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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 282 233
Rank change year-on-year +116 -49 -6
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 1,770 1,343 2,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.80% 1.28% 1.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.11% 6.62% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,125 761 1,327
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,238 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.40% -4.31% +10.53%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,506 20,300 25,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.30% 16.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,268 9,304 13,142
10th Percentile £27,035 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the UK

GDPR
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR.

Salary trend for GDPR in the UK

GDPR
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the UK

GDPR
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +129 1,631 £46,250 -15.91% 600
UK excluding London +126 1,333 £42,500 -15.40% 452
South East +47 391 £47,500 -9.52% 132
North of England +181 390 £40,681 -14.80% 108
London +50 381 £52,000 -13.33% 198
Work from Home -30 358 £49,827 -9.41% 221
Midlands +87 225 £37,500 -32.43% 79
North West +104 175 £40,000 -20.38% 66
Yorkshire +162 157 £48,250 +3.21% 33
West Midlands +79 150 £43,806 -16.96% 43
South West +24 135 £37,500 -25.00% 41
East of England +61 92 £40,375 -35.40% 62
East Midlands +21 73 £32,500 -44.44% 35
Scotland -24 66 £55,000 -7.60% 40
North East +50 58 £40,500 +23.67% 11
Wales +19 29 £32,500 -16.67% 15
Northern Ireland +21 5 £45,000 -37.93% 2

