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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	134	116	109
Rank change year-on-year	-18	-7	+4
Permanent jobs citing GDPR	62	42	63
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire	0.82%	1.25%	1.44%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	11.09%	16.60%	11.95%
Number of salaries quoted	47	28	16
10^th Percentile	£26,895	£20,250	£34,250
25^th Percentile	£34,750	£26,520	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£56,500	£41,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+37.80%	-21.90%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£81,557	£64,063	£62,375
90^th Percentile	£89,250	£86,500	£65,000
England median annual salary	£57,500	£60,000	£62,500
% change year-on-year	-4.17%	-4.00%	+4.17%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	559	253	527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire	7.40%	7.55%	12.05%
Number of salaries quoted	418	167	200
10^th Percentile	£29,750	£26,250	£26,000
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£31,250	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,497	£47,500	£49,274
Median % change year-on-year	-4.22%	-3.60%	-1.73%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£64,875	£64,063
90^th Percentile	£87,150	£73,650	£80,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-3.51%	-5.00%	-

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 17 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 17 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	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Yorkshire	-25	28	£56,500	+5.12%	18
South Yorkshire	-31	10	£77,500	-	16
East Yorkshire	-6	9	£27,000	-41.30%	2
North Yorkshire	+9	8	£63,114	+207.87%	4
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GDPR Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 17 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 with a requirement for GDPR.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	33.9%	21
2	Azure	27.4%	17
2	CRM	27.4%	17
2	Cybersecurity	27.4%	17
2	Problem-Solving	27.4%	17
6	Data Protection	25.8%	16
7	AI	21.0%	13
7	Data Governance	21.0%	13
7	Degree	21.0%	13
10	Microsoft 365	19.4%	12
11	Data Modelling	17.7%	11
12	Decision-Making	16.1%	10
12	Information Security	16.1%	10
12	ISO/IEC 27001	16.1%	10
15	Business Intelligence	14.5%	9
15	Continuous Improvement	14.5%	9
15	Python	14.5%	9
15	Stakeholder Engagement	14.5%	9
19	AWS	12.9%	8
19	Coaching	12.9%	8
19	Data Warehouse	12.9%	8
19	Incident Response	12.9%	8
19	Regulatory Compliance	12.9%	8
19	SAP	12.9%	8
19	Stakeholder Management	12.9%	8
26	Customer Service	11.3%	7
26	Cyber Essentials	11.3%	7
26	Data Loss Prevention	11.3%	7
26	Data Management	11.3%	7
26	Data Quality	11.3%	7

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	ISO/IEC 27001	16.1%	10
2	Cyber Essentials	11.3%	7
2	Data Quality	11.3%	7
2	NIST	11.3%	7
5	Cyber Essentials PLUS	8.1%	5
6	ISO/IEC 42001	6.5%	4
6	QA	6.5%	4
8	GRC	4.8%	3
8	ISO 19650	4.8%	3
8	Sarbanes-Oxley	4.8%	3
11	NCSC	3.2%	2
12	EU AI Act	1.6%	1
12	HIPAA	1.6%	1
12	ISO 9001	1.6%	1
12	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)	1.6%	1
12	SLA	1.6%	1