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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 239 251
Rank change year-on-year +98 +12 -23
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 463 203 294
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.91% 1.25% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 1.34% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 284 135 169
10th Percentile £36,750 £38,750 £36,950
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £79,063 £81,250 £72,250
90th Percentile £91,269 £91,050 £93,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -6.78%

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 19,802 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.49% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,194 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 17 September 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 40 (8.64%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.86%) Apache
4 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.65%) WordPress
5 2 (0.43%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.65%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.30%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.65%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.43%) Shopify
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.22%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 88 (19.01%) Azure
2 73 (15.77%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (14.04%) Power Platform
4 50 (10.80%) SaaS
5 34 (7.34%) Microsoft Copilot
6 31 (6.70%) AWS
7 30 (6.48%) Microsoft Purview
8 28 (6.05%) PowerApps
9 25 (5.40%) OneDrive
10 23 (4.97%) Power Automate
11 17 (3.67%) Entra ID
12 14 (3.02%) Copilot Studio
12 14 (3.02%) GCP
13 13 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (2.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 12 (2.59%) dbt
15 11 (2.38%) OCI
16 10 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (1.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.24%) Network Security
2 7 (1.51%) DNS
3 6 (1.30%) DHCP
3 6 (1.30%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (1.30%) iSCSI
3 6 (1.30%) VPN
4 5 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.86%) CHAP
5 4 (0.86%) Internet
5 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.65%) Firewall
7 2 (0.43%) 5G
7 2 (0.43%) LAN
7 2 (0.43%) SSL
7 2 (0.43%) WAN
8 1 (0.22%) 2G
8 1 (0.22%) 3GPP
8 1 (0.22%) HTTP
8 1 (0.22%) Intranet
8 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.29%) Power BI
2 25 (5.40%) Metadata
3 17 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.02%) Tableau
5 13 (2.81%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (2.16%) DynamoDB
7 10 (2.16%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.16%) Star Schema
8 9 (1.94%) Amazon QuickSight
8 9 (1.94%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.94%) Snowflake Schema
9 8 (1.73%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.30%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.08%) Big Data
12 4 (0.86%) Power Query
13 3 (0.65%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.22%) Parquet
14 1 (0.22%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 13 (2.81%) Git
2 6 (1.30%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.86%) JIRA
4 2 (0.43%) MLflow
5 1 (0.22%) Ant
5 1 (0.22%) Flyway
General
1 175 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 120 (25.92%) Legal
3 107 (23.11%) Finance
4 82 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (14.47%) Retail
6 60 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (12.53%) Law
8 55 (11.88%) Influencing Skills
9 45 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (6.91%) Public Sector
11 18 (3.89%) Marketing
12 17 (3.67%) Banking
13 13 (2.81%) Back Office
13 13 (2.81%) Local Government
14 12 (2.59%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.94%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.51%) Aviation
17 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
18 4 (0.86%) Billing
Job Titles
1 51 (11.02%) Senior
2 49 (10.58%) Architect
3 32 (6.91%) Lead
4 30 (6.48%) Analyst
5 28 (6.05%) Service Manager
6 27 (5.83%) Technical Architect
7 24 (5.18%) Delivery Manager
7 24 (5.18%) Service Delivery Manager
8 22 (4.75%) Data Manager
9 21 (4.54%) Developer
10 20 (4.32%) Procurement Officer
11 19 (4.10%) Business Manager
12 18 (3.89%) Security Manager
13 16 (3.46%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 15 (3.24%) Governance Manager
14 15 (3.24%) Information Manager
14 15 (3.24%) Information Security Manager
15 14 (3.02%) Data Governance Analyst
15 14 (3.02%) Data Governance Manager
16 13 (2.81%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.67%) HTML
