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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 110 120
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 +73
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 43 65 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.29% 1.49% 2.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.80% 12.29% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29 18 33
10th Percentile £20,250 £35,550 £28,400
25th Percentile £26,520 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.55% +12.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £65,000 £72,250
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 256 529 628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.69% 12.14% 17.96%
Number of salaries quoted 167 202 449
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,274 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -1.73% +9.00%
75th Percentile £64,313 £65,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £73,650 £79,875 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% - +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 19 October 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 19 October 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 17 £51,000 -13.19% 28
North Yorkshire -7 11 £20,500 -33.87% 3
East Yorkshire - 9 £46,000 -
South Yorkshire 0 2 - - 4
GDPR
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 (4.65%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) CMS
2 1 (2.33%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (2.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.30%) SaaS
3 3 (6.98%) Azure
4 2 (4.65%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.33%) GCP
5 1 (2.33%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.28%) Firewall
2 3 (6.98%) DNS
3 2 (4.65%) LAN
3 2 (4.65%) SMS
3 2 (4.65%) WAN
4 1 (2.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) GitLab
1 2 (4.65%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 16 (37.21%) Law
3 12 (27.91%) Finance
4 7 (16.28%) Legal
5 5 (11.63%) Financial Institution
5 5 (11.63%) Prime Brokerage
6 4 (9.30%) Marketing
7 3 (6.98%) Local Government
8 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.33%) Retail
9 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (16.28%) Analyst
1 7 (16.28%) IT Support
2 5 (11.63%) Risk Manager
2 5 (11.63%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (6.98%) Consultant
3 3 (6.98%) Coordinator
3 3 (6.98%) Information Security Consultant
3 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (6.98%) Security Consultant
4 2 (4.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) Business Development Executive
4 2 (4.65%) CRM Executive
4 2 (4.65%) IT Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) Junior
4 2 (4.65%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Security Engineer
4 2 (4.65%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) .NET
1 2 (4.65%) LDAP
1 2 (4.65%) RESTful
1 2 (4.65%) SOAP
2 1 (2.33%) CSS
2 1 (2.33%) HTML
2 1 (2.33%) React
2 1 (2.33%) SLSA
2 1 (2.33%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (11.63%) Blockchain
2 5 (11.63%) Derivative
2 5 (11.63%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.63%) Hedge funds
2 5 (11.63%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.98%) Cyberattack
3 3 (6.98%) e-Learning
3 3 (6.98%) Learning Management System
3 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) NHS
4 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Information Security
2 9 (20.93%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (18.60%) Business Continuity
3 8 (18.60%) ISMS
4 7 (16.28%) Cloud Security
4 7 (16.28%) Data Privacy
4 7 (16.28%) Data Protection
4 7 (16.28%) ITIL
4 7 (16.28%) Logistics
5 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (13.95%) CRM
5 6 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (13.95%) Risk Management
6 5 (11.63%) Agile
6 5 (11.63%) Data Management
6 5 (11.63%) Mathematics
6 5 (11.63%) Stress Testing
6 5 (11.63%) User Experience
6 5 (11.63%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) Bash
1 2 (4.65%) C#
1 2 (4.65%) Java
1 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) CISMP
2 7 (16.28%) GSEC
3 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.65%) Degree
4 1 (2.33%) CEH
4 1 (2.33%) CISA
4 1 (2.33%) CISSP
4 1 (2.33%) CRISC
4 1 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (13.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (6.98%) PCI DSS
3 3 (6.98%) QA
4 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (4.65%) GRC
5 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.33%) EU AI Act
5 1 (2.33%) NIST
5 1 (2.33%) SLA
5 1 (2.33%) SOC 2
5 1 (2.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.65%) Firmware
1 2 (4.65%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Kibana
Vendors
1 14 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.65%) Adobe
3 2 (4.65%) Apple
3 2 (4.65%) New Relic
3 2 (4.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Google
4 1 (2.33%) Sitecore