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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 270 172
Rank change year-on-year +107 -98 +29
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 1,330 705 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.75% 1.25% 2.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.58% 6.29% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 733 395 711
10th Percentile £24,050 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £37,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £50,238 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% -8.66% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £70,000
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% -

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 9,794 11,205 12,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.85% 19.82% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,371 4,477 7,037
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £63,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,450 £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 2 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 2 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 +189 397 £40,681 -18.64% 107
South East +48 374 £48,500 -11.82% 165
Midlands +73 236 £37,500 -31.82% 115
North West +81 180 £40,000 -20.38% 58
Yorkshire +152 158 £43,742 -10.73% 39
West Midlands +51 156 £43,806 -18.88% 62
South West 0 132 £37,500 +33.93% 66
East of England +23 92 £42,500 -32.00% 47
East Midlands +27 78 £32,500 -44.44% 51
Scotland -34 65 £41,500 -27.53% 33
North East +41 59 £40,250 +0.00% 11
Wales +12 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
1 122 (9.17%) SharePoint
2 48 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.35%) Confluence
4 17 (1.28%) SAS
5 16 (1.20%) WordPress
6 12 (0.90%) CMS
7 6 (0.45%) Apache
7 6 (0.45%) Captiva
7 6 (0.45%) FileNet
7 6 (0.45%) WebSphere
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 (0.075%) nginx
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.075%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 136 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (1.05%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.23%) 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%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.075%) Sketch
10 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.30%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.23%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) iTrent
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.075%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.075%) BambooHR
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
1 325 (24.44%) Azure
2 262 (19.70%) GCP
3 245 (18.42%) Microsoft 365
4 182 (13.68%) AWS
5 160 (12.03%) Power Platform
6 48 (3.61%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.41%) Serverless
8 29 (2.18%) SaaS
9 24 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.58%) Snowflake
11 20 (1.50%) IaaS
12 18 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (1.35%) Matillion
12 18 (1.35%) OneDrive
13 16 (1.20%) PaaS
14 13 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (0.75%) Azure Functions
17 9 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 98 (7.37%) Firewall
2 45 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (2.63%) Wireless
4 33 (2.48%) WAN
5 29 (2.18%) VPN
6 28 (2.11%) DNS
7 22 (1.65%) 4G
8 21 (1.58%) Intranet
9 20 (1.50%) 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 (0.98%) 3G
13 13 (0.98%) DHCP
13 13 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
13 13 (0.98%) MQTT
13 13 (0.98%) RS-485
14 11 (0.83%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (18.50%) BigQuery
2 245 (18.42%) Looker
3 131 (9.85%) Power BI
4 129 (9.70%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (3.83%) SQL Server
6 45 (3.38%) Metadata
7 44 (3.31%) Data Lake
8 25 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.65%) Big Data
10 21 (1.58%) MySQL
11 17 (1.28%) NoSQL
12 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 11 (0.83%) Tableau
14 10 (0.75%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 5 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
17 4 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
17 4 (0.30%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 90 (6.77%) JIRA
2 33 (2.48%) Git
3 10 (0.75%) GitLab
3 10 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.60%) CircleCI
4 8 (0.60%) Cucumber
4 8 (0.60%) JUnit
4 8 (0.60%) Selenium
5 7 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.38%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.38%) Xcode
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.075%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.075%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.075%) Subversion
9 1 (0.075%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.075%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.075%) Vite
General
1 422 (31.73%) Social Skills
2 378 (28.42%) Analytical Skills
3 372 (27.97%) Finance
4 222 (16.69%) Legal
5 157 (11.80%) Banking
6 71 (5.34%) Retail
7 58 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 49 (3.68%) Marketing
10 48 (3.61%) Law
11 42 (3.16%) Games
12 37 (2.78%) Telecoms
13 27 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.95%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.58%) Mandarin Language
16 20 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.35%) Digital Economy
18 15 (1.13%) Public Sector
19 14 (1.05%) Environmental Health
19 14 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 184 (13.83%) Analyst
2 164 (12.33%) Data Engineer
3 153 (11.50%) Senior
4 150 (11.28%) Architect
5 149 (11.20%) Platform Engineer
5 149 (11.20%) Principal Data Engineer
5 149 (11.20%) Principal Engineer
