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 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 373 520
Rank change year-on-year -8 +147 -95
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 26 62 62
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.41% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.90% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 17 27 48
10th Percentile £26,250 £55,000 £36,415
25th Percentile £70,000 £58,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.40% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £88,750 £96,875 £79,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £116,550 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -4.60% +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 6,364 6,913 11,807
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.96% 45.80% 36.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,021 3,598 9,286
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £82,250 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £102,500
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 19 May 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 (7.69%) Apache
1 2 (7.69%) Apache Spark
1 2 (7.69%) IIS
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) GitHub
2 3 (11.54%) SaaS
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) DNS
2 3 (11.54%) PuTTY
3 2 (7.69%) DHCP
3 2 (7.69%) Firewall
3 2 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.69%) Big Data
2 2 (7.69%) Data Lake
2 2 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.69%) Delta Lake
2 2 (7.69%) Metadata
3 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
1 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
1 3 (11.54%) Maven
1 3 (11.54%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (7.69%) MLflow
General
1 6 (23.08%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Legal
3 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Retail
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Back Office
4 3 (11.54%) Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Law
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 6 (23.08%) Information Manager
1 6 (23.08%) Information Security Manager
1 6 (23.08%) Security Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Information Officer
3 3 (11.54%) Information Security Officer
3 3 (11.54%) Security Officer
3 3 (11.54%) Senior
3 3 (11.54%) Senior Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Senior Systems Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Systems Developer
4 2 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Data Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (11.54%) RAML
1 3 (11.54%) REST
1 3 (11.54%) SOAP
2 1 (3.85%) CSS
2 1 (3.85%) EDI
2 1 (3.85%) Flask
2 1 (3.85%) HTML
2 1 (3.85%) JSON
2 1 (3.85%) OAuth
2 1 (3.85%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.85%) OpenID
2 1 (3.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Management Information System
1 7 (26.92%) Security Posture
2 6 (23.08%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Native
3 3 (11.54%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (11.54%) Freedom of Information Act
3 3 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (11.54%) NHS
3 3 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (7.69%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.85%) Digital Currency
5 1 (3.85%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.85%) PKI
5 1 (3.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
1 4 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 3 (11.54%) Linux
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 11 (42.31%) Information Security
3 10 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (38.46%) Incident Response
4 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (34.62%) Risk Register
4 9 (34.62%) SIEM
5 7 (26.92%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (23.08%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (23.08%) Incident Management
6 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 6 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (19.23%) DevOps
7 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
8 4 (15.38%) Agile
8 4 (15.38%) Information Security Management
8 4 (15.38%) ISMS
8 4 (15.38%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Java
2 2 (7.69%) Bicep
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) SQL
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) CISM
1 5 (19.23%) CISSP
2 4 (15.38%) CISA
2 4 (15.38%) Degree
3 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (11.54%) CRISC
3 3 (11.54%) ISACA
3 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (65.38%) GDPR
2 11 (42.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (38.46%) NIST
4 3 (11.54%) COBIT
4 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
4 3 (11.54%) SOC 1
4 3 (11.54%) SOC 2
5 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
5 2 (7.69%) IFRS
5 2 (7.69%) IFRS 17
5 2 (7.69%) Solvency II
6 1 (3.85%) JSP 440
6 1 (3.85%) NCSC
6 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Terraform
2 2 (7.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) MuleSoft
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
3 2 (7.69%) Databricks
3 2 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (3.85%) Dynatrace