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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 135 126
Rank change year-on-year +24 -9 +22
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 86 70 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.20% 1.77% 1.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.14% 10.51% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 75 48 31
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,800 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £58,938 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -15.15% +32.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £83,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £76,250 - £112,500
South East median annual salary £47,166 £52,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year -10.16% -14.29% +2.08%

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 772 666 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.77% 16.87% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 514 250 264
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,125 £39,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,960 £71,563
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%

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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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +11 35 £50,000 -23.08% 14
Berkshire +6 30 £55,000 -33.33% 36
Oxfordshire -15 21 £54,833 +119.33% 16
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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 9 (10.47%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.16%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.49%) NetSuite
2 3 (3.49%) Shopify
3 1 (1.16%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.16%) FastStats
3 1 (1.16%) FastStats PeopleStage
3 1 (1.16%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.28%) Azure
2 12 (13.95%) Power Platform
3 7 (8.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 7 (8.14%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (8.14%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (8.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 6 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.98%) SaaS
5 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (3.49%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.49%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.16%) AWS
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.16%) GCP
8 1 (1.16%) IaaS
8 1 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.63%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (9.30%) Firewall
3 7 (8.14%) DHCP
3 7 (8.14%) DNS
3 7 (8.14%) VLAN
3 7 (8.14%) VPN
4 6 (6.98%) Wireless
5 2 (2.33%) LAN
5 2 (2.33%) WAN
6 1 (1.16%) 5G
6 1 (1.16%) SMS
6 1 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.79%) Power BI
2 9 (10.47%) SQL Server
3 7 (8.14%) Amazon QuickSight
3 7 (8.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (8.14%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (8.14%) DynamoDB
3 7 (8.14%) Metadata
3 7 (8.14%) MongoDB
3 7 (8.14%) NoSQL
3 7 (8.14%) Snowflake Schema
3 7 (8.14%) Star Schema
4 3 (3.49%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Git
General
1 26 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.93%) Finance
3 15 (17.44%) Legal
4 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (15.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (6.98%) Law
6 6 (6.98%) Marketing
6 6 (6.98%) Telecoms
7 5 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.49%) Advertising
8 3 (3.49%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.49%) Japanese Language
9 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.33%) Retail
9 2 (2.33%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.16%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (15.12%) IT Engineer
2 10 (11.63%) Compliance Manager
3 9 (10.47%) Compliance Officer
3 9 (10.47%) Senior
4 7 (8.14%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (6.98%) Analyst
5 6 (6.98%) IT Support
5 6 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (6.98%) Network Engineer
5 6 (6.98%) Network Operations Engineer
5 6 (6.98%) Operations Engineer
5 6 (6.98%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.81%) Developer
6 5 (5.81%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Category Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Data Protection Officer
7 4 (4.65%) Help Desk Adviser
7 4 (4.65%) IT Procurement Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Procurement Manager
8 3 (3.49%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) HTML
1 2 (2.33%) React
1 2 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (10.47%) CCTV
2 9 (10.47%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (9.30%) Product Ownership
4 7 (8.14%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (8.14%) Onboarding
5 6 (6.98%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.65%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.49%) Security Posture
8 2 (2.33%) Arduino
8 2 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.77%) Windows
2 4 (4.65%) Linux
3 3 (3.49%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (44.19%) Data Protection
2 21 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (18.60%) Computer Science
4 14 (16.28%) Customer Service
4 14 (16.28%) Information Security
5 13 (15.12%) Risk Management
6 11 (12.79%) Agile
6 11 (12.79%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (11.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (10.47%) Analytics
8 9 (10.47%) CRM
8 9 (10.47%) Data Security
8 9 (10.47%) Due Diligence
8 9 (10.47%) Scrum
9 8 (9.30%) CI/CD
9 8 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (9.30%) Data Architecture
9 8 (9.30%) RBAC
9 8 (9.30%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) Python
2 9 (10.47%) SQL
3 7 (8.14%) C#
3 7 (8.14%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.33%) C
4 2 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.33%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 21 (24.42%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (3.49%) CISSP
4 3 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.49%) MOS
5 2 (2.33%) CISM
5 2 (2.33%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.33%) OSCP
5 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.16%) ACCA
6 1 (1.16%) CCSP
6 1 (1.16%) CIMA
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.16%) MCSE
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.16%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (13.95%) SOC 2
3 8 (9.30%) Data Quality
4 7 (8.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (5.81%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.33%) ISO 22301
6 2 (2.33%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.33%) NIST
6 2 (2.33%) PERC
7 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.16%) GAAP
7 1 (1.16%) IFRS
7 1 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (9.30%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.14%) Hyper-V
3 6 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.98%) vSphere
4 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (36.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.14%) Informatica
2 7 (8.14%) Talend
3 6 (6.98%) VMware
4 3 (3.49%) Apple
5 2 (2.33%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (2.33%) Motorola
6 1 (1.16%) Apteco
6 1 (1.16%) Aruba
6 1 (1.16%) dotdigital
6 1 (1.16%) EMC
6 1 (1.16%) Oracle
6 1 (1.16%) Sage