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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 236 231
Rank change year-on-year +17 -5 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 212 279 320
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 1.38% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.57% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 144 146 279
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,563 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,813 £81,575 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,100 £100,000 £86,484
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% +5.45%

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 15,258 17,763 21,997
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.69% 87.97% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,350 10,724 17,808
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,613 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,754 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% -1.19% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £81,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% - -

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 21 October 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 23 (10.85%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.89%) CMS
4 3 (1.42%) Confluence
4 3 (1.42%) IIS
5 2 (0.94%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.47%) Drupal
6 1 (0.47%) nginx
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.30%) Adobe XD
3 7 (3.30%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.83%) Trello
5 2 (0.94%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.94%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.47%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 12 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.94%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.94%) Endur
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.72%) Azure
2 46 (21.70%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (12.74%) AWS
4 18 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (7.55%) Entra ID
6 15 (7.08%) Power Platform
7 13 (6.13%) GCP
7 13 (6.13%) SaaS
8 9 (4.25%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (3.77%) OneDrive
10 7 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (3.30%) Figma
10 7 (3.30%) Miro
11 6 (2.83%) GitHub
12 5 (2.36%) IaaS
12 5 (2.36%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.26%) VPN
2 19 (8.96%) Firewall
3 12 (5.66%) Network Security
3 12 (5.66%) SD-WAN
3 12 (5.66%) WAN
4 11 (5.19%) Unified Communications
4 11 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (3.77%) VLAN
6 7 (3.30%) LAN
6 7 (3.30%) VoIP
7 5 (2.36%) SSL
7 5 (2.36%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.42%) BGP
9 3 (1.42%) DHCP
9 3 (1.42%) DNS
9 3 (1.42%) IPsec
9 3 (1.42%) OSPF
9 3 (1.42%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.25%) Power BI
3 8 (3.77%) Tableau
4 7 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.83%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.36%) Metadata
7 4 (1.89%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.89%) MySQL
8 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.47%) GIS
10 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.47%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (5.19%) JIRA
2 9 (4.25%) Git
3 4 (1.89%) PHPUnit
4 2 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) git-flow
General
1 92 (43.40%) Social Skills
2 52 (24.53%) Finance
3 38 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (16.04%) Legal
5 24 (11.32%) Marketing
6 22 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.13%) Law
8 12 (5.66%) Retail
9 10 (4.72%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.72%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.77%) Digital Health
11 6 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.89%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.42%) Advertising
13 3 (1.42%) German Language
13 3 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.94%) Back Office
14 2 (0.94%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (15.57%) Analyst
2 25 (11.79%) Senior
3 22 (10.38%) Developer
4 19 (8.96%) Lead
5 14 (6.60%) IT Support
6 13 (6.13%) IT Manager
7 12 (5.66%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.72%) Head of IT
9 9 (4.25%) IT Analyst
9 9 (4.25%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (3.30%) Head of IT Operations
11 7 (3.30%) Head of Operations
11 7 (3.30%) Software Developer
12 6 (2.83%) Digital Analyst
12 6 (2.83%) Security Engineer
12 6 (2.83%) Security Specialist
12 6 (2.83%) Support Analyst
12 6 (2.83%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.13%) JSON
2 11 (5.19%) .NET
2 11 (5.19%) HTML
2 11 (5.19%) REST
3 10 (4.72%) CSS
3 10 (4.72%) XML
4 9 (4.25%) Web Services
5 7 (3.30%) RESTful
6 5 (2.36%) .NET Framework
6 5 (2.36%) React
6 5 (2.36%) Universal Windows Platform
6 5 (2.36%) WinUI
6 5 (2.36%) WPF
7 4 (1.89%) EDI
7 4 (1.89%) Jest
7 4 (1.89%) jQuery
7 4 (1.89%) LAMP
7 4 (1.89%) Laravel
8 3 (1.42%) Handlebars
9 2 (0.94%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.98%) Management Information System
2 29 (13.68%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (4.72%) Social Media
4 9 (4.25%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.77%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.83%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.83%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.83%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (2.36%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.36%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.89%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.89%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (16.98%) Windows
2 8 (3.77%) Linux
2 8 (3.77%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.36%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.47%) Android
4 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (24.06%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (20.28%) Agile
4 42 (19.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (17.92%) Project Management
6 35 (16.51%) Service Delivery
7 32 (15.09%) Information Security
8 31 (14.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 30 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (13.68%) DevOps
11 27 (12.74%) Roadmaps
12 26 (12.26%) CRM
13 25 (11.79%) Budget Management
14 21 (9.91%) Analytics
14 21 (9.91%) Computer Science
14 21 (9.91%) ITIL
14 21 (9.91%) User Experience
15 20 (9.43%) Decision-Making
16 19 (8.96%) Customer Service
16 19 (8.96%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.51%) SQL
2 14 (6.60%) JavaScript
3 12 (5.66%) Python
4 10 (4.72%) C#
5 7 (3.30%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.83%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.89%) PHP
7 4 (1.89%) R
8 3 (1.42%) Bash
8 3 (1.42%) Go
8 3 (1.42%) Java
9 2 (0.94%) C++
10 1 (0.47%) Bicep
10 1 (0.47%) Groovy
10 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.47%) Ruby
10 1 (0.47%) Scala
10 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 70 (33.02%) Degree
2 24 (11.32%) DBS Check
3 15 (7.08%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (6.13%) PMI Certification
5 13 (6.13%) PMP
6 12 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.72%) AWS Certification
7 10 (4.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 10 (4.72%) Azure Certification
7 10 (4.72%) CCNP
8 9 (4.25%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.83%) CBAP
10 5 (2.36%) CCNA
10 5 (2.36%) CISA
10 5 (2.36%) CISSP
11 4 (1.89%) CISM
11 4 (1.89%) MCP
11 4 (1.89%) Security Cleared
12 2 (0.94%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (24.53%) GDPR
2 20 (9.43%) Accessibility
3 16 (7.55%) NIST
3 16 (7.55%) QA
4 15 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (6.60%) Data Quality
6 10 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.83%) SLA
8 5 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.36%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.89%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.89%) PERC
10 2 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.94%) COBIT
10 2 (0.94%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.94%) GRC
10 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.94%) NCSC
11 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 18 (8.49%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.25%) Docker
3 7 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.42%) Firmware
5 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.72%) Terraform
3 6 (2.83%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.36%) Autotask
5 4 (1.89%) Grafana
6 3 (1.42%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.42%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.94%) Ansible
7 2 (0.94%) SCOM
8 1 (0.47%) Argo
8 1 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.47%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.47%) Kibana
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 77 (36.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.19%) Adobe
3 10 (4.72%) Cisco
4 7 (3.30%) Google
4 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.30%) VMware
5 5 (2.36%) Oracle
5 5 (2.36%) Progress
5 5 (2.36%) SolarWinds
5 5 (2.36%) Syncfusion
5 5 (2.36%) Telerik
6 4 (1.89%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.89%) Civica
7 3 (1.42%) Dell
7 3 (1.42%) Meraki
7 3 (1.42%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.42%) SAP
7 3 (1.42%) Zscaler
8 2 (0.94%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.94%) ServiceNow