GDPR Job Trends in the UK excluding London

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 165 147
Rank change year-on-year 0 -18 +143
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 670 494 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.06% 1.86% 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.55% 11.74% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 466 387 772
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £24,375
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +29.41% -15.40%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £60,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +41.30% -16.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,801 4,208 9,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.21% 15.85% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,300 2,360 6,295
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,411 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,114 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +12.38% -8.70%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

GDPR
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GDPR

GDPR
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the UK excluding London

GDPR
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
North of England -11 199 £55,000 +13.86% 101
South East -30 170 £50,205 -19.67% 138
Midlands -4 132 £55,000 +2.33% 85
Yorkshire +9 111 £57,239 +6.99% 32
South West -24 76 £43,953 -29.68% 45
West Midlands -17 69 £65,250 +8.75% 51
North West -41 67 £45,000 -3.23% 58
East Midlands -20 62 £44,250 +31.11% 34
East of England -34 41 £55,750 +11.50% 49
Scotland -16 27 £53,750 -2.27% 22
North East -21 21 £41,000 -28.70% 13
Wales -13 15 £85,000 +30.77% 10
Northern Ireland -27 13 £70,000 - 5
GDPR
UK

GDPR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.24%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (2.09%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.09%) CMS
4 13 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.04%) Apache
6 5 (0.75%) WordPress
7 4 (0.60%) Confluence
8 2 (0.30%) IIS
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 34 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.30%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.15%) InDesign
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.24%) iTrent
3 10 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (1.19%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.60%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.60%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.45%) Magento
7 3 (0.45%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.45%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.45%) Shopify
8 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 130 (19.40%) Azure
2 76 (11.34%) AWS
3 69 (10.30%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (8.81%) Power Platform
5 50 (7.46%) Entra ID
6 36 (5.37%) Microsoft Purview
7 33 (4.93%) SaaS
8 27 (4.03%) GCP
9 24 (3.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (2.39%) Mimecast
12 15 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (2.09%) GitHub
14 12 (1.79%) Snowflake
15 11 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.49%) dbt
16 10 (1.49%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 68 (10.15%) Firewall
2 31 (4.63%) DNS
3 24 (3.58%) DHCP
4 23 (3.43%) VPN
5 22 (3.28%) Network Security
6 17 (2.54%) VLAN
7 16 (2.39%) VoIP
8 14 (2.09%) TCP/IP
9 12 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (1.64%) LAN
10 11 (1.64%) WAN
11 8 (1.19%) DMZ
11 8 (1.19%) PBX
11 8 (1.19%) WebEx
12 7 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (1.04%) SSL
13 6 (0.90%) Internet
14 5 (0.75%) SMS
15 4 (0.60%) HTTP
16 3 (0.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (8.06%) Power BI
2 30 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (3.58%) Metadata
4 23 (3.43%) Tableau
5 19 (2.84%) Looker
6 15 (2.24%) SQL Server
7 14 (2.09%) Data Lake
8 12 (1.79%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
9 11 (1.64%) Spark SQL
10 10 (1.49%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.19%) Oracle Database
11 8 (1.19%) Star Schema
12 7 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.90%) MySQL
13 6 (0.90%) Power Query
13 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (2.54%) Git
2 10 (1.49%) JIRA
3 8 (1.19%) MLflow
4 5 (0.75%) IBM UrbanCode
4 5 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.60%) GitLab
6 2 (0.30%) JUnit
6 2 (0.30%) Postman
6 2 (0.30%) Selenium
6 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.15%) Gatling
7 1 (0.15%) JMeter
7 1 (0.15%) NUnit
7 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 282 (42.09%) Social Skills
2 213 (31.79%) Analytical Skills
3 181 (27.01%) Finance
4 65 (9.70%) Legal
5 48 (7.16%) Marketing
6 47 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (6.12%) Retail
8 32 (4.78%) Public Sector
9 29 (4.33%) Law
10 27 (4.03%) Manufacturing
11 24 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (1.64%) Banking
15 10 (1.49%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.34%) Aerospace
17 7 (1.04%) Games
18 6 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.90%) French Language
18 6 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (10.45%) Lead
2 66 (9.85%) Head of QA
3 65 (9.70%) Analyst
4 54 (8.06%) Senior
5 49 (7.31%) Security Manager
6 34 (5.07%) Administrator
