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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 186 234
Rank change year-on-year +21 +48 -21
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 231 303 285
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.52% 1.84% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.96% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 165 172 251
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £43,409
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £102,000 £100,000 £96,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £56,730
% change year-on-year -15.38% +14.58% +3.15%

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 13,292 15,442 20,133
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.37% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,469 9,092 16,280
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 15 January 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 19 (8.23%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.87%) Confluence
3 2 (0.87%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.87%) IIS
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) nginx
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.03%) Adobe XD
4 4 (1.73%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Endur
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (33.77%) Azure
2 44 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (11.26%) Entra ID
4 25 (10.82%) AWS
5 20 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.06%) GCP
6 14 (6.06%) SaaS
7 10 (4.33%) GitHub
8 7 (3.03%) Figma
8 7 (3.03%) Miro
8 7 (3.03%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.16%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.16%) IaaS
10 5 (2.16%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.16%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.30%) Serverless
11 3 (1.30%) Stripe
12 2 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.87%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.26%) Firewall
2 25 (10.82%) VPN
3 17 (7.36%) Network Security
4 15 (6.49%) WAN
5 14 (6.06%) CHAP
6 11 (4.76%) SD-WAN
7 10 (4.33%) LAN
7 10 (4.33%) Unified Communications
7 10 (4.33%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (3.90%) DHCP
8 9 (3.90%) DNS
8 9 (3.90%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.46%) VLAN
10 6 (2.60%) VoIP
11 5 (2.16%) SSL
12 4 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.30%) BGP
13 3 (1.30%) IPsec
13 3 (1.30%) OSPF
13 3 (1.30%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.03%) Power BI
3 6 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.16%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.73%) Metadata
5 4 (1.73%) Tableau
6 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (3.03%) Git
1 7 (3.03%) JIRA
2 5 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.30%) Maven
3 3 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.87%) ERwin
4 2 (0.87%) Storybook
5 1 (0.43%) GCC
5 1 (0.43%) GDB
5 1 (0.43%) git-flow
General
1 115 (49.78%) Social Skills
2 59 (25.54%) Finance
3 44 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (17.75%) Legal
5 22 (9.52%) Law
6 21 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.93%) Banking
7 16 (6.93%) Financial Institution
8 10 (4.33%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.90%) Marketing
9 9 (3.90%) Retail
9 9 (3.90%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.03%) Digital Health
10 7 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.60%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.16%) Local Government
13 4 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 25 (10.82%) Analyst
1 25 (10.82%) Lead
2 24 (10.39%) Developer
3 20 (8.66%) IT Support
3 20 (8.66%) Senior
4 19 (8.23%) IT Manager
5 14 (6.06%) Auditor
5 14 (6.06%) Internal Auditor
5 14 (6.06%) Security Auditor
6 13 (5.63%) IT Engineer
7 11 (4.76%) Security Engineer
8 10 (4.33%) Head of IT
8 10 (4.33%) IT Analyst
9 9 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (3.90%) Software Developer
9 9 (3.90%) Support Engineer
10 8 (3.46%) Head of Operations
10 8 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (3.46%) Security Manager
10 8 (3.46%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.49%) .NET
2 8 (3.46%) JSON
2 8 (3.46%) REST
2 8 (3.46%) Web Services
2 8 (3.46%) XML
3 7 (3.03%) .NET Framework
3 7 (3.03%) Universal Windows Platform
3 7 (3.03%) WinUI
3 7 (3.03%) WPF
4 5 (2.16%) CSS
4 5 (2.16%) Middleware
5 4 (1.73%) HTML
5 4 (1.73%) OAuth
5 4 (1.73%) SOAP
6 3 (1.30%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (1.30%) Node.js
6 3 (1.30%) RAML
6 3 (1.30%) React Native
6 3 (1.30%) Sass
7 2 (0.87%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 52 (22.51%) Management Information System
2 28 (12.12%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.33%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.46%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.03%) Blockchain
6 7 (3.03%) NHS
6 7 (3.03%) Operational Technology
6 7 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.60%) e-Learning
8 5 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.16%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.73%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.73%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.73%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 34 (14.72%) Windows
2 11 (4.76%) Linux
2 11 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.73%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.30%) Android
4 3 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.30%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (23.81%) Agile
4 54 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (22.08%) Information Security
6 46 (19.91%) Project Management
7 38 (16.45%) Service Delivery
8 37 (16.02%) DevOps
8 37 (16.02%) Risk Management
9 36 (15.58%) Analytics
10 35 (15.15%) Incident Response
11 34 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 30 (12.99%) Roadmaps
13 28 (12.12%) Computer Science
14 26 (11.26%) ITIL
15 25 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
16 24 (10.39%) Business Continuity
17 23 (9.96%) Coaching
18 21 (9.09%) Customer Service
18 21 (9.09%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.82%) SQL
2 8 (3.46%) C#
3 7 (3.03%) T-SQL
4 6 (2.60%) Java
4 6 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.16%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.16%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.30%) Bicep
6 3 (1.30%) C++
6 3 (1.30%) Python
7 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.43%) Bash
8 1 (0.43%) Groovy
8 1 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (29.00%) Degree
2 22 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 19 (8.23%) CISSP
4 18 (7.79%) CISA
5 17 (7.36%) CISM
5 17 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.93%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (6.06%) CGEIT
7 14 (6.06%) FFIEC
7 14 (6.06%) SANS
8 12 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (4.33%) Azure Certification
10 9 (3.90%) CCNP
10 9 (3.90%) Master's Degree
10 9 (3.90%) PMI Certification
10 9 (3.90%) Security Cleared
11 7 (3.03%) AWS Certification
11 7 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.03%) CCNA
11 7 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (26.41%) GDPR
2 28 (12.12%) NIST
3 21 (9.09%) Accessibility
4 20 (8.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (6.49%) COBIT
7 11 (4.76%) QA
8 10 (4.33%) Data Quality
9 7 (3.03%) SLA
10 6 (2.60%) GRC
11 5 (2.16%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (1.73%) PCI DSS
12 4 (1.73%) PERC
13 3 (1.30%) ISO 9001
13 3 (1.30%) WCAG
14 2 (0.87%) GMP
14 2 (0.87%) NCSC
14 2 (0.87%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.30%) Docker
3 3 (1.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (8.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.06%) Terraform
3 5 (2.16%) Ansible
3 5 (2.16%) Autotask
4 3 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.87%) Grafana
5 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.87%) SCOM
5 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.43%) Argo
6 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.43%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.43%) Kibana
6 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 88 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.76%) Adobe
2 11 (4.76%) Cisco
3 8 (3.46%) Google
3 8 (3.46%) Oracle
4 7 (3.03%) Syncfusion
4 7 (3.03%) Telerik
5 6 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.16%) iManage
6 5 (2.16%) Progress
6 5 (2.16%) SolarWinds
6 5 (2.16%) VMware
7 4 (1.73%) Civica
7 4 (1.73%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.30%) Dell
8 3 (1.30%) Meraki
8 3 (1.30%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.30%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.30%) SAP
8 3 (1.30%) Zscaler