GDPR Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 269 162
Rank change year-on-year +120 -107 +41
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 1,352 726 1,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.91% 1.22% 2.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.03% 5.93% 13.45%
Number of salaries quoted 773 397 733
10th Percentile £24,375 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,238 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% -4.31% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,500 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,099 £81,750 £83,500
UK median annual salary £46,500 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -15.45% -0.90% -3.48%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,636 12,241 12,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.60% 20.53% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,338 4,568 6,952
10th Percentile £25,625 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,900
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.39% +0.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,400 £75,975
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the UK excluding London

GDPR
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GDPR in the UK excluding London

GDPR
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the UK excluding London

GDPR
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +185 403 £42,000 -12.27% 109
South East +46 386 £47,500 -9.95% 137
Midlands +86 231 £37,500 -32.43% 114
North West +105 183 £40,000 -20.38% 56
Yorkshire +176 161 £47,500 +1.60% 43
West Midlands +68 154 £43,806 -20.35% 55
South West +7 136 £37,500 +2.74% 53
East of England +38 94 £42,250 -32.40% 47
East Midlands +23 75 £32,500 -43.97% 58
Scotland -13 69 £55,000 +5.24% 35
North East +45 59 £40,250 -15.71% 13
Wales +25 29 £32,500 -2.26% 23
Northern Ireland +28 4 - - 2
GDPR
UK

