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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 239 242
Rank change year-on-year +64 +3 -17
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 299 216 444
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.47% 1.38% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.46% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 193 140 358
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,107 £35,631
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +13.21% -4.46%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £94,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,850 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.42% +20.00% -10.18%

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 16,752 14,765 30,420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 94.42% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12,192 8,606 23,487
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 25 June 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 19 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.67%) CMS
4 3 (1.00%) Apache
4 3 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.00%) IIS
4 3 (1.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.34%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (1.34%) Shopify
3 3 (1.00%) BambooHR
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 73 (24.41%) Azure
2 45 (15.05%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (12.71%) Power Platform
4 33 (11.04%) SaaS
5 26 (8.70%) AWS
6 24 (8.03%) Microsoft Purview
7 14 (4.68%) Entra ID
8 12 (4.01%) GCP
8 12 (4.01%) OneDrive
9 11 (3.68%) Power Automate
10 9 (3.01%) PowerApps
11 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.01%) GitHub
12 6 (2.01%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.34%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (1.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.69%) CHAP
2 8 (2.68%) DNS
2 8 (2.68%) Firewall
2 8 (2.68%) Network Security
3 6 (2.01%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (2.01%) iSCSI
4 5 (1.67%) DHCP
5 4 (1.34%) VPN
6 3 (1.00%) Internet
6 3 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.67%) SSL
7 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.33%) HTTP
8 1 (0.33%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.33%) LAN
8 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.03%) Power BI
2 17 (5.69%) Tableau
3 8 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.67%) Metadata
4 5 (1.67%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.34%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.00%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.00%) Power Query
7 2 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.67%) Big Data
7 2 (0.67%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.33%) Db2
8 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.33%) MySQL
8 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.33%) Parquet
8 1 (0.33%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Git
1 3 (1.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.67%) MLflow
3 1 (0.33%) Ant
3 1 (0.33%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.33%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 126 (42.14%) Social Skills
2 83 (27.76%) Finance
3 69 (23.08%) Legal
4 40 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (12.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (10.70%) Law
6 32 (10.70%) Retail
7 29 (9.70%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (8.36%) Banking
9 17 (5.69%) Financial Institution
10 13 (4.35%) Public Sector
11 11 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (3.34%) Marketing
13 8 (2.68%) Back Office
14 7 (2.34%) Legal Technology
15 6 (2.01%) Local Government
15 6 (2.01%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (1.34%) Aviation
17 4 (1.34%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (8.36%) Lead
2 24 (8.03%) Senior
3 23 (7.69%) Analyst
4 19 (6.35%) Architect
5 17 (5.69%) Auditor
6 16 (5.35%) Data Manager
6 16 (5.35%) Internal Auditor
6 16 (5.35%) Security Auditor
6 16 (5.35%) Security Manager
7 15 (5.02%) Data Governance Analyst
7 15 (5.02%) Data Governance Manager
7 15 (5.02%) Governance Manager
8 14 (4.68%) Developer
9 13 (4.35%) Information Manager
9 13 (4.35%) Information Security Manager
10 12 (4.01%) Administrator
11 10 (3.34%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.34%) Consultant
11 10 (3.34%) IT Manager
11 10 (3.34%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.01%) HTML
2 6 (2.01%) CSS
3 5 (1.67%) REST
4 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (1.00%) JSON
5 3 (1.00%) Kafka
5 3 (1.00%) Next.js
5 3 (1.00%) React
5 3 (1.00%) SPFx
5 3 (1.00%) Spring
5 3 (1.00%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.67%) .NET
6 2 (0.67%) PySpark
7 1 (0.33%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.33%) JWT
7 1 (0.33%) NgRx
7 1 (0.33%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 52 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 35 (11.71%) Data Protection Act
3 27 (9.03%) Product Ownership
4 23 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (6.35%) Onboarding
5 19 (6.35%) Security Posture
6 17 (5.69%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (2.68%) Blockchain
9 7 (2.34%) Freedom of Information
9 7 (2.34%) Freedom of Information Act
9 7 (2.34%) Podcast
10 6 (2.01%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (2.01%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.01%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (2.01%) Low-Code
10 6 (2.01%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 5 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (1.67%) Social Media
12 4 (1.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.02%) Windows
2 5 (1.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.34%) Linux
3 4 (1.34%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.67%) Android
4 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.67%) Unix
4 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.33%) AIX
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (26.76%) Information Security
2 78 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
3 77 (25.75%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (23.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 70 (23.41%) Decision-Making
5 67 (22.41%) Agile
6 60 (20.07%) Incident Response
7 56 (18.73%) Risk Management
8 50 (16.72%) AI
9 45 (15.05%) Analytics
10 44 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 42 (14.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 40 (13.38%) Vulnerability Management
13 39 (13.04%) Data Governance
14 38 (12.71%) Project Management
15 33 (11.04%) Business Intelligence
16 31 (10.37%) SIEM
17 29 (9.70%) Data Management
18 28 (9.36%) Disaster Recovery
18 28 (9.36%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.68%) SQL
2 13 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 12 (4.01%) Python
4 8 (2.68%) Bicep
5 6 (2.01%) C#
6 5 (1.67%) Java
6 5 (1.67%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.00%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.00%) VBA
8 2 (0.67%) Bash
9 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.33%) Delphi
9 1 (0.33%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 47 (15.72%) CISSP
2 38 (12.71%) CISM
3 34 (11.37%) Degree
4 27 (9.03%) CISA
5 18 (6.02%) SANS
6 17 (5.69%) CGEIT
6 17 (5.69%) FFIEC
7 16 (5.35%) Security Cleared
8 13 (4.35%) SC Cleared
9 12 (4.01%) DBS Check
10 9 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (3.01%) CRISC
11 7 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.34%) ISACA
11 7 (2.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (2.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (2.01%) CCSP
12 6 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.01%) Dell Certification
13 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (39.80%) GDPR
2 42 (14.05%) Data Quality
2 42 (14.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (13.71%) NIST
4 25 (8.36%) COBIT
5 21 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (6.02%) Accessibility
6 18 (6.02%) PCI DSS
7 14 (4.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 13 (4.35%) GRC
9 12 (4.01%) SOC 2
10 8 (2.68%) QA
11 7 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (2.34%) SOC 1
12 6 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (2.01%) PMO
12 6 (2.01%) TickIT
13 4 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (1.34%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.67%) IFRS
System Software
1 10 (3.34%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.01%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.01%) vSphere
4 5 (1.67%) Docker
5 4 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 13 (4.35%) Terraform
2 6 (2.01%) Avamar
2 6 (2.01%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (2.01%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (2.01%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.01%) VxRail
3 4 (1.34%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.00%) Ansible
5 1 (0.33%) CASB
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 78 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.34%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.01%) VMware
4 7 (2.34%) iManage
5 6 (2.01%) 3PAR
5 6 (2.01%) Dell
5 6 (2.01%) Isilon
5 6 (2.01%) NetApp
5 6 (2.01%) Nimble Storage
5 6 (2.01%) Veeam
6 5 (1.67%) Oracle
6 5 (1.67%) Sage
7 4 (1.34%) Freshdesk
7 4 (1.34%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.34%) Xero
8 3 (1.00%) Citrix
8 3 (1.00%) Databricks
8 3 (1.00%) SAP
8 3 (1.00%) Workday
9 2 (0.67%) Apple