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 130 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 49 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.58%) Captiva
3 28 (1.58%) FileNet
3 28 (1.58%) WebSphere
4 23 (1.30%) WordPress
5 20 (1.13%) Confluence
6 19 (1.07%) CMS
7 18 (1.02%) SAS
8 8 (0.45%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.40%) Apache
10 5 (0.28%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.23%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.23%) Site Server
11 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 161 (9.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 114 (6.44%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (5.48%) Spreadsheet
4 30 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.36%) AutoCAD
6 12 (0.68%) Revit
7 5 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.28%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.056%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.056%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.056%) InDesign
11 1 (0.056%) Sketch
11 1 (0.056%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 23 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.23%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.17%) Shopify
5 2 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.056%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.056%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.056%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.056%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.056%) FastStats
6 1 (0.056%) iTrent
6 1 (0.056%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.056%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.056%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.056%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.056%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 457 (25.82%) Azure
2 331 (18.70%) GCP
3 287 (16.21%) Microsoft 365
4 244 (13.79%) AWS
5 186 (10.51%) Power Platform
6 52 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.43%) GitHub
8 40 (2.26%) SaaS
9 36 (2.03%) Serverless
10 31 (1.75%) IaaS
11 30 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
12 29 (1.64%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.53%) PaaS
14 24 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
15 22 (1.24%) Matillion
16 17 (0.96%) OneDrive
17 15 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 15 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
18 14 (0.79%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 138 (7.80%) Firewall
2 47 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
3 37 (2.09%) Wireless
4 36 (2.03%) Intrusion Detection
5 35 (1.98%) VPN
6 33 (1.86%) DNS
7 32 (1.81%) WAN
8 24 (1.36%) Intranet
9 23 (1.30%) Network Security
10 21 (1.19%) 4G
10 21 (1.19%) LAN
10 21 (1.19%) TCP/IP
11 18 (1.02%) DHCP
11 18 (1.02%) Internet
11 18 (1.02%) VLAN
12 17 (0.96%) VoIP
13 16 (0.90%) SAN
14 15 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
15 14 (0.79%) MPLS
16 12 (0.68%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 276 (15.59%) Looker
2 273 (15.42%) BigQuery
3 164 (9.27%) Power BI
4 152 (8.59%) Data Warehouse
5 61 (3.45%) SQL Server
6 52 (2.94%) Data Lake
7 51 (2.88%) Metadata
8 27 (1.53%) Tableau
9 26 (1.47%) MySQL
9 26 (1.47%) Relational Database
10 24 (1.36%) Big Data
11 21 (1.19%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.56%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.51%) QlikView
15 7 (0.40%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.34%) SAP HANA
17 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 131 (7.40%) JIRA
2 37 (2.09%) Git
3 28 (1.58%) Oracle Forms
4 12 (0.68%) GitLab
4 12 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.62%) Selenium
6 8 (0.45%) CircleCI
6 8 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.45%) JUnit
7 5 (0.28%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.28%) Xcode
8 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.11%) MLflow
11 1 (0.056%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.056%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.056%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.056%) TestRail
11 1 (0.056%) Vagrant
11 1 (0.056%) Vite
General
1 559 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 510 (28.81%) Finance
3 462 (26.10%) Analytical Skills
4 285 (16.10%) Legal
5 173 (9.77%) Banking
6 113 (6.38%) Public Sector
7 92 (5.20%) Law
8 89 (5.03%) Retail
9 75 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 74 (4.18%) Marketing
11 65 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.71%) Games
13 47 (2.66%) Telecoms
14 39 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.58%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (1.30%) Mandarin Language
18 21 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
19 18 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
20 17 (0.96%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 205 (11.58%) Analyst
2 190 (10.73%) Senior
3 179 (10.11%) Architect
4 174 (9.83%) Data Engineer
5 161 (9.10%) Platform Engineer
5 161 (9.10%) Principal Data Engineer
5 161 (9.10%) Principal Engineer
6 151 (8.53%) Data Architect
7 122 (6.89%) Lead
8 85 (4.80%) IT Manager
9 83 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
10 68 (3.84%) Developer
11 58 (3.28%) Support Engineer
12 55 (3.11%) Security Manager
13 52 (2.94%) Security Analyst
14 51 (2.88%) Data Manager
15 50 (2.82%) IT Support
16 48 (2.71%) Consultant
17 46 (2.60%) Project Manager
18 44 (2.49%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.03%) HTML
2 29 (1.64%) RESTful
3 28 (1.58%) .NET
4 26 (1.47%) CSS
5 16 (0.90%) REST
5 16 (0.90%) Web Services
6 15 (0.85%) React
6 15 (0.85%) XML
7 14 (0.79%) EDI
7 14 (0.79%) Node.js
8 13 (0.73%) jQuery
9 11 (0.62%) Ruby on Rails
10 10 (0.56%) Spring
10 10 (0.56%) Unreal Engine
10 10 (0.56%) V-Ray
11 9 (0.51%) .NET Framework
11 9 (0.51%) HTML5
12 8 (0.45%) AngularJS
13 7 (0.40%) Ajax
13 7 (0.40%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 357 (20.17%) Self-Motivation
2 197 (11.13%) Management Information System
3 80 (4.52%) Driving Licence
4 77 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 67 (3.79%) Security Posture
6 48 (2.71%) NHS
7 43 (2.43%) Data Centre
8 41 (2.32%) Cyber Threat
9 28 (1.58%) DataPower
9 28 (1.58%) Private Cloud
10 26 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 24 (1.36%) e-Learning
11 24 (1.36%) Mobile App
12 23 (1.30%) IoT
13 21 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
14 20 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
15 19 (1.07%) Cloud Native
16 18 (1.02%) CCTV
17 15 (0.85%) Algorithms
18 14 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 207 (11.69%) Windows
2 86 (4.86%) Linux
3 79 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 55 (3.11%) Windows 10
5 30 (1.69%) Unix
6 25 (1.41%) Android
7 23 (1.30%) Mac OS
8 22 (1.24%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
10 10 (0.56%) Mac OS X
11 8 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.11%) VMS
14 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.11%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.056%) AIX
15 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (33.39%) Problem-Solving
2 396 (22.37%) Data Protection
3 362 (20.45%) Mentoring
4 348 (19.66%) Cybersecurity
5 340 (19.21%) Data Governance
6 332 (18.76%) Agile
7 296 (16.72%) Data Engineering
8 295 (16.67%) Information Security
9 281 (15.88%) DevOps
10 276 (15.59%) Platform Engineering
11 252 (14.24%) Data Management
12 231 (13.05%) Change Management
13 217 (12.26%) Data Science
14 197 (11.13%) Data Privacy
15 192 (10.85%) Data Pipeline
16 189 (10.68%) Business Intelligence
17 184 (10.40%) Risk Management
18 182 (10.28%) Data Modelling
19 179 (10.11%) Data Security
20 175 (9.89%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 155 (8.76%) SQL
2 52 (2.94%) Python
3 51 (2.88%) Java
4 47 (2.66%) JavaScript
5 37 (2.09%) C#
6 30 (1.69%) PowerShell
6 30 (1.69%) T-SQL
7 20 (1.13%) PHP
8 18 (1.02%) C
8 18 (1.02%) C++
9 11 (0.62%) Go
9 11 (0.62%) Ruby
10 7 (0.40%) Bash
11 6 (0.34%) R
12 5 (0.28%) COBOL
12 5 (0.28%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.28%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 5 (0.28%) Swift
13 4 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 256 (14.46%) Degree
2 142 (8.02%) DBS Check
3 126 (7.12%) CISSP
4 81 (4.58%) CISM
5 60 (3.39%) Security Cleared
6 53 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (2.66%) Master's Degree
8 40 (2.26%) SC Cleared
9 37 (2.09%) CRISC
10 36 (2.03%) CISA
10 36 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 31 (1.75%) GIAC
12 26 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
12 26 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
13 21 (1.19%) Azure Certification
14 19 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.96%) CCSP
16 14 (0.79%) GSEC
16 14 (0.79%) ISEB
16 14 (0.79%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (14.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 225 (12.71%) Data Quality
3 149 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 135 (7.63%) NIST
5 90 (5.08%) PCI DSS
6 57 (3.22%) GRC
7 46 (2.60%) SLA
8 39 (2.20%) HIPAA
9 35 (1.98%) NCSC
10 33 (1.86%) QA
11 31 (1.75%) Accessibility
12 27 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 25 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 23 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 20 (1.13%) COBIT
16 16 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 13 (0.73%) SOC 2
18 12 (0.68%) PSD2
19 11 (0.62%) COSHH
19 11 (0.62%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 110 (6.21%) Active Directory
2 44 (2.49%) Hyper-V
3 27 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.56%) Docker
4 10 (0.56%) Firmware
4 10 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.28%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) vSphere
9 1 (0.056%) LXC
Systems Management
1 35 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.30%) Terraform
3 21 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 16 (0.90%) FortiGate
5 13 (0.73%) CASB
5 13 (0.73%) SCCM
6 12 (0.68%) Ansible
7 11 (0.62%) Nessus
8 9 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
9 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (0.34%) CSIRT
10 6 (0.34%) SCDPM
11 4 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.23%) Autotask
11 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.17%) SELinux
13 2 (0.11%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 481 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 306 (17.29%) Google
3 58 (3.28%) SAP
4 43 (2.43%) Cisco
4 43 (2.43%) Databricks
5 40 (2.26%) Oracle
6 38 (2.15%) ServiceNow
6 38 (2.15%) VMware
7 30 (1.69%) IBM
8 28 (1.58%) Kofax
8 28 (1.58%) Pega
9 25 (1.41%) Apple
10 24 (1.36%) Adobe
10 24 (1.36%) Citrix
10 24 (1.36%) Dell
11 23 (1.30%) Sophos
12 17 (0.96%) Salesforce
13 16 (0.90%) Qualys
14 15 (0.85%) HP
14 15 (0.85%) Sage