GDPR Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 280 165
Rank change year-on-year +128 -115 +30
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 1,328 740 1,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.90% 1.20% 2.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.91% 5.70% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 773 392 760
10th Percentile £24,375 £26,616 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,238 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% -4.31% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,500 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £46,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.91% - -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,548 12,989 11,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.63% 21.02% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,334 4,763 6,935
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the UK excluding London

GDPR
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GDPR in the UK excluding London

GDPR
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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
South East +52 390 £47,500 -9.52% 126
North of England +198 389 £40,681 -14.36% 105
Midlands +83 224 £37,500 -33.04% 88
North West +106 174 £40,000 -20.38% 63
Yorkshire +168 157 £48,250 +4.89% 34
West Midlands +84 149 £43,653 -19.16% 48
South West +33 135 £37,500 -18.03% 40
East of England +44 91 £38,500 -45.00% 57
East Midlands +22 73 £32,500 -44.44% 39
Scotland -27 66 £55,000 -7.60% 40
North East +47 58 £40,500 +23.67% 10
Wales +27 29 £32,500 -16.67% 13
Northern Ireland +30 4 - - 3
GDPR
UK

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 117 (8.81%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.66%) Captiva
3 22 (1.66%) FileNet
3 22 (1.66%) WebSphere
4 17 (1.28%) SAS
5 16 (1.20%) Confluence
5 16 (1.20%) WordPress
6 12 (0.90%) CMS
7 6 (0.45%) Apache
8 4 (0.30%) Site Server
8 4 (0.30%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.075%) nginx
10 1 (0.075%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 131 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.79%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.05%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.15%) Revit
10 1 (0.075%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.075%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.075%) InDesign
10 1 (0.075%) Sketch
10 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.30%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.23%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.075%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.075%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.075%) FastStats
6 1 (0.075%) iTrent
6 1 (0.075%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.075%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.075%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.075%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.075%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.075%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.075%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 346 (26.05%) Azure
2 277 (20.86%) GCP
3 242 (18.22%) Microsoft 365
4 181 (13.63%) AWS
5 152 (11.45%) Power Platform
6 46 (3.46%) Entra ID
7 35 (2.64%) Serverless
8 31 (2.33%) SaaS
9 25 (1.88%) GitHub
10 24 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
10 24 (1.81%) IaaS
10 24 (1.81%) Snowflake
11 21 (1.58%) Matillion
12 20 (1.51%) PaaS
13 18 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (1.05%) OneDrive
16 13 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
18 10 (0.75%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 93 (7.00%) Firewall
2 42 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
3 33 (2.48%) Wireless
4 31 (2.33%) WAN
5 28 (2.11%) VPN
6 25 (1.88%) DNS
7 21 (1.58%) 4G
7 21 (1.58%) Intranet
8 20 (1.51%) Network Security
9 18 (1.36%) LAN
10 17 (1.28%) VoIP
11 16 (1.20%) TCP/IP
11 16 (1.20%) VLAN
12 14 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
12 14 (1.05%) MPLS
13 13 (0.98%) DHCP
14 12 (0.90%) 3G
14 12 (0.90%) Internet
14 12 (0.90%) MQTT
14 12 (0.90%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (18.52%) BigQuery
2 245 (18.45%) Looker
3 130 (9.79%) Power BI
4 126 (9.49%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (3.61%) Metadata
6 47 (3.54%) SQL Server
7 41 (3.09%) Data Lake
8 20 (1.51%) MySQL
8 20 (1.51%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.43%) Big Data
10 17 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.83%) Tableau
12 10 (0.75%) DynamoDB
12 10 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 4 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (0.30%) MS Access
15 4 (0.30%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 108 (8.13%) JIRA
2 32 (2.41%) Git
3 22 (1.66%) Oracle Forms
4 10 (0.75%) GitLab
4 10 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.60%) CircleCI
5 8 (0.60%) Cucumber
5 8 (0.60%) JUnit
5 8 (0.60%) Selenium
6 5 (0.38%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.38%) Xcode
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.075%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.075%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.075%) Subversion
9 1 (0.075%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.075%) Vite
General
1 417 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 376 (28.31%) Finance
3 375 (28.24%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (14.91%) Legal
5 153 (11.52%) Banking
6 72 (5.42%) Retail
7 57 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 54 (4.07%) Law
9 53 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (3.61%) Marketing
11 37 (2.79%) Games
12 36 (2.71%) Public Sector
13 33 (2.48%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.58%) Mandarin Language
16 17 (1.28%) Digital Economy
17 15 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (1.05%) Environmental Health
