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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 204 219
Rank change year-on-year +42 +15 -31
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 236 303 296
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.55% 1.54% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.71% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 162 167 264
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,550 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +6.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,938 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,200 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.00% +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 13,869 17,760 19,877
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.80% 90.35% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,747 10,711 16,110
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 29 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 23 (9.75%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.27%) CMS
3 3 (1.27%) IIS
4 2 (0.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.85%) 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 16 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.97%) Adobe XD
4 4 (1.69%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.85%) Trello
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.42%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Endur
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.42%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 77 (32.63%) Azure
2 51 (21.61%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (11.86%) AWS
4 19 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (8.05%) Entra ID
5 15 (6.36%) GCP
6 14 (5.93%) SaaS
7 12 (5.08%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.39%) GitHub
9 7 (2.97%) Figma
9 7 (2.97%) Miro
9 7 (2.97%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.54%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.12%) IaaS
12 4 (1.69%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.27%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.02%) Firewall
1 26 (11.02%) VPN
2 17 (7.20%) Network Security
3 15 (6.36%) WAN
4 12 (5.08%) SD-WAN
5 11 (4.66%) Unified Communications
5 11 (4.66%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (4.24%) LAN
7 9 (3.81%) DHCP
7 9 (3.81%) DNS
8 8 (3.39%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.39%) VLAN
9 7 (2.97%) VoIP
10 6 (2.54%) CHAP
11 5 (2.12%) SSL
12 4 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.27%) BGP
13 3 (1.27%) IPsec
13 3 (1.27%) OSPF
13 3 (1.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.39%) Tableau
3 7 (2.97%) Power BI
3 7 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.54%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.69%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.69%) Metadata
6 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.85%) 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 6 (2.54%) Git
2 5 (2.12%) JIRA
3 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.85%) ERwin
5 1 (0.42%) GCC
5 1 (0.42%) GDB
5 1 (0.42%) git-flow
5 1 (0.42%) Maven
5 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 118 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 56 (23.73%) Finance
3 48 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (16.10%) Legal
5 22 (9.32%) Marketing
6 19 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (8.05%) Law
7 14 (5.93%) Retail
8 11 (4.66%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.24%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.39%) Banking
10 8 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.97%) Digital Health
11 7 (2.97%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.97%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.27%) Advertising
13 3 (1.27%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (13.98%) Analyst
2 26 (11.02%) Senior
3 25 (10.59%) Developer
4 21 (8.90%) Lead
5 20 (8.47%) IT Support
6 16 (6.78%) IT Manager
7 13 (5.51%) Head of IT
7 13 (5.51%) IT Engineer
8 11 (4.66%) IT Analyst
8 11 (4.66%) Security Engineer
9 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) Head of IT Operations
10 9 (3.81%) Head of Operations
10 9 (3.81%) Software Developer
10 9 (3.81%) Support Analyst
10 9 (3.81%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.39%) Architect
11 8 (3.39%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) IT Support Analyst
12 7 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.36%) .NET
2 13 (5.51%) JSON
3 10 (4.24%) XML
4 9 (3.81%) Web Services
5 8 (3.39%) REST
6 7 (2.97%) .NET Framework
6 7 (2.97%) Universal Windows Platform
6 7 (2.97%) WinUI
6 7 (2.97%) WPF
7 5 (2.12%) CSS
7 5 (2.12%) HTML
8 3 (1.27%) Handlebars
8 3 (1.27%) Middleware
8 3 (1.27%) React Native
8 3 (1.27%) RESTful
8 3 (1.27%) SOAP
9 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.85%) OAuth
9 2 (0.85%) OpenID
9 2 (0.85%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.64%) Management Information System
2 32 (13.56%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (3.81%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.39%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.97%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (2.54%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.54%) e-Learning
8 6 (2.54%) Freedom of Information
8 6 (2.54%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.12%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.12%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.12%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.12%) Social Media
10 4 (1.69%) Digital Media
10 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (17.37%) Windows
2 11 (4.66%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.24%) Linux
4 5 (2.12%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.27%) Android
6 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.15%) Cybersecurity
1 57 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (22.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 47 (19.92%) Agile
4 43 (18.22%) Information Security
5 40 (16.95%) Project Management
6 35 (14.83%) Service Delivery
7 34 (14.41%) DevOps
7 34 (14.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 32 (13.56%) Roadmaps
9 29 (12.29%) Risk Management
9 29 (12.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (11.44%) ITIL
11 26 (11.02%) Analytics
11 26 (11.02%) Customer Service
11 26 (11.02%) Incident Response
12 24 (10.17%) Computer Science
13 23 (9.75%) Business Continuity
14 22 (9.32%) CRM
14 22 (9.32%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.98%) SQL
2 11 (4.66%) JavaScript
2 11 (4.66%) Python
3 9 (3.81%) C#
4 7 (2.97%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.54%) 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 2 (0.85%) Java
9 1 (0.42%) Groovy
9 1 (0.42%) Ruby
9 1 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (28.39%) Degree
2 20 (8.47%) DBS Check
3 16 (6.78%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.08%) CISSP
7 11 (4.66%) CISA
8 10 (4.24%) Azure Certification
8 10 (4.24%) CCNP
8 10 (4.24%) CISM
8 10 (4.24%) Master's Degree
9 9 (3.81%) PMI Certification
9 9 (3.81%) PMP
10 8 (3.39%) AWS Certification
10 8 (3.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.39%) Security Cleared
11 6 (2.54%) CGEIT
11 6 (2.54%) FFIEC
11 6 (2.54%) SANS
11 6 (2.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (26.69%) GDPR
2 23 (9.75%) Accessibility
3 22 (9.32%) NIST
4 19 (8.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (4.66%) Data Quality
6 11 (4.66%) QA
7 6 (2.54%) COBIT
7 6 (2.54%) PERC
7 6 (2.54%) SLA
7 6 (2.54%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.12%) GRC
9 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.69%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.85%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.85%) NCSC
11 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (9.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.69%) Docker
4 3 (1.27%) Firmware
5 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.93%) Terraform
3 5 (2.12%) Ansible
3 5 (2.12%) Autotask
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 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.85%) 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 93 (39.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.66%) Adobe
2 11 (4.66%) Cisco
3 9 (3.81%) Google
4 8 (3.39%) Oracle
5 7 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.97%) Syncfusion
5 7 (2.97%) Telerik
6 6 (2.54%) VMware
7 5 (2.12%) Progress
7 5 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.12%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.69%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.69%) Civica
8 4 (1.69%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.27%) Databricks
9 3 (1.27%) Dell
9 3 (1.27%) Meraki
9 3 (1.27%) SAP
9 3 (1.27%) Zscaler