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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 429 411
Rank change year-on-year +33 -18 +93
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 29 66 103
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% 0.84% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 14 36 87
10th Percentile £55,225 £42,500 £37,062
25th Percentile £56,188 £51,125 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,750 £58,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.21% -9.62% +18.18%
75th Percentile £82,750 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £115,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - +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 6,790 7,860 10,491
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.93% 33.77% 41.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,492 4,751 8,475
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £89,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £106,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Data Protection Act
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Protection Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Protection Act trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

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

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Data Protection Act salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.45%) nginx
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.90%) WhatsApp
4 1 (3.45%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.45%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (3.45%) GitHub
4 1 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) DNS
1 3 (10.34%) Firewall
2 2 (6.90%) BGP
2 2 (6.90%) DHCP
2 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (6.90%) IPsec
2 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 2 (6.90%) OSPF
2 2 (6.90%) SD-WAN
2 2 (6.90%) VLAN
2 2 (6.90%) VPN
2 2 (6.90%) WAN
2 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.90%) Wireshark
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
3 1 (3.45%) IPv4
3 1 (3.45%) IPv6
3 1 (3.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Tableau
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) git-flow
General
1 8 (27.59%) Finance
2 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Marketing
4 2 (6.90%) Games
5 1 (3.45%) Back Office
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Local Government
5 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Applications Support
3 4 (13.79%) Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Support Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Backend Developer
4 3 (10.34%) CRM Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Operations Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Report Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Applications Support
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) CSS
1 3 (10.34%) Handlebars
1 3 (10.34%) HTML
1 3 (10.34%) JSON
1 3 (10.34%) RESTful
2 2 (6.90%) OAuth
2 2 (6.90%) OpenID
2 2 (6.90%) SAML
3 1 (3.45%) .NET
3 1 (3.45%) LDAP
3 1 (3.45%) Node.js
3 1 (3.45%) React
3 1 (3.45%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.90%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Linux
3 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (17.24%) DevOps
2 5 (17.24%) Information Security
2 5 (17.24%) SIEM
3 4 (13.79%) Analytics
3 4 (13.79%) Data Modelling
3 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
3 4 (13.79%) Microservices
3 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (10.34%) CRM
4 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
4 3 (10.34%) Event-Driven
4 3 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (10.34%) Incident Response
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) SQL
2 6 (20.69%) Python
3 4 (13.79%) Bash
3 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.34%) Go
4 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
2 2 (6.90%) CCNP
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.45%) CISA
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISMP
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) QA
2 4 (13.79%) GDPR
3 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
4 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
4 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.34%) Docker
4 2 (6.90%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Kubernetes
2 4 (13.79%) Terraform
3 3 (10.34%) Ansible
3 3 (10.34%) Grafana
4 2 (6.90%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (6.90%) Prometheus
4 2 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.45%) Argo
5 1 (3.45%) Kibana
5 1 (3.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Progress Chef
5 1 (3.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) VMware
2 4 (13.79%) Cisco
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.90%) Dell
4 2 (6.90%) Meraki
4 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.90%) SolarWinds
4 2 (6.90%) Zscaler
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) OpenLink
5 1 (3.45%) Oracle