GDPR Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 160 281
Rank change year-on-year -60 +121 -108
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 536 1,328 708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.35% 1.77% 1.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.17% 13.59% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 400 737 395
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,325 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,385 £37,083
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.40% -8.66%
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £47,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +32.98% -14.55% -4.35%

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 6,564 9,770 11,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.54% 13.05% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,101 6,367 4,478
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,047 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £32,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £79,400
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the UK excluding London

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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 31 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
South East -30 183 £57,500 +21.05% 164
North of England -101 138 £49,500 +21.68% 144
Midlands -33 100 £50,000 +33.33% 90
North West -88 74 £48,306 +20.77% 95
West Midlands -16 66 £55,000 +25.55% 57
South West +38 50 £72,500 +93.33% 51
Yorkshire -36 44 £50,375 +15.16% 41
East Midlands +2 34 £35,500 +9.23% 32
East of England -7 33 £47,500 +11.76% 72
North East +11 20 £57,500 +42.86% 9
Scotland +75 18 £55,000 +32.53% 22
Northern Ireland +44 6 - - 8
Channel Islands - 5 £80,000 - 2
Wales +15 4 £55,000 +69.23% 13
Isle of Man - 4 £91,000 -
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 25 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.48%) CMS
3 23 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (3.73%) Umbraco
5 16 (2.99%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.31%) WordPress
7 4 (0.75%) SAS
8 3 (0.56%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.37%) Apache
9 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.37%) Confluence
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.19%) IIS
10 1 (0.19%) nginx
10 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 50 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.31%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.37%) Revit
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.43%) SAP HCM
2 13 (2.43%) SAP HR
2 13 (2.43%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (0.93%) Maximo
3 5 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.56%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.19%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.19%) iTrent
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 155 (28.92%) Azure
2 67 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (9.51%) AWS
4 38 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (7.09%) Power Platform
5 34 (6.34%) GCP
6 31 (5.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 30 (5.60%) Azure Service Bus
7 30 (5.60%) SonarCloud
8 28 (5.22%) Entra ID
9 18 (3.36%) SaaS
9 18 (3.36%) Snowflake
10 17 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
10 17 (3.17%) SuccessFactors
11 15 (2.80%) OneDrive
12 12 (2.24%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.68%) Google Workspace
14 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (1.49%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 55 (10.26%) Firewall
2 36 (6.72%) Network Security
3 24 (4.48%) Intranet
4 21 (3.92%) VPN
5 16 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (1.87%) DHCP
6 10 (1.87%) DNS
6 10 (1.87%) SAN
7 8 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.12%) NAS
8 6 (1.12%) VoIP
8 6 (1.12%) WAN
8 6 (1.12%) Wireless
9 5 (0.93%) VLAN
10 4 (0.75%) LAN
10 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.37%) BGP
12 2 (0.37%) Broadband
12 2 (0.37%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.53%) Data Warehouse
1 35 (6.53%) Power BI
2 33 (6.16%) Elasticsearch
3 29 (5.41%) SQL Server
4 21 (3.92%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.61%) Metadata
6 13 (2.43%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.24%) Big Data
8 9 (1.68%) Hadoop
9 8 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.12%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (1.12%) Tableau
12 5 (0.93%) Looker
12 5 (0.93%) MySQL
12 5 (0.93%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.93%) SAP HANA
13 4 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.75%) MS Access
13 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (6.53%) Git
2 30 (5.60%) MSBuild
2 30 (5.60%) Octopus Deploy
2 30 (5.60%) Team Foundation Server
2 30 (5.60%) Visual Studio
3 13 (2.43%) JIRA
4 7 (1.31%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.56%) ERwin
5 3 (0.56%) GitLab
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.19%) Postman
7 1 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 226 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 124 (23.13%) Finance
3 82 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (13.99%) Legal
5 73 (13.62%) Law
6 58 (10.82%) Retail
7 39 (7.28%) Marketing
8 22 (4.10%) Financial Institution
8 22 (4.10%) Prime Brokerage
9 20 (3.73%) Manufacturing
10 18 (3.36%) Games
11 16 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (2.99%) Public Sector
12 14 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.49%) Banking
15 8 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.31%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 67 (12.50%) Architect
