GDPR Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 161 265 178
Rank change year-on-year +104 -87 +27
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 1,334 681 1,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.67% 1.23% 2.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.36% 6.35% 12.38%
Number of salaries quoted 722 402 704
10th Percentile £23,775 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,114 £36,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £50,238 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% -8.66% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £85,000
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,988 10,717 13,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.52% 19.32% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 6,410 4,422 6,990
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,750 £77,500
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 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 11 June 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 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
North of England +168 395 £40,125 -20.13% 114
South East +56 374 £48,500 -11.82% 160
Midlands +66 243 £37,500 -31.82% 109
North West +74 180 £40,000 -20.38% 57
West Midlands +58 162 £51,250 -3.30% 59
Yorkshire +141 156 £43,121 -13.96% 48
South West +2 134 £37,500 +36.36% 50
East of England +22 89 £43,000 -31.20% 52
East Midlands +8 79 £32,500 -43.97% 49
Scotland -29 65 £41,500 -27.53% 25
North East +33 59 £40,250 -15.71% 11
Wales +18 30 £32,500 +18.18% 20
Northern Ireland +17 4 - - 4
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
1 128 (9.60%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.35%) Confluence
4 17 (1.27%) SAS
5 16 (1.20%) WordPress
6 12 (0.90%) CMS
7 6 (0.45%) Apache
8 4 (0.30%) Captiva
8 4 (0.30%) FileNet
8 4 (0.30%) Site Server
8 4 (0.30%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.30%) WebSphere
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 (0.075%) nginx
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.075%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.075%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 137 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 90 (6.75%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.05%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
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 (0.075%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.075%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.075%) InDesign
10 1 (0.075%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.075%) Sketch
10 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.90%) 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%) iTrent
4 3 (0.22%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.075%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.075%) FastStats
6 1 (0.075%) Primavera
6 1 (0.075%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.075%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.075%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.075%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 326 (24.44%) Azure
2 260 (19.49%) GCP
3 252 (18.89%) Microsoft 365
4 184 (13.79%) AWS
5 161 (12.07%) Power Platform
6 48 (3.60%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.40%) Serverless
8 30 (2.25%) SaaS
9 22 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.57%) Snowflake
11 20 (1.50%) IaaS
11 20 (1.50%) OneDrive
12 18 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (1.35%) Matillion
13 16 (1.20%) PaaS
14 13 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (0.75%) Azure Functions
17 8 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 97 (7.27%) Firewall
2 45 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (2.62%) Wireless
4 32 (2.40%) WAN
5 30 (2.25%) VPN
6 28 (2.10%) DNS
7 22 (1.65%) 4G
8 21 (1.57%) Intranet
9 19 (1.42%) LAN
10 18 (1.35%) Network Security
10 18 (1.35%) TCP/IP
11 16 (1.20%) VLAN
11 16 (1.20%) VoIP
12 14 (1.05%) MPLS
13 13 (0.97%) 3G
13 13 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
13 13 (0.97%) MQTT
13 13 (0.97%) RS-485
14 12 (0.90%) DHCP
15 11 (0.82%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (18.44%) BigQuery
2 245 (18.37%) Looker
3 131 (9.82%) Power BI
4 128 (9.60%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (3.90%) SQL Server
6 45 (3.37%) Metadata
7 43 (3.22%) Data Lake
8 25 (1.87%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.65%) Big Data
10 21 (1.57%) MySQL
11 16 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 13 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (0.82%) Tableau
14 10 (0.75%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 6 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
17 4 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
17 4 (0.30%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 89 (6.67%) JIRA
2 33 (2.47%) Git
3 11 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.67%) GitLab
5 7 (0.52%) CircleCI
5 7 (0.52%) Cucumber
5 7 (0.52%) JUnit
5 7 (0.52%) Selenium
6 5 (0.37%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.37%) Xcode
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.15%) MLflow
8 2 (0.15%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.075%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.075%) Subversion
9 1 (0.075%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.075%) Vite
General
1 426 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 380 (28.49%) Analytical Skills
3 366 (27.44%) Finance
4 223 (16.72%) Legal
5 156 (11.69%) Banking
6 70 (5.25%) Retail
7 59 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 59 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
8 50 (3.75%) Law
8 50 (3.75%) Marketing
9 43 (3.22%) Games
10 37 (2.77%) Telecoms
11 27 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (1.95%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.57%) Mandarin Language
