GDPR Jobs in Tyne and Wear

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 51 89
Rank change year-on-year +5 +38 0
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 12 50 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.40% 3.60% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.29% 20.58% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 3
10th Percentile £51,688 £32,500 £30,717
25th Percentile £53,750 £36,250 £30,917
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% +23.08% -13.79%
75th Percentile £72,813 £70,000 £33,249
90th Percentile £77,125 £75,000 £33,550
North East median annual salary £57,500 £40,250 £40,249
% change year-on-year +42.86% +0.00% +6.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 84 243 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 16.77% 17.49% 28.10%
Number of salaries quoted 56 169 70
10th Percentile £23,375 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £38,750 £41,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% -4.55% +42.86%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £88,750
North East median annual salary £61,750 £52,500 £47,586
% change year-on-year +17.62% +10.33% +26.22%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Tyne and Wear

GDPR
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for GDPR in Tyne and Wear

GDPR
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Tyne and Wear

GDPR
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 29 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +14 11 £57,500 +43.75% 7
GDPR
North East

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
1 6 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 6 (50.00%) Network Security
1 6 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
1 5 (41.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Security Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Compliance Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Governance Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Information Governance Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Information Risk Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 1 (8.33%) Blockchain
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Derivative
3 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (8.33%) Hedge funds
3 1 (8.33%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 6 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (41.67%) BCP
3 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity Planning
3 5 (41.67%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
3 5 (41.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (41.67%) SIEM
3 5 (41.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) Information Security
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security
6 1 (8.33%) Coaching
6 1 (8.33%) Data Privacy
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Rehypothecation
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) CISA
3 2 (16.67%) CISM
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CEH
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) GIAC
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (8.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (58.33%) NIST
3 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (8.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (8.33%) GRC
4 1 (8.33%) ISO 14001
4 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
4 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS