GDPR Job Trends in Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 103 107
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +79
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 40 71 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.16% 1.73% 2.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.29% 13.65% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 27 25 35
10th Percentile £26,520 £31,925 £29,400
25th Percentile £32,750 £37,716 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -8.70% +25.00%
75th Percentile £61,652 £64,250 £68,693
90th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £82,529
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 301 520 561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 8.75% 12.66% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 183 208 391
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,274 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -6.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £64,813 £65,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £75,720 £79,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

GDPR job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

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Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GDPR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GDPR

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Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Yorkshire

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Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 November 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
West Yorkshire -3 19 £46,750 -22.73% 21
North Yorkshire -2 7 £33,500 +8.06% 5
East Yorkshire - 7 £42,000 - 5
South Yorkshire -7 3 £67,500 +28.57% 12
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) CMS
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (2.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.00%) SaaS
2 6 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (10.00%) AWS
3 4 (10.00%) Azure
4 2 (5.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (5.00%) Collibra
4 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.50%) GCP
5 1 (2.50%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.50%) Firewall
2 4 (10.00%) DNS
3 3 (7.50%) LAN
3 3 (7.50%) WAN
4 2 (5.00%) Network Security
4 2 (5.00%) SMS
5 1 (2.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Ataccama
1 2 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (5.00%) Metadata
1 2 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) GitLab
1 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Finance
3 6 (15.00%) Law
4 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Legal
4 5 (12.50%) Marketing
5 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (7.50%) Local Government
6 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
7 2 (5.00%) Banking
7 2 (5.00%) Retail
8 1 (2.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Analyst
2 5 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) IT Support
4 3 (7.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (7.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Coordinator
4 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) IT Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Business Development Executive
5 2 (5.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) CRM Executive
5 2 (5.00%) Data Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Development Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Junior
5 2 (5.00%) Quality Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) .NET
1 2 (5.00%) LDAP
1 2 (5.00%) RESTful
1 2 (5.00%) SOAP
2 1 (2.50%) CSS
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) React
2 1 (2.50%) SLSA
2 1 (2.50%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (7.50%) e-Learning
2 3 (7.50%) Learning Management System
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) NHS
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (22.50%) User Experience
4 8 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 8 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 7 (17.50%) Agile
5 7 (17.50%) Information Security
6 6 (15.00%) Analytics
6 6 (15.00%) CRM
6 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (15.00%) DevOps
6 6 (15.00%) ITIL
7 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 5 (12.50%) Data Privacy
7 5 (12.50%) ISMS
7 5 (12.50%) Logistics
7 5 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 4 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (10.00%) E-Commerce
8 4 (10.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) Bash
1 2 (5.00%) Bicep
1 2 (5.00%) C#
1 2 (5.00%) Java
1 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) Apex Code
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) CISMP
1 5 (12.50%) GSEC
2 3 (7.50%) Degree
3 2 (5.00%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.50%) CISA
4 1 (2.50%) CISSP
4 1 (2.50%) CRISC
4 1 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 4 (10.00%) GRC
3 4 (10.00%) PCI DSS
3 4 (10.00%) QA
4 3 (7.50%) EU AI Act
4 3 (7.50%) NIST
4 3 (7.50%) SOC 2
5 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
6 1 (2.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (2.50%) PMO
6 1 (2.50%) SLA
6 1 (2.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.50%) Firmware
2 2 (5.00%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Kibana
1 2 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.50%) Adobe
3 3 (7.50%) Apple
4 2 (5.00%) New Relic
4 2 (5.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) Talend
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) Sitecore