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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 173 234
Rank change year-on-year -3 +61 -11
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 253 267 427
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 2.00% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.11% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 167 189 367
10th Percentile £30,750 £41,250 £36,002
25th Percentile £46,375 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +12.15% -2.73%
75th Percentile £89,750 £78,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,695 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.64%

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 14,862 12,659 29,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.70% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,395 8,961 23,539
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 22 April 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 9 (3.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.98%) CMS
3 2 (0.79%) Apache
3 2 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.79%) IIS
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.19%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.79%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.79%) Shopify
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 64 (25.30%) Azure
2 38 (15.02%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (11.07%) SaaS
4 17 (6.72%) AWS
4 17 (6.72%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.53%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.74%) GCP
7 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.37%) GitHub
9 6 (2.37%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.58%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.19%) OCI
11 3 (1.19%) Serverless
12 2 (0.79%) Algolia
12 2 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.79%) Cloud Functions
12 2 (0.79%) Sentry
12 2 (0.79%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.28%) CHAP
2 16 (6.32%) Firewall
3 13 (5.14%) DNS
4 10 (3.95%) DHCP
5 9 (3.56%) Network Security
6 7 (2.77%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.37%) VPN
8 5 (1.98%) WAN
9 4 (1.58%) LAN
10 3 (1.19%) PuTTY
11 1 (0.40%) Broadband
11 1 (0.40%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.40%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.40%) Multicast
11 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.40%) SMS
11 1 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.53%) Power BI
2 5 (1.98%) Metadata
3 4 (1.58%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.19%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.19%) Power Query
4 3 (1.19%) Tableau
5 2 (0.79%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.40%) Big Data
6 1 (0.40%) DB2
6 1 (0.40%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Git
2 5 (1.98%) JIRA
3 3 (1.19%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.19%) Maven
3 3 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.79%) Storybook
5 1 (0.40%) ERwin
5 1 (0.40%) GCC
5 1 (0.40%) GDB
5 1 (0.40%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.40%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.40%) MLflow
General
1 118 (46.64%) Social Skills
2 79 (31.23%) Finance
3 57 (22.53%) Legal
4 38 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (12.25%) Banking
6 30 (11.86%) Law
7 27 (10.67%) Financial Institution
8 22 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (8.70%) Retail
9 19 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (4.35%) Marketing
11 8 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.37%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.37%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.98%) Local Government
14 4 (1.58%) Aviation
14 4 (1.58%) Games
15 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.79%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 26 (10.28%) Auditor
2 25 (9.88%) Internal Auditor
2 25 (9.88%) Security Auditor
3 20 (7.91%) Lead
4 18 (7.11%) Security Manager
5 17 (6.72%) IT Manager
6 15 (5.93%) Analyst
7 14 (5.53%) Developer
7 14 (5.53%) Information Manager
8 12 (4.74%) Senior
9 11 (4.35%) Architect
9 11 (4.35%) Information Security Manager
9 11 (4.35%) Security Engineer
10 9 (3.56%) Administrator
10 9 (3.56%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (3.16%) IT Support
12 7 (2.77%) Business Manager
12 7 (2.77%) Information Security Engineer
12 7 (2.77%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.77%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.37%) .NET
2 5 (1.98%) CSS
2 5 (1.98%) HTML
3 4 (1.58%) Middleware
3 4 (1.58%) REST
3 4 (1.58%) SOAP
4 3 (1.19%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.19%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (1.19%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.19%) JWT
4 3 (1.19%) OAuth
4 3 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.19%) RAML
4 3 (1.19%) RESTful
5 2 (0.79%) Express.js
5 2 (0.79%) HTML5
5 2 (0.79%) Jest
5 2 (0.79%) Universal Windows Platform
5 2 (0.79%) WinUI
5 2 (0.79%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 61 (24.11%) Management Information System
2 26 (10.28%) Data Protection Act
3 20 (7.91%) Onboarding
4 18 (7.11%) Security Posture
5 15 (5.93%) Cloud Native
6 13 (5.14%) Blockchain
7 12 (4.74%) Product Ownership
8 11 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.77%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.77%) Podcast
10 6 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.98%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.58%) NHS
13 3 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.19%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.49%) Windows
2 8 (3.16%) Linux
2 8 (3.16%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.37%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.79%) Unix
4 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.40%) AIX
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.83%) Information Security
2 76 (30.04%) Cybersecurity
3 66 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (23.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 60 (23.72%) Risk Management
5 58 (22.92%) Incident Response
6 53 (20.95%) Agile
7 49 (19.37%) Project Management
8 45 (17.79%) Analytics
9 44 (17.39%) Vulnerability Management
10 43 (17.00%) Decision-Making
11 40 (15.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 33 (13.04%) Data Analytics
12 33 (13.04%) Validation
13 31 (12.25%) Internal Audit
14 30 (11.86%) PRINCE2
14 30 (11.86%) Risk Assessment
15 28 (11.07%) AI
15 28 (11.07%) Test Strategy
16 27 (10.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.35%) Python
1 11 (4.35%) SQL
2 10 (3.95%) Bicep
3 9 (3.56%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.77%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.37%) Java
6 5 (1.98%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.58%) C#
8 3 (1.19%) VBA
9 2 (0.79%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.40%) Bash
10 1 (0.40%) C++
10 1 (0.40%) Scala
10 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (17.00%) CISSP
2 37 (14.62%) Degree
3 35 (13.83%) CISM
4 32 (12.65%) CISA
5 26 (10.28%) CGEIT
5 26 (10.28%) FFIEC
5 26 (10.28%) SANS
6 13 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (4.74%) Security Cleared
8 11 (4.35%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.95%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.77%) CEH
11 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.58%) ACCA
12 4 (1.58%) CIMA
12 4 (1.58%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (1.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (1.58%) Postgraduate
13 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (36.36%) GDPR
2 43 (17.00%) NIST
3 32 (12.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (11.46%) COBIT
5 21 (8.30%) Data Quality
6 20 (7.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (6.72%) Accessibility
8 10 (3.95%) QA
9 9 (3.56%) GRC
9 9 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.56%) PCI DSS
9 9 (3.56%) SOC 2
10 6 (2.37%) TickIT
11 5 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (1.58%) HIPAA
13 3 (1.19%) NCSC
13 3 (1.19%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.79%) PMO
14 2 (0.79%) SOC 1
System Software
1 15 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) Docker
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.53%) Terraform
2 12 (4.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.98%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) Avamar
4 1 (0.40%) CASB
4 1 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 76 (30.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.56%) Google
2 9 (3.56%) iManage
3 7 (2.77%) Freshdesk
3 7 (2.77%) Oracle
3 7 (2.77%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.37%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.98%) Sage
5 5 (1.98%) VMware
6 4 (1.58%) Databricks
6 4 (1.58%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.58%) Xero
7 3 (1.19%) SAP
7 3 (1.19%) Workday
8 2 (0.79%) Adobe
8 2 (0.79%) Cisco
8 2 (0.79%) Citrix
8 2 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.79%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.79%) Syncfusion