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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 222 227
Rank change year-on-year +89 +5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 499 211 282
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.98% 1.28% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 1.36% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 311 142 147
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,290 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,375 £41,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,938 £81,050
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,200 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% +2.03%

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 20,270 15,511 18,315
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 87.95%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,394 11,074
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 15 October 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 55 (11.02%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.80%) Apache
3 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.80%) WordPress
4 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.60%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.20%) Elementor
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.80%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.60%) Shopify
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) BambooHR
5 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 101 (20.24%) Azure
2 92 (18.44%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (16.03%) Power Platform
4 58 (11.62%) SaaS
5 50 (10.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 38 (7.62%) Microsoft Purview
7 37 (7.41%) PowerApps
8 36 (7.21%) AWS
8 36 (7.21%) OneDrive
9 34 (6.81%) Power Automate
10 29 (5.81%) Copilot Studio
11 24 (4.81%) Entra ID
12 19 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (3.41%) GCP
14 14 (2.81%) dbt
15 13 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (2.00%) OCI
18 9 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.21%) Network Security
2 7 (1.40%) VPN
3 6 (1.20%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (1.20%) iSCSI
4 5 (1.00%) DNS
4 5 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.80%) DHCP
5 4 (0.80%) Internet
6 3 (0.60%) Firewall
6 3 (0.60%) LAN
6 3 (0.60%) WAN
7 2 (0.40%) 5G
7 2 (0.40%) CHAP
7 2 (0.40%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.20%) 4G
8 1 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.20%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.20%) VLAN
8 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.02%) Power BI
2 32 (6.41%) Metadata
3 18 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.81%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.81%) Tableau
5 13 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (2.20%) DynamoDB
6 11 (2.20%) NoSQL
6 11 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.00%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.80%) Amazon QuickSight
8 9 (1.80%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
8 9 (1.80%) Star Schema
9 7 (1.40%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.20%) Power Query
11 5 (1.00%) Big Data
12 3 (0.60%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (2.61%) Git
2 8 (1.60%) Claude Code
3 5 (1.00%) JIRA
4 2 (0.40%) MLflow
5 1 (0.20%) Ant
5 1 (0.20%) Flyway
5 1 (0.20%) Mocha
5 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 190 (38.08%) Social Skills
2 131 (26.25%) Legal
3 118 (23.65%) Finance
4 91 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (13.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (13.63%) Retail
6 63 (12.63%) Influencing Skills
7 59 (11.82%) Law
8 46 (9.22%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (7.82%) Public Sector
10 24 (4.81%) Marketing
11 20 (4.01%) Banking
12 15 (3.01%) Back Office
13 14 (2.81%) Local Government
14 13 (2.61%) Financial Institution
15 10 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.80%) Police
17 8 (1.60%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.80%) Aviation
19 3 (0.60%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 61 (12.22%) Architect
1 61 (12.22%) Senior
2 37 (7.41%) Lead
3 34 (6.81%) Analyst
4 28 (5.61%) Developer
4 28 (5.61%) Service Manager
5 27 (5.41%) Technical Architect
6 24 (4.81%) Delivery Manager
6 24 (4.81%) Service Delivery Manager
7 23 (4.61%) Data Manager
8 22 (4.41%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 20 (4.01%) Business Manager
9 20 (4.01%) Procurement Officer
10 17 (3.41%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 16 (3.21%) Governance Manager
12 15 (3.01%) Data Governance Analyst
12 15 (3.01%) Data Governance Manager
13 14 (2.81%) Security Manager
14 13 (2.61%) Consultant
14 13 (2.61%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.41%) HTML
