Hybrid/Remote GDPR Job Trends

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring GDPR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 160 229
Rank change year-on-year +22 +69 +21
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 325 326 375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.98% 2.12% 1.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.37% 12.05% 9.69%
Number of salaries quoted 208 186 326
10th Percentile £38,896 £37,716 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £59,764 £68,429 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.66% +36.86% -9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

GDPR falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,859 2,705 3,870
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.44% 17.60% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,523 3,029
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,716 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,140 £49,067 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £59,527 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +9.09% -4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

GDPR job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GDPR over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

GDPR salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 16 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.15%) Anypoint
3 6 (1.85%) CMS
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.92%) WordPress
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (8.31%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.31%) InDesign
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (2.15%) Shopify
2 6 (1.85%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.23%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.23%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.23%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.92%) Magento
5 3 (0.92%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.31%) iTrent
6 1 (0.31%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 112 (34.46%) Azure
2 66 (20.31%) AWS
3 33 (10.15%) GCP
3 33 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 23 (7.08%) SaaS
6 22 (6.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 21 (6.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (6.15%) GitHub
9 19 (5.85%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (5.23%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (4.31%) Azure Event Grid
11 14 (4.31%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (4.31%) Entra ID
12 13 (4.00%) Boomi
13 11 (3.38%) Power Automate
14 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (2.15%) iPaaS
15 7 (2.15%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.08%) Firewall
2 19 (5.85%) CHAP
3 12 (3.69%) Network Security
4 7 (2.15%) DMZ
5 6 (1.85%) DNS
6 5 (1.54%) Internet
7 4 (1.23%) SSL
8 3 (0.92%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.92%) SCCP
8 3 (0.92%) VLAN
8 3 (0.92%) VPN
9 1 (0.31%) Broadband
9 1 (0.31%) DHCP
9 1 (0.31%) Intranet
9 1 (0.31%) SMS
9 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.08%) Power BI
2 7 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.15%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.85%) Tableau
4 5 (1.54%) Metadata
4 5 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.92%) Power Query
5 3 (0.92%) Redis
6 2 (0.62%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.62%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.62%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.62%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.62%) MySQL
7 1 (0.31%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.31%) DB2
7 1 (0.31%) Looker
7 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 8 (2.46%) JIRA
2 3 (0.92%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.31%) Vite
4 1 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 145 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 116 (35.69%) Finance
3 55 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (16.92%) Legal
4 34 (10.46%) Public Sector
5 32 (9.85%) Banking
6 31 (9.54%) Law
7 25 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (7.08%) Financial Institution
9 22 (6.77%) Retail
10 17 (5.23%) Marketing
10 17 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.77%) Advertising
12 8 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.15%) Aviation
13 7 (2.15%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.85%) French Language
14 6 (1.85%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 56 (17.23%) Senior
2 22 (6.77%) Analyst
3 21 (6.46%) Integration Engineer
3 21 (6.46%) Security Manager
4 19 (5.85%) Auditor
5 18 (5.54%) Architect
5 18 (5.54%) Internal Auditor
5 18 (5.54%) Lead
5 18 (5.54%) Security Auditor
6 17 (5.23%) Senior Manager
7 16 (4.92%) Administrator
8 14 (4.31%) Consultant
9 13 (4.00%) IT Manager
10 11 (3.38%) Risk Manager
11 10 (3.08%) Security Analyst
12 9 (2.77%) Information Manager
12 9 (2.77%) Security Engineer
