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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 99 120
Rank change year-on-year -19 +21 +67
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 46 68 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.28% 1.61% 2.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.97% 13.13% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 31
10th Percentile £20,250 £31,925 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,193 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.55% +19.57%
75th Percentile £60,602 £64,250 £62,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.80% +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 288 518 588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 8.03% 12.24% 17.99%
Number of salaries quoted 178 198 413
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £29,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,274 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -6.14% +14.13%
75th Percentile £64,875 £64,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,425 £75,750 £83,950
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 5 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 5 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 -18 19 £46,750 -22.08% 23
North Yorkshire -6 10 £27,000 -12.90% 2
East Yorkshire - 8 £42,000 - 3
South Yorkshire -12 4 £67,500 +28.57% 9
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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 (4.35%) Confluence
2 1 (2.17%) CMS
2 1 (2.17%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (2.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.04%) SaaS
3 2 (4.35%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) Collibra
3 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (2.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) Firewall
2 4 (8.70%) DNS
3 3 (6.52%) LAN
3 3 (6.52%) WAN
4 2 (4.35%) SMS
5 1 (2.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Ataccama
1 2 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (4.35%) Metadata
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) GitLab
1 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 15 (32.61%) Finance
2 15 (32.61%) Law
3 10 (21.74%) Legal
4 5 (10.87%) Financial Institution
4 5 (10.87%) Prime Brokerage
5 4 (8.70%) Marketing
5 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.52%) Local Government
6 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.52%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (6.52%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Banking
8 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Analyst
2 7 (15.22%) IT Support
3 5 (10.87%) Risk Manager
3 5 (10.87%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Coordinator
4 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) IT Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) CRM Executive
5 2 (4.35%) Data Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Data Quality Manager
5 2 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Junior
5 2 (4.35%) Quality Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Security Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) .NET
1 2 (4.35%) LDAP
1 2 (4.35%) RESTful
1 2 (4.35%) SOAP
2 1 (2.17%) CSS
2 1 (2.17%) HTML
2 1 (2.17%) React
2 1 (2.17%) SLSA
2 1 (2.17%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Blockchain
1 5 (10.87%) Derivative
1 5 (10.87%) Hedge funds
2 4 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.70%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.52%) e-Learning
3 3 (6.52%) Learning Management System
3 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.17%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Information Security
2 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (17.39%) Data Privacy
4 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (15.22%) Data Protection
4 7 (15.22%) ISMS
4 7 (15.22%) Logistics
5 6 (13.04%) Analytics
5 6 (13.04%) Cloud Security
5 6 (13.04%) CRM
5 6 (13.04%) Data Management
5 6 (13.04%) ITIL
5 6 (13.04%) Risk Management
5 6 (13.04%) User Experience
6 5 (10.87%) Agile
6 5 (10.87%) Business Continuity
6 5 (10.87%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (10.87%) Rehypothecation
6 5 (10.87%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) Bash
1 2 (4.35%) C#
1 2 (4.35%) Java
1 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) Apex Code
2 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) CISMP
1 7 (15.22%) GSEC
2 3 (6.52%) Degree
3 2 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.17%) CISA
4 1 (2.17%) CISSP
4 1 (2.17%) CRISC
4 1 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 5 (10.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (8.70%) Data Quality
3 4 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (6.52%) EU AI Act
4 3 (6.52%) PCI DSS
4 3 (6.52%) QA
5 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
5 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.35%) GRC
6 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.17%) NIST
6 1 (2.17%) PMO
6 1 (2.17%) SLA
6 1 (2.17%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.52%) Firmware
2 2 (4.35%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Kibana
Vendors
1 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.52%) Adobe
3 3 (6.52%) Apple
4 2 (4.35%) New Relic
4 2 (4.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (4.35%) Talend
5 1 (2.17%) Google
5 1 (2.17%) Sitecore