14 20 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (1.42%) Digital Economy
16 14 (1.05%) Environmental Health
16 14 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 185 (13.87%) Analyst
2 164 (12.29%) Data Engineer
3 153 (11.47%) Senior
4 152 (11.39%) Architect
5 149 (11.17%) Platform Engineer
5 149 (11.17%) Principal Data Engineer
5 149 (11.17%) Principal Engineer
6 125 (9.37%) Data Architect
7 88 (6.60%) Senior Analyst
8 77 (5.77%) Lead
9 59 (4.42%) Developer
10 58 (4.35%) Support Engineer
11 57 (4.27%) IT Manager
12 47 (3.52%) IT Support
13 40 (3.00%) Security Analyst
14 39 (2.92%) Project Manager
14 39 (2.92%) Security Manager
15 38 (2.85%) Consultant
15 38 (2.85%) IT Engineer
16 33 (2.47%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.40%) HTML
2 27 (2.02%) RESTful
3 26 (1.95%) .NET
4 22 (1.65%) CSS
5 19 (1.42%) REST
6 14 (1.05%) EDI
6 14 (1.05%) Web Services
7 9 (0.67%) .NET Framework
7 9 (0.67%) HTML5
7 9 (0.67%) jQuery
8 8 (0.60%) AngularJS
8 8 (0.60%) React
9 7 (0.52%) gRPC
10 6 (0.45%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.45%) CSS3
10 6 (0.45%) Entity Framework
10 6 (0.45%) Spring
10 6 (0.45%) XML
11 5 (0.37%) Core Animation
11 5 (0.37%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 318 (23.84%) Self-Motivation
2 132 (9.90%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.85%) Driving Licence
4 71 (5.32%) Data Protection Act
5 48 (3.60%) NHS
6 36 (2.70%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
8 25 (1.87%) Security Posture
9 23 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 19 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
11 18 (1.35%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.35%) IoT
12 16 (1.20%) Cloud Native
13 15 (1.12%) CCTV
13 15 (1.12%) Mobile App
14 12 (0.90%) e-Learning
14 12 (0.90%) EPoS
15 11 (0.82%) Smartphone
16 10 (0.75%) PKI
16 10 (0.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 165 (12.37%) Windows
2 63 (4.72%) Windows Server
3 56 (4.20%) Windows 10
4 43 (3.22%) Linux
5 31 (2.32%) Android
6 26 (1.95%) Apple iOS
7 21 (1.57%) Mac OS
8 13 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.67%) Mac OS X
10 8 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.37%) Unix
13 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.15%) VMS
14 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.075%) AIX
15 1 (0.075%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (36.81%) Problem-Solving
2 335 (25.11%) Data Protection
3 312 (23.39%) Data Governance
4 299 (22.41%) Mentoring
5 268 (20.09%) Data Engineering
6 252 (18.89%) Agile
7 251 (18.82%) Cybersecurity
8 249 (18.67%) Platform Engineering
9 226 (16.94%) Data Management
10 210 (15.74%) Information Security
11 209 (15.67%) DevOps
12 189 (14.17%) Data Science
13 186 (13.94%) Change Management
14 171 (12.82%) Data Pipeline
14 171 (12.82%) Data Privacy
15 162 (12.14%) DataOps
16 153 (11.47%) Process Improvement
17 152 (11.39%) Business Intelligence
18 151 (11.32%) Customer Service
18 151 (11.32%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 103 (7.72%) SQL
2 45 (3.37%) JavaScript
3 30 (2.25%) T-SQL
4 29 (2.17%) C#
5 23 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 21 (1.57%) Java
7 19 (1.42%) PHP
7 19 (1.42%) Python
8 18 (1.35%) C
9 17 (1.27%) C++
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
13 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 172 (12.89%) Degree
2 74 (5.55%) CISSP
3 54 (4.05%) CISM
4 42 (3.15%) DBS Check
4 42 (3.15%) Security Cleared
5 37 (2.77%) Master's Degree
6 36 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.32%) CISA
9 28 (2.10%) CRISC
10 24 (1.80%) SC Cleared
11 20 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.05%) GIAC
14 13 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
14 13 (0.97%) ISEB
15 12 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.75%) CCSP
16 10 (0.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (14.62%) Data Quality
2 186 (13.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 141 (10.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 89 (6.67%) NIST
5 69 (5.17%) PCI DSS
6 44 (3.30%) GRC
7 43 (3.22%) SLA
8 31 (2.32%) HIPAA
9 27 (2.02%) QA
10 26 (1.95%) NCSC
11 24 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 21 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 19 (1.42%) Accessibility
14 16 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 16 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (1.12%) COBIT
16 11 (0.82%) COSHH
16 11 (0.82%) ISO 9001
17 8 (0.60%) SOC 2
18 7 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 96 (7.20%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.40%) Hyper-V
3 20 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.52%) Docker
6 6 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.37%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.30%) Firmware
8 4 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.20%) SCCM
3 12 (0.90%) Terraform
4 10 (0.75%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.67%) CASB
5 9 (0.67%) Nessus
6 8 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.52%) Kubernetes
8 6 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (0.45%) SCDPM
9 5 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.30%) Autotask
10 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.22%) SELinux
12 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.15%) QRadar
12 2 (0.15%) SCOM
13 1 (0.075%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 1 (0.075%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 400 (29.99%) Microsoft
2 260 (19.49%) Google
3 34 (2.55%) Databricks
4 33 (2.47%) Cisco
5 27 (2.02%) SAP
6 23 (1.72%) Dell
6 23 (1.72%) VMware
7 22 (1.65%) Sophos
8 19 (1.42%) Apple
9 17 (1.27%) Sage
10 16 (1.20%) Oracle
11 14 (1.05%) HP
12 13 (0.97%) Salesforce
13 12 (0.90%) Citrix
14 11 (0.82%) Darktrace
14 11 (0.82%) Facebook
15 10 (0.75%) Mitel
16 9 (0.67%) NEC
16 9 (0.67%) Qualys
16 9 (0.67%) Ribbon