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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 241 236
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 203 293 346
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 1.26% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.44% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 135 168 295
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,189 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,050 £93,625 £94,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +8.81%

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 15,081 20,416 23,917
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 87.73% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,561 12,566 19,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +2.16%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Data Protection
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Protection trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Protection
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Data Protection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Data Protection

Data Protection
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Protection over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Data Protection salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (14.78%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.96%) CMS
4 3 (1.48%) IIS
5 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.99%) Confluence
5 2 (0.99%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.99%) WordPress
6 1 (0.49%) Drupal
6 1 (0.49%) nginx
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.43%) MS Visio
3 8 (3.94%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (3.94%) Trello
4 2 (0.99%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.99%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.49%) InDesign
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.48%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.49%) Endur
4 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.49%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.49%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (31.03%) Azure
2 46 (22.66%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (12.81%) AWS
4 20 (9.85%) Power Platform
5 19 (9.36%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.90%) Entra ID
7 12 (5.91%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (5.91%) SaaS
8 11 (5.42%) Power Automate
9 9 (4.43%) OneDrive
9 9 (4.43%) PowerApps
10 8 (3.94%) GCP
11 7 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.45%) Serverless
12 6 (2.96%) GitHub
13 4 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.97%) AWS KMS
13 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (1.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.87%) VPN
2 14 (6.90%) WAN
3 13 (6.40%) SD-WAN
4 12 (5.91%) Firewall
5 11 (5.42%) Unified Communications
6 10 (4.93%) LAN
6 10 (4.93%) Network Security
7 9 (4.43%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.96%) VoIP
9 5 (2.46%) VLAN
10 3 (1.48%) DNS
10 3 (1.48%) SSL
10 3 (1.48%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.99%) BGP
11 2 (0.99%) DHCP
11 2 (0.99%) Internet
11 2 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.99%) IPsec
11 2 (0.99%) OSPF
11 2 (0.99%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.93%) Power BI
2 9 (4.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (3.45%) Relational Database
3 7 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.96%) Tableau
5 4 (1.97%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.97%) Metadata
5 4 (1.97%) MySQL
5 4 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.99%) Big Data
6 2 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.49%) GIS
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.49%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (5.91%) JIRA
2 8 (3.94%) Git
3 4 (1.97%) PHPUnit
4 2 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.49%) git-flow
General
1 84 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 54 (26.60%) Finance
3 40 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (13.30%) Marketing
5 25 (12.32%) Legal
6 13 (6.40%) Retail
7 10 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.43%) Law
9 8 (3.94%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.45%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.96%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.46%) German Language
13 3 (1.48%) Advertising
13 3 (1.48%) Games
13 3 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.99%) Banking
14 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.49%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 31 (15.27%) Analyst
2 27 (13.30%) Senior
3 17 (8.37%) Developer
4 14 (6.90%) IT Manager
5 13 (6.40%) Project Manager
6 10 (4.93%) Architect
6 10 (4.93%) Lead
7 9 (4.43%) Support Engineer
8 8 (3.94%) Head of IT
8 8 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.45%) IT Support
9 7 (3.45%) Software Developer
10 6 (2.96%) AWS Architect
10 6 (2.96%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
10 6 (2.96%) Head of Operations
10 6 (2.96%) IT Analyst
10 6 (2.96%) IT Engineer
10 6 (2.96%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (2.96%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.42%) HTML
2 9 (4.43%) .NET
2 9 (4.43%) CSS
2 9 (4.43%) JSON
2 9 (4.43%) Web Services
3 7 (3.45%) RESTful
4 6 (2.96%) Kafka
4 6 (2.96%) REST
4 6 (2.96%) XML
5 5 (2.46%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.46%) React
5 5 (2.46%) Universal Windows Platform
5 5 (2.46%) WinUI
5 5 (2.46%) WPF
6 4 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.97%) Jest
6 4 (1.97%) jQuery
6 4 (1.97%) LAMP
6 4 (1.97%) Laravel
7 3 (1.48%) Handlebars
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.75%) Management Information System
2 29 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (6.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (5.91%) Social Media
5 8 (3.94%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.45%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.45%) Freedom of Information
7 6 (2.96%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.96%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.96%) NHS
7 6 (2.96%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.46%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.97%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.97%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.48%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (16.75%) Windows
2 9 (4.43%) Linux
3 6 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (17.24%) Agile
3 35 (17.24%) DevOps
4 33 (16.26%) Project Management
5 31 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 28 (13.79%) Budget Management
8 27 (13.30%) Risk Management
8 27 (13.30%) Roadmaps
9 26 (12.81%) Information Security
9 26 (12.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (12.32%) CRM
11 21 (10.34%) CI/CD
11 21 (10.34%) Computer Science
11 21 (10.34%) Mentoring
11 21 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (10.34%) User Experience
12 20 (9.85%) Decision-Making
12 20 (9.85%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (12.32%) SQL
2 16 (7.88%) JavaScript
3 15 (7.39%) Python
4 12 (5.91%) C#
5 9 (4.43%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.96%) Bash
6 6 (2.96%) Java
7 4 (1.97%) PHP
7 4 (1.97%) R
8 3 (1.48%) Go
8 3 (1.48%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.99%) C++
9 2 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.49%) Bicep
10 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 63 (31.03%) Degree
2 26 (12.81%) DBS Check
3 14 (6.90%) AWS Certification
3 14 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (6.90%) PMI Certification
3 14 (6.90%) PMP
4 13 (6.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 13 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.94%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.94%) CCNP
6 8 (3.94%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.45%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.96%) CBAP
8 6 (2.96%) CISA
8 6 (2.96%) CISSP
8 6 (2.96%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.46%) CISM
10 3 (1.48%) CCNA
11 2 (0.99%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (29.06%) GDPR
2 17 (8.37%) QA
3 15 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (6.90%) NIST
5 10 (4.93%) Accessibility
6 9 (4.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (4.43%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.96%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.46%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.97%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.97%) PERC
10 2 (0.99%) COBIT
10 2 (0.99%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.99%) GRC
10 2 (0.99%) NCSC
11 1 (0.49%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (8.87%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.91%) Docker
3 7 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.99%) Firmware
5 2 (0.99%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (6.40%) Terraform
2 11 (5.42%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.94%) Grafana
4 7 (3.45%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.48%) Ansible
5 3 (1.48%) Autotask
5 3 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.48%) SCCM
5 3 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.99%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.99%) SCOM
7 1 (0.49%) Argo
7 1 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.49%) Kibana
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.49%) Puppet
Vendors
1 76 (37.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.93%) Cisco
3 7 (3.45%) VMware
4 6 (2.96%) Google
5 5 (2.46%) Progress
5 5 (2.46%) Syncfusion
5 5 (2.46%) Telerik
6 4 (1.97%) Adobe
6 4 (1.97%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.97%) Citrix
6 4 (1.97%) Civica
6 4 (1.97%) Oracle
6 4 (1.97%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.97%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.48%) Sage
8 2 (0.99%) Dell
8 2 (0.99%) Lotus
8 2 (0.99%) Meraki
8 2 (0.99%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.99%) Zscaler