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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 243 252
Rank change year-on-year +71 +9 -22
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 377 213 301
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 1.29% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.38% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 230 138 213
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,650 £35,631
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £40,029
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,570 £56,968 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.08% +3.58% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £54,471 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.32% -0.96% -5.17%

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 18,880 15,403 21,595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.36% 93.01% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,612 8,900 15,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 20 August 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 28 (7.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.06%) Apache
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.80%) CMS
3 3 (0.80%) WordPress
4 2 (0.53%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (3.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.59%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.06%) Shopify
4 3 (0.80%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 83 (22.02%) Azure
2 57 (15.12%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (12.73%) Power Platform
4 34 (9.02%) SaaS
5 33 (8.75%) AWS
6 26 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 19 (5.04%) Microsoft Copilot
7 19 (5.04%) PowerApps
8 17 (4.51%) Power Automate
9 15 (3.98%) GCP
10 13 (3.45%) OneDrive
11 11 (2.92%) dbt
11 11 (2.92%) Entra ID
11 11 (2.92%) OCI
12 6 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.59%) Copilot Studio
12 6 (1.59%) GitHub
12 6 (1.59%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.98%) Network Security
2 8 (2.12%) CHAP
3 6 (1.59%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (1.59%) iSCSI
4 5 (1.33%) DNS
4 5 (1.33%) Firewall
5 4 (1.06%) DHCP
5 4 (1.06%) Internet
5 4 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.06%) VPN
6 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.53%) SSL
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.27%) HTTP
8 1 (0.27%) Intranet
8 1 (0.27%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.27%) LAN
8 1 (0.27%) VLAN
8 1 (0.27%) VoIP
8 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.49%) Power BI
2 15 (3.98%) Tableau
3 12 (3.18%) Metadata
4 10 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.59%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.59%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.59%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.33%) Big Data
8 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.80%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.80%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.80%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.80%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.53%) Power Query
10 2 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.27%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 6 (1.59%) Git
2 4 (1.06%) JIRA
3 2 (0.53%) MLflow
4 1 (0.27%) Ant
4 1 (0.27%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.27%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 147 (38.99%) Social Skills
2 81 (21.49%) Finance
3 77 (20.42%) Legal
4 69 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (16.71%) Retail
6 52 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (11.94%) Law
8 44 (11.67%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (7.43%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (4.77%) Public Sector
11 17 (4.51%) Banking
12 13 (3.45%) Financial Institution
13 12 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.65%) Back Office
15 9 (2.39%) Marketing
16 7 (1.86%) Legal Technology
17 6 (1.59%) Manufacturing
18 5 (1.33%) Local Government
18 5 (1.33%) Telecoms
19 4 (1.06%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 39 (10.34%) Senior
2 35 (9.28%) Architect
3 28 (7.43%) Lead
3 28 (7.43%) Service Manager
4 24 (6.37%) Analyst
4 24 (6.37%) Delivery Manager
4 24 (6.37%) Service Delivery Manager
5 22 (5.84%) Data Manager
6 21 (5.57%) Technical Architect
7 19 (5.04%) Developer
8 16 (4.24%) Governance Manager
9 15 (3.98%) Data Governance Analyst
9 15 (3.98%) Data Governance Manager
9 15 (3.98%) Security Manager
10 14 (3.71%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 13 (3.45%) Information Manager
11 13 (3.45%) Information Security Manager
