Data Protection/Privacy Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Data Protection/Privacy Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 February 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
19 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
380 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Engineer |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options |
0.006% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.006% |
- |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£75,000 |
- |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£80,000 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£85,000 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| UK median annual salary |
£77,750 |
- |
- |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title |
15,409 |
14,827 |
26,323 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
93.69% |
95.49% |
95.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
10,265 |
9,057 |
22,029 |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,000 |
£35,750 |
£33,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£42,500 |
£47,500 |
£42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£62,500 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-4.00% |
+8.70% |
-8.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£81,250 |
£75,772 |
| 90th Percentile |
£97,500 |
£102,500 |
£95,000 |
| UK median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.33% |
+9.09% |
-8.33% |
