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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 339 528
Rank change year-on-year -41 +189 -94
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 28 63 53
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.47% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 1.10% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 18 30 41
10th Percentile £42,875 £52,500 £31,549
25th Percentile £72,500 £55,313 £42,547
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,102 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.96% +19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £88,750 £94,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £114,825 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year - +23.08% -11.36%

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 6,261 5,740 11,681
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.49% 42.50% 36.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,909 3,718 9,213
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 28 April 2026.

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 2 (7.14%) Apache
1 2 (7.14%) Apache Spark
1 2 (7.14%) IIS
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) AWS
2 4 (14.29%) SaaS
3 3 (10.71%) GCP
3 3 (10.71%) GitHub
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) DNS
2 3 (10.71%) PuTTY
3 2 (7.14%) DHCP
3 2 (7.14%) Firewall
3 2 (7.14%) VPN
4 1 (3.57%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.14%) Big Data
2 2 (7.14%) Data Lake
2 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.14%) Delta Lake
2 2 (7.14%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Git
1 3 (10.71%) Jenkins
1 3 (10.71%) Maven
1 3 (10.71%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (7.14%) MLflow
3 1 (3.57%) GCC
3 1 (3.57%) GDB
General
1 8 (28.57%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Legal
3 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
5 4 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (14.29%) Law
6 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (7.14%) Back Office
7 2 (7.14%) Banking
7 2 (7.14%) Retail
8 1 (3.57%) Front Office
8 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Developer
2 5 (17.86%) Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Data Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Information Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Information Security Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Security Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Principal Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Principal Data Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Senior
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Systems Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Systems Developer
4 2 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (7.14%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Information Security Officer
4 2 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Security Officer
4 2 (7.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (10.71%) RAML
1 3 (10.71%) REST
1 3 (10.71%) SOAP
2 2 (7.14%) .NET
2 2 (7.14%) React Native
3 1 (3.57%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (3.57%) CSS
3 1 (3.57%) EDI
3 1 (3.57%) Flask
3 1 (3.57%) HTML
3 1 (3.57%) OAuth
3 1 (3.57%) OAuth2
3 1 (3.57%) OpenID
3 1 (3.57%) STL
3 1 (3.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
1 6 (21.43%) Security Posture
2 5 (17.86%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (10.71%) e-Learning
3 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (10.71%) NHS
3 3 (10.71%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.14%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (7.14%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (7.14%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.57%) Digital Currency
5 1 (3.57%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (3.57%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.57%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
1 4 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 2 (7.14%) Android
2 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 9 (32.14%) Information Security
3 8 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 7 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 7 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 7 (25.00%) SIEM
5 6 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.86%) AI
6 5 (17.86%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (17.86%) Data Architecture
6 5 (17.86%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (17.86%) DevOps
6 5 (17.86%) Incident Management
6 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
6 5 (17.86%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (17.86%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Java
1 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.14%) Bicep
2 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (7.14%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.57%) C++
3 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) CISM
2 4 (14.29%) CISSP
2 4 (14.29%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) CISA
3 3 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.14%) CRISC
4 2 (7.14%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) GDPR
2 9 (32.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (28.57%) NIST
4 2 (7.14%) COBIT
4 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
4 2 (7.14%) IFRS
4 2 (7.14%) IFRS 17
4 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
4 2 (7.14%) SOC 1
4 2 (7.14%) SOC 2
4 2 (7.14%) Solvency II
5 1 (3.57%) JSP 440
5 1 (3.57%) NCSC
5 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
2 2 (7.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) MuleSoft
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 2 (7.14%) Databricks
3 2 (7.14%) VMware