Hybrid/Remote Data Protection Act Job Trends

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 372 403
Rank change year-on-year +36 +31 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 32 79 80
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.45% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 1.15% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14 34 69
10th Percentile £55,750 £39,500 £39,209
25th Percentile £58,750 £51,563 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,602 £59,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.10% -0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £87,614 £82,400 £73,750
90th Percentile £113,125 £115,000 £80,250
UK median annual salary £68,750 £64,343 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.85% +7.24% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Data Protection Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,342 6,844 7,660
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.79% 38.88% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,466 3,928 5,970
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,853 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,188 £83,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.25%

Data Protection Act
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Data Protection Act job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Data Protection Act salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Protection Act
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 1 (3.13%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) AWS
2 4 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (12.50%) SaaS
3 3 (9.38%) GCP
4 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.25%) WhatsApp
5 1 (3.13%) GitHub
5 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) BGP
1 3 (9.38%) DHCP
1 3 (9.38%) DNS
1 3 (9.38%) Firewall
1 3 (9.38%) IPsec
1 3 (9.38%) Network Security
1 3 (9.38%) OSPF
1 3 (9.38%) PuTTY
1 3 (9.38%) SD-WAN
1 3 (9.38%) VLAN
1 3 (9.38%) VPN
1 3 (9.38%) WAN
1 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (9.38%) Wireshark
2 2 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.13%) Internet
3 1 (3.13%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
1 3 (9.38%) Tableau
2 2 (6.25%) Power BI
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Git
2 3 (9.38%) Jenkins
2 3 (9.38%) Maven
2 3 (9.38%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (3.13%) GCC
3 1 (3.13%) GDB
3 1 (3.13%) git-flow
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Law
3 4 (12.50%) Legal
4 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Marketing
5 2 (6.25%) Back Office
6 1 (3.13%) Front Office
6 1 (3.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Developer
2 6 (18.75%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Senior
3 3 (9.38%) Architect
3 3 (9.38%) Backend Developer
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) CRM Developer
3 3 (9.38%) Data Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Data Architect
3 3 (9.38%) Mobile Developer
3 3 (9.38%) Network Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Principal Architect
3 3 (9.38%) Principal Data Architect
3 3 (9.38%) Senior Developer
3 3 (9.38%) Senior Systems Developer
3 3 (9.38%) Systems Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Report Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) .NET
2 3 (9.38%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (9.38%) CSS
2 3 (9.38%) Handlebars
2 3 (9.38%) HTML
2 3 (9.38%) JSON
2 3 (9.38%) RAML
2 3 (9.38%) React Native
2 3 (9.38%) REST
2 3 (9.38%) RESTful
2 3 (9.38%) SOAP
3 2 (6.25%) OAuth
3 2 (6.25%) OpenID
3 2 (6.25%) SAML
4 1 (3.13%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.13%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (3.13%) LDAP
4 1 (3.13%) Node.js
4 1 (3.13%) React
4 1 (3.13%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.38%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) e-Learning
2 3 (9.38%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (9.38%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.38%) NHS
2 3 (9.38%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.25%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.13%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.13%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.13%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Linux
2 4 (12.50%) Windows
3 3 (9.38%) Android
3 3 (9.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 10 (31.25%) DevOps
3 8 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
4 7 (21.88%) Value Proposition
5 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.63%) Analytics
6 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (15.63%) Data Management
6 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
6 5 (15.63%) Microservices
6 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (15.63%) SIEM
7 4 (12.50%) Coaching
7 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Design Patterns
7 4 (12.50%) Incident Response
7 4 (12.50%) Information Security
7 4 (12.50%) SDLC
7 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) SQL
2 6 (18.75%) JavaScript
3 4 (12.50%) Python
4 3 (9.38%) Go
4 3 (9.38%) Java
4 3 (9.38%) TypeScript
5 2 (6.25%) Bash
6 1 (3.13%) C#
6 1 (3.13%) C++
6 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
2 3 (9.38%) CCNP
2 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
2 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) CISM
3 1 (3.13%) CISSP
3 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) QA
2 4 (12.50%) GDPR
3 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.13%) EMIR
4 1 (3.13%) MiFID
4 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Docker
2 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.38%) Firmware
2 3 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) Terraform
2 3 (9.38%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (9.38%) Grafana
2 3 (9.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.25%) Ansible
3 2 (6.25%) Prometheus
3 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.13%) Argo
4 1 (3.13%) Kibana
4 1 (3.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Progress Chef
4 1 (3.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco
3 3 (9.38%) Dell
3 3 (9.38%) Meraki
3 3 (9.38%) MuleSoft
3 3 (9.38%) Palo Alto
3 3 (9.38%) SolarWinds
3 3 (9.38%) VMware
3 3 (9.38%) Zscaler
4 1 (3.13%) OpenLink
4 1 (3.13%) SAP