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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 236 255
Rank change year-on-year +80 +19 -29
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 413 204 294
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.77% 1.25% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 1.34% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 255 136 192
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,650 £36,775
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,063 £40,029
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,531 £80,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,000 £91,000 £89,525
UK median annual salary £57,883 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.19% -1.82% -8.33%

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 19,144 15,200 21,191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.93% 92.99% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,801 8,843 14,057
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,077
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%

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 3 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 32 (7.75%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.97%) Apache
4 3 (0.73%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.73%) WordPress
5 2 (0.48%) CMS
5 2 (0.48%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.73%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.73%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.73%) Shopify
4 2 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 84 (20.34%) Azure
2 58 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (14.04%) Power Platform
3 53 (12.83%) SaaS
4 31 (7.51%) AWS
5 27 (6.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 25 (6.05%) PowerApps
7 22 (5.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 20 (4.84%) Power Automate
9 17 (4.12%) OneDrive
10 14 (3.39%) GCP
11 11 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.66%) dbt
11 11 (2.66%) Entra ID
11 11 (2.66%) OCI
12 10 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (1.45%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (1.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.39%) Network Security
2 6 (1.45%) CHAP
2 6 (1.45%) Fibre Channel
2 6 (1.45%) iSCSI
3 5 (1.21%) DNS
4 4 (0.97%) DHCP
4 4 (0.97%) Firewall
4 4 (0.97%) Internet
4 4 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.97%) VPN
5 3 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.48%) SSL
7 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.24%) HTTP
7 1 (0.24%) Intranet
7 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.24%) LAN
7 1 (0.24%) VLAN
7 1 (0.24%) VoIP
7 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (9.44%) Power BI
2 20 (4.84%) Metadata
3 15 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.39%) Tableau
5 10 (2.42%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (1.94%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.94%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.94%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.94%) Star Schema
8 7 (1.69%) Amazon QuickSight
8 7 (1.69%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (1.45%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.21%) Big Data
11 4 (0.97%) Power Query
12 3 (0.73%) Delta Lake
13 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.24%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 11 (2.66%) Git
2 4 (0.97%) JIRA
3 2 (0.48%) MLflow
4 1 (0.24%) Ant
General
1 152 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 105 (25.42%) Legal
3 88 (21.31%) Finance
4 73 (17.68%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (15.25%) Retail
6 53 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (12.11%) Law
8 46 (11.14%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (4.60%) Public Sector
11 16 (3.87%) Banking
12 13 (3.15%) Marketing
13 12 (2.91%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.66%) Back Office
14 11 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.94%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.69%) Aviation
16 7 (1.69%) Legal Technology
16 7 (1.69%) Local Government
17 4 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (10.41%) Senior
2 38 (9.20%) Architect
3 28 (6.78%) Lead
3 28 (6.78%) Service Manager
4 25 (6.05%) Analyst
5 24 (5.81%) Delivery Manager
5 24 (5.81%) Service Delivery Manager
6 22 (5.33%) Data Manager
7 21 (5.08%) Technical Architect
8 20 (4.84%) Procurement Officer
9 19 (4.60%) Developer
10 16 (3.87%) Security Manager
11 15 (3.63%) Governance Manager
12 14 (3.39%) Business Manager
12 14 (3.39%) Data Governance Analyst
12 14 (3.39%) Data Governance Manager
12 14 (3.39%) Information Manager
