GDPR Jobs in the West Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 114 182 106
Rank change year-on-year +68 -76 -7
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 154 77 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.09% 1.22% 2.98%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.25% 4.23% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 84 51 95
10th Percentile £31,114 £41,250 £29,096
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,806 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -20.35% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £56,750 £81,250 £69,375
90th Percentile £62,775 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.36% -4.35% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,162 1,819 1,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.77% 28.72% 19.44%
Number of salaries quoted 878 695 866
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,625 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £51,201 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% +7.79% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GDPR in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GDPR in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +7 54 £37,500 -51.61% 21
Staffordshire +4 31 £37,500 -28.57% 12
Solihull +8 18 £22,500 - 2
Wolverhampton +27 17 £53,500 +7.00% 2
Coventry +33 4 £65,000 -7.14% 3
Warwickshire +34 2 £23,000 -58.93% 5
Halesowen - 2 £40,000 -
Worcestershire -21 1 - - 3
Herefordshire - 1 £32,500 -
Walsall - 1 £80,000 -
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England

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 22 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.30%) SAS
4 1 (0.65%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.95%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 35 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (22.08%) Power Platform
3 26 (16.88%) Azure
4 17 (11.04%) GCP
5 10 (6.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (6.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 8 (5.19%) AWS
7 1 (0.65%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.99%) Firewall
2 16 (10.39%) Intranet
3 8 (5.19%) VPN
4 5 (3.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.95%) DHCP
5 3 (1.95%) DNS
6 2 (1.30%) LAN
6 2 (1.30%) SAN
6 2 (1.30%) WAN
7 1 (0.65%) Internet
7 1 (0.65%) IPv4
7 1 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (22.08%) Power BI
2 19 (12.34%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (11.04%) BigQuery
3 17 (11.04%) Looker
4 12 (7.79%) SQL Server
5 11 (7.14%) Metadata
6 10 (6.49%) Data Lake
6 10 (6.49%) Relational Database
6 10 (6.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (6.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (4.55%) Big Data
7 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 5 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.30%) MySQL
10 1 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.65%) GIS
10 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.65%) QGIS
10 1 (0.65%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (3.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
General
1 74 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 70 (45.45%) Finance
3 45 (29.22%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (14.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (11.69%) Legal
5 18 (11.69%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (10.39%) Banking
7 14 (9.09%) Environmental Health
8 8 (5.19%) Retail
9 7 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (3.25%) Games
11 3 (1.95%) Law
11 3 (1.95%) Marketing
11 3 (1.95%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (22.73%) Analyst
2 19 (12.34%) Data Engineer
3 18 (11.69%) IT Manager
4 14 (9.09%) Lead
5 13 (8.44%) HR Analyst
6 10 (6.49%) HR Assistant
7 9 (5.84%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (5.84%) Principal Data Engineer
7 9 (5.84%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (5.84%) Security Analyst
8 8 (5.19%) Architect
8 8 (5.19%) Azure Data Engineer
8 8 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (5.19%) Data Architect
8 8 (5.19%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (5.19%) Security Operations Analyst
8 8 (5.19%) Senior
8 8 (5.19%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (4.55%) Support Officer
10 6 (3.90%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (14.94%) Management Information System
3 21 (13.64%) NHS
4 9 (5.84%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (5.84%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (4.55%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.25%) Client/Server
6 5 (3.25%) Clustering
6 5 (3.25%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.60%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.95%) SCADA
9 2 (1.30%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.65%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.65%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.65%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.34%) Windows
2 10 (6.49%) Linux
3 5 (3.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (35.06%) Cybersecurity
1 54 (35.06%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (29.22%) Data Governance
2 45 (29.22%) Data Protection
3 39 (25.32%) Business Intelligence
4 37 (24.03%) Information Security
5 35 (22.73%) Line Management
6 29 (18.83%) Project Management
7 27 (17.53%) Data Engineering
8 24 (15.58%) Change Management
8 24 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (14.94%) Customer Service
9 23 (14.94%) Risk Management
10 22 (14.29%) Data Privacy
11 21 (13.64%) Decision-Making
11 21 (13.64%) Digital Strategy
12 20 (12.99%) Process Improvement
13 19 (12.34%) Agile
13 19 (12.34%) DevOps
14 18 (11.69%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.79%) SQL
2 10 (6.49%) T-SQL
3 3 (1.95%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (4.55%) CISSP
1 7 (4.55%) Degree
2 6 (3.90%) CRISC
3 5 (3.25%) CISA
3 5 (3.25%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.60%) GIAC
4 4 (2.60%) SANS
5 3 (1.95%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.95%) CIPD
5 3 (1.95%) CISM
6 2 (1.30%) CCNA
6 2 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.30%) MCSE
7 1 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (17.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (16.23%) Data Quality
3 22 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (7.14%) NIST
5 5 (3.25%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.25%) QA
6 4 (2.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (1.95%) GRC
8 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.55%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (6.49%) Terraform
2 5 (3.25%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) SCCM
3 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 75 (48.70%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.04%) Google
3 16 (10.39%) Sophos
4 13 (8.44%) Sage
5 10 (6.49%) Databricks
6 7 (4.55%) Dell
7 5 (3.25%) EqualLogic
7 5 (3.25%) NetApp
7 5 (3.25%) Nimble Storage
7 5 (3.25%) VMware
8 2 (1.30%) EMC
8 2 (1.30%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.65%) Facebook
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle