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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 334 515
Rank change year-on-year -32 +181 -95
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 24 66 54
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.51% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 1.20% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15 33 39
10th Percentile £27,590 £52,500 £31,549
25th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £42,547
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,203 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.52% +25.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £112,400 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -4.60% +23.08% -7.14%

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 6,083 5,479 11,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.96% 41.95% 36.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,805 3,704 9,170
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,652
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,300
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.40% -8.77%
75th Percentile £81,500 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £122,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +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 12 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 (8.33%) IIS
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) SaaS
3 3 (12.50%) GCP
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (8.33%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.17%) GitHub
5 1 (4.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) DNS
2 3 (12.50%) PuTTY
3 2 (8.33%) DHCP
3 2 (8.33%) Firewall
3 2 (8.33%) VPN
4 1 (4.17%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Git
1 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 3 (12.50%) Maven
1 3 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (4.17%) GCC
2 1 (4.17%) GDB
General
1 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Legal
4 4 (16.67%) Law
4 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Back Office
5 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Front Office
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Local Government
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Information Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Security Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Mobile Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Principal Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Principal Data Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Systems Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Systems Developer
4 2 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (8.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Information Officer
4 2 (8.33%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) ActiveMQ
1 3 (12.50%) RAML
1 3 (12.50%) React Native
1 3 (12.50%) REST
1 3 (12.50%) SOAP
2 1 (4.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) EDI
2 1 (4.17%) Flask
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) OAuth
2 1 (4.17%) OAuth2
2 1 (4.17%) OpenID
2 1 (4.17%) STL
2 1 (4.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 3 (12.50%) e-Learning
3 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (12.50%) Mobile App
3 3 (12.50%) NHS
3 3 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (8.33%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (8.33%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
5 1 (4.17%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (4.17%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
1 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 3 (12.50%) Android
2 3 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 7 (29.17%) Mentoring
3 6 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 6 (25.00%) Information Security
3 6 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (20.83%) Risk Register
4 5 (20.83%) SIEM
5 4 (16.67%) Coaching
5 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
5 4 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 4 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (12.50%) Java
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
3 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) C++
4 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.33%) CISM
4 2 (8.33%) CISSP
5 1 (4.17%) CISA
5 1 (4.17%) CRISC
5 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.17%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) GDPR
2 6 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (20.83%) NIST
4 1 (4.17%) COBIT
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.17%) EMIR
4 1 (4.17%) MiFID
4 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.17%) SOC 1
4 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) MuleSoft
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (8.33%) VMware
4 1 (4.17%) SAP