Governance
7 7 (11.48%) ERP
7 7 (11.48%) Software Licensing
8 6 (9.84%) Customer Journey Map
8 6 (9.84%) Incident Response
8 6 (9.84%) Journey Map
8 6 (9.84%) Marketing Strategy
8 6 (9.84%) Risk Management
8 6 (9.84%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.56%) C#
1 4 (6.56%) Python
1 4 (6.56%) SQL
2 1 (1.64%) Java
2 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (18.03%) Degree
2 10 (16.39%) CISSP
3 8 (13.11%) DBS Check
4 6 (9.84%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.56%) CISM
5 4 (6.56%) CRISC
6 3 (4.92%) CGEIT
6 3 (4.92%) CISA
6 3 (4.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.28%) CHECK Team Leader
7 2 (3.28%) CHECK Team Member
7 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (3.28%) MCSE
7 2 (3.28%) OCP
7 2 (3.28%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (3.28%) OSCP
7 2 (3.28%) PhD
8 1 (1.64%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (32.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (16.39%) GRC
2 10 (16.39%) NIST
3 5 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.56%) Data Quality
4 4 (6.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (4.92%) ISO 14001
5 3 (4.92%) ISO 9001
5 3 (4.92%) QA
5 3 (4.92%) SOC 2
6 2 (3.28%) Accessibility
6 2 (3.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (3.28%) HIPAA
6 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.64%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.64%) SLA
7 1 (1.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Docker
2 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.75%) Salesforce
3 6 (9.84%) Oracle
3 6 (9.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 5 (8.20%) SAP
5 3 (4.92%) IBM
5 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.28%) Dell
6 2 (3.28%) Epicor
6 2 (3.28%) Google
6 2 (3.28%) IFS
6 2 (3.28%) Infor
6 2 (3.28%) Informatica
6 2 (3.28%) Jitterbit
6 2 (3.28%) MuleSoft
6 2 (3.28%) SnapLogic
6 2 (3.28%) Software AG
6 2 (3.28%) Talend
6 2 (3.28%) TIBCO
6 2 (3.28%) Workday