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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 217 233
Rank change year-on-year +50 +16 -41
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 237 283 298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.55% 1.44% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.63% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 164 155 264
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,839 £43,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £79,813 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £87,068
UK median annual salary £54,987 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.02% +4.17% +4.35%

All Process and 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 13,987 17,399 20,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.56% 88.82% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,773 10,336 16,477
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 19 November 2025.

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 26 (10.97%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.27%) CMS
3 3 (1.27%) IIS
4 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.42%) Drupal
5 1 (0.42%) nginx
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.95%) Adobe XD
4 3 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.84%) Trello
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.42%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (4.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) Endur
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.42%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (31.22%) Azure
2 52 (21.94%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (10.97%) AWS
4 20 (8.44%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (8.02%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.91%) GCP
6 14 (5.91%) Power Platform
6 14 (5.91%) SaaS
7 8 (3.38%) GitHub
7 8 (3.38%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.38%) Power Automate
8 7 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (2.95%) Figma
8 7 (2.95%) Miro
9 5 (2.11%) IaaS
9 5 (2.11%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.27%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.55%) Firewall
1 25 (10.55%) VPN
2 15 (6.33%) Network Security
2 15 (6.33%) WAN
3 12 (5.06%) SD-WAN
4 11 (4.64%) Unified Communications
4 11 (4.64%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (4.22%) LAN
6 9 (3.80%) DHCP
6 9 (3.80%) DNS
7 8 (3.38%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.38%) VLAN
8 7 (2.95%) VoIP
9 6 (2.53%) CHAP
10 5 (2.11%) SSL
11 4 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.27%) BGP
12 3 (1.27%) IPsec
12 3 (1.27%) OSPF
12 3 (1.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.64%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.38%) Power BI
2 8 (3.38%) Tableau
3 7 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.69%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.69%) Metadata
6 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.84%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.42%) GIS
8 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Git
1 5 (2.11%) JIRA
2 2 (0.84%) ERwin
2 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.42%) GCC
3 1 (0.42%) GDB
3 1 (0.42%) git-flow
General
1 117 (49.37%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.32%) Finance
3 49 (20.68%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (15.61%) Legal
5 25 (10.55%) Marketing
6 20 (8.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (7.59%) Law
8 14 (5.91%) Retail
9 10 (4.22%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.22%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.38%) Banking
11 7 (2.95%) Digital Health
11 7 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.95%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.95%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.27%) Advertising
12 3 (1.27%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (15.19%) Analyst
2 26 (10.97%) Senior
3 23 (9.70%) Developer
4 20 (8.44%) IT Support
5 19 (8.02%) Lead
6 15 (6.33%) IT Manager
7 12 (5.06%) Head of IT
7 12 (5.06%) IT Analyst
7 12 (5.06%) IT Engineer
8 9 (3.80%) Head of IT Operations
8 9 (3.80%) Head of Operations
8 9 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (3.80%) Security Engineer
8 9 (3.80%) Software Developer
8 9 (3.80%) Support Analyst
8 9 (3.80%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.38%) Architect
9 8 (3.38%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (3.38%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.33%) .NET
2 13 (5.49%) JSON
3 10 (4.22%) XML
4 9 (3.80%) Web Services
5 7 (2.95%) .NET Framework
5 7 (2.95%) REST
5 7 (2.95%) Universal Windows Platform
5 7 (2.95%) WinUI
5 7 (2.95%) WPF
6 6 (2.53%) HTML
7 5 (2.11%) CSS
8 3 (1.27%) EDI
8 3 (1.27%) Handlebars
8 3 (1.27%) Middleware
8 3 (1.27%) React Native
8 3 (1.27%) RESTful
9 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.84%) OpenID
9 2 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.84%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.72%) Management Information System
2 31 (13.08%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (4.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.80%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.38%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.53%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.53%) Freedom of Information
6 6 (2.53%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.11%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.11%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.11%) e-Learning
7 5 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.11%) Social Media
8 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.69%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (16.88%) Windows
2 11 (4.64%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.38%) Linux
4 5 (2.11%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.27%) Android
6 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.47%) Cybersecurity
1 58 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (22.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 47 (19.83%) Agile
4 41 (17.30%) Information Security
4 41 (17.30%) Project Management
5 35 (14.77%) Service Delivery
6 34 (14.35%) DevOps
6 34 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 32 (13.50%) Roadmaps
8 29 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (11.81%) Analytics
10 27 (11.39%) Risk Management
11 26 (10.97%) ITIL
12 25 (10.55%) Customer Service
13 24 (10.13%) Incident Response
14 23 (9.70%) CRM
14 23 (9.70%) User Experience
15 22 (9.28%) Business Continuity
15 22 (9.28%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.35%) SQL
2 12 (5.06%) JavaScript
2 12 (5.06%) Python
3 10 (4.22%) C#
4 7 (2.95%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.69%) R
7 3 (1.27%) Bash
7 3 (1.27%) Bicep
7 3 (1.27%) C++
7 3 (1.27%) Go
7 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.42%) Groovy
8 1 (0.42%) Java
8 1 (0.42%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.42%) Ruby
8 1 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (29.11%) Degree
2 21 (8.86%) DBS Check
3 15 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (5.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.64%) CISA
6 11 (4.64%) CISSP
7 10 (4.22%) Azure Certification
7 10 (4.22%) CCNP
7 10 (4.22%) CISM
7 10 (4.22%) Master's Degree
8 9 (3.80%) PMI Certification
8 9 (3.80%) PMP
9 8 (3.38%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.95%) Security Cleared
11 6 (2.53%) CBAP
11 6 (2.53%) CGEIT
11 6 (2.53%) FFIEC
11 6 (2.53%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (26.58%) GDPR
2 22 (9.28%) Accessibility
3 21 (8.86%) NIST
4 18 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (5.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (4.64%) Data Quality
6 11 (4.64%) QA
7 7 (2.95%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.53%) COBIT
8 6 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.53%) PERC
8 6 (2.53%) SLA
9 5 (2.11%) GRC
10 4 (1.69%) PCI DSS
11 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.84%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.84%) NCSC
13 1 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.42%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 23 (9.70%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.69%) Docker
4 3 (1.27%) Firmware
5 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.91%) Terraform
3 5 (2.11%) Autotask
4 4 (1.69%) Ansible
4 4 (1.69%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.27%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.27%) Grafana
5 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.84%) SCOM
7 1 (0.42%) Argo
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.42%) Kibana
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 95 (40.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.22%) Adobe
2 10 (4.22%) Cisco
3 9 (3.80%) Google
4 7 (2.95%) Oracle
4 7 (2.95%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.95%) Syncfusion
4 7 (2.95%) Telerik
5 6 (2.53%) VMware
6 5 (2.11%) Progress
6 5 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.11%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.69%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.69%) Civica
7 4 (1.69%) Freshdesk
8 3 (1.27%) Databricks
8 3 (1.27%) Dell
8 3 (1.27%) Meraki
8 3 (1.27%) SAP
8 3 (1.27%) Zscaler