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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 164 237
Rank change year-on-year -14 +73 -12
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 250 268 431
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.41% 2.03% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.14% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 164 190 371
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,063 £45,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,020 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.37% +10.09% -0.91%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,063 £68,750
90th Percentile £105,032 £98,474 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.83% +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 14,746 12,526 29,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.22% 94.76% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10,299 8,909 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,436 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.51%

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 April 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 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.00%) CMS
4 2 (0.80%) Apache
4 2 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.80%) IIS
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.20%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.80%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.80%) Shopify
4 1 (0.40%) Endur
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 63 (25.20%) Azure
2 36 (14.40%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (10.80%) SaaS
4 17 (6.80%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.40%) AWS
6 14 (5.60%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.80%) GCP
8 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.40%) GitHub
10 6 (2.40%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.20%) OCI
11 3 (1.20%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.20%) Serverless
12 2 (0.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.80%) Cloud Functions
12 2 (0.80%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.80%) Sentry
12 2 (0.80%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.00%) CHAP
2 16 (6.40%) Firewall
3 14 (5.60%) DNS
4 11 (4.40%) DHCP
5 8 (3.20%) Network Security
6 7 (2.80%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.40%) VPN
7 6 (2.40%) WAN
8 5 (2.00%) LAN
9 3 (1.20%) PuTTY
10 1 (0.40%) Broadband
10 1 (0.40%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.40%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.40%) Multicast
10 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.40%) SMS
10 1 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.60%) Power BI
2 5 (2.00%) Metadata
2 5 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.20%) Power Query
3 3 (1.20%) Tableau
4 2 (0.80%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.40%) Big Data
5 1 (0.40%) DB2
5 1 (0.40%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.40%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.40%) Git
2 5 (2.00%) JIRA
3 3 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.20%) Maven
3 3 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.80%) ERwin
4 2 (0.80%) Storybook
5 1 (0.40%) GCC
5 1 (0.40%) GDB
5 1 (0.40%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.40%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.40%) MLflow
General
1 117 (46.80%) Social Skills
2 79 (31.60%) Finance
3 54 (21.60%) Legal
4 38 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (12.80%) Law
6 29 (11.60%) Banking
7 26 (10.40%) Financial Institution
8 21 (8.40%) Retail
9 20 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (4.40%) Marketing
12 8 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.40%) Local Government
13 6 (2.40%) Telecoms
14 5 (2.00%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.60%) Aviation
15 4 (1.60%) Games
15 4 (1.60%) Manufacturing
16 3 (1.20%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (10.00%) Auditor
2 24 (9.60%) Internal Auditor
2 24 (9.60%) Security Auditor
3 21 (8.40%) Lead
4 17 (6.80%) IT Manager
5 16 (6.40%) Security Manager
6 15 (6.00%) Analyst
6 15 (6.00%) Developer
7 12 (4.80%) Information Manager
7 12 (4.80%) Senior
8 11 (4.40%) Architect
8 11 (4.40%) IT Support
8 11 (4.40%) Security Engineer
9 9 (3.60%) Administrator
9 9 (3.60%) Information Security Manager
9 9 (3.60%) Infrastructure Manager
10 7 (2.80%) Business Manager
10 7 (2.80%) Information Security Engineer
10 7 (2.80%) Product Manager
10 7 (2.80%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.40%) .NET
2 5 (2.00%) CSS
2 5 (2.00%) HTML
2 5 (2.00%) Middleware
2 5 (2.00%) REST
3 4 (1.60%) SOAP
4 3 (1.20%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.20%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (1.20%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.20%) JWT
4 3 (1.20%) OAuth
4 3 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.20%) RAML
4 3 (1.20%) RESTful
5 2 (0.80%) Jest
5 2 (0.80%) React Native
5 2 (0.80%) RxJS
5 2 (0.80%) Sass
5 2 (0.80%) Universal Windows Platform
5 2 (0.80%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (23.20%) Management Information System
2 26 (10.40%) Data Protection Act
3 19 (7.60%) Onboarding
4 17 (6.80%) Security Posture
5 14 (5.60%) Cloud Native
6 13 (5.20%) Blockchain
7 12 (4.80%) Product Ownership
8 10 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.80%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.80%) Podcast
10 5 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.60%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.60%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.60%) NHS
12 3 (1.20%) Culture of Ownership
12 3 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.20%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.00%) Windows
2 9 (3.60%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.20%) Linux
4 6 (2.40%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.80%) Android
5 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.80%) Unix
5 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.40%) AIX
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.80%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (28.00%) Information Security
3 65 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (24.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (22.80%) Risk Management
6 55 (22.00%) Incident Response
7 52 (20.80%) Agile
8 48 (19.20%) Project Management
9 44 (17.60%) Analytics
10 43 (17.20%) Decision-Making
11 41 (16.40%) Vulnerability Management
12 39 (15.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 33 (13.20%) Validation
14 32 (12.80%) Data Analytics
15 30 (12.00%) Internal Audit
16 29 (11.60%) AI
16 29 (11.60%) PRINCE2
16 29 (11.60%) Risk Assessment
17 28 (11.20%) DevOps
18 27 (10.80%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.60%) SQL
2 11 (4.40%) Python
3 10 (4.00%) Bicep
4 9 (3.60%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.40%) Java
7 5 (2.00%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.60%) C#
9 3 (1.20%) VBA
10 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.40%) Bash
11 1 (0.40%) C++
11 1 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 41 (16.40%) CISSP
2 38 (15.20%) Degree
3 33 (13.20%) CISM
4 30 (12.00%) CISA
5 25 (10.00%) CGEIT
5 25 (10.00%) FFIEC
5 25 (10.00%) SANS
6 13 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.40%) DBS Check
7 11 (4.40%) Security Cleared
8 10 (4.00%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.80%) CEH
9 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.60%) ACCA
10 4 (1.60%) CIMA
10 4 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (1.60%) Postgraduate
11 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (34.40%) GDPR
2 40 (16.00%) NIST
3 30 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (10.80%) COBIT
5 22 (8.80%) Data Quality
6 19 (7.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (6.80%) Accessibility
8 10 (4.00%) QA
9 9 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 8 (3.20%) SOC 2
11 7 (2.80%) GRC
11 7 (2.80%) PCI DSS
12 6 (2.40%) TickIT
13 5 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (1.60%) HIPAA
15 3 (1.20%) NCSC
15 3 (1.20%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.80%) PERC
16 2 (0.80%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.00%) Terraform
2 12 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) Avamar
4 1 (0.40%) CASB
4 1 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 78 (31.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.60%) Google
2 9 (3.60%) iManage
3 7 (2.80%) Oracle
3 7 (2.80%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.40%) Freshdesk
4 6 (2.40%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.00%) Databricks
5 5 (2.00%) Sage
5 5 (2.00%) VMware
6 4 (1.60%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.60%) SAP
6 4 (1.60%) Xero
7 3 (1.20%) Workday
8 2 (0.80%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.80%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.80%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.80%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.80%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.80%) Syncfusion