2 63 (11.75%) Analyst
3 48 (8.96%) Lead
4 39 (7.28%) Senior
5 38 (7.09%) IT Support
6 36 (6.72%) Technical Architect
7 31 (5.78%) Security Engineer
8 28 (5.22%) Developer
9 27 (5.04%) Risk Manager
10 20 (3.73%) Support Analyst
11 19 (3.54%) IT Manager
12 18 (3.36%) Umbraco Developer
13 17 (3.17%) SAP Analyst
14 16 (2.99%) Security Analyst
15 15 (2.80%) Head of IT
16 14 (2.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 14 (2.61%) Data Engineer
16 14 (2.61%) Lead Architect
16 14 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
17 13 (2.43%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (11.38%) CSS
1 61 (11.38%) HTML
2 37 (6.90%) .NET
3 36 (6.72%) REST
4 35 (6.53%) JSON
5 33 (6.16%) ASP.NET
5 33 (6.16%) XML
6 31 (5.78%) Bootstrap
6 31 (5.78%) gRPC
7 20 (3.73%) HTML5
7 20 (3.73%) jQuery
8 19 (3.54%) Kafka
9 18 (3.36%) SAP Fiori
10 9 (1.68%) PySpark
11 7 (1.31%) Laravel
11 7 (1.31%) Node.js
12 5 (0.93%) CodeIgniter
12 5 (0.93%) RESTful
12 5 (0.93%) SAPUI5
12 5 (0.93%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.13%) Management Information System
2 24 (4.48%) Data Protection Act
2 24 (4.48%) Security Posture
3 23 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (4.10%) Blockchain
4 22 (4.10%) Derivative
4 22 (4.10%) Hedge funds
5 21 (3.92%) Cloud Native
6 20 (3.73%) NHS
7 19 (3.54%) Driving Licence
8 18 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
9 13 (2.43%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.87%) Social Media
12 8 (1.49%) Cyberattack
12 8 (1.49%) e-Learning
13 7 (1.31%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.31%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.31%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.12%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 71 (13.25%) Windows
2 24 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.80%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.24%) Linux
5 10 (1.87%) Android
6 7 (1.31%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.12%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.12%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.12%) Windows Vista
8 3 (0.56%) CentOS
8 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (27.61%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (19.03%) Cybersecurity
3 96 (17.91%) Data Protection
4 79 (14.74%) Risk Management
5 77 (14.37%) DevOps
6 73 (13.62%) Analytics
7 71 (13.25%) Information Security
8 70 (13.06%) Data Security
9 64 (11.94%) Data Management
10 63 (11.75%) Agile
11 60 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (10.45%) Decision-Making
13 52 (9.70%) Data Privacy
13 52 (9.70%) Regulatory Compliance
14 51 (9.51%) Data Governance
15 50 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
16 49 (9.14%) Roadmaps
17 48 (8.96%) Microservices
18 47 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
19 46 (8.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (18.10%) SQL
2 60 (11.19%) C#
2 60 (11.19%) Python
3 53 (9.89%) JavaScript
4 47 (8.77%) PowerShell
5 19 (3.54%) Bash
6 18 (3.36%) Java
7 14 (2.61%) PHP
8 13 (2.43%) ABAP
9 6 (1.12%) R
10 4 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.56%) C++
11 3 (0.56%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.19%) Groovy
12 1 (0.19%) Perl
12 1 (0.19%) PL/1
12 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.19%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 100 (18.66%) Degree
2 41 (7.65%) CISSP
3 39 (7.28%) Azure Certification
4 33 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (5.60%) CISM
6 22 (4.10%) Master's Degree
7 21 (3.92%) AWS Certification
8 20 (3.73%) CEH
9 18 (3.36%) Security Cleared
10 17 (3.17%) CISA
11 15 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.87%) SC Cleared
13 9 (1.68%) DBS Check
14 8 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (1.12%) OSCP
17 5 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
18 4 (0.75%) GISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (19.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (13.25%) NIST
3 52 (9.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 49 (9.14%) PCI DSS
5 39 (7.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 35 (6.53%) Accessibility
7 31 (5.78%) HIPAA
8 28 (5.22%) Data Quality
9 17 (3.17%) WCAG
10 16 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 16 (2.99%) SOC 2
11 15 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 13 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (2.05%) QA
13 11 (2.05%) SLA
14 10 (1.87%) GRC
15 8 (1.49%) PERC
16 6 (1.12%) COBIT
17 4 (0.75%) Basel II
17 4 (0.75%) Basel III
System Software
1 53 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 48 (8.96%) Docker
3 17 (3.17%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.56%) Dovecot
7 3 (0.56%) Postfix
8 2 (0.37%) Squid
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (3.73%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.49%) Terraform
4 5 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.75%) QRadar
5 4 (0.75%) SCCM
5 4 (0.75%) SCOM
5 4 (0.75%) SCOrch
6 3 (0.56%) Kibana
7 2 (0.37%) Ansible
7 2 (0.37%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.19%) Grafana
8 1 (0.19%) Nessus
8 1 (0.19%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 146 (27.24%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.34%) Google
3 23 (4.29%) SAP
4 18 (3.36%) Cisco
5 17 (3.17%) HP
5 17 (3.17%) VMware
6 15 (2.80%) Meraki
7 12 (2.24%) Adobe
8 11 (2.05%) Apple
8 11 (2.05%) Citrix
9 10 (1.87%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.68%) Oracle
11 7 (1.31%) Databricks
11 7 (1.31%) Dell
11 7 (1.31%) OneTrust
12 6 (1.12%) Facebook
12 6 (1.12%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.12%) Veeam
13 5 (0.93%) Informatica
13 5 (0.93%) Splunk