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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 212 231
Rank change year-on-year +50 +19 -38
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 234 283 300
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.54% 1.45% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.63% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 162 155 265
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,780 £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 £77,563 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,200 £100,000 £88,968
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 13,910 17,357 20,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.63% 88.77% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,713 10,295 16,664
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,813
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 18 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 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.28%) CMS
3 3 (1.28%) IIS
4 2 (0.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Drupal
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.99%) Adobe XD
4 3 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.85%) Trello
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (4.27%) 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 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (31.62%) Azure
2 52 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (11.11%) AWS
4 20 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (8.12%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.98%) GCP
6 14 (5.98%) Power Platform
7 13 (5.56%) SaaS
8 8 (3.42%) GitHub
8 8 (3.42%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.42%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.99%) Figma
9 7 (2.99%) Miro
10 5 (2.14%) IaaS
10 5 (2.14%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.28%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.68%) Firewall
1 25 (10.68%) VPN
2 15 (6.41%) Network Security
2 15 (6.41%) WAN
3 12 (5.13%) SD-WAN
4 11 (4.70%) Unified Communications
4 11 (4.70%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (4.27%) LAN
6 9 (3.85%) DHCP
6 9 (3.85%) DNS
7 8 (3.42%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.42%) VLAN
8 7 (2.99%) VoIP
9 5 (2.14%) SSL
10 4 (1.71%) CHAP
10 4 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.28%) BGP
11 3 (1.28%) IPsec
11 3 (1.28%) OSPF
11 3 (1.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.42%) Power BI
2 8 (3.42%) Tableau
3 7 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.56%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.71%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.71%) Metadata
6 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.43%) GIS
8 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Git
1 5 (2.14%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) ERwin
2 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.43%) GCC
3 1 (0.43%) GDB
3 1 (0.43%) git-flow
General
1 115 (49.15%) Social Skills
2 58 (24.79%) Finance
3 49 (20.94%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (15.81%) Legal
5 25 (10.68%) Marketing
6 20 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (7.69%) Law
8 14 (5.98%) Retail
9 10 (4.27%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.27%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.99%) Digital Health
10 7 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.99%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.56%) Banking
12 5 (2.14%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.28%) Advertising
13 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.28%) Automotive
13 3 (1.28%) German Language
13 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (15.38%) Analyst
2 26 (11.11%) Senior
3 22 (9.40%) Developer
4 20 (8.55%) IT Support
5 19 (8.12%) Lead
6 15 (6.41%) IT Manager
7 12 (5.13%) Head of IT
7 12 (5.13%) IT Analyst
7 12 (5.13%) IT Engineer
8 9 (3.85%) Head of IT Operations
8 9 (3.85%) Head of Operations
8 9 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (3.85%) Security Engineer
8 9 (3.85%) Software Developer
8 9 (3.85%) Support Analyst
8 9 (3.85%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.42%) Architect
9 8 (3.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (3.42%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.98%) .NET
2 13 (5.56%) JSON
3 10 (4.27%) XML
4 9 (3.85%) Web Services
5 7 (2.99%) .NET Framework
5 7 (2.99%) REST
5 7 (2.99%) Universal Windows Platform
5 7 (2.99%) WinUI
5 7 (2.99%) WPF
6 6 (2.56%) HTML
7 5 (2.14%) CSS
8 3 (1.28%) EDI
8 3 (1.28%) Handlebars
8 3 (1.28%) Middleware
8 3 (1.28%) RESTful
9 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.85%) OpenID
9 2 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.85%) React Native
9 2 (0.85%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.09%) Management Information System
2 30 (12.82%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (4.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.42%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.56%) Freedom of Information
6 6 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.14%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.14%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.14%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.14%) e-Learning
7 5 (2.14%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.14%) Social Media
8 4 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.71%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (17.09%) Windows
2 11 (4.70%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.42%) Linux
4 5 (2.14%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.71%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.85%) Android
6 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (23.93%) Cybersecurity
3 54 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (19.23%) Agile
5 39 (16.67%) Information Security
5 39 (16.67%) Project Management
6 35 (14.96%) Service Delivery
7 34 (14.53%) DevOps
8 32 (13.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (13.25%) Roadmaps
10 29 (12.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (11.11%) ITIL
12 25 (10.68%) Analytics
12 25 (10.68%) Customer Service
12 25 (10.68%) Risk Management
13 23 (9.83%) CRM
13 23 (9.83%) User Experience
14 22 (9.40%) Business Continuity
14 22 (9.40%) Computer Science
14 22 (9.40%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.53%) SQL
2 12 (5.13%) Python
3 11 (4.70%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.27%) C#
5 7 (2.99%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.14%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.71%) R
8 3 (1.28%) Bash
8 3 (1.28%) Bicep
8 3 (1.28%) C++
8 3 (1.28%) Go
9 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.43%) Groovy
10 1 (0.43%) Java
10 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.43%) Ruby
10 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (29.49%) Degree
2 21 (8.97%) DBS Check
3 15 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.27%) Azure Certification
6 10 (4.27%) CCNP
6 10 (4.27%) Master's Degree
7 9 (3.85%) CISA
7 9 (3.85%) CISSP
7 9 (3.85%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.85%) PMP
8 8 (3.42%) AWS Certification
8 8 (3.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.42%) CISM
9 7 (2.99%) Security Cleared
10 6 (2.56%) CBAP
11 5 (2.14%) CCNA
11 5 (2.14%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.71%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (26.07%) GDPR
2 22 (9.40%) Accessibility
3 19 (8.12%) NIST
4 18 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (5.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (4.70%) Data Quality
6 11 (4.70%) QA
7 7 (2.99%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.56%) PERC
8 6 (2.56%) SLA
9 5 (2.14%) GRC
10 4 (1.71%) COBIT
10 4 (1.71%) PCI DSS
11 3 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.85%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.85%) NCSC
13 1 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.43%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 23 (9.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.71%) Docker
4 3 (1.28%) Firmware
5 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (7.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.98%) Terraform
3 5 (2.14%) Autotask
4 4 (1.71%) Ansible
4 4 (1.71%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.28%) Grafana
5 3 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.85%) SCOM
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%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 95 (40.60%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.27%) Adobe
2 10 (4.27%) Cisco
3 9 (3.85%) Google
4 7 (2.99%) Oracle
4 7 (2.99%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.99%) Syncfusion
4 7 (2.99%) Telerik
5 6 (2.56%) VMware
6 5 (2.14%) Progress
6 5 (2.14%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.14%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.71%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.71%) Civica
7 4 (1.71%) Freshdesk
8 3 (1.28%) Databricks
8 3 (1.28%) Dell
8 3 (1.28%) Meraki
8 3 (1.28%) SAP
8 3 (1.28%) Zscaler