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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 180 217
Rank change year-on-year +6 +37 -1
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 235 292 389
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 1.95% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 2.05% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 166 176 333
10th Percentile £29,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,938 £40,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +14.68% -0.91%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,237 £87,250
UK median annual salary £57,239 £62,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.78% +19.52% -4.55%

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 14,086 14,271 25,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.91% 95.07% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,148 8,671 21,423
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,867
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,249 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 24 February 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 13 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.68%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.28%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.98%) Adobe XD
4 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.43%) Endur
3 1 (0.43%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 65 (27.66%) Azure
2 38 (16.17%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.36%) Entra ID
4 20 (8.51%) AWS
5 17 (7.23%) SaaS
6 15 (6.38%) GCP
7 14 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (5.53%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.40%) GitHub
10 7 (2.98%) Figma
10 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (2.98%) Miro
11 6 (2.55%) IaaS
12 5 (2.13%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.28%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.28%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.28%) Stripe
14 2 (0.85%) Algolia
14 2 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.91%) Firewall
2 22 (9.36%) VPN
3 19 (8.09%) CHAP
4 14 (5.96%) Network Security
5 12 (5.11%) DNS
6 10 (4.26%) DHCP
6 10 (4.26%) WAN
7 9 (3.83%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.98%) LAN
8 7 (2.98%) VLAN
9 5 (2.13%) SD-WAN
9 5 (2.13%) SSL
9 5 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.70%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.28%) PuTTY
12 2 (0.85%) BGP
12 2 (0.85%) OSPF
12 2 (0.85%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.85%) VoIP
12 2 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.53%) Power BI
2 8 (3.40%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.70%) Metadata
3 4 (1.70%) Power Query
3 4 (1.70%) Tableau
4 2 (0.85%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.43%) DB2
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.98%) Git
2 6 (2.55%) JIRA
3 3 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.28%) Maven
3 3 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.85%) ERwin
4 2 (0.85%) Storybook
5 1 (0.43%) GCC
5 1 (0.43%) GDB
5 1 (0.43%) git-flow
General
1 121 (51.49%) Social Skills
2 68 (28.94%) Finance
3 43 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (17.87%) Legal
5 22 (9.36%) Banking
5 22 (9.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (8.94%) Financial Institution
7 20 (8.51%) Law
8 14 (5.96%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (5.11%) Marketing
10 10 (4.26%) Retail
11 8 (3.40%) Public Sector
12 7 (2.98%) Digital Health
12 7 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.98%) Local Government
13 6 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.70%) Advertising
15 4 (1.70%) Manufacturing
16 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 24 (10.21%) Lead
2 22 (9.36%) Developer
3 19 (8.09%) Auditor
4 18 (7.66%) Analyst
4 18 (7.66%) Internal Auditor
4 18 (7.66%) Security Auditor
5 16 (6.81%) IT Manager
5 16 (6.81%) IT Support
6 14 (5.96%) Senior
7 12 (5.11%) Security Engineer
8 10 (4.26%) Administrator
8 10 (4.26%) Security Manager
9 9 (3.83%) IT Engineer
9 9 (3.83%) Support Analyst
10 8 (3.40%) IT Analyst
11 7 (2.98%) Architect
11 7 (2.98%) Data Administrator
11 7 (2.98%) Head of IT
11 7 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (2.98%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.68%) .NET
2 9 (3.83%) REST
3 6 (2.55%) Middleware
4 5 (2.13%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.13%) CSS
4 5 (2.13%) JSON
4 5 (2.13%) SOAP
4 5 (2.13%) Universal Windows Platform
4 5 (2.13%) WinUI
4 5 (2.13%) WPF
4 5 (2.13%) XML
5 4 (1.70%) HTML
5 4 (1.70%) OAuth
6 3 (1.28%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (1.28%) EDI
6 3 (1.28%) Node.js
6 3 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.28%) RAML
6 3 (1.28%) React Native
6 3 (1.28%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.83%) Management Information System
2 26 (11.06%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (6.81%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.68%) Blockchain
5 10 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.83%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.98%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.98%) e-Learning
8 6 (2.55%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.13%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.13%) NHS
9 5 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.70%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.28%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.28%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.89%) Windows
2 15 (6.38%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.68%) Linux
4 4 (1.70%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.28%) Android
5 3 (1.28%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.85%) Unix
6 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.43%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.53%) Information Security
2 59 (25.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 56 (23.83%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (21.28%) Agile
6 47 (20.00%) Project Management
7 42 (17.87%) Analytics
7 42 (17.87%) Incident Response
8 39 (16.60%) Risk Management
9 38 (16.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 32 (13.62%) Service Delivery
11 28 (11.91%) DevOps
12 27 (11.49%) Coaching
13 26 (11.06%) Computer Science
13 26 (11.06%) Data Analytics
13 26 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (11.06%) Validation
14 25 (10.64%) Data Governance
15 23 (9.79%) Risk Assessment
16 22 (9.36%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.36%) SQL
2 9 (3.83%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.40%) Python
4 7 (2.98%) Java
5 6 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.13%) C#
6 5 (2.13%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.13%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.28%) Bicep
7 3 (1.28%) VBA
8 2 (0.85%) Bash
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) C++
9 1 (0.43%) Groovy
9 1 (0.43%) Ruby
9 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (22.55%) Degree
2 26 (11.06%) CISSP
3 23 (9.79%) CISM
4 22 (9.36%) CISA
5 19 (8.09%) CGEIT
5 19 (8.09%) DBS Check
5 19 (8.09%) FFIEC
5 19 (8.09%) SANS
6 17 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.68%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (4.26%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (3.40%) SC Cleared
11 7 (2.98%) CCNA
12 5 (2.13%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.13%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.70%) CCNP
13 4 (1.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (1.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (1.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (30.64%) GDPR
2 29 (12.34%) NIST
3 24 (10.21%) Accessibility
4 21 (8.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (8.51%) COBIT
6 18 (7.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (7.23%) Data Quality
8 10 (4.26%) QA
9 7 (2.98%) SLA
10 6 (2.55%) PCI DSS
10 6 (2.55%) SOC 2
11 5 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (2.13%) GRC
11 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (1.70%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.70%) PERC
13 3 (1.28%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.85%) GMP
14 2 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.85%) Docker
3 2 (0.85%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (6.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.26%) Terraform
3 7 (2.98%) Ansible
4 5 (2.13%) Autotask
5 2 (0.85%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.85%) Grafana
5 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.43%) Argo
6 1 (0.43%) CASB
6 1 (0.43%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.43%) Kibana
6 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 86 (36.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.68%) Adobe
3 9 (3.83%) Google
4 7 (2.98%) Oracle
5 6 (2.55%) Cisco
5 6 (2.55%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.55%) VMware
6 5 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.13%) Syncfusion
6 5 (2.13%) Telerik
7 4 (1.70%) iManage
7 4 (1.70%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.70%) SAP
8 3 (1.28%) Databricks
8 3 (1.28%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.85%) Dell
9 2 (0.85%) Meraki
9 2 (0.85%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.85%) SendGrid
9 2 (0.85%) Zscaler