Data Protection Officer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer salary for remote or hybrid work is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 428 571 652
Rank change year-on-year +143 +81 +172
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 2 14 7
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.013% 0.041% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.043% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 7
10th Percentile - £27,750 £35,785
25th Percentile - £34,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +118.18% +3.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile - £140,000 £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +100.00% +12.50% -18.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 14,296 32,437 40,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 96.00% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,941 24,889 28,911
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,626
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,411
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Data Protection Officer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Data Protection Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Data Protection Officer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Protection Officer.

Data Protection Officer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Data Protection Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Learning Management System
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (100.00%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR