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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 170 222
Rank change year-on-year -9 +52 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 244 264 435
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.04% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 2.15% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 165 191 367
10th Percentile £29,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £99,273 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% +22.00% -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 14,170 12,263 28,453
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.10% 94.89% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,712 8,858 23,219
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,959
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 29 March 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 21 (8.61%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.87%) Adobe XD
4 5 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
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%) Shopify
3 1 (0.41%) Endur
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 58 (23.77%) Azure
2 42 (17.21%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (11.07%) SaaS
4 18 (7.38%) AWS
5 16 (6.56%) Entra ID
6 13 (5.33%) GCP
7 12 (4.92%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.87%) Figma
8 7 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (2.87%) Miro
9 6 (2.46%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.05%) GitHub
11 3 (1.23%) OCI
11 3 (1.23%) Serverless
11 3 (1.23%) Stripe
12 2 (0.82%) Algolia
12 2 (0.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.82%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.82%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.84%) CHAP
2 20 (8.20%) Firewall
3 13 (5.33%) DNS
4 11 (4.51%) Network Security
5 10 (4.10%) DHCP
5 10 (4.10%) VPN
6 7 (2.87%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.46%) WAN
8 5 (2.05%) LAN
9 4 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.23%) PuTTY
11 2 (0.82%) SSL
12 1 (0.41%) Broadband
12 1 (0.41%) Multicast
12 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.41%) SMS
12 1 (0.41%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.92%) Power BI
2 8 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.64%) Metadata
4 3 (1.23%) Power Query
4 3 (1.23%) Tableau
5 2 (0.82%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.41%) DB2
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
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
1 116 (47.54%) Social Skills
2 69 (28.28%) Finance
3 50 (20.49%) Legal
4 39 (15.98%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (11.07%) Banking
5 27 (11.07%) Law
6 26 (10.66%) Financial Institution
7 25 (10.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (5.74%) Retail
10 11 (4.51%) Marketing
11 7 (2.87%) Digital Health
11 7 (2.87%) Local Government
12 6 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.46%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.46%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.64%) Aviation
13 4 (1.64%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.23%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 28 (11.48%) Lead
2 24 (9.84%) Auditor
3 23 (9.43%) Internal Auditor
3 23 (9.43%) Security Auditor
4 20 (8.20%) Developer
5 17 (6.97%) Analyst
6 16 (6.56%) IT Support
7 15 (6.15%) IT Manager
8 14 (5.74%) Security Engineer
9 11 (4.51%) Senior
10 10 (4.10%) Security Manager
11 9 (3.69%) Administrator
11 9 (3.69%) Architect
11 9 (3.69%) IT Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.28%) Infrastructure Manager
13 7 (2.87%) Business Manager
13 7 (2.87%) Information Security Engineer
13 7 (2.87%) IT Analyst
13 7 (2.87%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.28%) .NET
1 8 (3.28%) REST
2 6 (2.46%) CSS
2 6 (2.46%) Middleware
3 5 (2.05%) HTML
4 4 (1.64%) JSON
4 4 (1.64%) SOAP
4 4 (1.64%) XML
5 3 (1.23%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.23%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.23%) EDI
5 3 (1.23%) JWT
5 3 (1.23%) OAuth
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.23%) RAML
5 3 (1.23%) React Native
5 3 (1.23%) RESTful
5 3 (1.23%) Sass
6 2 (0.82%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 54 (22.13%) Management Information System
2 20 (8.20%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (6.56%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.33%) Blockchain
5 12 (4.92%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.92%) Security Posture
6 11 (4.51%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.87%) e-Learning
9 6 (2.46%) Podcast
10 5 (2.05%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.64%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.64%) NHS
12 3 (1.23%) CMDB
12 3 (1.23%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.23%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.66%) Windows
2 10 (4.10%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.87%) Linux
4 5 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.23%) Android
6 3 (1.23%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.82%) Unix
7 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.41%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (25.82%) Continuous Improvement
1 63 (25.82%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (25.00%) Information Security
3 59 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (23.77%) Agile
5 55 (22.54%) Project Management
6 51 (20.90%) Incident Response
7 49 (20.08%) Risk Management
8 44 (18.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (17.62%) Analytics
10 33 (13.52%) Decision-Making
10 33 (13.52%) Vulnerability Management
11 32 (13.11%) Coaching
12 31 (12.70%) Data Analytics
12 31 (12.70%) Validation
13 28 (11.48%) PRINCE2
13 28 (11.48%) Risk Assessment
14 26 (10.66%) AI
14 26 (10.66%) Data Governance
14 26 (10.66%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.79%) SQL
2 9 (3.69%) Python
3 8 (3.28%) Bicep
3 8 (3.28%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.28%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.46%) Java
4 6 (2.46%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.05%) C#
5 5 (2.05%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.23%) VBA
7 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.41%) Bash
8 1 (0.41%) C++
8 1 (0.41%) Ruby
8 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 46 (18.85%) Degree
2 37 (15.16%) CISSP
3 29 (11.89%) CISM
4 26 (10.66%) CISA
5 24 (9.84%) CGEIT
5 24 (9.84%) FFIEC
5 24 (9.84%) SANS
6 14 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (4.92%) DBS Check
8 10 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.10%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.69%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.87%) CEH
11 4 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.64%) Postgraduate
12 3 (1.23%) CCNA
12 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (28.69%) GDPR
2 33 (13.52%) NIST
3 25 (10.25%) Accessibility
3 25 (10.25%) COBIT
4 23 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (7.79%) Data Quality
6 18 (7.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 10 (4.10%) QA
8 7 (2.87%) SOC 2
9 6 (2.46%) PCI DSS
10 5 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (2.05%) GRC
10 5 (2.05%) SLA
11 4 (1.64%) HIPAA
12 3 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.82%) NCSC
13 2 (0.82%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.82%) Docker
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (5.33%) Terraform
2 12 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.41%) Autotask
4 1 (0.41%) CASB
4 1 (0.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 77 (31.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.69%) Adobe
2 9 (3.69%) Google
2 9 (3.69%) iManage
3 8 (3.28%) Oracle
4 7 (2.87%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.87%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.05%) Freshdesk
5 5 (2.05%) SAP
6 4 (1.64%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.64%) VMware
7 3 (1.23%) Databricks
8 2 (0.82%) Cisco
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%) Sage
8 2 (0.82%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.82%) Telerik