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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 278 169
Rank change year-on-year +120 -109 +32
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 1,331 737 1,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.89% 1.20% 2.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.89% 5.86% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 776 397 746
10th Percentile £24,375 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £50,238 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% -4.31% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60,500 £66,250 £69,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £46,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.45% - -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 9,579 12,569 12,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.58% 20.50% 17.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,355 4,709 6,957
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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
North of England +204 392 £42,000 -12.27% 120
South East +45 386 £47,500 -9.52% 138
Midlands +94 225 £37,500 -33.04% 101
North West +114 177 £40,000 -20.38% 62
Yorkshire +180 157 £48,250 +3.21% 48
West Midlands +86 150 £43,806 -20.35% 52
South West -2 134 £37,500 -16.67% 50
East of England +49 94 £42,250 -40.70% 58
East Midlands +23 73 £32,500 -44.44% 48
Scotland -25 67 £55,000 +5.24% 36
North East +43 58 £40,500 -15.18% 12
Wales +27 29 £32,500 -16.67% 18
Northern Ireland +22 4 - - 2
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
1 118 (8.87%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.65%) Captiva
3 22 (1.65%) FileNet
3 22 (1.65%) WebSphere
4 17 (1.28%) Confluence
4 17 (1.28%) SAS
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
1 132 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.78%) 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%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.075%) Sketch
10 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.90%) 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%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.075%) FastStats
6 1 (0.075%) iTrent
6 1 (0.075%) Primavera
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 (26.00%) Azure
2 277 (20.81%) GCP
3 242 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 180 (13.52%) AWS
5 154 (11.57%) Power Platform
6 47 (3.53%) Entra ID
7 35 (2.63%) Serverless
8 31 (2.33%) SaaS
9 25 (1.88%) GitHub
10 24 (1.80%) IaaS
10 24 (1.80%) Snowflake
11 23 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (1.58%) Matillion
13 20 (1.50%) PaaS
14 19 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (1.13%) OneDrive
16 14 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
18 11 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
19 10 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 95 (7.14%) Firewall
2 42 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
3 33 (2.48%) Wireless
4 29 (2.18%) WAN
5 28 (2.10%) VPN
6 25 (1.88%) DNS
7 21 (1.58%) 4G
7 21 (1.58%) Intranet
8 19 (1.43%) Network Security
9 16 (1.20%) LAN
9 16 (1.20%) TCP/IP
9 16 (1.20%) VLAN
9 16 (1.20%) VoIP
10 14 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
10 14 (1.05%) MPLS
11 13 (0.98%) DHCP
12 12 (0.90%) 3G
12 12 (0.90%) MQTT
12 12 (0.90%) RS-485
13 11 (0.83%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (18.48%) BigQuery
2 245 (18.41%) Looker
3 130 (9.77%) Power BI
4 128 (9.62%) Data Warehouse
5 49 (3.68%) Metadata
5 49 (3.68%) SQL Server
6 43 (3.23%) Data Lake
7 22 (1.65%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.50%) Big Data
8 20 (1.50%) MySQL
9 17 (1.28%) NoSQL
10 12 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.83%) Tableau
12 10 (0.75%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 4 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (0.30%) MS Access
15 4 (0.30%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 108 (8.11%) JIRA
2 32 (2.40%) Git
3 22 (1.65%) 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%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.075%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.075%) Vite
General
1 415 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 376 (28.25%) Finance
3 374 (28.10%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (14.95%) Legal
5 153 (11.50%) Banking
6 72 (5.41%) Retail
7 57 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 54 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (3.91%) Law
10 46 (3.46%) Marketing
11 38 (2.85%) Games
12 36 (2.70%) Public Sector
13 34 (2.55%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.95%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.58%) Mandarin Language
16 17 (1.28%) Digital Economy
17 16 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (1.05%) Environmental Health
18 14 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (12.40%) Analyst
