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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 185 226
Rank change year-on-year +15 +41 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection 228 309 279
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.49% 1.80% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.94% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 164 175 248
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,500 £36,425
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +11.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £79,063 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £58,650
% change year-on-year -19.23% +10.83% +2.00%

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 13,498 15,959 19,353
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.40% 92.95% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,596 9,592 15,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +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 28 December 2025.

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 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.88%) Confluence
3 2 (0.88%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.88%) IIS
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) nginx
4 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.07%) Adobe XD
4 4 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Endur
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (34.65%) Azure
2 46 (20.18%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (11.84%) AWS
4 23 (10.09%) Entra ID
5 19 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (6.58%) GCP
7 14 (6.14%) SaaS
8 10 (4.39%) GitHub
9 7 (3.07%) Figma
9 7 (3.07%) Miro
9 7 (3.07%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.19%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.19%) IaaS
10 5 (2.19%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.19%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.32%) Serverless
12 3 (1.32%) Stripe
13 2 (0.88%) Algolia
Communications & Networking
1 28 (12.28%) Firewall
1 28 (12.28%) VPN
2 17 (7.46%) Network Security
2 17 (7.46%) WAN
3 13 (5.70%) SD-WAN
4 11 (4.82%) LAN
4 11 (4.82%) Unified Communications
4 11 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (4.39%) CHAP
6 9 (3.95%) DHCP
6 9 (3.95%) DNS
6 9 (3.95%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.51%) VLAN
8 7 (3.07%) VoIP
9 5 (2.19%) SSL
10 4 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.32%) BGP
11 3 (1.32%) IPsec
11 3 (1.32%) OSPF
11 3 (1.32%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.14%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.07%) Power BI
2 7 (3.07%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (2.63%) Metadata
4 5 (2.19%) Tableau
5 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.44%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (3.51%) Git
2 5 (2.19%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.19%) JIRA
3 3 (1.32%) Maven
3 3 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.88%) ERwin
4 2 (0.88%) Storybook
5 1 (0.44%) GCC
5 1 (0.44%) GDB
5 1 (0.44%) git-flow
General
1 109 (47.81%) Social Skills
2 54 (23.68%) Finance
3 45 (19.74%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (17.11%) Legal
5 21 (9.21%) Law
6 20 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.70%) Banking
8 12 (5.26%) Financial Institution
9 11 (4.82%) Retail
10 10 (4.39%) Public Sector
10 10 (4.39%) Telecoms
11 9 (3.95%) Marketing
12 7 (3.07%) Digital Health
12 7 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (3.07%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.75%) Local Government
15 4 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (1.32%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (10.96%) Analyst
1 25 (10.96%) Developer
2 24 (10.53%) Lead
3 22 (9.65%) Senior
4 20 (8.77%) IT Support
5 19 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 13 (5.70%) Head of IT
6 13 (5.70%) IT Engineer
7 11 (4.82%) Security Engineer
8 10 (4.39%) Auditor
8 10 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (4.39%) Internal Auditor
8 10 (4.39%) IT Analyst
8 10 (4.39%) Security Auditor
9 9 (3.95%) Head of IT Operations
9 9 (3.95%) Head of Operations
9 9 (3.95%) Software Developer
9 9 (3.95%) Support Engineer
10 8 (3.51%) Architect
10 8 (3.51%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.02%) .NET
2 10 (4.39%) JSON
3 9 (3.95%) Web Services
3 9 (3.95%) XML
4 8 (3.51%) REST
5 7 (3.07%) .NET Framework
5 7 (3.07%) Universal Windows Platform
5 7 (3.07%) WinUI
5 7 (3.07%) WPF
6 5 (2.19%) CSS
6 5 (2.19%) Middleware
7 4 (1.75%) HTML
7 4 (1.75%) OAuth
7 4 (1.75%) SOAP
8 3 (1.32%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (1.32%) Node.js
8 3 (1.32%) RAML
8 3 (1.32%) React Native
8 3 (1.32%) RESTful
8 3 (1.32%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.49%) Management Information System
2 29 (12.72%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (4.39%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.95%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.95%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.51%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.63%) e-Learning
6 6 (2.63%) NHS
6 6 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.19%) Blockchain
7 5 (2.19%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.19%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.19%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.75%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (15.35%) Windows
2 12 (5.26%) Linux
3 11 (4.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.75%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.32%) Android
5 3 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (27.63%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (23.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 50 (21.93%) Agile
5 43 (18.86%) Information Security
6 42 (18.42%) Project Management
7 37 (16.23%) DevOps
7 37 (16.23%) Service Delivery
8 33 (14.47%) Roadmaps
8 33 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 32 (14.04%) Incident Response
9 32 (14.04%) Risk Management
10 30 (13.16%) Analytics
11 28 (12.28%) Computer Science
12 27 (11.84%) ITIL
13 25 (10.96%) Business Continuity
13 25 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (10.53%) Customer Service
15 21 (9.21%) Coaching
16 20 (8.77%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.84%) SQL
2 8 (3.51%) C#
2 8 (3.51%) T-SQL
3 7 (3.07%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.63%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.19%) Java
5 5 (2.19%) Python
5 5 (2.19%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.75%) Bicep
7 3 (1.32%) C++
8 2 (0.88%) Scala
8 2 (0.88%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.44%) Bash
9 1 (0.44%) Go
9 1 (0.44%) Groovy
9 1 (0.44%) R
9 1 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 69 (30.26%) Degree
2 18 (7.89%) DBS Check
3 17 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (6.58%) CISSP
5 14 (6.14%) CISA
6 13 (5.70%) CISM
7 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.39%) Azure Certification
8 10 (4.39%) CCNP
8 10 (4.39%) CGEIT
8 10 (4.39%) FFIEC
8 10 (4.39%) Master's Degree
8 10 (4.39%) SANS
9 9 (3.95%) Security Cleared
10 8 (3.51%) AWS Certification
10 8 (3.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.51%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.07%) CCNA
11 7 (3.07%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (26.32%) GDPR
2 24 (10.53%) NIST
3 22 (9.65%) Accessibility
4 19 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (4.82%) Data Quality
7 10 (4.39%) COBIT
7 10 (4.39%) QA
8 7 (3.07%) SLA
9 6 (2.63%) SOC 2
10 5 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (2.19%) GRC
11 4 (1.75%) PERC
12 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (1.32%) WCAG
13 2 (0.88%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.88%) NCSC
13 2 (0.88%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.32%) Docker
3 3 (1.32%) Firmware
4 2 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (9.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.02%) Terraform
3 5 (2.19%) Ansible
3 5 (2.19%) Autotask
4 3 (1.32%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.88%) Grafana
5 2 (0.88%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.88%) SCOM
5 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.44%) Argo
6 1 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.44%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.44%) Kibana
6 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 88 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.26%) Cisco
3 11 (4.82%) Adobe
4 9 (3.95%) Google
5 8 (3.51%) Oracle
6 7 (3.07%) Syncfusion
6 7 (3.07%) Telerik
7 6 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.63%) VMware
8 5 (2.19%) Progress
8 5 (2.19%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.75%) Civica
9 4 (1.75%) Databricks
9 4 (1.75%) iManage
9 4 (1.75%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.32%) Dell
10 3 (1.32%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.32%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.32%) SAP
10 3 (1.32%) Zscaler