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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 91 107
Rank change year-on-year -10 +16 +112
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 71 61 89
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.94% 2.06% 2.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.68% 14.06% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 60 26 61
10th Percentile £28,700 £31,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,600 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +6.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £57,304 £64,250 £82,548
90th Percentile £78,776 £81,737 £100,000
England median annual salary £59,305 £65,000 £50,803
% change year-on-year -8.76% +27.95% -7.63%

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 380 434 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 10.41% 14.66% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 209 174 456
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,400 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,053 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,755 £85,950 £83,750
England median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% -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 30 January 2026.

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 30 January 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 -13 36 £35,000 -42.62% 14
South Yorkshire -22 4 £50,750 +12.78% 15
North Yorkshire -2 2 £55,000 +49.66% 6
East Yorkshire - 2 £45,000 - 7
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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 (2.82%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.41%) CMS
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.41%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.58%) Entra ID
1 21 (29.58%) Microsoft Purview
2 10 (14.08%) SaaS
3 7 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (9.86%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.63%) AWS
4 4 (5.63%) Azure
5 2 (2.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (2.82%) Collibra
5 2 (2.82%) GCP
6 1 (1.41%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.41%) dbt
6 1 (1.41%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (36.62%) Firewall
2 8 (11.27%) Network Security
3 7 (9.86%) DNS
4 3 (4.23%) DHCP
4 3 (4.23%) LAN
4 3 (4.23%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.23%) VLAN
4 3 (4.23%) VPN
4 3 (4.23%) WAN
4 3 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.82%) Internet
6 1 (1.41%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) Power BI
2 5 (7.04%) Tableau
3 3 (4.23%) Metadata
3 3 (4.23%) MySQL
3 3 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.23%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.82%) Ataccama
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.41%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.41%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.41%) Looker
5 1 (1.41%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Git
2 1 (1.41%) GitLab
2 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 27 (38.03%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.49%) Legal
4 10 (14.08%) Finance
5 9 (12.68%) Retail
6 8 (11.27%) Manufacturing
7 6 (8.45%) Marketing
8 4 (5.63%) Advertising
8 4 (5.63%) Law
8 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
9 3 (4.23%) Aerospace
9 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (4.23%) Local Government
9 3 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.82%) Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (33.80%) Lead
2 7 (9.86%) Analyst
3 6 (8.45%) Consultant
3 6 (8.45%) Data Analyst
3 6 (8.45%) IT Support
4 5 (7.04%) Senior
5 4 (5.63%) HR Analyst
5 4 (5.63%) HR Data Analyst
6 3 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.23%) Architect
6 3 (4.23%) Data Consultant
6 3 (4.23%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (4.23%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (4.23%) Lead Architect
6 3 (4.23%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.23%) Senior Support Technician
6 3 (4.23%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.23%) Support Technician
6 3 (4.23%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) .NET
1 2 (2.82%) CSS
1 2 (2.82%) HTML
2 1 (1.41%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Cordova
2 1 (1.41%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.41%) HTML5
2 1 (1.41%) Ionic Framework
2 1 (1.41%) jQuery
2 1 (1.41%) LDAP
2 1 (1.41%) React
2 1 (1.41%) RESTful
2 1 (1.41%) SLSA
2 1 (1.41%) SOAP
2 1 (1.41%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.80%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.23%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.23%) e-Learning
3 3 (4.23%) Learning Management System
4 2 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.82%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (2.82%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.41%) Blog
5 1 (1.41%) IoT
5 1 (1.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.23%) Linux
1 3 (4.23%) Windows
1 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (57.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 32 (45.07%) Data Protection
3 31 (43.66%) Decision-Making
4 25 (35.21%) Disaster Recovery
4 25 (35.21%) Risk Management
5 24 (33.80%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (33.80%) Security Architecture
6 23 (32.39%) Incident Response
6 23 (32.39%) SIEM
7 21 (29.58%) BCP
7 21 (29.58%) Business Continuity
7 21 (29.58%) Business Continuity Planning
7 21 (29.58%) Information Governance
7 21 (29.58%) Risk Register
7 21 (29.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (15.49%) User Experience
10 10 (14.08%) Analytics
11 9 (12.68%) Agile
12 8 (11.27%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.45%) SQL
2 4 (5.63%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.82%) Bicep
3 2 (2.82%) C#
3 2 (2.82%) Java
4 1 (1.41%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (8.45%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) CISSP
3 2 (2.82%) City & Guilds
4 1 (1.41%) CISA
4 1 (1.41%) CRISC
4 1 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (47.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (42.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (33.80%) NIST
4 9 (12.68%) Data Quality
5 6 (8.45%) Accessibility
6 5 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (5.63%) PCI DSS
8 3 (4.23%) EU AI Act
8 3 (4.23%) GRC
8 3 (4.23%) NCSC
8 3 (4.23%) QA
8 3 (4.23%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.41%) PMO
9 1 (1.41%) SLA
9 1 (1.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (8.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.23%) Firmware
2 3 (4.23%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.41%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Terraform
2 1 (1.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 31 (43.66%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) Adobe
3 3 (4.23%) Apple
3 3 (4.23%) VMware
4 2 (2.82%) Talend
5 1 (1.41%) Google
5 1 (1.41%) New Relic
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) Sitecore