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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 120 103
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 +20
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 76 45 82
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.00% 1.36% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.29% 15.68% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 60 33 25
10th Percentile £27,000 £20,250 £26,450
25th Percentile £41,500 £32,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -18.37% -7.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £59,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £66,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% -3.40%

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 532 287 589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.01% 8.64% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 416 199 264
10th Percentile £29,375 £26,466 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,188 £30,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,988 £45,000 £46,965
Median % change year-on-year +6.64% -4.18% -6.07%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,875 £60,185
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,200 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -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 job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

GDPR
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GDPR.

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 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Yorkshire

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 14 September 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
West Yorkshire -2 45 £56,500 +5.85% 50
South Yorkshire -23 13 £82,500 - 15
East Yorkshire -7 10 £27,000 -41.30% 4
North Yorkshire -4 4 £63,114 +88.40% 5
Humberside - 1 - - 1
GDPR
England

GDPR
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 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.95%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.32%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 12 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.95%) Aareon QL
2 3 (3.95%) MIS ActiveH
2 3 (3.95%) NEC Housing
2 3 (3.95%) OPENHousing
2 3 (3.95%) Orchard Housing
2 3 (3.95%) SystmOne
3 2 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.32%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.32%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.26%) Azure
2 15 (19.74%) AWS
3 10 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (11.84%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (11.84%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (11.84%) Azure Functions
4 9 (11.84%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (11.84%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (11.84%) Serverless
5 8 (10.53%) GCP
6 6 (7.89%) Power Platform
7 5 (6.58%) SaaS
8 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.95%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (3.95%) Power Automate
9 3 (3.95%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.63%) Azure AI
10 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.26%) HTTP
2 3 (3.95%) Broadband
2 3 (3.95%) Internet
3 2 (2.63%) DHCP
3 2 (2.63%) DNS
3 2 (2.63%) Firewall
3 2 (2.63%) LAN
3 2 (2.63%) VLAN
3 2 (2.63%) VPN
3 2 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.42%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (11.84%) Spark SQL
3 7 (9.21%) SAP BW
4 5 (6.58%) Metadata
5 3 (3.95%) Power BI
5 3 (3.95%) SAP HANA
6 2 (2.63%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) Git
2 1 (1.32%) GitLab
2 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.32%) JUnit
2 1 (1.32%) Postman
2 1 (1.32%) Selenium
General
1 20 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.37%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (22.37%) Finance
3 13 (17.11%) Legal
4 9 (11.84%) Manufacturing
4 9 (11.84%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (9.21%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (6.58%) Law
6 5 (6.58%) Local Government
7 4 (5.26%) Games
8 3 (3.95%) Aviation
8 3 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.95%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.95%) Social Housing
8 3 (3.95%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.32%) Aeronautics
9 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.32%) Marketing
9 1 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (15.79%) Information Manager
2 11 (14.47%) Architect
2 11 (14.47%) Data Architect
2 11 (14.47%) Data Engineer
3 10 (13.16%) Security Manager
4 9 (11.84%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Azure Platform Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Databricks Data Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Databricks Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Information Security Manager
4 9 (11.84%) Lead
4 9 (11.84%) Lead Data Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Platform Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Consultant
5 7 (9.21%) SAP Consultant
5 7 (9.21%) Security Analyst
6 6 (7.89%) Information Security Analyst
6 6 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.84%) ARM Templates
1 9 (11.84%) PySpark
1 9 (11.84%) REST
1 9 (11.84%) Terraform
2 5 (6.58%) Middleware
3 2 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.32%) CSS
4 1 (1.32%) HTML
4 1 (1.32%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.42%) Management Information System
2 11 (14.47%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.89%) Cyber Security Posture
3 6 (7.89%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.95%) e-Learning
5 3 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.95%) Robotics
5 3 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.32%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.32%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Windows
2 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.89%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (27.63%) Data Governance
3 19 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 18 (23.68%) Information Security
5 17 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (21.05%) SIEM
7 14 (18.42%) Data Protection
8 13 (17.11%) CRM
8 13 (17.11%) Regulatory Compliance
8 13 (17.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (15.79%) AI
9 12 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (14.47%) ETL
10 11 (14.47%) Performance Testing
10 11 (14.47%) System Integration Testing
10 11 (14.47%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (13.16%) DevOps
11 10 (13.16%) Translating Business Requirements
11 10 (13.16%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.42%) Python
2 12 (15.79%) SQL
3 7 (9.21%) ABAP
4 3 (3.95%) Perl
5 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (25.00%) Degree
2 9 (11.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (9.21%) CISM
3 7 (9.21%) CISSP
4 5 (6.58%) SAP Certification
5 2 (2.63%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.63%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.63%) IRCA
5 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.32%) CISA
6 1 (1.32%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (13.16%) Data Quality
3 9 (11.84%) NIST
4 8 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (9.21%) QA
5 7 (9.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (3.95%) HIPAA
7 3 (3.95%) ISO 19650
7 3 (3.95%) NCSC
8 2 (2.63%) ISO 9001
8 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.32%) GRC
9 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (22.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.79%) SAP
3 9 (11.84%) Databricks
4 7 (9.21%) OpenText
5 3 (3.95%) Aareon
5 3 (3.95%) Capita
5 3 (3.95%) Google
5 3 (3.95%) NEC
5 3 (3.95%) Orchard
5 3 (3.95%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.63%) Foundry
6 2 (2.63%) Freshdesk
6 2 (2.63%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.32%) Adobe
7 1 (1.32%) DocuSign
7 1 (1.32%) Workday