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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 162 241
Rank change year-on-year +26 +79 +6
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 310 335 333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.98% 2.06% 1.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.16% 11.99% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 200 177 291
10th Percentile £39,152 £37,716 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,165 £45,000 £42,523
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +18.18% -0.80%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £50,803
% change year-on-year -11.54% +27.95% -7.63%

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 2,779 2,794 3,620
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.77% 17.21% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 1,494 2,844
10th Percentile £34,701 £37,101 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +0.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,514 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.81% +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

GDPR
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GDPR over the 6 months to 27 January 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 20 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.26%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.61%) CMS
4 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.97%) WordPress
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 23 (7.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.32%) InDesign
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.58%) Shopify
1 8 (2.58%) Workday HCM
2 6 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.29%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.29%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.29%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.97%) Magento
5 3 (0.97%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.32%) iTrent
7 1 (0.32%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.32%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 118 (38.06%) Azure
2 63 (20.32%) AWS
3 42 (13.55%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (8.71%) GCP
5 24 (7.74%) Azure Logic Apps
6 21 (6.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (6.77%) Power Platform
7 20 (6.45%) SaaS
8 19 (6.13%) GitHub
9 18 (5.81%) Entra ID
9 18 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (5.48%) Azure Service Bus
11 15 (4.84%) Boomi
12 14 (4.52%) Azure Event Grid
12 14 (4.52%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (3.55%) Power Automate
14 9 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (2.58%) iPaaS
16 7 (2.26%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.42%) Firewall
2 16 (5.16%) CHAP
3 12 (3.87%) Network Security
4 10 (3.23%) DNS
5 7 (2.26%) DMZ
6 5 (1.61%) Internet
7 4 (1.29%) SSL
7 4 (1.29%) VPN
8 3 (0.97%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.97%) SCCP
8 3 (0.97%) VLAN
9 2 (0.65%) HTTP
9 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.32%) Broadband
10 1 (0.32%) DHCP
10 1 (0.32%) Intranet
10 1 (0.32%) SMS
10 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.81%) Power BI
2 7 (2.26%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.29%) Metadata
4 4 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.29%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.97%) Redis
5 3 (0.97%) Tableau
6 2 (0.65%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.65%) Power Query
7 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.32%) Looker
7 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.29%) Burp Suite
3 3 (0.97%) Git
3 3 (0.97%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.32%) Vite
4 1 (0.32%) webpack
General
1 134 (43.23%) Social Skills
2 113 (36.45%) Finance
3 51 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (16.13%) Legal
5 31 (10.00%) Banking
6 30 (9.68%) Law
7 24 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (7.74%) Public Sector
8 21 (6.77%) Retail
9 20 (6.45%) Financial Institution
10 16 (5.16%) Marketing
11 10 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.58%) Advertising
12 8 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.58%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.26%) Aviation
13 7 (2.26%) French Language
13 7 (2.26%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 54 (17.42%) Senior
2 21 (6.77%) Integration Engineer
3 20 (6.45%) Analyst
4 17 (5.48%) Architect
4 17 (5.48%) Lead
5 16 (5.16%) Auditor
5 16 (5.16%) Internal Auditor
5 16 (5.16%) Security Auditor
6 15 (4.84%) Security Manager
6 15 (4.84%) Senior Manager
7 13 (4.19%) Administrator
7 13 (4.19%) IT Manager
8 11 (3.55%) Consultant
8 11 (3.55%) Security Engineer
9 10 (3.23%) Risk Manager
9 10 (3.23%) Security Analyst
