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 citing GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	142	116	100
Rank change year-on-year	-26	-16	+14
Permanent jobs citing GDPR	55	46	67
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire	0.73%	1.34%	1.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	9.63%	16.85%	12.86%
Number of salaries quoted	41	29	20
10^th Percentile	£26,738	£20,250	£31,833
25^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,520	£40,313
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£42,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+19.05%	-20.00%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£73,750	£63,750	£64,250
90^th Percentile	£81,557	£74,000	£65,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£60,000	£61,250
% change year-on-year	-8.33%	-2.04%	+2.08%

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in Yorkshire.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	571	273	521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire	7.55%	7.94%	12.20%
Number of salaries quoted	427	174	199
10^th Percentile	£29,900	£26,250	£25,950
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£31,250	£33,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,497	£47,500	£49,274
Median % change year-on-year	-4.22%	-3.60%	-3.04%
75^th Percentile	£65,640	£64,875	£64,250
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£74,325	£75,500
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-4.17%	-

GDPR 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 Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GDPR.

GDPR Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.

GDPR 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 29 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Yorkshire	-20	22	£45,000	-3.74%	6
North Yorkshire	+7	9	£63,114	+207.87%	3
East Yorkshire	-5	9	£32,250	-29.89%
South Yorkshire	-27	8	£68,750	+1.85%	2
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GDPR Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, job vacancies citing GDPR also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region citing GDPR.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	38.2%	21
2	CRM	32.7%	18
3	Data Protection	27.3%	15
3	Problem-Solving	27.3%	15
5	Cybersecurity	25.5%	14
6	AI	21.8%	12
6	Azure	21.8%	12
8	Degree	20.0%	11
8	Microsoft 365	20.0%	11
10	Data Governance	18.2%	10
10	Decision-Making	18.2%	10
12	Business Intelligence	16.4%	9
13	Coaching	14.5%	8
13	Continuous Improvement	14.5%	8
13	Stakeholder Management	14.5%	8
16	Broadband	12.7%	7
16	Customer Service	12.7%	7
16	Data Modelling	12.7%	7
16	DBS Check	12.7%	7
16	Information Security	12.7%	7
16	Microsoft Excel	12.7%	7
16	Microsoft Office	12.7%	7
16	Python	12.7%	7
16	Salesforce	12.7%	7
16	Stakeholder Engagement	12.7%	7
26	AWS	10.9%	6
26	Data Quality	10.9%	6
26	Data Warehouse	10.9%	6
26	ERP	10.9%	6
26	Information Governance	10.9%	6

GDPR Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Quality	10.9%	6
1	ISO/IEC 27001	10.9%	6
3	Cyber Essentials	9.1%	5
3	NIST	9.1%	5
5	ISO/IEC 42001	7.3%	4
5	QA	7.3%	4
7	Cyber Essentials PLUS	5.5%	3
7	GRC	5.5%	3
7	ISO 19650	5.5%	3
10	EU AI Act	1.8%	1
10	ISO 9001	1.8%	1
10	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)	1.8%	1
10	NCSC	1.8%	1
10	Sarbanes-Oxley	1.8%	1
10	SLA	1.8%	1