GDPR Jobs in England

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 265 245
Rank change year-on-year +106 -20 -25
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 1,583 1,158 2,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.78% 1.34% 1.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.24% 7.08% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 974 670 1,199
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,575 £32,700
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.55% -4.35% +0.93%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,958 16,365 23,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.46% 18.90% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 8,285 7,718 12,004
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £76,250 £73,813
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in England.

Salary trend for GDPR in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GDPR in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
North of England +185 390 £40,681 -14.58% 112
South East +56 376 £47,500 -13.64% 166
London +37 342 £55,000 -12.00% 203
Midlands +81 233 £37,500 -31.82% 113
North West +100 177 £40,000 -15.79% 59
Yorkshire +166 154 £43,742 -8.87% 40
West Midlands +72 154 £43,806 -20.35% 59
South West +3 132 £37,500 +17.19% 64
East of England +28 92 £42,500 -32.00% 49
East Midlands +25 77 £32,500 -43.97% 54
North East +46 59 £40,250 +0.00% 14
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UK

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 124 (7.83%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.26%) WordPress
4 16 (1.01%) Confluence
4 16 (1.01%) SAS
5 15 (0.95%) CMS
6 8 (0.51%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 5 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.25%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.25%) Site Server
9 4 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.19%) Captiva
10 3 (0.19%) FileNet
10 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 144 (9.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 109 (6.89%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (3.35%) Spreadsheet
4 24 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.33%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.57%) Revit
7 5 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.32%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.063%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.063%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.063%) InDesign
10 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.063%) Sketch
10 1 (0.063%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 22 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.32%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.25%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.19%) Shopify
5 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.063%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.063%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.063%) FastStats
6 1 (0.063%) iTrent
6 1 (0.063%) Primavera
6 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.063%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.063%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.063%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 383 (24.19%) Azure
2 277 (17.50%) GCP
3 254 (16.05%) Microsoft 365
4 224 (14.15%) AWS
5 185 (11.69%) Power Platform
6 38 (2.40%) Entra ID
7 36 (2.27%) SaaS
8 32 (2.02%) Serverless
9 30 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
10 25 (1.58%) IaaS
11 21 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 21 (1.33%) PaaS
12 19 (1.20%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.14%) Matillion
14 17 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 16 (1.01%) OneDrive
16 15 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
17 13 (0.82%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 136 (8.59%) Firewall
2 40 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
3 36 (2.27%) Wireless
4 35 (2.21%) VPN
5 33 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
6 30 (1.90%) WAN
7 29 (1.83%) DNS
8 23 (1.45%) Intranet
9 21 (1.33%) 4G
9 21 (1.33%) Network Security
10 19 (1.20%) TCP/IP
11 18 (1.14%) VLAN
12 17 (1.07%) LAN
13 16 (1.01%) Internet
13 16 (1.01%) SAN
13 16 (1.01%) VoIP
14 15 (0.95%) DHCP
14 15 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
15 14 (0.88%) MPLS
16 12 (0.76%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (16.17%) Looker
2 255 (16.11%) BigQuery
3 158 (9.98%) Power BI
4 153 (9.67%) Data Warehouse
5 64 (4.04%) SQL Server
6 54 (3.41%) Data Lake
7 46 (2.91%) Metadata
8 32 (2.02%) Relational Database
9 27 (1.71%) Big Data
10 26 (1.64%) MySQL
11 23 (1.45%) NoSQL
12 22 (1.39%) Tableau
13 14 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 10 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.63%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 8 (0.51%) QlikView
17 7 (0.44%) MongoDB
18 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 90 (5.69%) JIRA
2 37 (2.34%) Git
3 12 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.69%) Selenium
5 10 (0.63%) GitLab
6 8 (0.51%) CircleCI
6 8 (0.51%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.51%) JUnit
7 5 (0.32%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.32%) Xcode
8 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.13%) MLflow
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.063%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.063%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.063%) Subversion
10 1 (0.063%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.063%) Vite
General
1 519 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 456 (28.81%) Finance
3 436 (27.54%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (16.99%) Legal
5 150 (9.48%) Banking
6 82 (5.18%) Retail
7 80 (5.05%) Law
8 76 (4.80%) Marketing
9 73 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 66 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
11 64 (4.04%) Public Sector
12 44 (2.78%) Games
12 44 (2.78%) Telecoms
13 42 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.64%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
15 24 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 23 (1.45%) Mandarin Language