12 9 (2.77%) Support Engineer
13 7 (2.15%) Head of Cybersecurity
13 7 (2.15%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.46%) JSON
1 21 (6.46%) RESTful
2 17 (5.23%) OAuth
2 17 (5.23%) OAuth2
3 16 (4.92%) REST
4 11 (3.38%) SOAP
4 11 (3.38%) Web Services
5 10 (3.08%) .NET
5 10 (3.08%) HTML
6 8 (2.46%) CSS
7 6 (1.85%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.85%) SAML
7 6 (1.85%) XML
8 5 (1.54%) jQuery
8 5 (1.54%) Kafka
9 4 (1.23%) HTML5
9 4 (1.23%) Middleware
9 4 (1.23%) Node.js
9 4 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
10 3 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.92%) Management Information System
2 27 (8.31%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.46%) Security Posture
4 20 (6.15%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.23%) PKI
6 11 (3.38%) Blockchain
7 10 (3.08%) Cloud Security Posture
7 10 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.77%) Blog
8 9 (2.77%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.46%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.46%) Virtual Team
10 7 (2.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 7 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.54%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.54%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.54%) Social Media
11 5 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.92%) Linux
1 16 (4.92%) Windows
2 7 (2.15%) Unix
3 4 (1.23%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.62%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.31%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (28.31%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (22.46%) Incident Response
3 72 (22.15%) Data Protection
4 71 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (21.54%) Analytics
6 65 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (18.77%) Information Security
8 53 (16.31%) Agile
8 53 (16.31%) Risk Management
9 48 (14.77%) CRM
10 47 (14.46%) CI/CD
10 47 (14.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 45 (13.85%) AI
12 44 (13.54%) Coaching
12 44 (13.54%) Data Governance
12 44 (13.54%) DevOps
12 44 (13.54%) Project Management
13 42 (12.92%) Decision-Making
14 36 (11.08%) Cloud Security
14 36 (11.08%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.00%) Python
2 22 (6.77%) SQL
3 19 (5.85%) JavaScript
4 18 (5.54%) Bicep
4 18 (5.54%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.69%) C#
6 11 (3.38%) Java
7 5 (1.54%) Bash
7 5 (1.54%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.23%) ABAP
8 4 (1.23%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.92%) Go
9 3 (0.92%) Perl
9 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.62%) PHP
10 2 (0.62%) R
10 2 (0.62%) VBA
11 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (20.62%) Degree
2 57 (17.54%) CISSP
3 52 (16.00%) Security Cleared
4 45 (13.85%) CISM
5 40 (12.31%) SC Cleared
6 32 (9.85%) CISA
7 19 (5.85%) CGEIT
7 19 (5.85%) FFIEC
7 19 (5.85%) SANS
8 17 (5.23%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.62%) AWS Certification
9 15 (4.62%) Azure Certification
10 12 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (2.77%) CREST Certified
12 9 (2.77%) DBS Check
12 9 (2.77%) HNC
13 8 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (27.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (22.46%) NIST
3 32 (9.85%) PCI DSS
4 29 (8.92%) Data Quality
5 24 (7.38%) GRC
6 23 (7.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (6.46%) NCSC
8 20 (6.15%) COBIT
9 19 (5.85%) SOC 2
10 12 (3.69%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (3.38%) Accessibility
11 11 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (3.08%) QA
13 8 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (2.15%) HIPAA
14 7 (2.15%) JSP 440
15 6 (1.85%) SLA
16 5 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 4 (1.23%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 13 (4.00%) Docker
2 10 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (8.62%) Terraform
2 16 (4.92%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.08%) Ansible
4 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.23%) Grafana
6 4 (1.23%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.92%) Nessus
7 3 (0.92%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.92%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.62%) Puppet
9 1 (0.31%) Argo
9 1 (0.31%) CASB
9 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.31%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.31%) Nmap
Vendors
1 68 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.46%) Salesforce
2 21 (6.46%) Workday
3 19 (5.85%) Google
4 15 (4.62%) Oracle
5 14 (4.31%) Ab Initio
5 14 (4.31%) MuleSoft
5 14 (4.31%) SAP
6 13 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.08%) IBM
8 7 (2.15%) Dell
8 7 (2.15%) Epicor
8 7 (2.15%) IFS
8 7 (2.15%) Infor
8 7 (2.15%) Informatica
8 7 (2.15%) Jitterbit
8 7 (2.15%) SnapLogic
8 7 (2.15%) Software AG
8 7 (2.15%) Talend
8 7 (2.15%) TIBCO
218 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs