GDPR Jobs in Scotland

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring GDPR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GDPR over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 183 62
Rank change year-on-year -29 -121 +95
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 65 32 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.95% 0.74% 4.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.60% 5.19% 26.43%
Number of salaries quoted 29 10 46
10th Percentile £22,250 £34,706 -
25th Percentile £25,750 £41,654 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £57,263 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.53% +9.07% +0.96%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,833 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,548 £68,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 756 617 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.03% 14.34% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 336 203 420
10th Percentile £22,000 £31,250 £25,963
25th Percentile £33,438 £41,188 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,313 £72,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £73,875
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

GDPR
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for GDPR in Scotland

GDPR
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for GDPR in Scotland

GDPR
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing GDPR in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GDPR in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GDPR within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Glasgow -90 29 £39,000 -35.00% 11
Edinburgh +52 24 £60,000 +0.80% 6
Dundee -8 6 £22,500 -43.39%
Aberdeen - 3 - - 2
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £35,000 -
GDPR
UK

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (9.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.15%) Captiva
2 4 (6.15%) FileNet
2 4 (6.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.08%) Azure
2 13 (20.00%) GCP
3 8 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (10.77%) Entra ID
5 6 (9.23%) Power Platform
6 4 (6.15%) GitHub
7 2 (3.08%) AWS
7 2 (3.08%) IaaS
7 2 (3.08%) PaaS
7 2 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) Firewall
2 2 (3.08%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.85%) BigQuery
1 9 (13.85%) Looker
2 6 (9.23%) Power BI
3 1 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (15.38%) JIRA
2 4 (6.15%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.54%) GitLab
3 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (38.46%) Finance
2 22 (33.85%) Banking
3 16 (24.62%) Legal
4 13 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (12.31%) Social Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Law
8 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (23.08%) Analyst
2 12 (18.46%) Senior
2 12 (18.46%) Senior Analyst
3 9 (13.85%) Data Engineer
3 9 (13.85%) Platform Engineer
3 9 (13.85%) Principal Data Engineer
3 9 (13.85%) Principal Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Help Desk Adviser
5 5 (7.69%) Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Information Officer
5 5 (7.69%) Information Security Officer
5 5 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Security Officer
6 4 (6.15%) Data Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) Data Protection Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) FileNet Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Head of Information
6 4 (6.15%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) SAML
2 2 (3.08%) LDAP
2 2 (3.08%) OAuth
2 2 (3.08%) OpenID
3 1 (1.54%) OpenCV
3 1 (1.54%) OpenVINO
3 1 (1.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (9.23%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.15%) DataPower
3 4 (6.15%) Private Cloud
4 3 (4.62%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.62%) Low-Code
4 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.08%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.08%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.54%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.54%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.23%) Windows
2 5 (7.69%) Linux
3 4 (6.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.08%) Data Protection
2 23 (35.38%) Data Management
3 20 (30.77%) Data Governance
4 16 (24.62%) Data Privacy
4 16 (24.62%) Matrix Management
4 16 (24.62%) Matrix Organization
4 16 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (24.62%) Process Improvement
5 14 (21.54%) Agile
6 13 (20.00%) Change Management
6 13 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (20.00%) DevOps
7 10 (15.38%) Coaching
7 10 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
7 10 (15.38%) Supplier Relationship Management
8 9 (13.85%) Data Engineering
8 9 (13.85%) Data Pipeline
8 9 (13.85%) Data Science
8 9 (13.85%) DataOps
8 9 (13.85%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) SQL
2 4 (6.15%) Java
3 1 (1.54%) C++
3 1 (1.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (7.69%) CISA
1 5 (7.69%) CISM
2 4 (6.15%) CISSP
2 4 (6.15%) Degree
3 2 (3.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (3.08%) CCSP
3 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.54%) HNC
4 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.54%) PhD
4 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (15.38%) NIST
2 6 (9.23%) Data Quality
3 5 (7.69%) NCSC
4 3 (4.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 6 (9.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.54%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.54%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (13.85%) Google
2 4 (6.15%) IBM
2 4 (6.15%) Kofax
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.15%) Oracle
2 4 (6.15%) Pega
2 4 (6.15%) SAP
2 4 (6.15%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.08%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.54%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.54%) Dell
4 1 (1.54%) HP
4 1 (1.54%) NetApp
4 1 (1.54%) Nintex
4 1 (1.54%) Qualys
4 1 (1.54%) VMware