6 125 (9.40%) Data Architect
7 89 (6.69%) Senior Analyst
8 79 (5.94%) Lead
9 57 (4.29%) Developer
9 57 (4.29%) IT Manager
9 57 (4.29%) Support Engineer
10 47 (3.53%) IT Support
11 40 (3.01%) Security Analyst
12 39 (2.93%) Project Manager
13 38 (2.86%) Security Manager
14 37 (2.78%) Consultant
14 37 (2.78%) IT Engineer
15 32 (2.41%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.33%) HTML
2 26 (1.95%) .NET
3 25 (1.88%) RESTful
4 21 (1.58%) CSS
5 17 (1.28%) REST
6 14 (1.05%) EDI
7 12 (0.90%) Web Services
8 9 (0.68%) .NET Framework
8 9 (0.68%) HTML5
8 9 (0.68%) jQuery
9 8 (0.60%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.53%) gRPC
10 7 (0.53%) React
11 6 (0.45%) ASP.NET
11 6 (0.45%) CSS3
11 6 (0.45%) Entity Framework
11 6 (0.45%) XML
12 5 (0.38%) Core Animation
12 5 (0.38%) OSGi
12 5 (0.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 317 (23.83%) Self-Motivation
2 128 (9.62%) Management Information System
3 78 (5.86%) Driving Licence
4 69 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
5 49 (3.68%) NHS
6 36 (2.71%) Data Centre
7 25 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
7 25 (1.88%) Security Posture
8 23 (1.73%) Onboarding
9 19 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
10 18 (1.35%) Algorithms
10 18 (1.35%) IoT
11 16 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 16 (1.20%) Mobile App
12 15 (1.13%) CCTV
13 12 (0.90%) e-Learning
13 12 (0.90%) EPoS
14 11 (0.83%) PKI
14 11 (0.83%) Smartphone
15 10 (0.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 168 (12.63%) Windows
2 65 (4.89%) Windows Server
3 56 (4.21%) Windows 10
4 45 (3.38%) Linux
5 31 (2.33%) Android
6 26 (1.95%) Apple iOS
7 21 (1.58%) Mac OS
8 13 (0.98%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.68%) Mac OS X
10 8 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.53%) Unix
11 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.15%) VMS
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.15%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.075%) AIX
14 1 (0.075%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (36.54%) Problem-Solving
2 330 (24.81%) Data Protection
3 313 (23.53%) Data Governance
4 300 (22.56%) Mentoring
5 268 (20.15%) Data Engineering
6 253 (19.02%) Agile
7 249 (18.72%) Platform Engineering
8 246 (18.50%) Cybersecurity
9 226 (16.99%) Data Management
10 212 (15.94%) DevOps
11 204 (15.34%) Information Security
12 189 (14.21%) Data Science
13 187 (14.06%) Change Management
14 171 (12.86%) Data Pipeline
14 171 (12.86%) Data Privacy
15 162 (12.18%) DataOps
16 152 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
17 151 (11.35%) Customer Service
17 151 (11.35%) ETL
17 151 (11.35%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 105 (7.89%) SQL
2 43 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 30 (2.26%) T-SQL
4 28 (2.11%) C#
5 22 (1.65%) PowerShell
6 21 (1.58%) Java
7 18 (1.35%) C
7 18 (1.35%) PHP
8 17 (1.28%) C++
9 16 (1.20%) Python
10 5 (0.38%) COBOL
10 5 (0.38%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.38%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 5 (0.38%) Swift
11 4 (0.30%) VB
12 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.23%) R
13 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 166 (12.48%) Degree
2 69 (5.19%) CISSP
3 50 (3.76%) DBS Check
4 49 (3.68%) CISM
5 40 (3.01%) Security Cleared
6 37 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 34 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.18%) CISA
10 28 (2.11%) CRISC
11 24 (1.80%) SC Cleared
12 20 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
13 15 (1.13%) Azure Certification
14 14 (1.05%) GIAC
15 13 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.98%) CTC Cleared
15 13 (0.98%) ISEB
16 12 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (0.75%) CCSP
17 10 (0.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (14.74%) Data Quality
2 179 (13.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 137 (10.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 88 (6.62%) NIST
5 63 (4.74%) PCI DSS
6 44 (3.31%) GRC
7 42 (3.16%) SLA
8 31 (2.33%) HIPAA
9 27 (2.03%) QA
10 26 (1.95%) NCSC
11 23 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 21 (1.58%) Accessibility
13 20 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 16 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 16 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (1.13%) COBIT
16 11 (0.83%) COSHH
16 11 (0.83%) ISO 9001
17 9 (0.68%) PSD2
18 8 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 94 (7.07%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 20 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.38%) Docker
6 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.30%) Firmware
7 4 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.23%) vSphere
9 1 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.20%) SCCM
3 12 (0.90%) Terraform
4 10 (0.75%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.68%) CASB
5 9 (0.68%) Nessus
6 8 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (0.45%) SCDPM
8 5 (0.38%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.30%) Autotask
9 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.23%) SELinux
11 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.15%) QRadar
11 2 (0.15%) SCOM
12 1 (0.075%) WSUS
12 1 (0.075%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 392 (29.47%) Microsoft
2 261 (19.62%) Google
3 34 (2.56%) Cisco
3 34 (2.56%) Databricks
4 28 (2.11%) SAP
5 23 (1.73%) Dell
5 23 (1.73%) VMware
6 22 (1.65%) Sophos
7 19 (1.43%) Apple
8 17 (1.28%) Oracle
9 16 (1.20%) Sage
10 14 (1.05%) Citrix
10 14 (1.05%) HP
11 13 (0.98%) Salesforce
12 11 (0.83%) Darktrace
12 11 (0.83%) Facebook
12 11 (0.83%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.75%) Mitel
14 9 (0.68%) NEC
14 9 (0.68%) Qualys