Hybrid/Remote Data Security Job Trends

Data Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 256 380
Rank change year-on-year -35 +124 +101
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 106 154 187
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 1.16% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 1.22% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 79 122 167
10th Percentile £38,553 £47,500 £39,747
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,313 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,478 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +8.70% -11.13%
75th Percentile £83,125 £83,750 £88,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £103,750
UK median annual salary £62,250 £65,000 £61,750
% change year-on-year -4.23% +5.26% +5.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Security 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 14,826 12,623 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.16% 94.77% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,367 8,945 23,614
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,202 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,205 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +8.18% -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 Security
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Security and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Security job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Security
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Security

Data Security
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Security over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Data Security salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Security
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 10 (9.43%) Apache Spark
2 8 (7.55%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (6.60%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.77%) Apache
5 2 (1.89%) IIS
5 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.89%) Moodle
5 2 (1.89%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.94%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.77%) SAP HCM
1 4 (3.77%) SAP HR
1 4 (3.77%) SAP Payroll
1 4 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.94%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (36.79%) Azure
2 26 (24.53%) AWS
3 20 (18.87%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (16.98%) GCP
5 11 (10.38%) Power Platform
6 10 (9.43%) Serverless
7 9 (8.49%) Entra ID
8 8 (7.55%) dbt
9 7 (6.60%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (5.66%) Cloud Composer
10 6 (5.66%) Dagster
11 5 (4.72%) Smartsheet
12 4 (3.77%) IaaS
12 4 (3.77%) PaaS
12 4 (3.77%) Power Automate
12 4 (3.77%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (2.83%) Amazon S3
13 3 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (2.83%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.66%) Broadband
2 5 (4.72%) DHCP
2 5 (4.72%) DNS
3 3 (2.83%) Firewall
3 3 (2.83%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.83%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.38%) Data Warehouse
1 11 (10.38%) Metadata
2 10 (9.43%) Data Lake
3 8 (7.55%) Power BI
4 7 (6.60%) SQL Server
5 6 (5.66%) BigQuery
6 5 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (2.83%) Big Data
7 3 (2.83%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.83%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.83%) Redis
8 2 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.89%) GIS
8 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.94%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.94%) MySQL
9 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (5.66%) Git
1 6 (5.66%) JIRA
2 5 (4.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.94%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.94%) Metasploit
General
1 37 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 31 (29.25%) Finance
3 20 (18.87%) Legal
4 15 (14.15%) Law
5 13 (12.26%) Public Sector
6 11 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.77%) Marketing
9 3 (2.83%) Banking
9 3 (2.83%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.89%) Local Government
10 2 (1.89%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.89%) Welsh Language
11 1 (0.94%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (20.75%) Senior
2 17 (16.04%) Data Engineer
3 15 (14.15%) Architect
3 15 (14.15%) Lead
4 8 (7.55%) Senior Data Engineer
5 7 (6.60%) Security Architect
5 7 (6.60%) Technical Architect
6 6 (5.66%) Analyst
6 6 (5.66%) Compliance Manager
6 6 (5.66%) Consultant
6 6 (5.66%) IT Manager
6 6 (5.66%) Lead Data Engineer
6 6 (5.66%) Senior Manager
7 5 (4.72%) Head of Projects
7 5 (4.72%) IT Analyst
7 5 (4.72%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (4.72%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 5 (4.72%) Senior Technical Manager
7 5 (4.72%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 5 (4.72%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.26%) Kafka
2 8 (7.55%) OAuth
3 7 (6.60%) EDI
3 7 (6.60%) Middleware
4 5 (4.72%) OpenID
4 5 (4.72%) SAML
5 4 (3.77%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (2.83%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (2.83%) JWT
6 3 (2.83%) OAuth2
6 3 (2.83%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (2.83%) PySpark
7 2 (1.89%) CSS
7 2 (1.89%) HTML
8 1 (0.94%) .NET
8 1 (0.94%) NumPy
8 1 (0.94%) Pandas
8 1 (0.94%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.94%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.94%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.21%) Cloud Native
2 12 (11.32%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.55%) Data Structures
4 6 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (5.66%) Anti-Piracy
4 6 (5.66%) Social Media
5 5 (4.72%) Cyberattack
6 4 (3.77%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.83%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.83%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.89%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.94%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.94%) Blog
9 1 (0.94%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.94%) Life Science
9 1 (0.94%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.94%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.94%) Replication
9 1 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.32%) Windows
2 11 (10.38%) Linux
3 2 (1.89%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.94%) Android
4 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.94%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (31.13%) Agile
2 29 (27.36%) Analytics
2 29 (27.36%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (24.53%) Project Management
4 24 (22.64%) Coaching
4 24 (22.64%) Computer Science
5 22 (20.75%) Data Governance
5 22 (20.75%) DevOps
5 22 (20.75%) Project Delivery
6 20 (18.87%) Data Pipeline
6 20 (18.87%) ETL
6 20 (18.87%) Mentoring
7 19 (17.92%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (16.04%) Waterfall
10 15 (14.15%) AI
10 15 (14.15%) Decision-Making
10 15 (14.15%) Microservices
10 15 (14.15%) PRINCE2
11 14 (13.21%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 21 (19.81%) SQL
2 17 (16.04%) Python
3 10 (9.43%) Java
4 7 (6.60%) C++
4 7 (6.60%) Scala
5 4 (3.77%) ABAP
5 4 (3.77%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.83%) Go
6 3 (2.83%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.89%) C#
7 2 (1.89%) Groovy
7 2 (1.89%) R
7 2 (1.89%) VBA
7 2 (1.89%) VBScript
8 1 (0.94%) C
8 1 (0.94%) Perl
8 1 (0.94%) Ruby
8 1 (0.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (17.92%) Degree
2 16 (15.09%) CISSP
3 10 (9.43%) Security Cleared
4 7 (6.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 7 (6.60%) CCSP
4 7 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (6.60%) CISM
4 7 (6.60%) CITP
5 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.72%) DBS Check
5 5 (4.72%) GIAC
5 5 (4.72%) ISACA
5 5 (4.72%) PMI Certification
5 5 (4.72%) PMP
5 5 (4.72%) SANS
6 4 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.83%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.83%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.89%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (14.15%) GDPR
3 13 (12.26%) NIST
4 6 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (5.66%) ISO 14001
4 6 (5.66%) ISO 9001
4 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (4.72%) GRC
6 4 (3.77%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (2.83%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.83%) QA
8 1 (0.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.72%) Ansible
1 5 (4.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.83%) Grafana
3 3 (2.83%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.89%) Terraform
4 2 (1.89%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.94%) Nessus
5 1 (0.94%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 40 (37.74%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.38%) Salesforce
3 8 (7.55%) SAP
4 7 (6.60%) Planon
5 6 (5.66%) Google
6 5 (4.72%) Databricks
6 5 (4.72%) ForgeRock
6 5 (4.72%) Okta
7 4 (3.77%) Oracle
8 2 (1.89%) ESRI
8 2 (1.89%) Freshdesk
8 2 (1.89%) iManage
8 2 (1.89%) Mitel
8 2 (1.89%) Splunk
9 1 (0.94%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.94%) Foundry
9 1 (0.94%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.94%) Palantir
9 1 (0.94%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.94%) Workday