Hybrid/Remote Data Privacy Job Trends

Data Privacy (including Information Privacy)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Privacy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 67 327
Rank change year-on-year -269 +260 +18
Permanent jobs citing Data Privacy 129 791 174
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 4.89% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 5.26% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 104 106 85
10th Percentile £39,750 £29,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,553 £66,763 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +8.56% +26.32%
75th Percentile £80,625 £74,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £127,625 £96,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £66,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.69% +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Privacy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,480 15,052 20,418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.91% 92.98% 87.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14,035 8,660 12,878
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,838 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Data Privacy
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Privacy and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Privacy job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Privacy
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Privacy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Privacy

Data Privacy
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Privacy over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Data Privacy salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Privacy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.65%) IIS
4 2 (1.55%) WordPress
5 1 (0.78%) Confluence
5 1 (0.78%) Moodle
Applications
1 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (7.75%) Shopify
2 4 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.78%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 42 (32.56%) SaaS
2 18 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (12.40%) Azure
4 15 (11.63%) Google Ads
5 14 (10.85%) Google Analytics
5 14 (10.85%) Google Tag Manager
6 12 (9.30%) AWS
7 10 (7.75%) GCP
7 10 (7.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (6.98%) IaaS
8 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (6.20%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (6.20%) OneDrive
10 6 (4.65%) Power Platform
11 4 (3.10%) Meta Ads
12 3 (2.33%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.78%) Boomi
13 1 (0.78%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.78%) Smartsheet
13 1 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.33%) DHCP
1 3 (2.33%) DNS
1 3 (2.33%) Firewall
1 3 (2.33%) VPN
2 1 (0.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.65%) SQL Server
1 6 (4.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (3.10%) Power BI
3 2 (1.55%) Data Hub
3 2 (1.55%) EDRMS
3 2 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.55%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.78%) Big Data
4 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.78%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.78%) Looker
4 1 (0.78%) Metadata
4 1 (0.78%) MySQL
4 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) Git
General
1 57 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 53 (41.09%) Marketing
3 44 (34.11%) Finance
4 43 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (30.23%) Legal
6 28 (21.71%) Retail
7 19 (14.73%) Law
8 14 (10.85%) Advertising
9 13 (10.08%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (10.08%) Public Sector
10 4 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.10%) Legal Technology
10 4 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.10%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.55%) Games
13 1 (0.78%) Banking
13 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (13.95%) Senior
2 10 (7.75%) Architect
3 9 (6.98%) Lead
3 9 (6.98%) Paid Search Manager
3 9 (6.98%) Search Manager
4 8 (6.20%) Analyst
4 8 (6.20%) Technical Architect
5 7 (5.43%) Applications Support
5 7 (5.43%) Commercial Manager
5 7 (5.43%) Developer
5 7 (5.43%) Vendor Manager
6 6 (4.65%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.65%) Consultant
7 5 (3.88%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (3.88%) SAP Consultant
7 5 (3.88%) Senior Architect
7 5 (3.88%) Senior Technical Architect
7 5 (3.88%) Support Analyst
8 4 (3.10%) Managed Services Consultant
8 4 (3.10%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.20%) Middleware
2 7 (5.43%) CSS
2 7 (5.43%) HTML
3 5 (3.88%) XML
4 2 (1.55%) Django
4 2 (1.55%) Kafka
5 1 (0.78%) Ajax
5 1 (0.78%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.78%) Behat
5 1 (0.78%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.78%) CSS3
5 1 (0.78%) Flask
5 1 (0.78%) jQuery
5 1 (0.78%) JSON
5 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.78%) Next.js
5 1 (0.78%) Node.js
5 1 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.78%) RESTful
5 1 (0.78%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.93%) Onboarding
2 16 (12.40%) Blog
3 11 (8.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (7.75%) Marketing Technology
5 9 (6.98%) Management Information System
5 9 (6.98%) Web Conferencing
6 7 (5.43%) Credit Risk
6 7 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.10%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.55%) Cybercrime
8 2 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.55%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.55%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.78%) Life Science
9 1 (0.78%) NHS
9 1 (0.78%) Pharmacovigilance
9 1 (0.78%) Social Media
9 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.75%) Windows
2 9 (6.98%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.66%) AI
2 38 (29.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (27.91%) Analytics
4 34 (26.36%) CRM
4 34 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (21.71%) Roadmaps
6 26 (20.16%) Commercial Awareness
6 26 (20.16%) Decision-Making
7 23 (17.83%) Digital Marketing
8 22 (17.05%) Collaborative Culture
8 22 (17.05%) Information Security
9 19 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (13.18%) Data Governance
10 17 (13.18%) Due Diligence
10 17 (13.18%) Economics
10 17 (13.18%) Risk Management
11 15 (11.63%) Agile
11 15 (11.63%) Project Delivery
12 14 (10.85%) Document Management
12 14 (10.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.30%) SQL
2 7 (5.43%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.65%) T-SQL
3 6 (4.65%) VBA
3 6 (4.65%) VBScript
4 4 (3.10%) Python
5 3 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.55%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.78%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.78%) PHP
7 1 (0.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (7.75%) ACCA
1 10 (7.75%) CIMA
2 8 (6.20%) Degree
3 5 (3.88%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.33%) CIPD
5 1 (0.78%) CISSP
5 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.78%) GIAC
5 1 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.78%) PMP
5 1 (0.78%) SSCP
5 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (23.26%) GDPR
2 16 (12.40%) Data Quality
3 11 (8.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.88%) GRC
4 5 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 3 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.33%) EU AI Act
6 2 (1.55%) NIST
6 2 (1.55%) QA
7 1 (0.78%) GxP
7 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (6.98%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.33%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.55%) FTK
3 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.78%) QRadar
Vendors
1 42 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 26 (20.16%) Google
3 17 (13.18%) Salesforce
4 16 (12.40%) HubSpot
5 9 (6.98%) YouTube
6 8 (6.20%) Adobe
7 6 (4.65%) iManage
8 5 (3.88%) Freshdesk
8 5 (3.88%) SAP
9 4 (3.10%) Ariba
9 4 (3.10%) Pinterest
9 4 (3.10%) TikTok
10 3 (2.33%) VMware
11 2 (1.55%) FIS
11 2 (1.55%) IFS
11 2 (1.55%) Nuix
11 2 (1.55%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.55%) Relativity
11 2 (1.55%) Sage
12 1 (0.78%) Optimizely