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 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 400 407
Rank change year-on-year +36 +7 +64
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 30 67 87
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.19% 0.34% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.95% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16 34 78
10th Percentile £55,375 £39,500 £37,114
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,438 £48,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.04% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £87,614 £82,100 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,875 £115,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% +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 5,777 7,080 8,667
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.91% 35.59% 39.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,593 3,997 6,782
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £37,733
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,779 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% -3.42% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

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 15 November 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 (3.33%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) AWS
2 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.00%) GCP
3 3 (10.00%) SaaS
4 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.67%) WhatsApp
5 1 (3.33%) GitHub
5 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) BGP
1 3 (10.00%) DHCP
1 3 (10.00%) DNS
1 3 (10.00%) Firewall
1 3 (10.00%) IPsec
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
1 3 (10.00%) OSPF
1 3 (10.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (10.00%) VLAN
1 3 (10.00%) VPN
1 3 (10.00%) WAN
1 3 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (10.00%) Wireshark
2 2 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.33%) Internet
3 1 (3.33%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Tableau
2 2 (6.67%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Git
2 1 (3.33%) GCC
2 1 (3.33%) GDB
2 1 (3.33%) git-flow
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Finance
3 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Law
4 4 (13.33%) Legal
5 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Marketing
6 2 (6.67%) Back Office
7 1 (3.33%) Front Office
7 1 (3.33%) Games
7 1 (3.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Senior
4 3 (10.00%) Applications Support
4 3 (10.00%) Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Backend Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) CRM Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Data Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Principal Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Principal Data Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Mobile Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) .NET
2 3 (10.00%) CSS
2 3 (10.00%) Handlebars
2 3 (10.00%) HTML
2 3 (10.00%) JSON
2 3 (10.00%) RESTful
3 2 (6.67%) OAuth
3 2 (6.67%) OpenID
3 2 (6.67%) React Native
3 2 (6.67%) SAML
4 1 (3.33%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (3.33%) LDAP
4 1 (3.33%) Node.js
4 1 (3.33%) React
4 1 (3.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.00%) e-Learning
2 3 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.67%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (6.67%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.67%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.33%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Linux
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Android
2 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 7 (23.33%) DevOps
2 7 (23.33%) Roadmaps
3 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (20.00%) Value Proposition
4 5 (16.67%) Microservices
4 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.67%) SIEM
5 4 (13.33%) Analytics
5 4 (13.33%) Coaching
5 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
5 4 (13.33%) Design Patterns
5 4 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.00%) Agile
6 3 (10.00%) AI
6 3 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (10.00%) Statistics
6 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 5 (16.67%) Python
3 3 (10.00%) Bash
3 3 (10.00%) Go
4 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 2 (6.67%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.33%) C#
5 1 (3.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (10.00%) CCNP
2 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) QA
2 4 (13.33%) GDPR
3 2 (6.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.33%) EMIR
4 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.33%) MiFID
4 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 4 (13.33%) Docker
1 4 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (10.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Terraform
2 4 (13.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (10.00%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (10.00%) Grafana
4 2 (6.67%) Ansible
4 2 (6.67%) Prometheus
4 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.33%) Argo
5 1 (3.33%) Kibana
5 1 (3.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Progress Chef
5 1 (3.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) VMware
2 3 (10.00%) Cisco
2 3 (10.00%) Dell
2 3 (10.00%) Meraki
2 3 (10.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (10.00%) SolarWinds
2 3 (10.00%) Zscaler
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.33%) OpenLink
4 1 (3.33%) Oracle
4 1 (3.33%) SAP