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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 175 228
Rank change year-on-year +6 +53 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 231 311 381
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 1.95% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 2.06% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 161 177 330
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,017 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £49,134 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £65,000 £54,825
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +18.56% +3.44%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £72,375
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,239 £65,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -11.94% +21.50% -2.73%

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 13,835 15,102 25,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.68% 94.55% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,819 8,974 20,920
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,759
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,478
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.73% -6.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 5 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 14 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.87%) CMS
3 2 (0.87%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) nginx
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.03%) Adobe XD
4 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Endur
3 1 (0.43%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (31.60%) Azure
2 41 (17.75%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (11.26%) Entra ID
4 20 (8.66%) AWS
5 17 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.06%) GCP
7 12 (5.19%) SaaS
8 10 (4.33%) GitHub
9 9 (3.90%) Power Platform
10 7 (3.03%) Figma
10 7 (3.03%) Miro
11 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (2.16%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.16%) IaaS
13 4 (1.73%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.73%) Power Automate
14 3 (1.30%) Serverless
14 3 (1.30%) Stripe
15 2 (0.87%) Algolia
15 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.26%) Firewall
2 23 (9.96%) VPN
3 18 (7.79%) CHAP
4 15 (6.49%) Network Security
5 13 (5.63%) WAN
6 11 (4.76%) DNS
7 9 (3.90%) DHCP
7 9 (3.90%) LAN
7 9 (3.90%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.46%) SD-WAN
8 8 (3.46%) VLAN
8 8 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.60%) Unified Communications
10 5 (2.16%) SSL
11 4 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.73%) VoIP
12 3 (1.30%) BGP
12 3 (1.30%) OSPF
12 3 (1.30%) PuTTY
12 3 (1.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.90%) Power BI
1 9 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.73%) Metadata
3 3 (1.30%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.30%) Tableau
4 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
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%) Power Query
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.03%) Git
2 6 (2.60%) JIRA
3 3 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.30%) Maven
3 3 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.87%) ERwin
4 2 (0.87%) Storybook
5 1 (0.43%) GCC
5 1 (0.43%) GDB
5 1 (0.43%) git-flow
General
1 118 (51.08%) Social Skills
2 66 (28.57%) Finance
3 41 (17.75%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (16.88%) Legal
5 20 (8.66%) Banking
5 20 (8.66%) Financial Institution
5 20 (8.66%) Law
6 19 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.76%) Marketing
8 9 (3.90%) Retail
9 8 (3.46%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.03%) Digital Health
10 7 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.03%) Local Government
11 6 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.16%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.73%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.30%) Advertising
14 3 (1.30%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (10.82%) Lead
2 23 (9.96%) Developer
3 19 (8.23%) Analyst
3 19 (8.23%) IT Support
4 18 (7.79%) Auditor
4 18 (7.79%) Internal Auditor
4 18 (7.79%) IT Manager
4 18 (7.79%) Security Auditor
5 15 (6.49%) Senior
6 12 (5.19%) IT Engineer
7 11 (4.76%) Security Engineer
8 10 (4.33%) Security Manager
9 9 (3.90%) Head of IT
9 9 (3.90%) IT Analyst
10 8 (3.46%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.03%) Applications Developer
11 7 (3.03%) Architect
11 7 (3.03%) IT Support Engineer
11 7 (3.03%) Software Developer
11 7 (3.03%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.63%) .NET
2 8 (3.46%) REST
3 7 (3.03%) .NET Framework
3 7 (3.03%) Universal Windows Platform
3 7 (3.03%) WinUI
3 7 (3.03%) WPF
4 6 (2.60%) JSON
4 6 (2.60%) XML
5 5 (2.16%) CSS
5 5 (2.16%) Middleware
6 4 (1.73%) HTML
6 4 (1.73%) OAuth
6 4 (1.73%) SOAP
6 4 (1.73%) Web Services
7 3 (1.30%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (1.30%) Node.js
7 3 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.30%) RAML
7 3 (1.30%) React Native
7 3 (1.30%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 56 (24.24%) Management Information System
2 27 (11.69%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.33%) Blockchain
4 10 (4.33%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.46%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.03%) e-Learning
6 7 (3.03%) NHS
6 7 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.16%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.16%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.16%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.73%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.73%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 35 (15.15%) Windows
2 14 (6.06%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.33%) Linux
4 4 (1.73%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.30%) Android
5 3 (1.30%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (27.71%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (25.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (23.81%) Information Security
4 53 (22.94%) Agile
5 49 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (19.91%) Project Management
7 43 (18.61%) Analytics
8 40 (17.32%) Incident Response
8 40 (17.32%) Risk Management
9 36 (15.58%) Service Delivery
9 36 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 32 (13.85%) DevOps
11 26 (11.26%) Computer Science
11 26 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (10.82%) Data Analytics
12 25 (10.82%) Data Governance
12 25 (10.82%) ITIL
13 24 (10.39%) Coaching
13 24 (10.39%) Roadmaps
14 23 (9.96%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.96%) SQL
2 8 (3.46%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.60%) C#
3 6 (2.60%) Java
4 5 (2.16%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.16%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.16%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.73%) Python
6 3 (1.30%) Bicep
7 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.43%) Bash
8 1 (0.43%) C++
8 1 (0.43%) Groovy
8 1 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 59 (25.54%) Degree
2 24 (10.39%) DBS Check
3 23 (9.96%) CISSP
4 22 (9.52%) CISA
5 21 (9.09%) CISM
6 18 (7.79%) CGEIT
6 18 (7.79%) FFIEC
6 18 (7.79%) SANS
7 17 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.90%) Security Cleared
11 8 (3.46%) Azure Certification
12 7 (3.03%) CCNA
12 7 (3.03%) CCNP
12 7 (3.03%) Master's Degree
12 7 (3.03%) PMI Certification
12 7 (3.03%) SC Cleared
13 5 (2.16%) AWS Certification
13 5 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (28.14%) GDPR
2 30 (12.99%) NIST
3 25 (10.82%) Accessibility
4 22 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (8.23%) COBIT
6 17 (7.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (5.63%) Data Quality
8 8 (3.46%) QA
9 7 (3.03%) SLA
10 6 (2.60%) GRC
11 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (2.16%) PCI DSS
11 5 (2.16%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (1.73%) PERC
13 3 (1.30%) HIPAA
13 3 (1.30%) ISO 9001
13 3 (1.30%) WCAG
14 2 (0.87%) GMP
14 2 (0.87%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.30%) Docker
3 3 (1.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (8.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.76%) Terraform
3 7 (3.03%) Ansible
4 5 (2.16%) Autotask
5 3 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.87%) Grafana
6 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.43%) Argo
7 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.43%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.43%) Kibana
7 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 88 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.19%) Adobe
3 9 (3.90%) Cisco
4 8 (3.46%) Google
5 7 (3.03%) Oracle
5 7 (3.03%) Syncfusion
5 7 (3.03%) Telerik
5 7 (3.03%) VMware
6 6 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.16%) iManage
8 4 (1.73%) Progress
8 4 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.30%) Databricks
9 3 (1.30%) Dell
9 3 (1.30%) Meraki
9 3 (1.30%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.30%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.30%) SAP
9 3 (1.30%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.30%) Zscaler