GDPR Jobs in the West Midlands

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 110 191
Rank change year-on-year -22 +81 -87
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 60 153 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.39% 2.07% 1.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.56% 13.17% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 45 83 51
10th Percentile £43,750 £31,114 £41,250
25th Percentile - £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,806 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.55% -20.35% +8.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £56,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £99,000 £60,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £46,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +34.41% -15.45% -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

GDPR 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 794 1,162 1,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.39% 15.74% 28.72%
Number of salaries quoted 377 876 688
10th Percentile £29,079 £27,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,250 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +3.40% +8.42%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Birmingham +24 31 £55,000 +46.67% 34
Solihull +3 12 £52,500 +133.33% 7
Staffordshire -2 10 £70,000 +86.67% 28
Warwickshire -7 3 £42,500 +84.78% 11
Walsall +3 1 £95,000 +18.75%
Wolverhampton +1 1 - -
Coventry -8 1 - - 4
Shropshire - 1 £32,500 - 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (3.33%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.67%) CMS
2 1 (1.67%) Confluence
2 1 (1.67%) IIS
2 1 (1.67%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (21.67%) SAP HCM
1 13 (21.67%) SAP HR
1 13 (21.67%) SAP Payroll
1 13 (21.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (21.67%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (13.33%) Azure
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.33%) Asana
4 2 (3.33%) AWS
5 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.67%) Figma
5 1 (1.67%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (1.67%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.67%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.67%) Metadata
2 6 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (10.00%) Metadata Repository
3 4 (6.67%) Power BI
4 2 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (15.00%) JIRA
2 2 (3.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 20 (33.33%) Finance
2 14 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (16.67%) Legal
5 8 (13.33%) Law
5 8 (13.33%) Public Sector
6 6 (10.00%) Marketing
7 4 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (6.67%) Financial Institution
7 4 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.67%) Prime Brokerage
8 3 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.33%) Retail
10 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (30.00%) Analyst
2 13 (21.67%) SAP Analyst
2 13 (21.67%) SAP Support
2 13 (21.67%) SAP Support Analyst
2 13 (21.67%) Support Analyst
3 6 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 6 (10.00%) Marketing Manager
3 6 (10.00%) Operations Manager
4 5 (8.33%) Development Manager
4 5 (8.33%) IT Development Manager
5 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Risk Manager
5 4 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Technology Director
6 3 (5.00%) Administrator
6 3 (5.00%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Data Quality Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Quality Analyst
7 2 (3.33%) Consultant
7 2 (3.33%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (21.67%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (8.33%) CodeIgniter
2 5 (8.33%) Laravel
2 5 (8.33%) Node.js
3 1 (1.67%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.67%) CSS
3 1 (1.67%) EDI
3 1 (1.67%) HTML
3 1 (1.67%) Sass
3 1 (1.67%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Marketing Technology
1 6 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.67%) Blockchain
2 4 (6.67%) Derivative
2 4 (6.67%) Hedge funds
2 4 (6.67%) Virtual Team
3 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.33%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (3.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (3.33%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.33%) PKI
4 2 (3.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.67%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.67%) IoT
5 1 (1.67%) Replication
5 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.33%) Android
1 5 (8.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.33%) Windows
3 1 (1.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.00%) Data Security
2 14 (23.33%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (21.67%) Data Management
3 13 (21.67%) Data Protection
3 13 (21.67%) Decision-Making
3 13 (21.67%) Time Management
3 13 (21.67%) Workflow
4 11 (18.33%) Data Governance
4 11 (18.33%) Data Privacy
5 10 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (15.00%) CRM
7 8 (13.33%) Agile
7 8 (13.33%) Budgeting
7 8 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (11.67%) DevOps
8 7 (11.67%) Intelligent Automation
8 7 (11.67%) Mentoring
8 7 (11.67%) Secure Coding
8 7 (11.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.67%) ABAP
2 6 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.33%) PHP
4 2 (3.33%) C++
4 2 (3.33%) Java
4 2 (3.33%) Python
5 1 (1.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (6.67%) CISSP
2 3 (5.00%) Degree
3 2 (3.33%) CEH
3 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.33%) PMP
4 1 (1.67%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.67%) CISM
4 1 (1.67%) ISEB
4 1 (1.67%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (26.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 15 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (13.33%) NIST
4 7 (11.67%) Data Quality
5 6 (10.00%) QA
6 3 (5.00%) PCI DSS
6 3 (5.00%) SOC 2
7 2 (3.33%) HIPAA
7 2 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.67%) GRC
8 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 1 (1.67%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (21.67%) SAP
2 5 (8.33%) OpenAI
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.33%) Oracle
5 1 (1.67%) Adobe
5 1 (1.67%) Google
5 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.67%) Snow