Hybrid/Remote Data Protection Job Trends

Data Protection
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Protection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 238 236
Rank change year-on-year +66 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 331 219 427
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 1.33% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.43% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 209 145 342
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,821 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +13.21% -7.83%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £70,650
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,750 £86,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,569 15,347 29,009
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.87% 93.54% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12,813 9,109 22,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Protection and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Protection job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Protection
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Data Protection
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Data Protection salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Protection
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 21 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.51%) CMS
4 3 (0.91%) Apache
4 3 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.91%) IIS
4 3 (0.91%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 9 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.51%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (1.21%) Shopify
4 3 (0.91%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 74 (22.36%) Azure
2 48 (14.50%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (12.99%) Power Platform
4 34 (10.27%) SaaS
5 26 (7.85%) AWS
6 23 (6.95%) Microsoft Purview
7 13 (3.93%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.93%) OneDrive
7 13 (3.93%) Power Automate
8 12 (3.63%) GCP
9 11 (3.32%) PowerApps
10 9 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.81%) dbt
11 6 (1.81%) GitHub
11 6 (1.81%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.51%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.21%) OCI
14 3 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.53%) CHAP
2 8 (2.42%) DNS
2 8 (2.42%) Firewall
2 8 (2.42%) Network Security
3 6 (1.81%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (1.81%) iSCSI
4 5 (1.51%) DHCP
5 4 (1.21%) VPN
6 3 (0.91%) Internet
6 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.60%) SSL
7 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.30%) HTTP
8 1 (0.30%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.30%) LAN
8 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.67%) Power BI
2 17 (5.14%) Tableau
3 8 (2.42%) Metadata
3 8 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.51%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.51%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.91%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.91%) Power Query
5 3 (0.91%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.60%) Big Data
7 1 (0.30%) Db2
7 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.30%) MySQL
7 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.30%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.30%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Git
2 2 (0.60%) MLflow
3 1 (0.30%) Ant
3 1 (0.30%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.30%) JIRA
3 1 (0.30%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 137 (41.39%) Social Skills
2 85 (25.68%) Finance
3 72 (21.75%) Legal
4 51 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (13.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (13.29%) Retail
6 34 (10.27%) Law
7 31 (9.37%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (6.95%) Banking
9 22 (6.65%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (4.53%) Financial Institution
10 15 (4.53%) Public Sector
11 11 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.72%) Marketing
13 8 (2.42%) Back Office
14 7 (2.11%) Legal Technology
15 6 (1.81%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.51%) Local Government
17 4 (1.21%) Games
17 4 (1.21%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (8.16%) Architect
1 27 (8.16%) Senior
2 25 (7.55%) Lead
3 21 (6.34%) Analyst
4 18 (5.44%) Security Manager
5 17 (5.14%) Data Manager
6 16 (4.83%) Developer
6 16 (4.83%) Technical Architect
7 15 (4.53%) Auditor
7 15 (4.53%) Data Governance Analyst
7 15 (4.53%) Data Governance Manager
7 15 (4.53%) Governance Manager
7 15 (4.53%) Information Manager
7 15 (4.53%) Information Security Manager
8 14 (4.23%) Internal Auditor
8 14 (4.23%) Security Auditor
9 12 (3.63%) Administrator
9 12 (3.63%) Service Manager
10 11 (3.32%) Senior Architect
11 10 (3.02%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.02%) HTML
2 6 (1.81%) CSS
3 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (1.51%) React