10 9 (2.90%) Head of Cybersecurity
10 9 (2.90%) Support Engineer
11 8 (2.58%) HR Advisor
11 8 (2.58%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.45%) JSON
1 20 (6.45%) RESTful
2 17 (5.48%) OAuth
2 17 (5.48%) OAuth2
2 17 (5.48%) REST
3 13 (4.19%) SOAP
3 13 (4.19%) Web Services
4 8 (2.58%) SAML
5 6 (1.94%) .NET
5 6 (1.94%) HTML
5 6 (1.94%) XML
6 5 (1.61%) Kafka
7 4 (1.29%) CSS
7 4 (1.29%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.97%) EDI
8 3 (0.97%) JWT
8 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.97%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.97%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.84%) Management Information System
2 26 (8.39%) Onboarding
3 23 (7.42%) Security Posture
4 20 (6.45%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.48%) PKI
6 12 (3.87%) Cloud Security Posture
7 9 (2.90%) Blog
7 9 (2.90%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.58%) Blockchain
8 8 (2.58%) Cyber Security Posture
9 7 (2.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 7 (2.26%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.61%) Digital Media
11 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.61%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.29%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.77%) Linux
2 19 (6.13%) Windows
3 6 (1.94%) Unix
4 4 (1.29%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.65%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (27.74%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (22.90%) Incident Response
3 68 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (20.32%) Data Protection
5 62 (20.00%) Analytics
6 57 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (17.42%) Information Security
8 51 (16.45%) Risk Management
9 48 (15.48%) Agile
10 45 (14.52%) CI/CD
10 45 (14.52%) DevOps
11 42 (13.55%) CRM
12 41 (13.23%) Data Governance
13 40 (12.90%) AI
14 39 (12.58%) Coaching
14 39 (12.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 38 (12.26%) Cloud Security
15 38 (12.26%) Decision-Making
16 37 (11.94%) Project Management
17 35 (11.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.65%) Python
2 24 (7.74%) PowerShell
3 23 (7.42%) SQL
4 18 (5.81%) Bicep
5 17 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.55%) C#
6 11 (3.55%) Java
7 9 (2.90%) Bash
8 6 (1.94%) Perl
9 5 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.29%) ABAP
10 4 (1.29%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.97%) Go
11 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.32%) PHP
12 1 (0.32%) R
12 1 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 66 (21.29%) Degree
2 55 (17.74%) CISSP
3 47 (15.16%) CISM
4 46 (14.84%) Security Cleared
5 34 (10.97%) SC Cleared
6 29 (9.35%) CISA
7 16 (5.16%) AWS Certification
7 16 (5.16%) Azure Certification
7 16 (5.16%) CGEIT
7 16 (5.16%) FFIEC
7 16 (5.16%) SANS
8 15 (4.84%) DV Cleared
9 14 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (4.19%) DBS Check
10 13 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (3.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (2.58%) OSCP
14 7 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (28.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (22.26%) NIST
3 28 (9.03%) PCI DSS
4 24 (7.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (7.74%) Data Quality
4 24 (7.74%) GRC
5 19 (6.13%) NCSC
5 19 (6.13%) SOC 2
6 17 (5.48%) COBIT
7 11 (3.55%) Accessibility
8 9 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 8 (2.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (2.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (2.26%) JSP 440
10 7 (2.26%) QA
11 6 (1.94%) SLA
12 5 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (1.61%) HIPAA
13 4 (1.29%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 15 (4.84%) Docker
2 14 (4.52%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (9.03%) Terraform
2 17 (5.48%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.19%) Ansible
5 9 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.94%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (1.29%) Grafana
7 4 (1.29%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.97%) Nessus
8 3 (0.97%) Nmap
8 3 (0.97%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.65%) Puppet
10 1 (0.32%) Argo
10 1 (0.32%) Autotask
10 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 72 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.06%) Workday
3 21 (6.77%) Salesforce
4 18 (5.81%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.16%) MuleSoft
6 14 (4.52%) Ab Initio
6 14 (4.52%) SAP
7 13 (4.19%) Oracle
8 12 (3.87%) Google
9 10 (3.23%) IBM
10 7 (2.26%) Adobe
10 7 (2.26%) Dell
10 7 (2.26%) Epicor
10 7 (2.26%) Infor
10 7 (2.26%) Informatica
10 7 (2.26%) Jitterbit
10 7 (2.26%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.26%) Software AG
10 7 (2.26%) Talend
10 7 (2.26%) TIBCO