COPPA Job Trends
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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 806 | - | 754 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -7 |
| Permanent jobs citing COPPA | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.007% | - | 0.001% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.063% | - | 0.010% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £82,500 | - | £76,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £90,000 | - | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +55.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | - | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | - |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 12,701 | 7,566 | 9,937 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.66% | 15.47% | 14.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7,818 | 4,218 | 4,646 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £57,500 | £58,465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -1.65% | -2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £77,500 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £93,750 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.76% |
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.
COPPA Top 1 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COPPA within the UK over the 6 months to 16 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | - | 8 | £90,000 | - | 1 |
COPPA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Quality Assurance & Compliance
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GDPR | 100.0% | 8 |
| 2 | Data Quality | 50.0% | 4 |