18 14 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 164 (12.35%) Analyst
2 160 (12.05%) Data Engineer
3 149 (11.22%) Architect
3 149 (11.22%) Platform Engineer
3 149 (11.22%) Principal Data Engineer
3 149 (11.22%) Principal Engineer
4 135 (10.17%) Senior
5 128 (9.64%) Data Architect
6 76 (5.72%) Lead
7 71 (5.35%) Senior Analyst
8 57 (4.29%) Developer
8 57 (4.29%) IT Manager
9 56 (4.22%) Support Engineer
10 45 (3.39%) IT Support
11 40 (3.01%) Project Manager
11 40 (3.01%) Security Analyst
12 39 (2.94%) Security Manager
13 37 (2.79%) Consultant
14 36 (2.71%) Software Engineer
15 35 (2.64%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.26%) HTML
2 26 (1.96%) .NET
3 24 (1.81%) RESTful
4 20 (1.51%) CSS
5 16 (1.20%) REST
6 14 (1.05%) EDI
7 12 (0.90%) Web Services
8 9 (0.68%) .NET Framework
8 9 (0.68%) HTML5
9 8 (0.60%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.60%) jQuery
10 7 (0.53%) gRPC
11 6 (0.45%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.45%) CSS3
11 6 (0.45%) Entity Framework
11 6 (0.45%) React
11 6 (0.45%) XML
12 5 (0.38%) Core Animation
12 5 (0.38%) OSGi
12 5 (0.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 314 (23.64%) Self-Motivation
2 127 (9.56%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.87%) Driving Licence
4 63 (4.74%) Data Protection Act
5 43 (3.24%) NHS
6 33 (2.48%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.03%) Security Posture
8 26 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
9 22 (1.66%) DataPower
9 22 (1.66%) Private Cloud
10 21 (1.58%) IoT
10 21 (1.58%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
12 17 (1.28%) Cloud Native
13 16 (1.20%) Mobile App
14 15 (1.13%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.13%) CCTV
15 12 (0.90%) e-Learning
15 12 (0.90%) EPoS
16 11 (0.83%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 166 (12.50%) Windows
2 66 (4.97%) Windows Server
3 59 (4.44%) Linux
4 54 (4.07%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.81%) Android
6 23 (1.73%) Unix
7 21 (1.58%) Mac OS
8 20 (1.51%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
10 9 (0.68%) Mac OS X
11 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.15%) VMS
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.075%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (36.22%) Problem-Solving
2 301 (22.67%) Mentoring
3 296 (22.29%) Data Governance
4 295 (22.21%) Data Protection
5 273 (20.56%) Agile
6 264 (19.88%) Data Engineering
7 251 (18.90%) Cybersecurity
8 249 (18.75%) Platform Engineering
9 227 (17.09%) DevOps
10 210 (15.81%) Information Security
11 208 (15.66%) Data Management
12 207 (15.59%) Change Management
13 195 (14.68%) Data Science
14 178 (13.40%) Data Pipeline
15 162 (12.20%) DataOps
16 153 (11.52%) Business Intelligence
17 151 (11.37%) ETL
18 149 (11.22%) Data Modelling
19 148 (11.14%) Data Privacy
20 146 (10.99%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 121 (9.11%) SQL
2 40 (3.01%) JavaScript
3 37 (2.79%) Java
4 29 (2.18%) T-SQL
5 28 (2.11%) C#
6 26 (1.96%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.36%) Python
8 17 (1.28%) C
8 17 (1.28%) PHP
9 16 (1.20%) C++
10 5 (0.38%) COBOL
10 5 (0.38%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.38%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 5 (0.38%) Swift
11 4 (0.30%) VB
12 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.23%) R
13 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.075%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 165 (12.42%) Degree
2 68 (5.12%) CISSP
3 67 (5.05%) DBS Check
4 50 (3.77%) CISM
5 40 (3.01%) Security Cleared
6 37 (2.79%) Master's Degree
7 34 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.18%) CISA
9 28 (2.11%) CRISC
10 26 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.81%) SC Cleared
12 21 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
13 16 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (1.13%) Azure Certification
15 13 (0.98%) CCSP
15 13 (0.98%) CTC Cleared
15 13 (0.98%) GIAC
15 13 (0.98%) ISEB
16 12 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (14.68%) Data Quality
2 175 (13.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 128 (9.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 94 (7.08%) NIST
5 63 (4.74%) PCI DSS
6 43 (3.24%) GRC
7 39 (2.94%) SLA
8 27 (2.03%) HIPAA
9 26 (1.96%) QA
10 24 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 24 (1.81%) NCSC
11 21 (1.58%) Accessibility
12 20 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 16 (1.20%) COBIT
14 15 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 13 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 11 (0.83%) COSHH
16 11 (0.83%) ISO 9001
16 11 (0.83%) PSD2
17 9 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 94 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 21 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.38%) Docker
6 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.30%) Firmware
8 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.23%) vSphere
9 1 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.98%) SCCM
3 10 (0.75%) FortiGate
3 10 (0.75%) Nessus
4 9 (0.68%) CASB
5 8 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
5 8 (0.60%) Terraform
6 6 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 6 (0.45%) SCDPM
7 5 (0.38%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.30%) Autotask
8 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.23%) SELinux
10 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.15%) QRadar
10 2 (0.15%) SCOM
11 1 (0.075%) BMC PATROL
11 1 (0.075%) WSUS
Vendors
1 384 (28.92%) Microsoft
2 261 (19.65%) Google
3 42 (3.16%) SAP
4 37 (2.79%) Databricks
5 33 (2.48%) Cisco
6 31 (2.33%) Oracle
7 27 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.81%) IBM
8 24 (1.81%) VMware
9 23 (1.73%) Dell
10 22 (1.66%) Kofax
10 22 (1.66%) Pega
10 22 (1.66%) Sophos
11 18 (1.36%) Apple
12 15 (1.13%) Citrix
12 15 (1.13%) Sage
13 14 (1.05%) HP
14 13 (0.98%) Salesforce
15 11 (0.83%) Darktrace
15 11 (0.83%) Facebook