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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 150 245
Rank change year-on-year +11 +95 +11
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 327 288 375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.95% 2.25% 1.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.88% 12.65% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 215 216 317
10th Percentile £39,280 £37,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,101 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,750 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +25.00% -7.27%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +38.30% -14.55%

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 3,006 2,276 4,237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.95% 17.77% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,761 1,544 3,270
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,020 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +5.64% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.70%

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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 1 April 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 7 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.83%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.22%) CMS
3 4 (1.22%) Confluence
3 4 (1.22%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 31 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.61%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.61%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.31%) InDesign
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (2.14%) SAP Payroll
2 6 (1.83%) Shopify
3 5 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.22%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.22%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.92%) Magento
5 3 (0.92%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.31%) iTrent
6 1 (0.31%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 101 (30.89%) Azure
2 57 (17.43%) AWS
3 29 (8.87%) GCP
3 29 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 25 (7.65%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (5.81%) SaaS
6 17 (5.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (4.28%) GitHub
8 14 (4.28%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.98%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (3.98%) Azure Service Bus
10 12 (3.67%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (3.06%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (3.06%) Power Automate
12 7 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.83%) Boomi
13 6 (1.83%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.83%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.83%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.95%) Firewall
2 24 (7.34%) CHAP
3 13 (3.98%) Network Security
4 8 (2.45%) DNS
5 6 (1.83%) DMZ
6 5 (1.53%) Internet
6 5 (1.53%) SSL
7 4 (1.22%) Broadband
7 4 (1.22%) VPN
8 3 (0.92%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.92%) NGN
8 3 (0.92%) SCCP
8 3 (0.92%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.26%) Power BI
2 18 (5.50%) Relational Database
3 15 (4.59%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.75%) Oracle Database
5 8 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.14%) Metadata
7 6 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.83%) Tableau
8 4 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.22%) Power Query
9 3 (0.92%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.92%) Redis
10 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.61%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.61%) MySQL
10 2 (0.61%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.31%) DB2
11 1 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (1.53%) JIRA
2 2 (0.61%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.31%) NUnit
General
1 147 (44.95%) Social Skills
2 110 (33.64%) Finance
3 73 (22.32%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.76%) Legal
5 33 (10.09%) Banking
6 31 (9.48%) Public Sector
7 28 (8.56%) Financial Institution
8 27 (8.26%) Law
9 21 (6.42%) Retail
10 20 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (6.12%) Marketing
11 19 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (3.06%) Advertising
13 9 (2.75%) Manufacturing
14 7 (2.14%) Games
14 7 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.83%) French Language
16 5 (1.53%) Telecoms
17 4 (1.22%) Social Housing
18 3 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (13.76%) Senior
2 24 (7.34%) Auditor
3 23 (7.03%) Analyst
3 23 (7.03%) Internal Auditor
3 23 (7.03%) Security Auditor
4 19 (5.81%) Security Manager
5 17 (5.20%) Architect
5 17 (5.20%) Data Engineer
6 16 (4.89%) Administrator
6 16 (4.89%) Integration Engineer
7 15 (4.59%) Lead
8 14 (4.28%) Consultant
9 13 (3.98%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.67%) Information Manager
10 12 (3.67%) Risk Manager
11 11 (3.36%) Security Analyst
12 10 (3.06%) Information Security Manager
13 9 (2.75%) Security Engineer
14 8 (2.45%) IT Manager
15 7 (2.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.50%) RESTful
2 17 (5.20%) JSON
3 13 (3.98%) OAuth
3 13 (3.98%) OAuth2
4 10 (3.06%) .NET
5 9 (2.75%) HTML
5 9 (2.75%) REST
6 7 (2.14%) CSS
7 5 (1.53%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.53%) SOAP
7 5 (1.53%) Web Services
7 5 (1.53%) XML
8 4 (1.22%) HTML5
8 4 (1.22%) jQuery
8 4 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (0.92%) EDI
9 3 (0.92%) JWT
9 3 (0.92%) Kafka
9 3 (0.92%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 58 (17.74%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.03%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.81%) Security Posture
4 15 (4.59%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.98%) Blockchain
5 13 (3.98%) PKI
6 11 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.75%) Blog
8 8 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.45%) Cloud Security Posture
8 8 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.45%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.14%) Social Media
10 6 (1.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (1.53%) Digital Media
11 5 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.53%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.28%) Linux
2 11 (3.36%) Windows
3 6 (1.83%) Unix
4 4 (1.22%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) AIX
6 1 (0.31%) Android
6 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (33.03%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (25.99%) Analytics
3 80 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (23.55%) Incident Response
5 71 (21.71%) Data Protection
6 70 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (19.27%) Information Security
8 62 (18.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 60 (18.35%) Risk Management
10 54 (16.51%) Data Governance
10 54 (16.51%) Decision-Making
10 54 (16.51%) Project Management
11 49 (14.98%) Agile
12 45 (13.76%) Validation
13 42 (12.84%) Vulnerability Management
14 41 (12.54%) Coaching
14 41 (12.54%) CRM
15 40 (12.23%) AI
16 37 (11.31%) CI/CD
17 36 (11.01%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.95%) SQL
2 15 (4.59%) Bicep
2 15 (4.59%) Python
3 11 (3.36%) C#
3 11 (3.36%) JavaScript
3 11 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 10 (3.06%) Java
5 5 (1.53%) Shell Script
5 5 (1.53%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.22%) ABAP
6 4 (1.22%) Kotlin
7 3 (0.92%) C
7 3 (0.92%) Go
7 3 (0.92%) Pascal
7 3 (0.92%) VBA
8 2 (0.61%) PHP
8 2 (0.61%) R
9 1 (0.31%) Bash
9 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (20.80%) Degree
2 54 (16.51%) CISSP
3 50 (15.29%) Security Cleared
4 44 (13.46%) CISM
5 39 (11.93%) SC Cleared
6 30 (9.17%) CISA
7 24 (7.34%) CGEIT
7 24 (7.34%) FFIEC
7 24 (7.34%) SANS
8 19 (5.81%) DV Cleared
9 14 (4.28%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.36%) HNC
11 10 (3.06%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.06%) CREST Certified
12 8 (2.45%) OSCP
13 7 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.14%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.83%) DBS Check
14 6 (1.83%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (26.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (25.69%) NIST
3 43 (13.15%) Data Quality
4 37 (11.31%) PCI DSS
5 28 (8.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (7.65%) COBIT
7 22 (6.73%) GRC
8 21 (6.42%) QA
9 19 (5.81%) NCSC
10 17 (5.20%) SOC 2
11 16 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 14 (4.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (3.98%) Accessibility
14 9 (2.75%) HIPAA
15 7 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (2.14%) PERC
16 6 (1.83%) ISO 9001
16 6 (1.83%) JSP 440
17 5 (1.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 5 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (3.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (7.03%) Terraform
2 11 (3.36%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.53%) Ansible
3 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.92%) Grafana
4 3 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) CASB
5 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.31%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 75 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.03%) Oracle
3 22 (6.73%) Google
4 21 (6.42%) Salesforce
5 14 (4.28%) SAP
6 13 (3.98%) Workday
7 10 (3.06%) Ab Initio
8 8 (2.45%) IFS
9 7 (2.14%) Informatica
9 7 (2.14%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.14%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.83%) Dell
10 6 (1.83%) Epicor
10 6 (1.83%) IBM
10 6 (1.83%) Infor
10 6 (1.83%) Jitterbit
10 6 (1.83%) SnapLogic
10 6 (1.83%) Software AG
10 6 (1.83%) Talend
10 6 (1.83%) TIBCO