7 30 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 28 (4.18%) Architect
8 28 (4.18%) IT Support
9 27 (4.03%) Consultant
10 26 (3.88%) Security Analyst
11 22 (3.28%) Information Manager
12 21 (3.13%) Information Security Manager
13 20 (2.99%) Data Engineer
13 20 (2.99%) Security Assurance Manager
14 19 (2.84%) Information Analyst
14 19 (2.84%) Information Security Analyst
14 19 (2.84%) IT Manager
15 17 (2.54%) Support Engineer
15 17 (2.54%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.69%) HTML
2 15 (2.24%) CSS
2 15 (2.24%) PySpark
3 14 (2.09%) RESTful
4 12 (1.79%) .NET
4 12 (1.79%) JSON
5 11 (1.64%) OAuth
5 11 (1.64%) OAuth2
6 10 (1.49%) REST
7 9 (1.34%) LangChain
8 7 (1.04%) Kafka
8 7 (1.04%) LlamaIndex
8 7 (1.04%) pgvector
8 7 (1.04%) PyTorch
8 7 (1.04%) scikit-learn
8 7 (1.04%) TensorFlow
9 6 (0.90%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.75%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.60%) HTML5
11 4 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 53 (7.91%) Management Information System
3 49 (7.31%) Data Protection Act
4 43 (6.42%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.88%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.84%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.69%) Driving Licence
8 17 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (2.39%) NHS
10 12 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
10 12 (1.79%) PKI
11 10 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.34%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.19%) Clustering
13 8 (1.19%) IVR
13 8 (1.19%) Life Science
13 8 (1.19%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.04%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.16%) Windows
2 23 (3.43%) Linux
3 13 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.19%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.75%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.15%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (31.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 187 (27.91%) Analytics
3 160 (23.88%) Cybersecurity
4 152 (22.69%) Data Protection
5 145 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
6 119 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 106 (15.82%) Service Delivery
8 101 (15.07%) Data Governance
9 98 (14.63%) Decision-Making
10 97 (14.48%) Customer Experience
11 96 (14.33%) Actionable Insight
12 95 (14.18%) Information Security
13 94 (14.03%) Incident Response
14 91 (13.58%) Root Cause Analysis
15 89 (13.28%) Change Management
16 81 (12.09%) CRM
17 80 (11.94%) Risk Management
18 74 (11.04%) Quality Management
19 71 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
20 70 (10.45%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 71 (10.60%) SQL
2 63 (9.40%) Python
3 44 (6.57%) PowerShell
4 16 (2.39%) Bicep
5 10 (1.49%) C#
5 10 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.34%) ABAP
7 6 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.75%) Bash
9 4 (0.60%) C
10 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.45%) Pascal
10 3 (0.45%) R
10 3 (0.45%) VBA
11 2 (0.30%) Java
11 2 (0.30%) Perl
11 2 (0.30%) PHP
11 2 (0.30%) Scala
11 2 (0.30%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 108 (16.12%) Degree
2 66 (9.85%) IRCA
3 55 (8.21%) Security Cleared
4 47 (7.01%) CISSP
5 44 (6.57%) SC Cleared
6 42 (6.27%) CISM
7 21 (3.13%) CIPD
7 21 (3.13%) CREST Certified
8 19 (2.84%) DV Cleared
8 19 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.79%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.79%) PMI Certification
13 11 (1.64%) HNC
13 11 (1.64%) PMP
14 9 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (1.19%) AWS Certification
15 8 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (28.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 118 (17.61%) NIST
3 97 (14.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 86 (12.84%) Data Quality
5 81 (12.09%) QA
6 72 (10.75%) PCI DSS
7 69 (10.30%) ISO 9001
8 44 (6.57%) SOC 2
9 43 (6.42%) GRC
10 41 (6.12%) NCSC
11 40 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 25 (3.73%) HIPAA
13 21 (3.13%) Accessibility
14 20 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 18 (2.69%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (2.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 17 (2.54%) SOC 3
17 8 (1.19%) JSP 440
17 8 (1.19%) PERC
18 7 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 38 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.04%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.90%) Docker
4 6 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (4.48%) Terraform
2 18 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (0.90%) Ansible
4 6 (0.90%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.75%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.60%) CASB
7 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.30%) Grafana
9 1 (0.15%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 146 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.48%) SAP
3 23 (3.43%) Google
3 23 (3.43%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.28%) Databricks
5 20 (2.99%) Oracle
6 15 (2.24%) Veeam
7 14 (2.09%) Cisco
8 13 (1.94%) VMware
9 12 (1.79%) Apple
10 11 (1.64%) Dell
10 11 (1.64%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.49%) Ab Initio
11 10 (1.49%) Braze
12 9 (1.34%) Talend
13 8 (1.19%) Genesys
13 8 (1.19%) Logitech
13 8 (1.19%) Verint
13 8 (1.19%) Yealink
14 7 (1.04%) Informatica