Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PERC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PERC over the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 692 1011
Rank change year-on-year -51 +319 +52
Permanent jobs citing PERC 24 26 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.049% 0.024%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% 0.33% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 25
10th Percentile £44,550 £45,750 -
25th Percentile £51,625 £48,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £66,250 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% +140.91% -50.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £87,500 £36,000
90th Percentile £64,140 £89,250 £44,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% +13.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

PERC 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,026 7,841 20,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.52% 14.75% 17.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,435 5,633 11,310
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,498
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

PERC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PERC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PERC in the UK

PERC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PERC.

Salary trend for PERC in the UK

PERC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PERC over the 6 months to 25 December 2024.

Salary histogram for PERC in the UK

PERC
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PERC within the UK over the 6 months to 25 December 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
England -57 24 £59,000 -10.94% 5
Work from Home +16 15 - - 3
UK excluding London -57 13 £60,000 +14.29% 4
South East - 13 £60,000 -
London -12 11 £59,000 -30.59% 2

PERC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (16.67%) CMS
2 1 (4.17%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (41.67%) Acrobat
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (16.67%) InDesign
3 3 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Google Workspace
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.67%) Asana
2 4 (16.67%) MailChimp
3 2 (8.33%) Alation
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) Collibra
3 2 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Metadata
General
1 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 15 (62.50%) Law
3 8 (33.33%) Legal
4 7 (29.17%) Retail
5 6 (25.00%) Marketing
6 5 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Compliance Advisor
1 8 (33.33%) Security Advisor
2 5 (20.83%) Compliance Officer
2 5 (20.83%) Data Compliance Officer
2 5 (20.83%) Security Compliance Officer
2 5 (20.83%) Security Officer
3 4 (16.67%) Communications Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Data Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Digital Communications Manager
4 2 (8.33%) CRM Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Data Governance Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Data Governance Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Governance Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Data Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) D3.js
1 2 (8.33%) GraphQL
1 2 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (62.50%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (29.17%) e-Learning
3 4 (16.67%) NHS
3 4 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 15 (62.50%) Data Security
3 14 (58.33%) Impact Assessments
4 12 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (45.83%) Information Security
6 6 (25.00%) CRM
7 5 (20.83%) Marketing Strategy
8 4 (16.67%) Budget Management
8 4 (16.67%) Content Management
8 4 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (16.67%) Line Management
8 4 (16.67%) SEO
9 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (8.33%) A/B Testing
10 2 (8.33%) Data Privacy
10 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
10 2 (8.33%) Generative AI
10 2 (8.33%) Information Management
10 2 (8.33%) Marketing Automation
10 2 (8.33%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) R
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (100.00%) GDPR
2 9 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (37.50%) PCI DSS
3 4 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 4 (16.67%) WCAG
4 2 (8.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Adobe
2 10 (41.67%) Google
2 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (41.67%) OneTrust
3 2 (8.33%) Informatica
4 1 (4.17%) Apteco