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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 215 232
Rank change year-on-year +17 +17 -38
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 220 285 298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 1.43% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.63% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 149 158 264
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £45,823
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,850 £100,000 £85,875
UK median annual salary £54,994 £62,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +7.76% +0.87%

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 14,787 17,530 20,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.77% 88.25% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,599 10,445 16,813
10th Percentile £29,450 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,375
90th Percentile £99,800 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.58% - -

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 5 November 2025.

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 25 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.36%) CMS
3 3 (1.36%) Confluence
3 3 (1.36%) IIS
4 2 (0.91%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.45%) Drupal
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.18%) Adobe XD
3 7 (3.18%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.73%) Trello
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.91%) Endur
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 67 (30.45%) Azure
2 50 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (10.45%) AWS
4 19 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (8.18%) Entra ID
6 16 (7.27%) Power Platform
7 12 (5.45%) GCP
7 12 (5.45%) SaaS
8 8 (3.64%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.64%) Power Automate
9 7 (3.18%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (3.18%) Figma
9 7 (3.18%) GitHub
9 7 (3.18%) Miro
10 5 (2.27%) IaaS
10 5 (2.27%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.36%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.91%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.36%) VPN
2 19 (8.64%) Firewall
3 14 (6.36%) WAN
4 12 (5.45%) Network Security
4 12 (5.45%) SD-WAN
5 11 (5.00%) Unified Communications
5 11 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (4.09%) LAN
7 8 (3.64%) VLAN
8 7 (3.18%) DHCP
8 7 (3.18%) DNS
8 7 (3.18%) TCP/IP
8 7 (3.18%) VoIP
9 5 (2.27%) SSL
10 4 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.36%) BGP
11 3 (1.36%) IPsec
11 3 (1.36%) OSPF
11 3 (1.36%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.55%) Power BI
3 8 (3.64%) Tableau
4 7 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.73%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.82%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.82%) Metadata
7 3 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.45%) GIS
9 1 (0.45%) MySQL
9 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (4.55%) JIRA
2 6 (2.73%) Git
3 2 (0.91%) ERwin
3 2 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) GCC
4 1 (0.45%) GDB
4 1 (0.45%) git-flow
4 1 (0.45%) PHPUnit
General
1 105 (47.73%) Social Skills
2 52 (23.64%) Finance
3 42 (19.09%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (14.09%) Legal
5 23 (10.45%) Marketing
6 18 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.91%) Law
8 12 (5.45%) Retail
9 10 (4.55%) Telecoms
10 9 (4.09%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.64%) Digital Health
12 6 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.73%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.36%) Advertising
13 3 (1.36%) German Language
13 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.91%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (15.91%) Analyst
2 24 (10.91%) Senior
3 22 (10.00%) Developer
4 19 (8.64%) Lead
5 18 (8.18%) IT Support
6 12 (5.45%) Head of IT
6 12 (5.45%) IT Manager
6 12 (5.45%) Project Manager
7 11 (5.00%) IT Analyst
7 11 (5.00%) IT Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) Head of IT Operations
8 9 (4.09%) Head of Operations
9 8 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.64%) Software Developer
9 8 (3.64%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.64%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.18%) Architect
10 7 (3.18%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (2.73%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.91%) .NET
1 13 (5.91%) JSON
2 10 (4.55%) XML
3 9 (4.09%) Web Services
4 8 (3.64%) REST
5 7 (3.18%) HTML
6 6 (2.73%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.73%) CSS
6 6 (2.73%) Universal Windows Platform
6 6 (2.73%) WinUI
6 6 (2.73%) WPF
7 4 (1.82%) RESTful
8 3 (1.36%) EDI
8 3 (1.36%) Handlebars
8 3 (1.36%) Middleware
9 2 (0.91%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.91%) OpenID
9 2 (0.91%) React
9 2 (0.91%) React Native
9 2 (0.91%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 29 (13.18%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (4.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.09%) Social Media
4 8 (3.64%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.73%) Freedom of Information
6 5 (2.27%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.27%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (2.27%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.27%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.27%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.82%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.82%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.82%) NHS
8 3 (1.36%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (18.64%) Windows
2 10 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.64%) Linux
4 5 (2.27%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.91%) Android
6 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (21.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 43 (19.55%) Agile
5 39 (17.73%) Project Management
6 35 (15.91%) Service Delivery
7 32 (14.55%) DevOps
7 32 (14.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 32 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (13.18%) Roadmaps
9 28 (12.73%) Information Security
10 25 (11.36%) Budget Management
10 25 (11.36%) ITIL
11 24 (10.91%) CRM
12 23 (10.45%) Analytics
12 23 (10.45%) Customer Service
12 23 (10.45%) User Experience
13 22 (10.00%) Computer Science
14 21 (9.55%) Collaborative Working
15 19 (8.64%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.91%) SQL
2 12 (5.45%) JavaScript
2 12 (5.45%) Python
3 10 (4.55%) C#
4 7 (3.18%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.27%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.82%) R
7 3 (1.36%) Bash
7 3 (1.36%) C++
7 3 (1.36%) Go
8 2 (0.91%) Java
8 2 (0.91%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.45%) Bicep
9 1 (0.45%) Groovy
9 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.45%) PHP
9 1 (0.45%) Ruby
9 1 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 71 (32.27%) Degree
2 25 (11.36%) DBS Check
3 15 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (5.91%) PMI Certification
5 13 (5.91%) PMP
6 11 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 10 (4.55%) CCNP
7 10 (4.55%) Master's Degree
8 9 (4.09%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.73%) CBAP
10 5 (2.27%) CCNA
10 5 (2.27%) CISA
10 5 (2.27%) Security Cleared
11 4 (1.82%) CISM
11 4 (1.82%) CISSP
11 4 (1.82%) MCP
12 3 (1.36%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (22.27%) GDPR
2 22 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 16 (7.27%) QA
4 13 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (5.91%) NIST
5 11 (5.00%) Data Quality
6 9 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.73%) SLA
8 4 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.82%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.82%) PERC
9 3 (1.36%) GRC
9 3 (1.36%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.91%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.91%) NCSC
11 1 (0.45%) EMIR
11 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 21 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.27%) Docker
4 3 (1.36%) Firmware
5 2 (0.91%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (5.45%) Terraform
3 5 (2.27%) Autotask
3 5 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.82%) Ansible
5 3 (1.36%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.36%) Grafana
5 3 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.91%) SCOM
7 1 (0.45%) Argo
7 1 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.45%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.45%) Kibana
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 87 (39.55%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.55%) Adobe
2 10 (4.55%) Cisco
3 9 (4.09%) Google
4 7 (3.18%) Oracle
4 7 (3.18%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.73%) Syncfusion
5 6 (2.73%) Telerik
5 6 (2.73%) VMware
6 5 (2.27%) Progress
6 5 (2.27%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.82%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.82%) Civica
7 4 (1.82%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.36%) Databricks
8 3 (1.36%) Dell
8 3 (1.36%) Freshdesk
8 3 (1.36%) Meraki
8 3 (1.36%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.36%) SAP