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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 233 238
Rank change year-on-year +68 +5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 363 217 371
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.67% 1.32% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.41% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 226 143 288
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,059 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £71,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -13.04%

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 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 July 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 27 (7.44%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.38%) CMS
4 4 (1.10%) Apache
5 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.83%) IIS
5 3 (0.83%) WordPress
6 2 (0.55%) Confluence
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 18 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.65%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (1.10%) Shopify
4 3 (0.83%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.21%) Azure
2 55 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (12.67%) Power Platform
4 36 (9.92%) SaaS
5 30 (8.26%) AWS
6 23 (6.34%) Microsoft Purview
7 15 (4.13%) OneDrive
7 15 (4.13%) Power Automate
8 13 (3.58%) GCP
8 13 (3.58%) Microsoft Copilot
8 13 (3.58%) PowerApps
9 12 (3.31%) Entra ID
10 11 (3.03%) dbt
11 6 (1.65%) Copilot Studio
11 6 (1.65%) GitHub
11 6 (1.65%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.65%) OCI
12 4 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.03%) CHAP
1 11 (3.03%) Network Security
2 8 (2.20%) Firewall
3 7 (1.93%) DNS
4 6 (1.65%) Fibre Channel
4 6 (1.65%) iSCSI
4 6 (1.65%) VPN
5 5 (1.38%) DHCP
6 3 (0.83%) Internet
6 3 (0.83%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.55%) SSL
7 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.28%) HTTP
8 1 (0.28%) Intranet
8 1 (0.28%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.28%) LAN
8 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.82%) Power BI
2 17 (4.68%) Tableau
3 10 (2.75%) Metadata
4 8 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.65%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.83%) Big Data
7 3 (0.83%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.83%) Power Query
7 3 (0.83%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.28%) Db2
9 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.28%) MySQL
9 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.28%) Parquet
9 1 (0.28%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Git
2 3 (0.83%) JIRA
3 2 (0.55%) MLflow
4 1 (0.28%) Ant
4 1 (0.28%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.28%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 145 (39.94%) Social Skills
2 83 (22.87%) Finance
3 75 (20.66%) Legal
4 68 (18.73%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (17.36%) Retail
6 50 (13.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (10.74%) Law
8 38 (10.47%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (5.23%) Banking
11 15 (4.13%) Public Sector
12 13 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (3.31%) Financial Institution
14 8 (2.20%) Back Office
14 8 (2.20%) Marketing
15 7 (1.93%) Legal Technology
16 6 (1.65%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.38%) Manufacturing
18 4 (1.10%) Aviation
18 4 (1.10%) Games
Job Titles
1 32 (8.82%) Architect
1 32 (8.82%) Senior
2 28 (7.71%) Service Manager
3 27 (7.44%) Lead
4 24 (6.61%) Delivery Manager
4 24 (6.61%) Service Delivery Manager
5 22 (6.06%) Analyst
6 21 (5.79%) Technical Architect
7 19 (5.23%) Developer
8 18 (4.96%) Security Manager
9 17 (4.68%) Data Manager
10 16 (4.41%) Governance Manager
11 15 (4.13%) Data Governance Analyst
11 15 (4.13%) Data Governance Manager
11 15 (4.13%) Information Manager
11 15 (4.13%) Information Security Manager
12 12 (3.31%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 11 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 11 (3.03%) Auditor
13 11 (3.03%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.58%) HTML
2 8 (2.20%) CSS
3 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Graph
3 7 (1.93%) REST
4 6 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
4 6 (1.65%) React
4 6 (1.65%) SPFx
5 5 (1.38%) .NET
6 4 (1.10%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.10%) Kafka
7 3 (0.83%) JSON
7 3 (0.83%) Next.js
7 3 (0.83%) SOAP
7 3 (0.83%) Spring
7 3 (0.83%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.55%) PySpark
9 1 (0.28%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.28%) OAuth
9 1 (0.28%) OpenID
9 1 (0.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.95%) Management Information System
2 43 (11.85%) Data Protection Act
3 33 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 28 (7.71%) Virtual Team
5 26 (7.16%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (5.79%) Security Posture
7 20 (5.51%) Onboarding
8 18 (4.96%) Cloud Native
9 14 (3.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (2.48%) Social Media
11 7 (1.93%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (1.93%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.93%) Freedom of Information Act
11 7 (1.93%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.93%) Podcast
12 6 (1.65%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.65%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.65%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (1.38%) Blockchain
13 5 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.23%) Windows
2 4 (1.10%) Linux
2 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.55%) Android
4 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.55%) Unix
4 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (31.68%) Continuous Improvement
2 89 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
4 83 (22.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (22.59%) Agile
6 81 (22.31%) Information Security
7 75 (20.66%) Decision-Making
8 71 (19.56%) AI
9 59 (16.25%) Incident Response
10 56 (15.43%) Project Management
10 56 (15.43%) Risk Management
10 56 (15.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 51 (14.05%) Service Delivery
12 41 (11.29%) Analytics
13 39 (10.74%) Data Governance
14 38 (10.47%) Strategic Thinking
15 35 (9.64%) Actionable Insight
15 35 (9.64%) Disaster Recovery
16 34 (9.37%) Business Intelligence
16 34 (9.37%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.96%) JavaScript
2 16 (4.41%) SQL
3 12 (3.31%) Python
4 8 (2.20%) Bicep
4 8 (2.20%) C#
5 4 (1.10%) Java
5 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.83%) VBA
7 2 (0.55%) Bash
8 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.28%) Delphi
8 1 (0.28%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 44 (12.12%) CISSP
2 36 (9.92%) Degree
3 32 (8.82%) CISM
3 32 (8.82%) Security Cleared
4 26 (7.16%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.79%) CISA
6 12 (3.31%) SANS
7 11 (3.03%) CGEIT
7 11 (3.03%) FFIEC
8 9 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.48%) CRISC
9 8 (2.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (2.20%) CCSP
9 8 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.20%) DBS Check
9 8 (2.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 7 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.93%) ISACA
11 6 (1.65%) Dell Certification
12 5 (1.38%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (35.54%) GDPR
2 49 (13.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (12.67%) Data Quality
4 35 (9.64%) NIST
5 22 (6.06%) Accessibility
6 21 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (4.96%) COBIT
8 17 (4.68%) PCI DSS
9 15 (4.13%) GRC
10 14 (3.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 13 (3.58%) SOC 2
12 10 (2.75%) QA
13 9 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (2.48%) ISO 22301
14 7 (1.93%) SOC 1
15 6 (1.65%) ISO 9001
15 6 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (1.65%) PMO
15 6 (1.65%) TickIT
16 4 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 9 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.65%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.65%) vSphere
4 5 (1.38%) Docker
5 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (3.86%) Terraform
2 6 (1.65%) Avamar
2 6 (1.65%) Dell DRAC
2 6 (1.65%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (1.65%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (1.65%) VxRail
3 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.10%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.55%) Ansible
5 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) CASB
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 94 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.58%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.31%) OpenAI
4 8 (2.20%) VMware
5 7 (1.93%) Oracle
6 6 (1.65%) 3PAR
6 6 (1.65%) Dell
6 6 (1.65%) iManage
6 6 (1.65%) Isilon
6 6 (1.65%) NetApp
6 6 (1.65%) Nimble Storage
6 6 (1.65%) Veeam
7 5 (1.38%) Google
7 5 (1.38%) Sage
7 5 (1.38%) SAP
7 5 (1.38%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.10%) Freshdesk
8 4 (1.10%) Xero
9 3 (0.83%) Citrix
9 3 (0.83%) Workday