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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 225 242
Rank change year-on-year +86 +17 -1
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 477 205 294
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.94% 1.25% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 1.34% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 293 137 155
10th Percentile £36,750 £38,750 £36,850
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,750 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,435 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.47% -0.11% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,269 £94,650 £99,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -0.86%

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 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 43 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.84%) Apache
3 4 (0.84%) WordPress
4 3 (0.63%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.42%) Confluence
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.21%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.63%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.21%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.26%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.63%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.63%) Shopify
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 89 (18.66%) Azure
2 76 (15.93%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (14.88%) Power Platform
4 55 (11.53%) SaaS
5 38 (7.97%) Microsoft Copilot
6 31 (6.50%) AWS
7 30 (6.29%) Microsoft Purview
7 30 (6.29%) PowerApps
8 28 (5.87%) OneDrive
9 26 (5.45%) Power Automate
10 19 (3.98%) Entra ID
11 18 (3.77%) Copilot Studio
12 16 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.94%) GCP
14 13 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (2.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (2.52%) dbt
16 11 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (2.10%) OCI
18 9 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.14%) Network Security
2 6 (1.26%) Fibre Channel
2 6 (1.26%) iSCSI
2 6 (1.26%) VPN
3 5 (1.05%) DHCP
3 5 (1.05%) DNS
4 4 (0.84%) Internet
4 4 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.63%) CHAP
5 3 (0.63%) Firewall
6 2 (0.42%) 5G
6 2 (0.42%) LAN
6 2 (0.42%) WAN
7 1 (0.21%) 2G
7 1 (0.21%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.21%) 4G
7 1 (0.21%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.21%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.22%) Power BI
2 30 (6.29%) Metadata
3 17 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.94%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.94%) Tableau
5 13 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (2.10%) DynamoDB
6 10 (2.10%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.10%) Star Schema
7 9 (1.89%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (1.89%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
8 7 (1.47%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.47%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.05%) Big Data
10 4 (0.84%) Power Query
11 3 (0.63%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.21%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 13 (2.73%) Git
2 6 (1.26%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.84%) JIRA
4 2 (0.42%) MLflow
5 1 (0.21%) Ant
5 1 (0.21%) Flyway
General
1 178 (37.32%) Social Skills
2 127 (26.62%) Legal
3 110 (23.06%) Finance
4 86 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (13.84%) Retail
6 61 (12.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 61 (12.79%) Law
7 56 (11.74%) Influencing Skills
8 48 (10.06%) Organisational Skills
9 37 (7.76%) Public Sector
10 21 (4.40%) Marketing
11 17 (3.56%) Banking
12 14 (2.94%) Back Office
12 14 (2.94%) Local Government
13 12 (2.52%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.89%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.68%) Police
16 4 (0.84%) Aviation
17 3 (0.63%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 54 (11.32%) Senior
2 53 (11.11%) Architect
3 34 (7.13%) Lead
4 30 (6.29%) Analyst
5 28 (5.87%) Service Manager
6 27 (5.66%) Technical Architect
7 24 (5.03%) Delivery Manager
7 24 (5.03%) Service Delivery Manager
8 23 (4.82%) Developer
9 22 (4.61%) Data Manager
10 20 (4.19%) Business Manager
10 20 (4.19%) Procurement Officer
11 18 (3.77%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 18 (3.77%) Security Manager
12 15 (3.14%) Governance Manager
12 15 (3.14%) Information Manager
12 15 (3.14%) Information Security Manager
13 14 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 14 (2.94%) Data Governance Analyst
