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 4 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 398 512
Rank change year-on-year 0 +114 -101
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 43 38 65
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.24% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 0.54% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 32 20 51
10th Percentile - £55,675 £37,631
25th Percentile £45,000 £57,938 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £71,134 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% +29.34% -1.79%
75th Percentile £88,750 £99,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £120,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.60% +26.32% -17.39%

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 7,809 6,975 11,555
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.49% 43.15% 34.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,867 3,595 8,877
10th Percentile £34,720 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -14.06%

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 4 July 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 3 (6.98%) IIS
2 2 (4.65%) Apache
2 2 (4.65%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) Azure
1 7 (16.28%) SaaS
2 3 (6.98%) GitHub
3 2 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (4.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (4.65%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.33%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.30%) DNS
2 2 (4.65%) DHCP
2 2 (4.65%) Firewall
2 2 (4.65%) VPN
3 1 (2.33%) HTTP
3 1 (2.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Data Lake
1 3 (6.98%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (6.98%) Metadata
2 2 (4.65%) Big Data
2 2 (4.65%) Delta Lake
2 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) MLflow
General
1 12 (27.91%) Finance
2 9 (20.93%) Legal
2 9 (20.93%) Retail
3 8 (18.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (18.60%) Social Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Back Office
4 7 (16.28%) Banking
4 7 (16.28%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (9.30%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.98%) Law
7 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (16.28%) Information Manager
1 7 (16.28%) Information Officer
1 7 (16.28%) Information Security Manager
1 7 (16.28%) Information Security Officer
1 7 (16.28%) Security Manager
1 7 (16.28%) Security Officer
2 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 4 (9.30%) Compliance Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Administrator
4 3 (6.98%) Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Data Architect
5 2 (4.65%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (4.65%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) DBA
5 2 (4.65%) Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) JSON
2 1 (2.33%) .NET
2 1 (2.33%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.33%) CSS
2 1 (2.33%) EDI
2 1 (2.33%) Flask
2 1 (2.33%) HTML
2 1 (2.33%) OAuth
2 1 (2.33%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.33%) OpenID
2 1 (2.33%) REST
2 1 (2.33%) VCL
2 1 (2.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (18.60%) Security Posture
3 7 (16.28%) Cloud Native
3 7 (16.28%) Freedom of Information
3 7 (16.28%) Freedom of Information Act
3 7 (16.28%) Management Information System
4 6 (13.95%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.65%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (4.65%) Replication
7 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.33%) Digital Currency
7 1 (2.33%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (2.33%) PKI
7 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Windows
2 4 (9.30%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 18 (41.86%) Information Security
3 17 (39.53%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (32.56%) Incident Response
5 14 (32.56%) Risk Register
6 13 (30.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (30.23%) SIEM
7 12 (27.91%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (25.58%) Business Continuity
8 11 (25.58%) Risk Management
9 10 (23.26%) BCP
9 10 (23.26%) Business Continuity Planning
9 10 (23.26%) Information Security Governance
9 10 (23.26%) Regulatory Compliance
10 9 (20.93%) Agile
11 7 (16.28%) Information Security Management
11 7 (16.28%) ISMS
11 7 (16.28%) Security Management
11 7 (16.28%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) SQL
2 2 (4.65%) Bicep
2 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.33%) C#
3 1 (2.33%) Delphi
3 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.33%) Pascal
3 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) CISA
1 8 (18.60%) CISM
1 8 (18.60%) CISSP
2 7 (16.28%) CRISC
2 7 (16.28%) ISACA
3 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (83.72%) GDPR
2 18 (41.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (32.56%) NIST
4 8 (18.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (18.60%) PCI DSS
5 7 (16.28%) COBIT
5 7 (16.28%) SOC 1
5 7 (16.28%) SOC 2
6 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
7 4 (9.30%) ISO 22301
7 4 (9.30%) ISO 9001
8 2 (4.65%) IFRS
8 2 (4.65%) IFRS 17
8 2 (4.65%) Solvency II
9 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (2.33%) JSP 440
9 1 (2.33%) NCSC
9 1 (2.33%) NIST 800
9 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (11.63%) Terraform
2 2 (4.65%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) Databricks
2 2 (4.65%) Dynatrace
2 2 (4.65%) VMware