2 19 (3.81%) REST
3 14 (2.81%) Microsoft Graph
4 12 (2.40%) SPFx
4 12 (2.40%) Terraform
5 9 (1.80%) CSS
5 9 (1.80%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (1.60%) Middleware
7 7 (1.40%) Model Context Protocol
8 6 (1.20%) Langfuse
8 6 (1.20%) React
9 5 (1.00%) .NET
9 5 (1.00%) JSON
9 5 (1.00%) Kafka
9 5 (1.00%) SOAP
10 4 (0.80%) OAuth
10 4 (0.80%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.60%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.60%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.60%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 58 (11.62%) Management Information System
2 43 (8.62%) Data Protection Act
3 40 (8.02%) Product Ownership
4 39 (7.82%) Onboarding
5 30 (6.01%) Virtual Team
6 29 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (5.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 22 (4.41%) Security Posture
9 18 (3.61%) AI Agents
10 16 (3.21%) Freedom of Information
11 14 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (2.61%) Cloud Native
13 12 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (2.20%) Low-Code
14 11 (2.20%) Social Media
15 8 (1.60%) Data Centre
16 7 (1.40%) Freedom of Information Act
17 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
17 6 (1.20%) NHS
17 6 (1.20%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.21%) Windows
2 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.60%) Linux
3 2 (0.40%) Android
3 2 (0.40%) macOS
4 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (30.66%) Continuous Improvement
2 135 (27.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 123 (24.65%) AI
4 122 (24.45%) Agile
5 118 (23.65%) Cybersecurity
6 112 (22.44%) Information Security
7 109 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (19.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 77 (15.43%) Decision-Making
10 72 (14.43%) Service Delivery
11 70 (14.03%) Risk Management
12 62 (12.42%) Analytics
13 59 (11.82%) Collaborative Working
14 52 (10.42%) Roadmaps
14 52 (10.42%) Strategic Thinking
15 50 (10.02%) DevOps
16 49 (9.82%) Data Governance
16 49 (9.82%) Translating Business Requirements
17 48 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
17 48 (9.62%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.01%) SQL
2 26 (5.21%) JavaScript
3 24 (4.81%) Python
4 19 (3.81%) C#
5 16 (3.21%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.40%) Bicep
7 4 (0.80%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.60%) Java
9 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.20%) Bash
10 1 (0.20%) Delphi
10 1 (0.20%) Go
10 1 (0.20%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 55 (11.02%) Degree
2 47 (9.42%) Security Cleared
3 42 (8.42%) CISSP
4 39 (7.82%) SC Cleared
5 33 (6.61%) CISM
6 17 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.41%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.61%) CISA
8 10 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (1.80%) CCSP
9 9 (1.80%) CRISC
9 9 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.40%) ACCA
11 7 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.40%) CIMA
11 7 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (1.20%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (27.66%) GDPR
2 62 (12.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (11.42%) Data Quality
4 41 (8.22%) Accessibility
5 37 (7.41%) NIST
6 27 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (5.21%) GRC
8 24 (4.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 15 (3.01%) ISO 22301
9 15 (3.01%) PCI DSS
10 13 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (2.61%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.80%) COBIT
11 9 (1.80%) QA
12 7 (1.40%) NCSC
12 7 (1.40%) PMO
13 6 (1.20%) ISO 9001
13 6 (1.20%) SOC 1
14 4 (0.80%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.40%) IFRS
System Software
1 9 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.40%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.20%) Docker
4 6 (1.20%) vSphere
5 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.20%) Avamar
2 6 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (1.20%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (1.20%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (1.20%) VxRail
3 5 (1.00%) Grafana
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 161 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.01%) YouTube
3 14 (2.81%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.40%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.20%) Oracle
6 10 (2.00%) Informatica
7 9 (1.80%) Talend
8 7 (1.40%) Adobe
8 7 (1.40%) Veeam
8 7 (1.40%) VMware
9 6 (1.20%) 3PAR
9 6 (1.20%) Dell
9 6 (1.20%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.20%) Isilon
9 6 (1.20%) NetApp
9 6 (1.20%) Nimble Storage
9 6 (1.20%) Xero
10 5 (1.00%) Databricks
11 4 (0.80%) Google
11 4 (0.80%) OneTrust