13 14 (2.94%) Data Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.98%) HTML
2 16 (3.35%) REST
3 13 (2.73%) Microsoft Graph
4 12 (2.52%) SPFx
4 12 (2.52%) Terraform
5 10 (2.10%) CSS
6 9 (1.89%) HTML5 Canvas
7 7 (1.47%) Middleware
8 6 (1.26%) Langfuse
8 6 (1.26%) Model Context Protocol
8 6 (1.26%) React
9 5 (1.05%) .NET
9 5 (1.05%) SOAP
10 4 (0.84%) JSON
10 4 (0.84%) Kafka
11 3 (0.63%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.63%) OAuth
11 3 (0.63%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.63%) OpenID
11 3 (0.63%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.58%) Management Information System
2 48 (10.06%) Data Protection Act
3 38 (7.97%) Product Ownership
4 34 (7.13%) Onboarding
5 29 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (5.87%) Virtual Team
7 24 (5.03%) Security Posture
8 22 (4.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 17 (3.56%) Freedom of Information
10 14 (2.94%) Cloud Native
10 14 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (2.73%) AI Agents
12 12 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (2.31%) Low-Code
13 11 (2.31%) Social Media
14 8 (1.68%) Freedom of Information Act
15 7 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
16 6 (1.26%) Data Centre
16 6 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
16 6 (1.26%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.03%) Windows
2 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.63%) Linux
2 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.42%) Android
3 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (29.35%) Continuous Improvement
2 121 (25.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 112 (23.48%) Cybersecurity
4 110 (23.06%) Agile
5 107 (22.43%) AI
6 106 (22.22%) Information Security
7 105 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (19.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 84 (17.61%) Decision-Making
10 71 (14.88%) Risk Management
11 70 (14.68%) Service Delivery
12 59 (12.37%) Analytics
13 52 (10.90%) Collaborative Working
14 49 (10.27%) Strategic Thinking
15 47 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
16 46 (9.64%) Data Governance
17 45 (9.43%) CI/CD
17 45 (9.43%) DevOps
18 44 (9.22%) Incident Response
18 44 (9.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.08%) SQL
2 22 (4.61%) JavaScript
3 19 (3.98%) C#
4 17 (3.56%) Python
5 9 (1.89%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.47%) Bicep
7 3 (0.63%) Java
8 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.21%) Bash
9 1 (0.21%) Delphi
9 1 (0.21%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 49 (10.27%) Degree
2 46 (9.64%) Security Cleared
3 39 (8.18%) CISSP
4 38 (7.97%) SC Cleared
5 32 (6.71%) CISM
6 16 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.35%) DBS Check
7 15 (3.14%) CISA
8 10 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (1.89%) CCSP
9 9 (1.89%) CRISC
10 8 (1.68%) ACCA
10 8 (1.68%) CIMA
11 7 (1.47%) ISACA
11 7 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (1.26%) Dell Certification
12 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (30.40%) GDPR
2 57 (11.95%) Data Quality
3 56 (11.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (7.76%) NIST
5 35 (7.34%) Accessibility
6 23 (4.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 22 (4.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (4.61%) GRC
8 15 (3.14%) ISO 22301
8 15 (3.14%) PCI DSS
9 13 (2.73%) SOC 2
10 11 (2.31%) COBIT
11 10 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (1.89%) QA
13 7 (1.47%) PMO
13 7 (1.47%) SOC 1
14 6 (1.26%) ISO 9001
14 6 (1.26%) TickIT
15 4 (0.84%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.26%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.26%) vSphere
4 5 (1.05%) Docker
5 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.26%) Avamar
1 6 (1.26%) Dell DRAC
1 6 (1.26%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (1.26%) EMC VPLEX
1 6 (1.26%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.26%) VxRail
2 4 (0.84%) Grafana
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.21%) Ansible
4 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 141 (29.56%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.73%) YouTube
3 12 (2.52%) OpenAI
3 12 (2.52%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.31%) Oracle
5 10 (2.10%) Informatica
6 9 (1.89%) Talend
7 7 (1.47%) Adobe
8 6 (1.26%) 3PAR
8 6 (1.26%) Dell
8 6 (1.26%) Isilon
8 6 (1.26%) NetApp
8 6 (1.26%) Nimble Storage
8 6 (1.26%) Veeam
8 6 (1.26%) VMware
8 6 (1.26%) Xero
9 5 (1.05%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.05%) Sage
10 4 (0.84%) Google
10 4 (0.84%) SAP