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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 183 235
Rank change year-on-year +18 +52 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 232 308 278
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.53% 1.85% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.98% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 168 174 247
10th Percentile £30,875 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,875 £46,048
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,875 £63,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.98% +10.00% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £94,850
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -15.38% +12.46% +5.09%

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 13,320 15,533 19,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.81% 93.33% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,203 15,873
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,669 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 7 January 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 20 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.86%) Confluence
3 2 (0.86%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.86%) IIS
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) nginx
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.02%) Adobe XD
4 4 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.86%) Endur
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (34.48%) Azure
2 45 (19.40%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (11.64%) AWS
4 24 (10.34%) Entra ID
5 20 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (6.47%) SaaS
7 14 (6.03%) GCP
8 10 (4.31%) GitHub
9 7 (3.02%) Figma
9 7 (3.02%) Miro
9 7 (3.02%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.16%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.16%) IaaS
10 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.16%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.16%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.29%) Serverless
11 3 (1.29%) Stripe
12 2 (0.86%) Cloud Functions
12 2 (0.86%) OVHcloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (12.07%) Firewall
1 28 (12.07%) VPN
2 17 (7.33%) Network Security
2 17 (7.33%) WAN
3 13 (5.60%) SD-WAN
4 12 (5.17%) CHAP
5 11 (4.74%) LAN
5 11 (4.74%) Unified Communications
5 11 (4.74%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (3.88%) DHCP
6 9 (3.88%) DNS
6 9 (3.88%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.45%) VLAN
8 7 (3.02%) VoIP
9 5 (2.16%) SSL
10 4 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.29%) BGP
11 3 (1.29%) IPsec
11 3 (1.29%) OSPF
11 3 (1.29%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.03%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.02%) Power BI
2 7 (3.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (2.59%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.16%) Metadata
5 4 (1.72%) Tableau
6 3 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.86%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (3.45%) Git
2 7 (3.02%) JIRA
3 5 (2.16%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.29%) Maven
4 3 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.86%) ERwin
5 2 (0.86%) Storybook
6 1 (0.43%) GCC
6 1 (0.43%) GDB
6 1 (0.43%) git-flow
General
1 112 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.14%) Finance
3 44 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (17.24%) Legal
5 22 (9.48%) Law
6 20 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (6.47%) Banking
8 14 (6.03%) Financial Institution
9 10 (4.31%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.31%) Retail
9 10 (4.31%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.88%) Marketing
11 7 (3.02%) Digital Health
11 7 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (3.02%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.72%) Local Government
13 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (10.78%) Analyst
1 25 (10.78%) Developer
1 25 (10.78%) Lead
2 20 (8.62%) IT Manager
2 20 (8.62%) IT Support
2 20 (8.62%) Senior
3 13 (5.60%) Head of IT
3 13 (5.60%) IT Engineer
4 12 (5.17%) Auditor
4 12 (5.17%) Internal Auditor
4 12 (5.17%) Security Auditor
5 11 (4.74%) Security Engineer
6 10 (4.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (4.31%) IT Analyst
7 9 (3.88%) Head of IT Operations
7 9 (3.88%) Head of Operations
7 9 (3.88%) Software Developer
7 9 (3.88%) Support Engineer
8 8 (3.45%) Architect
8 8 (3.45%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.47%) .NET
2 10 (4.31%) JSON
3 9 (3.88%) Web Services
3 9 (3.88%) XML
4 8 (3.45%) REST
5 7 (3.02%) .NET Framework
5 7 (3.02%) Universal Windows Platform
5 7 (3.02%) WinUI
5 7 (3.02%) WPF
6 6 (2.59%) CSS
7 5 (2.16%) HTML
7 5 (2.16%) Middleware
8 4 (1.72%) OAuth
8 4 (1.72%) SOAP
9 3 (1.29%) ActiveMQ
9 3 (1.29%) Node.js
9 3 (1.29%) RAML
9 3 (1.29%) React Native
9 3 (1.29%) RESTful
9 3 (1.29%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.55%) Management Information System
2 29 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (5.60%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.88%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.45%) Operational Technology
6 7 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.59%) Blockchain
7 6 (2.59%) e-Learning
7 6 (2.59%) NHS
7 6 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.16%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.16%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.72%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (15.09%) Windows
2 12 (5.17%) Linux
3 11 (4.74%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.72%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.29%) Android
5 3 (1.29%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.29%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.86%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.45%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 55 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (22.41%) Agile
4 47 (20.26%) Information Security
5 45 (19.40%) Project Management
6 38 (16.38%) DevOps
7 37 (15.95%) Service Delivery
8 35 (15.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 34 (14.66%) Analytics
9 34 (14.66%) Incident Response
9 34 (14.66%) Risk Management
10 33 (14.22%) Roadmaps
11 28 (12.07%) Computer Science
12 27 (11.64%) ITIL
13 25 (10.78%) Business Continuity
13 25 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (9.91%) Customer Service
15 22 (9.48%) Coaching
16 20 (8.62%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.21%) SQL
2 8 (3.45%) C#
3 7 (3.02%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.02%) T-SQL
4 6 (2.59%) Java
4 6 (2.59%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.16%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.72%) Python
7 3 (1.29%) Bicep
7 3 (1.29%) C++
8 2 (0.86%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) Bash
9 1 (0.43%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) Groovy
9 1 (0.43%) Ruby
9 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 68 (29.31%) Degree
2 20 (8.62%) DBS Check
3 17 (7.33%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (7.33%) CISSP
3 17 (7.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (6.90%) CISA
5 15 (6.47%) CISM
6 12 (5.17%) CGEIT
6 12 (5.17%) FFIEC
6 12 (5.17%) SANS
7 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.31%) Azure Certification
8 10 (4.31%) CCNP
8 10 (4.31%) Master's Degree
8 10 (4.31%) PMI Certification
9 9 (3.88%) Security Cleared
10 8 (3.45%) AWS Certification
10 8 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.02%) CCNA
11 7 (3.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (25.43%) GDPR
2 26 (11.21%) NIST
3 22 (9.48%) Accessibility
4 19 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (7.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (5.17%) COBIT
7 11 (4.74%) QA
8 10 (4.31%) Data Quality
9 7 (3.02%) SLA
10 6 (2.59%) SOC 2
11 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (2.16%) GRC
12 4 (1.72%) PERC
13 3 (1.29%) ISO 9001
13 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (1.29%) WCAG
14 2 (0.86%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.86%) GMP
14 2 (0.86%) NCSC
14 2 (0.86%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (9.05%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.29%) Docker
3 3 (1.29%) Firmware
4 2 (0.86%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (9.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (6.47%) Terraform
3 5 (2.16%) Ansible
3 5 (2.16%) Autotask
4 3 (1.29%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.86%) Grafana
5 2 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.86%) SCOM
5 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.43%) Argo
6 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.43%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.43%) Kibana
6 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 89 (38.36%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.17%) Cisco
3 11 (4.74%) Adobe
4 8 (3.45%) Google
4 8 (3.45%) Oracle
5 7 (3.02%) Syncfusion
5 7 (3.02%) Telerik
6 6 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.59%) VMware
7 5 (2.16%) iManage
7 5 (2.16%) Progress
7 5 (2.16%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.72%) Civica
8 4 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.29%) Dell
9 3 (1.29%) Meraki
9 3 (1.29%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.29%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.29%) SAP
9 3 (1.29%) Zscaler