Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring COPPA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 713 | 712 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -1 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing COPPA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | - | 0.002% | 0.002% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.011% | 0.013% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £77,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +55.00% | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | £50,000 |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
COPPA 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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 7,883 | 8,976 | 7,724 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 13.29% | 16.24% | 15.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,394 | 4,022 | 5,709 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £31,750 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £43,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.33% | - | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £78,750 | £76,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | +5.00% |
COPPA
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COPPA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
COPPA
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COPPA.
