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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 206 226
Rank change year-on-year +27 +20 -7
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 257 258 443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.39% 1.77% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.87% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 169 170 373
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £35,755
25th Percentile £48,374 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +9.79% -0.64%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £99,273 £96,375 £86,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.09%

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 15,280 13,822 29,655
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 95.02% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,821 8,823 23,459
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 12 May 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 10 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.95%) CMS
4 3 (1.17%) Apache
4 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.78%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (8.17%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.56%) Shopify
3 3 (1.17%) BambooHR
3 3 (1.17%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 66 (25.68%) Azure
2 34 (13.23%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (9.73%) SaaS
4 22 (8.56%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.39%) AWS
6 17 (6.61%) Microsoft Purview
7 14 (5.45%) Entra ID
8 13 (5.06%) GCP
9 8 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (3.11%) GitHub
10 7 (2.72%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.56%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.17%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.17%) Serverless
13 2 (0.78%) Algolia
13 2 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.78%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.95%) CHAP
2 11 (4.28%) Firewall
3 10 (3.89%) Network Security
4 8 (3.11%) DNS
5 6 (2.33%) VPN
6 5 (1.95%) DHCP
7 4 (1.56%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.17%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (1.17%) iSCSI
8 3 (1.17%) PuTTY
8 3 (1.17%) WAN
9 2 (0.78%) LAN
10 1 (0.39%) Broadband
10 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.39%) SMS
10 1 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.56%) Power BI
2 11 (4.28%) Tableau
3 6 (2.33%) Metadata
4 4 (1.56%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.17%) Power Query
6 2 (0.78%) Big Data
6 2 (0.78%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.78%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.39%) DB2
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.39%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (3.11%) Git
2 5 (1.95%) JIRA
3 3 (1.17%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.17%) Maven
3 3 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.78%) MLflow
4 2 (0.78%) Storybook
5 1 (0.39%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 117 (45.53%) Social Skills
2 74 (28.79%) Finance
3 58 (22.57%) Legal
4 32 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (11.67%) Law
6 28 (10.89%) Banking
7 27 (10.51%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (9.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (9.34%) Financial Institution
10 22 (8.56%) Retail
11 11 (4.28%) Marketing
12 10 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.72%) Public Sector
14 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (2.33%) Local Government
14 6 (2.33%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.56%) Aviation
15 4 (1.56%) Games
15 4 (1.56%) Manufacturing
16 3 (1.17%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 23 (8.95%) Auditor
2 22 (8.56%) Internal Auditor
2 22 (8.56%) Security Auditor
3 21 (8.17%) Lead
4 18 (7.00%) Security Manager
5 17 (6.61%) Analyst
6 16 (6.23%) IT Manager
7 15 (5.84%) Senior
8 14 (5.45%) Information Manager
9 13 (5.06%) Developer
9 13 (5.06%) Information Security Manager
10 12 (4.67%) Governance Manager
11 11 (4.28%) Architect
12 10 (3.89%) Administrator
12 10 (3.89%) Security Engineer
13 9 (3.50%) Data Governance Analyst
13 9 (3.50%) Data Governance Manager
13 9 (3.50%) Data Manager
13 9 (3.50%) Infrastructure Manager
14 8 (3.11%) Data Protection Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.95%) CSS
1 5 (1.95%) HTML
2 4 (1.56%) .NET
2 4 (1.56%) REST
2 4 (1.56%) SOAP
3 3 (1.17%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (1.17%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.17%) JWT
3 3 (1.17%) Middleware
3 3 (1.17%) OAuth
3 3 (1.17%) RAML
3 3 (1.17%) RESTful
4 2 (0.78%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.78%) CSS3
4 2 (0.78%) Express.js
4 2 (0.78%) Jest
4 2 (0.78%) Next.js
4 2 (0.78%) Node.js
4 2 (0.78%) React
4 2 (0.78%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 55 (21.40%) Management Information System
2 26 (10.12%) Data Protection Act
3 20 (7.78%) Onboarding
3 20 (7.78%) Product Ownership
4 17 (6.61%) Security Posture
5 15 (5.84%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.28%) Blockchain
6 11 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.72%) Podcast
8 6 (2.33%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.56%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.56%) NHS
9 4 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.56%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.17%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.17%) PMI
10 3 (1.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.00%) Windows
2 8 (3.11%) Linux
3 6 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.78%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.78%) Unix
5 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.39%) AIX
6 1 (0.39%) Android
6 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.35%) Information Security
2 71 (27.63%) Cybersecurity
3 63 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (21.79%) Incident Response
5 54 (21.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (20.23%) Agile
6 52 (20.23%) Risk Management
7 49 (19.07%) Decision-Making
8 45 (17.51%) Project Management
9 44 (17.12%) Vulnerability Management
10 42 (16.34%) Analytics
11 39 (15.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 33 (12.84%) AI
13 31 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (11.67%) Validation
15 28 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
15 28 (10.89%) Data Analytics
15 28 (10.89%) Data Governance
15 28 (10.89%) Internal Audit
15 28 (10.89%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.67%) Python
2 10 (3.89%) Bicep
2 10 (3.89%) SQL
3 9 (3.50%) JavaScript
3 9 (3.50%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.33%) Java
4 6 (2.33%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.56%) C#
6 3 (1.17%) VBA
7 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.39%) Bash
8 1 (0.39%) Scala
8 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (16.34%) CISSP
2 35 (13.62%) Degree
3 33 (12.84%) CISM
4 30 (11.67%) CISA
5 23 (8.95%) CGEIT
5 23 (8.95%) FFIEC
5 23 (8.95%) SANS
6 15 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.28%) DBS Check
8 10 (3.89%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.50%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.72%) CEH
10 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.95%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.56%) ACCA
12 4 (1.56%) CIMA
13 3 (1.17%) CIPD
13 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.17%) Dell Certification
13 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (37.74%) GDPR
2 41 (15.95%) NIST
3 31 (12.06%) Data Quality
3 31 (12.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (10.12%) COBIT
5 17 (6.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (6.23%) Accessibility
7 10 (3.89%) PCI DSS
7 10 (3.89%) QA
8 9 (3.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (2.72%) GRC
10 6 (2.33%) SOC 2
10 6 (2.33%) TickIT
11 4 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (1.56%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.56%) PMO
12 3 (1.17%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.78%) IFRS
System Software
1 10 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.17%) vSphere
5 2 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (5.06%) Terraform
2 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.56%) Ansible
4 3 (1.17%) Avamar
4 3 (1.17%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (1.17%) EMC NetWorker
4 3 (1.17%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (1.17%) VxRail
5 1 (0.39%) CASB
5 1 (0.39%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 65 (25.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.50%) iManage
3 7 (2.72%) Google
3 7 (2.72%) Salesforce
3 7 (2.72%) VMware
4 5 (1.95%) Oracle
4 5 (1.95%) Sage
5 4 (1.56%) Databricks
5 4 (1.56%) Freshdesk
5 4 (1.56%) MuleSoft
5 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.56%) Xero
6 3 (1.17%) 3PAR
6 3 (1.17%) Dell
6 3 (1.17%) Isilon
6 3 (1.17%) NetApp
6 3 (1.17%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (1.17%) SAP
6 3 (1.17%) Veeam
6 3 (1.17%) Workday
125 hybrid/remote Data Protection jobs