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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 168 220
Rank change year-on-year -3 +52 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 247 271 447
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 2.11% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 2.22% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 165 197 375
10th Percentile £29,760 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £99,273 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 14,134 12,201 28,825
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.58% 94.80% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,864 8,867 23,394
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%

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 4 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 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.02%) CMS
3 2 (0.81%) IIS
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (8.50%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.43%) Adobe XD
4 5 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.81%) Shopify
3 1 (0.40%) Endur
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.89%) Azure
2 41 (16.60%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (11.34%) SaaS
4 17 (6.88%) AWS
5 16 (6.48%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.86%) GCP
6 12 (4.86%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.43%) Figma
8 6 (2.43%) Google Workspace
8 6 (2.43%) Miro
9 5 (2.02%) GitHub
10 3 (1.21%) OCI
10 3 (1.21%) Serverless
10 3 (1.21%) Stripe
11 2 (0.81%) Algolia
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (0.81%) Cloud Functions
11 2 (0.81%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.72%) CHAP
2 18 (7.29%) Firewall
3 13 (5.26%) DNS
4 10 (4.05%) DHCP
4 10 (4.05%) Network Security
5 8 (3.24%) VPN
6 6 (2.43%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.43%) WAN
7 5 (2.02%) LAN
8 3 (1.21%) PuTTY
8 3 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.40%) Broadband
9 1 (0.40%) Multicast
9 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.40%) SMS
9 1 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.86%) Power BI
2 7 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.62%) Metadata
4 3 (1.21%) Power Query
4 3 (1.21%) Tableau
5 2 (0.81%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.40%) DB2
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.43%) Git
2 5 (2.02%) JIRA
3 3 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.21%) Maven
3 3 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.81%) ERwin
4 2 (0.81%) 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 (46.56%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.74%) Finance
3 51 (20.65%) Legal
4 41 (16.60%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (11.74%) Law
6 27 (10.93%) Banking
7 26 (10.53%) Financial Institution
8 25 (10.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (5.67%) Retail
11 12 (4.86%) Marketing
12 7 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.83%) Local Government
13 6 (2.43%) Digital Health
13 6 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.43%) Public Sector
13 6 (2.43%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.62%) Aviation
14 4 (1.62%) Games
14 4 (1.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (11.34%) Lead
2 24 (9.72%) Auditor
3 23 (9.31%) Internal Auditor
3 23 (9.31%) Security Auditor
4 19 (7.69%) Developer
5 16 (6.48%) Analyst
5 16 (6.48%) IT Manager
6 13 (5.26%) IT Support
6 13 (5.26%) Security Engineer
7 12 (4.86%) Security Manager
8 11 (4.45%) Senior
9 9 (3.64%) Administrator
9 9 (3.64%) Architect
9 9 (3.64%) Infrastructure Manager
10 8 (3.24%) Information Manager
10 8 (3.24%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.24%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.83%) Business Manager
11 7 (2.83%) Information Security Engineer
12 6 (2.43%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.24%) .NET
2 7 (2.83%) REST
3 6 (2.43%) CSS
3 6 (2.43%) Middleware
4 5 (2.02%) HTML
5 4 (1.62%) SOAP
6 3 (1.21%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.21%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (1.21%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.21%) EDI
6 3 (1.21%) JSON
6 3 (1.21%) JWT
6 3 (1.21%) OAuth
6 3 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.21%) RAML
6 3 (1.21%) React Native
6 3 (1.21%) RESTful
6 3 (1.21%) Sass
6 3 (1.21%) XML
7 2 (0.81%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 54 (21.86%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.50%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (6.48%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.67%) Security Posture
5 13 (5.26%) Blockchain
5 13 (5.26%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.86%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.83%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.83%) Podcast
9 5 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.62%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.62%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.62%) NHS
11 3 (1.21%) CMDB
11 3 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.21%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.53%) Windows
2 9 (3.64%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.24%) Linux
4 5 (2.02%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.21%) Android
5 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.21%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.81%) Unix
6 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.13%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (25.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 63 (25.51%) Information Security
4 61 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (23.08%) Agile
6 54 (21.86%) Project Management
7 53 (21.46%) Incident Response
8 50 (20.24%) Risk Management
9 45 (18.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 43 (17.41%) Analytics
11 37 (14.98%) Decision-Making
12 36 (14.57%) Vulnerability Management
13 32 (12.96%) Validation
14 31 (12.55%) Coaching
14 31 (12.55%) Data Analytics
15 28 (11.34%) AI
15 28 (11.34%) PRINCE2
15 28 (11.34%) Risk Assessment
16 27 (10.93%) Collaborative Culture
17 26 (10.53%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.48%) SQL
2 9 (3.64%) Bicep
2 9 (3.64%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.64%) Python
3 8 (3.24%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.43%) Java
4 6 (2.43%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.02%) C#
6 4 (1.62%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.21%) VBA
8 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.40%) Bash
9 1 (0.40%) C++
9 1 (0.40%) Ruby
9 1 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (18.22%) Degree
2 38 (15.38%) CISSP
3 30 (12.15%) CISM
4 27 (10.93%) CISA
5 24 (9.72%) CGEIT
5 24 (9.72%) FFIEC
5 24 (9.72%) SANS
6 13 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.45%) DBS Check
8 10 (4.05%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.64%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.83%) CEH
11 4 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (1.62%) Postgraduate
12 3 (1.21%) ACCA
12 3 (1.21%) CIMA
12 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (1.21%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (29.96%) GDPR
2 35 (14.17%) NIST
3 25 (10.12%) Accessibility
3 25 (10.12%) COBIT
3 25 (10.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (7.69%) Data Quality
5 18 (7.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (4.05%) QA
7 7 (2.83%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.43%) GRC
8 6 (2.43%) PCI DSS
9 5 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.62%) HIPAA
11 3 (1.21%) SLA
12 2 (0.81%) GMP
12 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.81%) Docker
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (5.67%) Terraform
2 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.43%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) CASB
4 1 (0.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 76 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.64%) Google
2 9 (3.64%) iManage
3 8 (3.24%) Adobe
3 8 (3.24%) Oracle
3 8 (3.24%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.83%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.02%) Freshdesk
5 5 (2.02%) SAP
6 4 (1.62%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.62%) VMware
7 3 (1.21%) Databricks
8 2 (0.81%) Citrix
8 2 (0.81%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.81%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.81%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.81%) Sage
8 2 (0.81%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.81%) Syncfusion
8 2 (0.81%) Telerik