GLBA Job Trends

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA, GLB Act)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring GLBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 651 706 754
Rank change year-on-year +55 +48 -
Permanent jobs citing GLBA 6 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.002% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.074% 0.012% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £32,500
75th Percentile - - £71,875
90th Percentile - - £94,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £32,500

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GLBA 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 8,070 8,537 9,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.91% 16.07% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,489 3,847 6,914
10th Percentile £30,370 £32,493 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +8.11% -3.48%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

GLBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GLBA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

GLBA job vacancy trend in the UK

GLBA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GLBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GLBA

GLBA
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GLBA within the UK over the 6 months to 24 January 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
UK excluding London +34 6 - -
North of England - 6 - -
North West - 6 - -
England - 6 - -

GLBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) SaaS
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Law
1 6 (100.00%) Legal
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Strategy
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Data Management
1 5 (83.33%) Data Privacy
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (16.67%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 6 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) iManage