17 17 (1.07%) Digital Economy
18 16 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 201 (12.70%) Analyst
2 185 (11.69%) Senior
3 172 (10.87%) Architect
4 159 (10.04%) Data Engineer
5 143 (9.03%) Platform Engineer
5 143 (9.03%) Principal Data Engineer
5 143 (9.03%) Principal Engineer
6 142 (8.97%) Data Architect
7 116 (7.33%) Lead
8 89 (5.62%) Senior Analyst
9 80 (5.05%) IT Manager
10 68 (4.30%) Developer
11 54 (3.41%) Security Manager
12 52 (3.28%) Support Engineer
13 49 (3.10%) Security Analyst
14 47 (2.97%) IT Support
15 45 (2.84%) Data Manager
15 45 (2.84%) Project Manager
16 42 (2.65%) Consultant
17 37 (2.34%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.15%) HTML
2 28 (1.77%) .NET
2 28 (1.77%) RESTful
3 24 (1.52%) CSS
4 16 (1.01%) REST
4 16 (1.01%) Web Services
5 15 (0.95%) React
5 15 (0.95%) XML
6 14 (0.88%) EDI
7 13 (0.82%) jQuery
8 10 (0.63%) Spring
9 9 (0.57%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.57%) HTML5
10 8 (0.51%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.44%) Ajax
11 7 (0.44%) gRPC
11 7 (0.44%) Unreal Engine
11 7 (0.44%) V-Ray
12 6 (0.38%) ASP.NET
12 6 (0.38%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 337 (21.29%) Self-Motivation
2 173 (10.93%) Management Information System
3 80 (5.05%) Data Protection Act
3 80 (5.05%) Driving Licence
4 59 (3.73%) Security Posture
5 51 (3.22%) NHS
6 44 (2.78%) Data Centre
7 40 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
8 24 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 21 (1.33%) e-Learning
9 21 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.26%) IoT
11 19 (1.20%) CCTV
12 18 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
13 17 (1.07%) Algorithms
13 17 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (0.95%) Cloud Native
15 14 (0.88%) Freedom of Information
16 12 (0.76%) Smartphone
17 11 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 183 (11.56%) Windows
2 77 (4.86%) Windows Server
3 54 (3.41%) Windows 10
4 48 (3.03%) Linux
5 32 (2.02%) Android
6 28 (1.77%) Apple iOS
7 15 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
9 10 (0.63%) Mac OS X
10 9 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.32%) Unix
12 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.13%) VMS
13 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.13%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.063%) AIX
14 1 (0.063%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (34.74%) Problem-Solving
2 384 (24.26%) Data Protection
3 336 (21.23%) Data Governance
4 328 (20.72%) Mentoring
5 311 (19.65%) Cybersecurity
6 280 (17.69%) Data Engineering
7 274 (17.31%) Information Security
8 262 (16.55%) Agile
9 258 (16.30%) Platform Engineering
10 241 (15.22%) Data Management
11 224 (14.15%) DevOps
12 201 (12.70%) Data Privacy
13 193 (12.19%) Data Science
14 186 (11.75%) Risk Management
15 182 (11.50%) Change Management
16 180 (11.37%) Data Modelling
17 179 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
18 178 (11.24%) Data Security
19 172 (10.87%) ETL
20 168 (10.61%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (7.64%) SQL
2 45 (2.84%) JavaScript
3 37 (2.34%) C#
4 36 (2.27%) Python
5 30 (1.90%) T-SQL
6 29 (1.83%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.64%) Java
8 18 (1.14%) C
9 17 (1.07%) C++
9 17 (1.07%) PHP
10 6 (0.38%) R
11 5 (0.32%) Bash
11 5 (0.32%) COBOL
11 5 (0.32%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.32%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 5 (0.32%) Swift
11 5 (0.32%) VB
12 4 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.19%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 232 (14.66%) Degree
2 122 (7.71%) CISSP
3 102 (6.44%) DBS Check
4 75 (4.74%) CISM
5 55 (3.47%) Security Cleared
6 46 (2.91%) Master's Degree
7 44 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.34%) CRISC
8 37 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (2.34%) SC Cleared
9 36 (2.27%) CISA
10 30 (1.90%) GIAC
11 23 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
12 20 (1.26%) Azure Certification
13 18 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (0.88%) CEH
14 14 (0.88%) GSEC
14 14 (0.88%) SSCP
15 13 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
15 13 (0.82%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (15.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 216 (13.64%) Data Quality
3 142 (8.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 114 (7.20%) NIST
5 87 (5.50%) PCI DSS
6 58 (3.66%) GRC
7 48 (3.03%) SLA
8 40 (2.53%) HIPAA
9 36 (2.27%) QA
10 29 (1.83%) Accessibility
10 29 (1.83%) NCSC
11 26 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 23 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 22 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 19 (1.20%) COBIT
15 18 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.76%) SOC 2
17 11 (0.69%) COSHH
17 11 (0.69%) ISO 9001
18 10 (0.63%) PSD2
System Software
1 90 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.65%) Hyper-V
3 23 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.63%) Docker
5 10 (0.63%) Firmware
6 6 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.32%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.19%) vSphere
10 1 (0.063%) LXC
Systems Management
1 33 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.07%) Terraform
3 16 (1.01%) FortiGate
3 16 (1.01%) SCCM
4 13 (0.82%) CASB
5 11 (0.69%) Kubernetes
6 9 (0.57%) Nessus
7 8 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.38%) CSIRT
8 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (0.38%) SCDPM
9 4 (0.25%) Autotask
9 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.19%) SELinux
11 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.13%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.13%) QRadar
11 2 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 450 (28.43%) Microsoft
2 287 (18.13%) Google
3 43 (2.72%) Cisco
4 38 (2.40%) Databricks
5 34 (2.15%) VMware
6 33 (2.08%) SAP
7 22 (1.39%) Citrix
7 22 (1.39%) Dell
7 22 (1.39%) Sophos
8 19 (1.20%) Adobe
8 19 (1.20%) Apple
9 18 (1.14%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.01%) Oracle
11 15 (0.95%) Qualys
11 15 (0.95%) Sage
12 14 (0.88%) HP
13 12 (0.76%) Meraki
13 12 (0.76%) ServiceNow
14 11 (0.69%) Facebook
15 10 (0.63%) Mitel