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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 166 233
Rank change year-on-year -8 +67 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 244 275 432
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 2.09% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.21% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 160 197 369
10th Percentile £29,960 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,875 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,020 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.03% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £85,250
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 14,510 12,456 29,185
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.79% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 10,123 8,932 23,488
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 14 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 9 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.05%) CMS
4 2 (0.82%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.82%) BambooHR
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.82%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.82%) Shopify
3 1 (0.41%) Endur
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 60 (24.59%) Azure
2 36 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (11.07%) SaaS
4 17 (6.97%) Entra ID
5 15 (6.15%) AWS
6 12 (4.92%) Power Platform
7 11 (4.51%) GCP
8 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.46%) Google Workspace
11 5 (2.05%) GitHub
12 3 (1.23%) OCI
12 3 (1.23%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.23%) Serverless
13 2 (0.82%) Algolia
13 2 (0.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 2 (0.82%) Cloud Functions
13 2 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.82%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.82%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.25%) CHAP
2 17 (6.97%) Firewall
3 14 (5.74%) DNS
4 11 (4.51%) DHCP
5 9 (3.69%) Network Security
6 7 (2.87%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.87%) VPN
7 6 (2.46%) WAN
8 5 (2.05%) LAN
9 3 (1.23%) PuTTY
10 1 (0.41%) Broadband
10 1 (0.41%) Multicast
10 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.41%) SMS
10 1 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.92%) Power BI
2 5 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.23%) Metadata
3 3 (1.23%) Power Query
3 3 (1.23%) Tableau
4 2 (0.82%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.41%) DB2
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.46%) Git
2 5 (2.05%) JIRA
3 3 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.23%) Maven
3 3 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.82%) ERwin
4 2 (0.82%) Storybook
5 1 (0.41%) GCC
5 1 (0.41%) GDB
5 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.41%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 115 (47.13%) Social Skills
2 78 (31.97%) Finance
3 53 (21.72%) Legal
4 38 (15.57%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (12.30%) Law
6 29 (11.89%) Banking
7 26 (10.66%) Financial Institution
8 19 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (7.79%) Retail
9 18 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (4.51%) Marketing
11 6 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.46%) Local Government
11 6 (2.46%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.64%) Aviation
12 4 (1.64%) Games
12 4 (1.64%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.64%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.23%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (10.25%) Auditor
2 24 (9.84%) Internal Auditor
2 24 (9.84%) Security Auditor
3 20 (8.20%) Lead
4 17 (6.97%) IT Manager
5 16 (6.56%) Analyst
5 16 (6.56%) Developer
5 16 (6.56%) Security Manager
6 12 (4.92%) Information Manager
6 12 (4.92%) Security Engineer
7 11 (4.51%) IT Support
7 11 (4.51%) Senior
8 9 (3.69%) Administrator
8 9 (3.69%) Architect
8 9 (3.69%) Information Security Manager
8 9 (3.69%) Infrastructure Manager
9 8 (3.28%) IT Engineer
10 7 (2.87%) Business Manager
10 7 (2.87%) Information Security Engineer
10 7 (2.87%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.87%) .NET
2 5 (2.05%) CSS
2 5 (2.05%) HTML
2 5 (2.05%) Middleware
2 5 (2.05%) REST
3 4 (1.64%) SOAP
4 3 (1.23%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.23%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.23%) JWT
4 3 (1.23%) OAuth
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.23%) RAML
4 3 (1.23%) React Native
4 3 (1.23%) RESTful
5 2 (0.82%) Express.js
5 2 (0.82%) Jest
5 2 (0.82%) RxJS
5 2 (0.82%) Universal Windows Platform
5 2 (0.82%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 57 (23.36%) Management Information System
2 24 (9.84%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (7.38%) Onboarding
4 17 (6.97%) Security Posture
5 14 (5.74%) Cloud Native
6 13 (5.33%) Blockchain
7 12 (4.92%) Product Ownership
8 10 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.87%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.87%) Podcast
10 5 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.64%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.64%) NHS
12 3 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.23%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.23%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.25%) Windows
2 9 (3.69%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.28%) Linux
4 6 (2.46%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.23%) Android
5 3 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.82%) Unix
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.41%) AIX
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (29.51%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (28.28%) Information Security
3 64 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (24.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 57 (23.36%) Incident Response
6 55 (22.54%) Risk Management
7 52 (21.31%) Agile
8 47 (19.26%) Project Management
9 43 (17.62%) Analytics
10 41 (16.80%) Decision-Making
10 41 (16.80%) Vulnerability Management
11 39 (15.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 33 (13.52%) Validation
13 32 (13.11%) Data Analytics
14 29 (11.89%) Internal Audit
14 29 (11.89%) PRINCE2
14 29 (11.89%) Risk Assessment
15 28 (11.48%) AI
16 27 (11.07%) Test Strategy
17 26 (10.66%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.33%) SQL
2 10 (4.10%) Python
3 9 (3.69%) Bicep
3 9 (3.69%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.46%) Java
5 6 (2.46%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.64%) C#
7 3 (1.23%) VBA
8 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.82%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) C++
9 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 40 (16.39%) CISSP
2 37 (15.16%) Degree
3 32 (13.11%) CISM
4 29 (11.89%) CISA
5 25 (10.25%) CGEIT
5 25 (10.25%) FFIEC
5 25 (10.25%) SANS
6 12 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.51%) DBS Check
8 10 (4.10%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.69%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.87%) CEH
10 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.64%) ACCA
11 4 (1.64%) CIMA
11 4 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (1.64%) Postgraduate
12 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (34.02%) GDPR
2 40 (16.39%) NIST
3 29 (11.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (11.07%) COBIT
5 19 (7.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (7.38%) Data Quality
7 17 (6.97%) Accessibility
8 10 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (4.10%) QA
9 8 (3.28%) SOC 2
10 7 (2.87%) GRC
10 7 (2.87%) PCI DSS
11 5 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (1.64%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.64%) TickIT
13 2 (0.82%) GMP
13 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
3 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (5.74%) Terraform
2 12 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.41%) CASB
4 1 (0.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 76 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.69%) Google
2 9 (3.69%) iManage
3 8 (3.28%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.87%) Oracle
5 6 (2.46%) Freshdesk
5 6 (2.46%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.64%) Databricks
6 4 (1.64%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.64%) Sage
6 4 (1.64%) SAP
6 4 (1.64%) VMware
7 3 (1.23%) Xero
8 2 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.82%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.82%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.82%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.82%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.82%) Telerik
8 2 (0.82%) Workday