3 5 (1.51%) REST
4 4 (1.21%) .NET
4 4 (1.21%) HTML5 Canvas
4 4 (1.21%) SPFx
5 3 (0.91%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.91%) JSON
5 3 (0.91%) Kafka
5 3 (0.91%) Next.js
5 3 (0.91%) Spring
5 3 (0.91%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.60%) PySpark
7 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.30%) NgRx
7 1 (0.30%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 52 (15.71%) Management Information System
2 44 (13.29%) Data Protection Act
3 32 (9.67%) Product Ownership
4 24 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (5.74%) Onboarding
5 19 (5.74%) Security Posture
6 17 (5.14%) Cloud Native
7 12 (3.63%) Virtual Team
8 11 (3.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.11%) Blockchain
9 7 (2.11%) Freedom of Information
9 7 (2.11%) Freedom of Information Act
9 7 (2.11%) Low-Code
9 7 (2.11%) Podcast
10 6 (1.81%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (1.81%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.81%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.81%) Social Media
10 6 (1.81%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 5 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.04%) Windows
2 5 (1.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.21%) Linux
3 4 (1.21%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.60%) Android
4 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.60%) Unix
4 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.30%) AIX
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (26.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 85 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (25.08%) Cybersecurity
3 83 (25.08%) Information Security
4 76 (22.96%) Agile
5 74 (22.36%) Decision-Making
6 62 (18.73%) AI
6 62 (18.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 61 (18.43%) Incident Response
8 59 (17.82%) Risk Management
9 49 (14.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 44 (13.29%) Project Management
11 43 (12.99%) Analytics
12 40 (12.08%) Data Governance
13 38 (11.48%) Vulnerability Management
14 36 (10.88%) Service Delivery
15 35 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
16 33 (9.97%) Disaster Recovery
17 31 (9.37%) SIEM
18 30 (9.06%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.53%) JavaScript
1 15 (4.53%) SQL
2 11 (3.32%) Python
3 8 (2.42%) Bicep
4 6 (1.81%) C#
5 5 (1.51%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.21%) Java
7 3 (0.91%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.91%) VBA
8 2 (0.60%) Bash
9 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.30%) Delphi
9 1 (0.30%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 45 (13.60%) CISSP
2 36 (10.88%) CISM
3 35 (10.57%) Degree
4 25 (7.55%) CISA
5 24 (7.25%) Security Cleared
6 20 (6.04%) SC Cleared
7 16 (4.83%) SANS
8 15 (4.53%) CGEIT
8 15 (4.53%) FFIEC
9 10 (3.02%) DBS Check
10 9 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.72%) CRISC
11 7 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.11%) ISACA
11 7 (2.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.81%) CCSP
12 6 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.81%) Dell Certification
13 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (39.27%) GDPR
2 48 (14.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (13.90%) Data Quality
4 40 (12.08%) NIST
5 23 (6.95%) COBIT
6 22 (6.65%) Accessibility
7 21 (6.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (6.04%) PCI DSS
9 14 (4.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 14 (4.23%) GRC
10 13 (3.93%) SOC 2
11 10 (3.02%) QA
12 8 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (2.42%) ISO 22301
13 7 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (2.11%) SOC 1
14 6 (1.81%) PMO
14 6 (1.81%) TickIT
15 5 (1.51%) ISO 9001
16 4 (1.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (2.72%) Active Directory
1 9 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.81%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.81%) vSphere
3 5 (1.51%) Docker
4 4 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 13 (3.93%) Terraform
2 6 (1.81%) Avamar
2 6 (1.81%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (1.81%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (1.81%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (1.81%) VxRail
3 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.21%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.91%) Ansible
6 1 (0.30%) CASB
6 1 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.30%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 86 (25.98%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.32%) Salesforce
3 9 (2.72%) VMware
4 7 (2.11%) OpenAI
5 6 (1.81%) 3PAR
5 6 (1.81%) Dell
5 6 (1.81%) iManage
5 6 (1.81%) Isilon
5 6 (1.81%) NetApp
5 6 (1.81%) Nimble Storage
5 6 (1.81%) Oracle
5 6 (1.81%) Veeam
6 5 (1.51%) Sage
6 5 (1.51%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.21%) Freshdesk
7 4 (1.21%) Xero
8 3 (0.91%) Citrix
8 3 (0.91%) Databricks
8 3 (0.91%) SAP
8 3 (0.91%) Workday