2 13 (2.81%) Microsoft Graph
2 13 (2.81%) REST
3 12 (2.59%) SPFx
4 11 (2.38%) Terraform
5 10 (2.16%) CSS
6 8 (1.73%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (1.30%) Langfuse
7 6 (1.30%) Middleware
7 6 (1.30%) Model Context Protocol
7 6 (1.30%) React
8 5 (1.08%) .NET
8 5 (1.08%) SOAP
9 4 (0.86%) Kafka
10 3 (0.65%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.65%) JSON
10 3 (0.65%) Next.js
10 3 (0.65%) Spring
10 3 (0.65%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.88%) Management Information System
2 48 (10.37%) Data Protection Act
3 40 (8.64%) Product Ownership
4 30 (6.48%) Onboarding
5 29 (6.26%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (6.05%) Virtual Team
7 23 (4.97%) Security Posture
8 20 (4.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (3.46%) Cloud Native
10 14 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (3.02%) Freedom of Information
11 13 (2.81%) AI Agents
12 11 (2.38%) Low-Code
13 10 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.94%) Social Media
15 8 (1.73%) Freedom of Information Act
16 7 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
16 7 (1.51%) Cyber Security Posture
17 6 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
17 6 (1.30%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.62%) Windows
2 4 (0.86%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.65%) Linux
4 2 (0.43%) Android
4 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (28.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 114 (24.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 113 (24.41%) Cybersecurity
4 109 (23.54%) Agile
5 106 (22.89%) AI
6 104 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (22.25%) Information Security
8 91 (19.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 80 (17.28%) Decision-Making
10 69 (14.90%) Risk Management
11 68 (14.69%) Service Delivery
12 54 (11.66%) Analytics
13 48 (10.37%) Strategic Thinking
14 47 (10.15%) Project Management
15 46 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (9.94%) Incident Response
16 45 (9.72%) Collaborative Working
17 44 (9.50%) CI/CD
17 44 (9.50%) DevOps
18 43 (9.29%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.05%) SQL
2 20 (4.32%) JavaScript
3 19 (4.10%) C#
4 17 (3.67%) Python
5 9 (1.94%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.30%) Bicep
7 3 (0.65%) Java
8 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.22%) Bash
9 1 (0.22%) Delphi
9 1 (0.22%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 48 (10.37%) Degree
2 41 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 40 (8.64%) CISSP
4 33 (7.13%) CISM
4 33 (7.13%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.46%) CISA
5 16 (3.46%) DBS Check
6 15 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (1.94%) CCSP
8 9 (1.94%) CRISC
9 8 (1.73%) ACCA
9 8 (1.73%) CIMA
10 7 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.51%) ISACA
10 7 (1.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (1.30%) Dell Certification
11 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (1.08%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (30.89%) GDPR
2 56 (12.10%) Data Quality
3 55 (11.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (8.42%) NIST
5 30 (6.48%) Accessibility
6 23 (4.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 21 (4.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (4.54%) GRC
8 15 (3.24%) ISO 22301
9 14 (3.02%) PCI DSS
9 14 (3.02%) SOC 2
10 12 (2.59%) COBIT
11 9 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (1.51%) PMO
12 7 (1.51%) QA
12 7 (1.51%) SOC 1
13 6 (1.30%) ISO 9001
13 6 (1.30%) TickIT
14 4 (0.86%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.65%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.30%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.30%) vSphere
4 5 (1.08%) Docker
5 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.30%) Avamar
1 6 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
1 6 (1.30%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (1.30%) EMC VPLEX
1 6 (1.30%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.30%) VxRail
2 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.22%) Ansible
4 1 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.22%) Grafana
4 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 133 (28.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.59%) OpenAI
2 12 (2.59%) Salesforce
3 11 (2.38%) Oracle
3 11 (2.38%) YouTube
4 10 (2.16%) Informatica
5 9 (1.94%) Talend
6 6 (1.30%) 3PAR
6 6 (1.30%) Adobe
6 6 (1.30%) Dell
6 6 (1.30%) Isilon
6 6 (1.30%) NetApp
6 6 (1.30%) Nimble Storage
6 6 (1.30%) Veeam
6 6 (1.30%) VMware
6 6 (1.30%) Xero
7 5 (1.08%) Google
7 5 (1.08%) Sage
8 4 (0.86%) SAP
8 4 (0.86%) ServiceNow