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 118 (8.73%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.63%) Captiva
3 22 (1.63%) FileNet
3 22 (1.63%) WebSphere
4 17 (1.26%) Confluence
4 17 (1.26%) SAS
5 16 (1.18%) WordPress
6 12 (0.89%) CMS
7 6 (0.44%) Apache
8 4 (0.30%) Site Server
8 4 (0.30%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.074%) nginx
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.074%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 132 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.04%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.37%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.15%) Revit
10 1 (0.074%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.074%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.074%) InDesign
10 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.074%) Sketch
10 1 (0.074%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.30%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.22%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.074%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.074%) FastStats
6 1 (0.074%) iTrent
6 1 (0.074%) Primavera
6 1 (0.074%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.074%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.074%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 340 (25.15%) Azure
2 277 (20.49%) GCP
3 240 (17.75%) Microsoft 365
4 181 (13.39%) AWS
5 155 (11.46%) Power Platform
6 48 (3.55%) Entra ID
7 33 (2.44%) Serverless
8 30 (2.22%) SaaS
9 25 (1.85%) GitHub
10 24 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
11 23 (1.70%) IaaS
12 22 (1.63%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.41%) Matillion
13 19 (1.41%) PaaS
14 17 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (1.18%) OneDrive
16 13 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
17 11 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 11 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 96 (7.10%) Firewall
2 43 (3.18%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (2.51%) Wireless
4 30 (2.22%) WAN
5 28 (2.07%) VPN
6 26 (1.92%) DNS
7 21 (1.55%) 4G
7 21 (1.55%) Intranet
8 19 (1.41%) Network Security
9 17 (1.26%) LAN
9 17 (1.26%) TCP/IP
10 16 (1.18%) VLAN
10 16 (1.18%) VoIP
11 14 (1.04%) DHCP
11 14 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
11 14 (1.04%) MPLS
12 12 (0.89%) 3G
12 12 (0.89%) MQTT
12 12 (0.89%) RS-485
13 11 (0.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (18.20%) BigQuery
2 245 (18.12%) Looker
3 130 (9.62%) Power BI
4 128 (9.47%) Data Warehouse
5 49 (3.62%) SQL Server
6 47 (3.48%) Metadata
7 43 (3.18%) Data Lake
8 23 (1.70%) Relational Database
9 21 (1.55%) Big Data
10 20 (1.48%) MySQL
11 17 (1.26%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.81%) Tableau
14 10 (0.74%) DynamoDB
14 10 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 4 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.30%) MS Access
16 4 (0.30%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 107 (7.91%) JIRA
2 32 (2.37%) Git
3 23 (1.70%) Oracle Forms
4 10 (0.74%) GitLab
4 10 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.59%) CircleCI
5 8 (0.59%) Cucumber
5 8 (0.59%) JUnit
5 8 (0.59%) Selenium
6 5 (0.37%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.37%) Xcode
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.074%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.074%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.074%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.074%) Subversion
9 1 (0.074%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.074%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.074%) Vite
General
1 418 (30.92%) Social Skills
2 396 (29.29%) Finance
3 375 (27.74%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (16.49%) Legal
5 173 (12.80%) Banking
6 72 (5.33%) Retail
7 57 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
9 51 (3.77%) Law
10 49 (3.62%) Marketing
11 39 (2.88%) Games
12 35 (2.59%) Public Sector
13 34 (2.51%) Telecoms
14 27 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
15 26 (1.92%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.55%) Mandarin Language
17 18 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
18 17 (1.26%) Digital Economy
19 14 (1.04%) Environmental Health
19 14 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 185 (13.68%) Analyst
2 163 (12.06%) Data Engineer
3 152 (11.24%) Senior
4 149 (11.02%) Architect
4 149 (11.02%) Platform Engineer
4 149 (11.02%) Principal Data Engineer
4 149 (11.02%) Principal Engineer
5 126 (9.32%) Data Architect
6 90 (6.66%) Senior Analyst
7 78 (5.77%) Lead
8 58 (4.29%) IT Manager
9 56 (4.14%) Developer
9 56 (4.14%) Support Engineer
10 45 (3.33%) IT Support
11 40 (2.96%) Security Analyst
12 39 (2.88%) Project Manager
12 39 (2.88%) Security Manager
13 36 (2.66%) Consultant
13 36 (2.66%) Software Engineer
14 35 (2.59%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.22%) HTML
2 26 (1.92%) .NET
3 24 (1.78%) RESTful
4 20 (1.48%) CSS
5 16 (1.18%) REST
6 14 (1.04%) EDI
7 12 (0.89%) Web Services
8 9 (0.67%) .NET Framework
8 9 (0.67%) HTML5
9 8 (0.59%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.59%) jQuery
10 7 (0.52%) gRPC
11 6 (0.44%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.44%) CSS3
11 6 (0.44%) Entity Framework
11 6 (0.44%) React
11 6 (0.44%) XML
12 5 (0.37%) Core Animation
12 5 (0.37%) OSGi
12 5 (0.37%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 314 (23.22%) Self-Motivation
2 128 (9.47%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.77%) Driving Licence
4 65 (4.81%) Data Protection Act
5 46 (3.40%) NHS
6 35 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 26 (1.92%) Security Posture
8 24 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
9 23 (1.70%) Onboarding
10 22 (1.63%) DataPower
10 22 (1.63%) Private Cloud
11 20 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
12 18 (1.33%) IoT
13 17 (1.26%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.18%) Cloud Native
14 16 (1.18%) Mobile App
15 15 (1.11%) CCTV
16 12 (0.89%) e-Learning
16 12 (0.89%) EPoS
17 11 (0.81%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 167 (12.35%) Windows
2 65 (4.81%) Windows Server
3 60 (4.44%) Linux
4 54 (3.99%) Windows 10
5 27 (2.00%) Android
6 23 (1.70%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.70%) Unix
7 21 (1.55%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.89%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.67%) Mac OS X
10 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.15%) VMS
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.074%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (35.43%) Problem-Solving
2 323 (23.89%) Data Protection
3 314 (23.22%) Data Governance
4 302 (22.34%) Mentoring
5 267 (19.75%) Agile
5 267 (19.75%) Data Engineering
6 249 (18.42%) Platform Engineering
7 248 (18.34%) Cybersecurity
8 227 (16.79%) Data Management
9 226 (16.72%) DevOps
10 205 (15.16%) Change Management
11 204 (15.09%) Information Security
12 190 (14.05%) Data Science
13 172 (12.72%) Data Pipeline
14 170 (12.57%) Data Privacy
15 162 (11.98%) DataOps
16 151 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
16 151 (11.17%) ETL
17 150 (11.09%) Data Modelling
18 149 (11.02%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 118 (8.73%) SQL
2 40 (2.96%) JavaScript
3 37 (2.74%) Java
4 30 (2.22%) T-SQL
5 28 (2.07%) C#
6 25 (1.85%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.26%) C
7 17 (1.26%) PHP
8 16 (1.18%) C++
9 15 (1.11%) Python
10 5 (0.37%) COBOL
10 5 (0.37%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.37%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 5 (0.37%) Swift
11 4 (0.30%) VB
12 3 (0.22%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.22%) R
13 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.074%) Perl
Qualifications
1 164 (12.13%) Degree
2 70 (5.18%) CISSP
3 68 (5.03%) DBS Check
4 48 (3.55%) CISM
5 40 (2.96%) Security Cleared
6 37 (2.74%) Master's Degree
7 33 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.14%) CISA
10 28 (2.07%) CRISC
11 24 (1.78%) SC Cleared
12 21 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
13 16 (1.18%) Azure Certification
14 14 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.96%) CTC Cleared
15 13 (0.96%) GIAC
15 13 (0.96%) ISEB
16 12 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (0.81%) CCSP
18 10 (0.74%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (14.42%) Data Quality
2 177 (13.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 129 (9.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 92 (6.80%) NIST
5 62 (4.59%) PCI DSS
6 43 (3.18%) GRC
7 41 (3.03%) SLA
8 27 (2.00%) HIPAA
9 26 (1.92%) QA
10 25 (1.85%) NCSC
11 23 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 21 (1.55%) Accessibility
13 20 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 16 (1.18%) COBIT
15 15 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 13 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 11 (0.81%) COSHH
17 11 (0.81%) ISO 9001
17 11 (0.81%) PSD2
18 8 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 94 (6.95%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.37%) Hyper-V
3 22 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.37%) Docker
6 5 (0.37%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.30%) Firmware
7 4 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.22%) vSphere
9 1 (0.074%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.11%) SCCM
3 11 (0.81%) Terraform
4 10 (0.74%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.74%) Nessus
5 9 (0.67%) CASB
6 8 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (0.44%) SCDPM
8 5 (0.37%) Kubernetes
9 4 (0.30%) Autotask
9 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.22%) SELinux
11 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.15%) QRadar
11 2 (0.15%) SCOM
12 1 (0.074%) Stealthwatch
12 1 (0.074%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 380 (28.11%) Microsoft
2 261 (19.30%) Google
3 42 (3.11%) SAP
4 34 (2.51%) Databricks
5 33 (2.44%) Cisco
6 32 (2.37%) Oracle
7 27 (2.00%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.85%) VMware
9 24 (1.78%) IBM
10 23 (1.70%) Dell
11 22 (1.63%) Kofax
11 22 (1.63%) Pega
11 22 (1.63%) Sophos
12 18 (1.33%) Apple
13 15 (1.11%) Citrix
13 15 (1.11%) Sage
14 14 (1.04%) HP
15 13 (0.96%) Salesforce
16 11 (0.81%) Darktrace
16 11 (0.81%) Facebook