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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 164 223
Rank change year-on-year -9 +59 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 250 277 445
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 2.13% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 2.25% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 162 198 372
10th Percentile £29,640 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £106,677 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,250 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.42% +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 14,438 12,307 28,972
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.43% 94.78% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10,082 8,885 23,509
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £33,800
25th Percentile £44,447 £46,000 £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% -10.57%

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 10 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 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.00%) CMS
3 2 (0.80%) IIS
4 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%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.80%) BambooHR
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.80%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.80%) Shopify
3 1 (0.40%) Endur
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.60%) Azure
2 36 (14.40%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (10.80%) SaaS
4 17 (6.80%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.40%) AWS
6 12 (4.80%) Power Platform
7 11 (4.40%) GCP
8 7 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.40%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.00%) GitHub
11 3 (1.20%) OCI
11 3 (1.20%) Serverless
11 3 (1.20%) Stripe
12 2 (0.80%) Algolia
12 2 (0.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.80%) Cloud Functions
12 2 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.80%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.80%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.00%) CHAP
2 17 (6.80%) Firewall
3 14 (5.60%) DNS
4 11 (4.40%) DHCP
5 9 (3.60%) Network Security
6 7 (2.80%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.80%) VPN
7 6 (2.40%) WAN
8 5 (2.00%) LAN
9 3 (1.20%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.40%) Broadband
11 1 (0.40%) Multicast
11 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.40%) SMS
11 1 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.80%) Power BI
2 6 (2.40%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.20%) Metadata
3 3 (1.20%) Power Query
3 3 (1.20%) Tableau
4 2 (0.80%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.40%) DB2
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (2.80%) 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
General
1 115 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 78 (31.20%) Finance
3 52 (20.80%) Legal
4 41 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (12.00%) Law
6 29 (11.60%) Banking
7 26 (10.40%) Financial Institution
8 21 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (7.60%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (7.60%) Retail
10 11 (4.40%) Marketing
11 7 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.80%) Local Government
12 6 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.40%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.60%) Aviation
13 4 (1.60%) Games
13 4 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.60%) Public Sector
14 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 18 (7.20%) Developer
5 16 (6.40%) Analyst
5 16 (6.40%) IT Manager
6 15 (6.00%) Security Manager
7 13 (5.20%) IT Support
8 12 (4.80%) Security Engineer
9 11 (4.40%) Information Manager
9 11 (4.40%) Senior
10 9 (3.60%) Administrator
10 9 (3.60%) Architect
10 9 (3.60%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (3.20%) Information Security Manager
11 8 (3.20%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.80%) Business Manager
12 7 (2.80%) Information Security Engineer
12 7 (2.80%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.80%) .NET
2 6 (2.40%) CSS
2 6 (2.40%) Middleware
2 6 (2.40%) REST
3 5 (2.00%) HTML
4 4 (1.60%) SOAP
5 3 (1.20%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.20%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.20%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.20%) EDI
5 3 (1.20%) JWT
5 3 (1.20%) OAuth
5 3 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.20%) RAML
5 3 (1.20%) React Native
5 3 (1.20%) RESTful
5 3 (1.20%) Sass
6 2 (0.80%) Jest
6 2 (0.80%) Universal Windows Platform
6 2 (0.80%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (23.20%) Management Information System
2 24 (9.60%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (7.20%) 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%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.60%) NHS
12 3 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.20%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.20%) PMI
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 3 (1.20%) Android
5 3 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.80%) Unix
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (28.40%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (27.20%) Information Security
3 64 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (24.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (22.80%) Incident Response
6 55 (22.00%) Risk Management
7 53 (21.20%) Agile
8 50 (20.00%) Project Management
9 43 (17.20%) Analytics
10 41 (16.40%) Decision-Making
11 40 (16.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 39 (15.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 33 (13.20%) Validation
14 32 (12.80%) Data Analytics
15 29 (11.60%) AI
15 29 (11.60%) Internal Audit
15 29 (11.60%) PRINCE2
15 29 (11.60%) Risk Assessment
16 27 (10.80%) Test Strategy
17 26 (10.40%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.40%) SQL
2 10 (4.00%) Python
3 9 (3.60%) Bicep
3 9 (3.60%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.20%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.40%) Java
5 6 (2.40%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.60%) C#
7 3 (1.20%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.20%) VBA
8 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.40%) Bash
9 1 (0.40%) C++
9 1 (0.40%) Ruby
9 1 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 40 (16.00%) CISSP
2 39 (15.60%) Degree
3 32 (12.80%) CISM
4 29 (11.60%) CISA
5 25 (10.00%) CGEIT
5 25 (10.00%) FFIEC
5 25 (10.00%) SANS
6 12 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.40%) DBS Check
8 10 (4.00%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.60%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.80%) CEH
12 4 (1.60%) ACCA
12 4 (1.60%) CIMA
12 4 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (1.60%) Postgraduate
13 3 (1.20%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (32.80%) GDPR
2 40 (16.00%) NIST
3 29 (11.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (10.80%) COBIT
5 20 (8.00%) Accessibility
6 19 (7.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (7.60%) Data Quality
7 10 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 10 (4.00%) QA
8 8 (3.20%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.80%) GRC
9 7 (2.80%) PCI DSS
10 5 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (1.60%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.60%) TickIT
12 3 (1.20%) SLA
13 2 (0.80%) GMP
13 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (5.60%) Terraform
2 12 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) CASB
4 1 (0.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 77 (30.80%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.60%) Google
2 9 (3.60%) iManage
3 8 (3.20%) Oracle
3 8 (3.20%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.20%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.40%) Freshdesk
5 4 (1.60%) Databricks
5 4 (1.60%) MuleSoft
5 4 (1.60%) Sage
5 4 (1.60%) SAP
5 4 (1.60%) VMware
6 3 (1.20%) Adobe
6 3 (1.20%) Xero
7 2 (0.80%) Cisco
7 2 (0.80%) Citrix
7 2 (0.80%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.80%) Syncfusion
7 2 (0.80%) Telerik
7 2 (0.80%) Workday