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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 232 242
Rank change year-on-year +54 +10 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 276 219 442
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 1.48% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.56% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 181 144 364
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £69,063
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.17%

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 15,838 14,066 30,071
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.29% 94.75% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,315 8,250 23,532
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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% -9.69%

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 4 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 11 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.45%) CMS
4 3 (1.09%) Apache
4 3 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.72%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.45%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (1.45%) Shopify
3 3 (1.09%) BambooHR
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 69 (25.00%) Azure
2 36 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (11.59%) Power Platform
4 25 (9.06%) SaaS
5 24 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 22 (7.97%) AWS
7 15 (5.43%) Entra ID
7 15 (5.43%) GCP
8 8 (2.90%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.54%) GitHub
10 6 (2.17%) Nutanix
10 6 (2.17%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.45%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.09%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.09%) Serverless
13 2 (0.72%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.61%) CHAP
2 8 (2.90%) DNS
2 8 (2.90%) Firewall
3 6 (2.17%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (2.17%) iSCSI
3 6 (2.17%) Network Security
3 6 (2.17%) VPN
4 5 (1.81%) DHCP
5 4 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.09%) WAN
7 2 (0.72%) Internet
7 2 (0.72%) LAN
8 1 (0.36%) Broadband
8 1 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.36%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.36%) PuTTY
8 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.36%) SSL
8 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.51%) Power BI
2 17 (6.16%) Tableau
3 7 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.17%) Metadata
5 4 (1.45%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.45%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.09%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.09%) Power Query
7 2 (0.72%) Big Data
7 2 (0.72%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.72%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.36%) DB2
8 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.36%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.36%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.17%) Git
2 5 (1.81%) JIRA
3 2 (0.72%) MLflow
3 2 (0.72%) Storybook
4 1 (0.36%) Ant
4 1 (0.36%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.36%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.36%) Maven
4 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 123 (44.57%) Social Skills
2 77 (27.90%) Finance
3 66 (23.91%) Legal
4 34 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (11.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (11.96%) Law
6 27 (9.78%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (9.42%) Banking
7 26 (9.42%) Retail
8 22 (7.97%) Financial Institution
9 12 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.99%) Marketing
11 7 (2.54%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.17%) Local Government
12 6 (2.17%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.45%) Aviation
13 4 (1.45%) Back Office
13 4 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.45%) Games
13 4 (1.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (8.70%) Lead
2 21 (7.61%) Analyst
2 21 (7.61%) Auditor
2 21 (7.61%) Senior
3 20 (7.25%) Internal Auditor
3 20 (7.25%) Security Auditor
4 17 (6.16%) Governance Manager
5 16 (5.80%) Data Manager
5 16 (5.80%) Security Manager
6 15 (5.43%) Architect
6 15 (5.43%) Data Governance Analyst
6 15 (5.43%) Data Governance Manager
7 14 (5.07%) Information Manager
8 13 (4.71%) Information Security Manager
8 13 (4.71%) IT Manager
9 12 (4.35%) Administrator
10 11 (3.99%) Consultant
10 11 (3.99%) Developer
11 9 (3.26%) Infrastructure Manager
11 9 (3.26%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.54%) CSS
1 7 (2.54%) HTML
2 4 (1.45%) REST
3 3 (1.09%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.09%) JWT
3 3 (1.09%) Middleware
3 3 (1.09%) Next.js
3 3 (1.09%) OAuth
3 3 (1.09%) React
3 3 (1.09%) RESTful
4 2 (0.72%) .NET
4 2 (0.72%) Express.js
4 2 (0.72%) Jest
4 2 (0.72%) Kafka
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.72%) RxJS
4 2 (0.72%) Sass
4 2 (0.72%) SOAP
4 2 (0.72%) Spring
4 2 (0.72%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.20%) Management Information System
2 28 (10.14%) Data Protection Act
2 28 (10.14%) Product Ownership
3 21 (7.61%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.80%) Cloud Native
5 15 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (5.07%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.62%) Blockchain
8 7 (2.54%) Podcast
9 6 (2.17%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (2.17%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (2.17%) Low-Code
9 6 (2.17%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 5 (1.81%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.81%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.52%) Windows
2 6 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.81%) Linux
4 4 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.72%) Android
5 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.72%) Unix
5 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.36%) AIX
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (27.17%) Information Security
2 67 (24.28%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (22.46%) Agile
4 61 (22.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 61 (22.10%) Decision-Making
5 54 (19.57%) Incident Response
6 49 (17.75%) Risk Management
7 47 (17.03%) Analytics
8 43 (15.58%) Project Management
8 43 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 43 (15.58%) Vulnerability Management
9 42 (15.22%) AI
9 42 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 38 (13.77%) Data Governance
11 34 (12.32%) Business Intelligence
12 31 (11.23%) Data Management
13 28 (10.14%) Validation
14 26 (9.42%) Data Analytics
14 26 (9.42%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.07%) SQL
2 12 (4.35%) Python
3 10 (3.62%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.26%) Bicep
5 8 (2.90%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.17%) Java
7 5 (1.81%) C#
7 5 (1.81%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.09%) VBA
9 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.36%) Bash
10 1 (0.36%) Scala
10 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (14.86%) CISSP
2 32 (11.59%) CISM
2 32 (11.59%) Degree
3 27 (9.78%) CISA
4 22 (7.97%) SANS
5 21 (7.61%) CGEIT
5 21 (7.61%) FFIEC
6 12 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.35%) Security Cleared
7 11 (3.99%) DBS Check
7 11 (3.99%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.17%) Dell Certification
9 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.81%) CEH
11 4 (1.45%) ACCA
11 4 (1.45%) CIMA
11 4 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.09%) CCSP
12 3 (1.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (40.22%) GDPR
2 39 (14.13%) NIST
3 37 (13.41%) Data Quality
4 31 (11.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (9.06%) COBIT
6 18 (6.52%) Accessibility
7 16 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (5.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 12 (4.35%) PCI DSS
10 10 (3.62%) QA
11 8 (2.90%) GRC
12 7 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (2.54%) PMO
13 6 (2.17%) SOC 2
13 6 (2.17%) TickIT
14 4 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (1.45%) HIPAA
15 3 (1.09%) SOC 1
16 2 (0.72%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 11 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.17%) vSphere
4 4 (1.45%) Docker
4 4 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.36%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (5.07%) Terraform
2 8 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.17%) Avamar
3 6 (2.17%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (2.17%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (2.17%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (2.17%) VxRail
4 3 (1.09%) Ansible
4 3 (1.09%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.36%) CASB
5 1 (0.36%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 70 (25.36%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.62%) VMware
3 9 (3.26%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.90%) iManage
5 6 (2.17%) 3PAR
5 6 (2.17%) Dell
5 6 (2.17%) Google
5 6 (2.17%) Isilon
5 6 (2.17%) NetApp
5 6 (2.17%) Nimble Storage
5 6 (2.17%) Veeam
6 5 (1.81%) Sage
7 4 (1.45%) Databricks
7 4 (1.45%) Freshdesk
7 4 (1.45%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.45%) Xero
8 3 (1.09%) Citrix
8 3 (1.09%) Oracle
8 3 (1.09%) SAP
8 3 (1.09%) Workday