12 14 (3.39%) Information Security Manager
12 14 (3.39%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 11 (2.66%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.63%) HTML
2 13 (3.15%) Terraform
3 12 (2.91%) Microsoft Graph
3 12 (2.91%) REST
4 11 (2.66%) SPFx
5 10 (2.42%) CSS
6 8 (1.94%) HTML5 Canvas
7 6 (1.45%) React
8 5 (1.21%) .NET
8 5 (1.21%) SOAP
9 4 (0.97%) Kafka
10 3 (0.73%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.73%) JSON
10 3 (0.73%) Next.js
10 3 (0.73%) Spring
10 3 (0.73%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.48%) PySpark
12 1 (0.24%) .NET Core
12 1 (0.24%) Tailwind CSS
12 1 (0.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.14%) Management Information System
2 41 (9.93%) Product Ownership
3 40 (9.69%) Data Protection Act
4 29 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (6.78%) Virtual Team
6 23 (5.57%) Security Posture
7 21 (5.08%) Onboarding
8 19 (4.60%) Cloud Native
8 19 (4.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.66%) Low-Code
11 9 (2.18%) Social Media
12 8 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.69%) Freedom of Information Act
14 6 (1.45%) Data Centre
14 6 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
14 6 (1.45%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.08%) Windows
2 4 (0.97%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.73%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.73%) Linux
4 2 (0.48%) Android
4 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (30.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 100 (24.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 98 (23.73%) Information Security
4 97 (23.49%) Cybersecurity
5 96 (23.24%) Agile
5 96 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (22.03%) AI
7 85 (20.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (15.98%) Decision-Making
9 64 (15.50%) Risk Management
10 58 (14.04%) Service Delivery
11 51 (12.35%) Incident Response
12 48 (11.62%) Analytics
13 46 (11.14%) Project Management
14 44 (10.65%) CI/CD
14 44 (10.65%) Strategic Thinking
15 42 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
15 42 (10.17%) DevOps
16 40 (9.69%) Data Governance
16 40 (9.69%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.81%) SQL
2 18 (4.36%) JavaScript
3 17 (4.12%) C#
4 14 (3.39%) Python
5 8 (1.94%) Bicep
6 4 (0.97%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.73%) Java
8 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.24%) Bash
9 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.24%) Delphi
9 1 (0.24%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 40 (9.69%) Degree
2 38 (9.20%) CISSP
3 34 (8.23%) Security Cleared
4 29 (7.02%) CISM
5 26 (6.30%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.12%) CISA
7 10 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.42%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.18%) CRISC
9 8 (1.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.94%) CCSP
10 7 (1.69%) ACCA
10 7 (1.69%) CIMA
10 7 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.69%) ISACA
10 7 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 7 (1.69%) SANS
11 6 (1.45%) CGEIT
11 6 (1.45%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (31.23%) GDPR
2 54 (13.08%) Data Quality
3 50 (12.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (7.99%) NIST
5 24 (5.81%) Accessibility
6 21 (5.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 19 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (4.36%) GRC
9 15 (3.63%) ISO 22301
10 14 (3.39%) PCI DSS
11 13 (3.15%) COBIT
12 12 (2.91%) SOC 2
13 8 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (1.69%) SOC 1
15 6 (1.45%) ISO 9001
15 6 (1.45%) PMO
15 6 (1.45%) QA
15 6 (1.45%) TickIT
16 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 3 (0.73%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.45%) Hyper-V
1 6 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (1.45%) vSphere
2 5 (1.21%) Docker
2 5 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.45%) Avamar
1 6 (1.45%) Dell DRAC
1 6 (1.45%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (1.45%) EMC VPLEX
1 6 (1.45%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.45%) VxRail
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Grafana
4 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 105 (25.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.39%) Salesforce
3 12 (2.91%) OpenAI
4 10 (2.42%) Oracle
5 8 (1.94%) Informatica
5 8 (1.94%) YouTube
6 7 (1.69%) Talend
7 6 (1.45%) 3PAR
7 6 (1.45%) Dell
7 6 (1.45%) Isilon
7 6 (1.45%) NetApp
7 6 (1.45%) Nimble Storage
7 6 (1.45%) Veeam
7 6 (1.45%) VMware
7 6 (1.45%) Xero
8 5 (1.21%) Google
8 5 (1.21%) Sage
9 4 (0.97%) Adobe
9 4 (0.97%) iManage
9 4 (0.97%) SAP