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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 236 252
Rank change year-on-year +71 +16 -22
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 375 214 308
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 1.30% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 1.40% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 232 144 232
10th Percentile £36,325 £36,650 £35,631
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £40,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £72,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,775 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -6.32%

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 18,662 15,317 22,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.95% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 13,504 9,019 15,975
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,903 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,250 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +0.77% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 6 August 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 30 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.07%) Apache
3 4 (1.07%) CMS
4 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.80%) IIS
4 3 (0.80%) WordPress
5 2 (0.53%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 20 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.60%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.07%) Shopify
4 3 (0.80%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 80 (21.33%) Azure
2 58 (15.47%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (12.80%) Power Platform
4 36 (9.60%) SaaS
5 32 (8.53%) AWS
6 25 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 18 (4.80%) Power Automate
8 17 (4.53%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (4.53%) PowerApps
9 15 (4.00%) OneDrive
10 14 (3.73%) GCP
11 11 (2.93%) dbt
11 11 (2.93%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.13%) OCI
13 6 (1.60%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (1.60%) GitHub
13 6 (1.60%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
16 3 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.20%) Network Security
2 9 (2.40%) CHAP
3 7 (1.87%) Firewall
4 6 (1.60%) DNS
4 6 (1.60%) Fibre Channel
4 6 (1.60%) iSCSI
5 5 (1.33%) DHCP
5 5 (1.33%) VPN
6 3 (0.80%) Internet
6 3 (0.80%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.53%) SSL
7 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.27%) HTTP
8 1 (0.27%) Intranet
8 1 (0.27%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.53%) Power BI
2 17 (4.53%) Tableau
3 10 (2.67%) Metadata
4 8 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.60%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.60%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.07%) Big Data
7 3 (0.80%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.80%) Power Query
7 3 (0.80%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.27%) Db2
9 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.27%) MySQL
9 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.27%) Parquet
9 1 (0.27%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (1.07%) Git
1 4 (1.07%) JIRA
2 2 (0.53%) MLflow
3 1 (0.27%) Ant
3 1 (0.27%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.27%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 149 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 81 (21.60%) Finance
3 76 (20.27%) Legal
4 70 (18.67%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (16.53%) Retail
6 52 (13.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (10.93%) Law
8 39 (10.40%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (8.80%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (4.53%) Banking
11 15 (4.00%) Public Sector
12 13 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.93%) Financial Institution
14 8 (2.13%) Back Office
14 8 (2.13%) Marketing
15 7 (1.87%) Legal Technology
16 6 (1.60%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.60%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.33%) Local Government
18 4 (1.07%) Games
Job Titles
1 36 (9.60%) Senior
2 32 (8.53%) Architect
3 28 (7.47%) Service Manager
4 27 (7.20%) Lead
5 24 (6.40%) Analyst
5 24 (6.40%) Delivery Manager
5 24 (6.40%) Service Delivery Manager
6 21 (5.60%) Technical Architect
7 20 (5.33%) Developer
8 19 (5.07%) Data Manager
9 16 (4.27%) Governance Manager
9 16 (4.27%) Security Manager
10 15 (4.00%) Data Governance Analyst
10 15 (4.00%) Data Governance Manager
11 14 (3.73%) Information Manager
11 14 (3.73%) Information Security Manager
11 14 (3.73%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 11 (2.93%) Business Manager
12 11 (2.93%) IT Manager
12 11 (2.93%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.00%) HTML
2 10 (2.67%) CSS
3 9 (2.40%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (2.13%) HTML5 Canvas
4 8 (2.13%) REST
4 8 (2.13%) SPFx
5 6 (1.60%) React
6 5 (1.33%) .NET
7 4 (1.07%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.07%) Kafka
7 4 (1.07%) SOAP
8 3 (0.80%) JSON
8 3 (0.80%) Next.js
8 3 (0.80%) Spring
8 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.53%) PySpark
10 1 (0.27%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET Core
10 1 (0.27%) NgRx
10 1 (0.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 42 (11.20%) Data Protection Act
3 32 (8.53%) Product Ownership
4 29 (7.73%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (7.47%) Virtual Team
6 23 (6.13%) Security Posture
7 22 (5.87%) Onboarding
8 19 (5.07%) Cloud Native
9 16 (4.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (2.67%) Social Media
11 8 (2.13%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.87%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (1.87%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.87%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.87%) Podcast
13 6 (1.60%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.60%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.60%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.53%) Windows
2 4 (1.07%) Linux
2 4 (1.07%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.53%) Android
4 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.53%) Unix
4 2 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.27%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (32.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 94 (25.07%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (24.80%) Cybersecurity
4 87 (23.20%) Agile
5 85 (22.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 81 (21.60%) Information Security
7 75 (20.00%) AI
7 75 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 60 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 58 (15.47%) Risk Management
10 57 (15.20%) Incident Response
11 54 (14.40%) Service Delivery
12 53 (14.13%) Project Management
13 40 (10.67%) Analytics
13 40 (10.67%) Strategic Thinking
14 37 (9.87%) CI/CD
14 37 (9.87%) Disaster Recovery
15 36 (9.60%) Collaborative Working
16 35 (9.33%) Actionable Insight
16 35 (9.33%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.33%) JavaScript
2 17 (4.53%) SQL
3 11 (2.93%) Python
4 10 (2.67%) C#
5 8 (2.13%) Bicep
6 4 (1.07%) Java
7 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.80%) VBA
8 2 (0.53%) Bash
8 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.27%) Delphi
9 1 (0.27%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 42 (11.20%) CISSP
2 35 (9.33%) Degree
3 34 (9.07%) Security Cleared
4 30 (8.00%) CISM
5 27 (7.20%) SC Cleared
6 19 (5.07%) CISA
7 10 (2.67%) SANS
8 9 (2.40%) CGEIT
8 9 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.40%) CRISC
8 9 (2.40%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.40%) FFIEC
9 8 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (2.13%) CCSP
9 8 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 7 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.87%) ISACA
11 6 (1.60%) Dell Certification
12 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (33.87%) GDPR
2 50 (13.33%) Data Quality
3 49 (13.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (9.07%) NIST
5 21 (5.60%) Accessibility
6 19 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (4.53%) GRC
8 16 (4.27%) COBIT
8 16 (4.27%) PCI DSS
9 14 (3.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 13 (3.47%) SOC 2
11 11 (2.93%) ISO 22301
12 10 (2.67%) QA
13 7 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (1.87%) SOC 1
14 6 (1.60%) ISO 9001
14 6 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (1.60%) PMO
14 6 (1.60%) TickIT
15 4 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 8 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.60%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.60%) vSphere
3 5 (1.33%) Docker
4 4 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (3.73%) Terraform
2 6 (1.60%) Avamar
2 6 (1.60%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (1.60%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (1.60%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (1.60%) VxRail
3 5 (1.33%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) CASB
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 97 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.73%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.20%) OpenAI
4 8 (2.13%) Oracle
5 6 (1.60%) 3PAR
5 6 (1.60%) Dell
5 6 (1.60%) iManage
5 6 (1.60%) Isilon
5 6 (1.60%) NetApp
5 6 (1.60%) Nimble Storage
5 6 (1.60%) SAP
5 6 (1.60%) Veeam
5 6 (1.60%) VMware
6 5 (1.33%) Google
6 5 (1.33%) Sage
6 5 (1.33%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.07%) Freshdesk
8 3 (0.80%) Databricks
8 3 (0.80%) Workday
8 3 (0.80%) Xero