12 11 (2.92%) Business Manager
12 11 (2.92%) Product Manager
12 11 (2.92%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.98%) HTML
2 13 (3.45%) Terraform
3 10 (2.65%) CSS
4 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Graph
4 9 (2.39%) REST
5 8 (2.12%) HTML5 Canvas
5 8 (2.12%) SPFx
6 6 (1.59%) .NET
6 6 (1.59%) React
7 5 (1.33%) SOAP
8 4 (1.06%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.06%) Kafka
9 3 (0.80%) JSON
9 3 (0.80%) Next.js
9 3 (0.80%) Spring
9 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.53%) PySpark
11 1 (0.27%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET Core
11 1 (0.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.88%) Management Information System
2 39 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
3 34 (9.02%) Product Ownership
4 28 (7.43%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (7.43%) Virtual Team
5 23 (6.10%) Security Posture
6 20 (5.31%) Cloud Native
6 20 (5.31%) Onboarding
7 16 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.39%) Social Media
9 8 (2.12%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.86%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.86%) Freedom of Information
10 7 (1.86%) Freedom of Information Act
11 6 (1.59%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.59%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (1.59%) Podcast
11 6 (1.59%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.24%) Windows
2 4 (1.06%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.80%) Linux
4 2 (0.53%) Android
4 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (33.16%) Continuous Improvement
2 97 (25.73%) Cybersecurity
3 94 (24.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 92 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (23.87%) Agile
6 84 (22.28%) AI
7 79 (20.95%) Information Security
8 70 (18.57%) Decision-Making
9 64 (16.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 62 (16.45%) Risk Management
11 55 (14.59%) Service Delivery
12 54 (14.32%) Incident Response
13 48 (12.73%) Project Management
14 43 (11.41%) Analytics
14 43 (11.41%) Strategic Thinking
15 39 (10.34%) CI/CD
15 39 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
16 38 (10.08%) Data Governance
17 36 (9.55%) DevOps
17 36 (9.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.04%) JavaScript
1 19 (5.04%) SQL
2 13 (3.45%) C#
3 9 (2.39%) Python
4 8 (2.12%) Bicep
5 3 (0.80%) Java
5 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.27%) Bash
6 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.27%) Delphi
6 1 (0.27%) Pascal
6 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (10.88%) CISSP
2 35 (9.28%) Degree
3 34 (9.02%) Security Cleared
4 30 (7.96%) CISM
5 26 (6.90%) SC Cleared
6 18 (4.77%) CISA
7 10 (2.65%) DBS Check
8 9 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.39%) CRISC
8 9 (2.39%) SANS
9 8 (2.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (2.12%) CCSP
9 8 (2.12%) CGEIT
9 8 (2.12%) FFIEC
10 7 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.86%) ISACA
10 7 (1.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (1.59%) Dell Certification
12 5 (1.33%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (32.63%) GDPR
2 50 (13.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (13.00%) Data Quality
4 34 (9.02%) NIST
5 21 (5.57%) Accessibility
6 18 (4.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (4.77%) GRC
7 16 (4.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 15 (3.98%) COBIT
9 14 (3.71%) PCI DSS
10 13 (3.45%) ISO 22301
11 12 (3.18%) SOC 2
12 7 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (1.86%) QA
12 7 (1.86%) SOC 1
13 6 (1.59%) ISO 9001
13 6 (1.59%) PMO
13 6 (1.59%) TickIT
14 5 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (0.80%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (1.59%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.59%) Hyper-V
1 6 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (1.59%) vSphere
2 5 (1.33%) Docker
3 4 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.59%) Avamar
1 6 (1.59%) Dell DRAC
1 6 (1.59%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (1.59%) EMC VPLEX
1 6 (1.59%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.59%) VxRail
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 94 (24.93%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.71%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.18%) OpenAI
4 10 (2.65%) Oracle
5 6 (1.59%) 3PAR
5 6 (1.59%) Dell
5 6 (1.59%) iManage
5 6 (1.59%) Isilon
5 6 (1.59%) NetApp
5 6 (1.59%) Nimble Storage
5 6 (1.59%) Veeam
5 6 (1.59%) VMware
6 5 (1.33%) Google
6 5 (1.33%) Sage
6 5 (1.33%) SAP
7 4 (1.06%) Freshdesk
7 4 (1.06%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.06%) YouTube
8 3 (0.80%) Databricks
8 3 (0.80%) Workday