2 162 (12.17%) Data Engineer
3 151 (11.34%) Architect
4 149 (11.19%) Platform Engineer
4 149 (11.19%) Principal Data Engineer
4 149 (11.19%) Principal Engineer
5 135 (10.14%) Senior
6 128 (9.62%) Data Architect
7 77 (5.79%) Lead
8 72 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
9 57 (4.28%) Developer
9 57 (4.28%) IT Manager
10 56 (4.21%) Support Engineer
11 45 (3.38%) IT Support
12 41 (3.08%) Security Analyst
13 39 (2.93%) Project Manager
14 38 (2.85%) Security Manager
15 37 (2.78%) Consultant
16 36 (2.70%) Software Engineer
17 35 (2.63%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.25%) HTML
2 26 (1.95%) .NET
3 24 (1.80%) RESTful
4 20 (1.50%) 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 (23.59%) Self-Motivation
2 128 (9.62%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.86%) Driving Licence
4 63 (4.73%) Data Protection Act
5 43 (3.23%) NHS
6 34 (2.55%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.03%) Security Posture
8 25 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
9 22 (1.65%) DataPower
9 22 (1.65%) Onboarding
9 22 (1.65%) Private Cloud
10 20 (1.50%) IoT
10 20 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
11 17 (1.28%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.20%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.20%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.13%) CCTV
14 12 (0.90%) e-Learning
14 12 (0.90%) EPoS
15 11 (0.83%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 166 (12.47%) Windows
2 65 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 59 (4.43%) Linux
4 54 (4.06%) Windows 10
5 26 (1.95%) Android
6 23 (1.73%) Unix
7 22 (1.65%) Apple iOS
8 21 (1.58%) Mac OS
9 12 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
10 9 (0.68%) Mac OS X
11 8 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.15%) VMS
14 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.075%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 478 (35.91%) Problem-Solving
2 303 (22.76%) Mentoring
3 300 (22.54%) Data Protection
4 295 (22.16%) Data Governance
5 271 (20.36%) Agile
6 266 (19.98%) Data Engineering
7 251 (18.86%) Cybersecurity
8 249 (18.71%) Platform Engineering
9 228 (17.13%) DevOps
10 209 (15.70%) Information Security
11 208 (15.63%) Data Management
12 206 (15.48%) Change Management
13 194 (14.58%) Data Science
14 177 (13.30%) Data Pipeline
15 162 (12.17%) DataOps
16 153 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
16 153 (11.50%) ETL
17 151 (11.34%) Data Modelling
18 149 (11.19%) Data Privacy
19 145 (10.89%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 119 (8.94%) SQL
2 40 (3.01%) JavaScript
3 37 (2.78%) Java
4 31 (2.33%) T-SQL
5 28 (2.10%) C#
6 26 (1.95%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.28%) C
7 17 (1.28%) PHP
7 17 (1.28%) Python
8 16 (1.20%) C++
9 5 (0.38%) COBOL
9 5 (0.38%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.38%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 5 (0.38%) Swift
10 4 (0.30%) VB
11 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
11 3 (0.23%) R
12 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.075%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 163 (12.25%) Degree
2 70 (5.26%) CISSP
3 66 (4.96%) DBS Check
4 49 (3.68%) CISM
5 40 (3.01%) Security Cleared
6 37 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 33 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.18%) CISA
8 29 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.10%) CRISC
10 24 (1.80%) SC Cleared
11 21 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.98%) CTC Cleared
14 13 (0.98%) GIAC
14 13 (0.98%) ISEB
15 12 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.90%) CCSP
16 11 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (14.65%) Data Quality
2 177 (13.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 129 (9.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 95 (7.14%) NIST
5 63 (4.73%) PCI DSS
6 43 (3.23%) GRC
7 40 (3.01%) SLA
8 27 (2.03%) HIPAA
9 26 (1.95%) QA
10 24 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 24 (1.80%) NCSC
11 21 (1.58%) Accessibility
12 20 (1.50%) 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 95 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.40%) 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 33 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.05%) SCCM
3 10 (0.75%) FortiGate
3 10 (0.75%) Nessus
3 10 (0.75%) Terraform
4 9 (0.68%) CASB
5 8 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
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
1 381 (28.63%) Microsoft
2 261 (19.61%) Google
3 42 (3.16%) SAP
4 38 (2.85%) Databricks
5 33 (2.48%) Cisco
6 31 (2.33%) Oracle
7 27 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.80%) IBM
8 24 (1.80%) VMware
9 23 (1.73%) Dell
10 22 (1.65%) Kofax
10 22 (1.65%) Pega
10 22 (1.65%) Sophos
11 18 (1.35%) 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