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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 164 268
Rank change year-on-year +41 +104 +9
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 493 349 374
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.31% 2.11% 1.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.83% 11.89% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 323 265 291
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £46,125 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +30.00% -17.01%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £98,474 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +28.87% -11.82%

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 3,566 2,936 4,097
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.70% 17.75% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,292 1,651 3,001
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,591 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.16% +9.52% -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

GDPR
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GDPR over the 6 months to 13 July 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 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.42%) SAS
3 6 (1.22%) WordPress
4 4 (0.81%) Confluence
5 3 (0.61%) Apache
5 3 (0.61%) CMS
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.20%) Moodle
Applications
1 37 (7.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.41%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.20%) InDesign
7 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.61%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.61%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.61%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.61%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.61%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.61%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.61%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 106 (21.50%) Azure
2 78 (15.82%) Power Platform
3 65 (13.18%) SaaS
4 50 (10.14%) AWS
5 46 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (7.91%) Microsoft Purview
7 23 (4.67%) PowerApps
8 22 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (4.26%) GCP
10 16 (3.25%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.84%) Google Analytics
12 13 (2.64%) Power Automate
13 12 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (1.83%) Google Ads
17 8 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
17 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
18 6 (1.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.49%) Firewall
2 18 (3.65%) Broadband
3 15 (3.04%) Network Security
4 13 (2.64%) CHAP
5 11 (2.23%) DNS
6 9 (1.83%) VPN
7 7 (1.42%) Wireless
8 6 (1.22%) DHCP
8 6 (1.22%) Internet
8 6 (1.22%) VLAN
9 5 (1.01%) SMS
10 4 (0.81%) DMZ
10 4 (0.81%) NGN
10 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.81%) WAN
11 3 (0.61%) LAN
12 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.20%) SCCP
13 1 (0.20%) SMTP
13 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (12.17%) Power BI
2 22 (4.46%) Relational Database
3 21 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.26%) Tableau
4 18 (3.65%) Metadata
5 16 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.43%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.83%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.81%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.81%) Power Query
12 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.61%) Big Data
12 3 (0.61%) MySQL
13 2 (0.41%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (1.42%) JIRA
2 6 (1.22%) Git
3 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.41%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.41%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.41%) MLflow
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) NUnit
General
1 207 (41.99%) Social Skills
2 136 (27.59%) Finance
3 120 (24.34%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (16.63%) Legal
5 43 (8.72%) Law
6 42 (8.52%) Marketing
7 40 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (6.90%) Public Sector
9 33 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (5.68%) Banking
11 23 (4.67%) Games
12 21 (4.26%) Retail
13 13 (2.64%) Financial Institution
14 12 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (2.23%) Advertising
16 10 (2.03%) Manufacturing
16 10 (2.03%) Social Housing
17 9 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (1.42%) Back Office
19 6 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (10.95%) Senior
2 45 (9.13%) Analyst
3 37 (7.51%) Security Manager
4 33 (6.69%) Consultant
5 29 (5.88%) Architect
6 28 (5.68%) Lead
7 27 (5.48%) Information Manager
7 27 (5.48%) Information Security Manager
8 22 (4.46%) Administrator
9 20 (4.06%) Data Engineer
10 18 (3.65%) Security Consultant
11 15 (3.04%) Auditor
11 15 (3.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 15 (3.04%) Data Manager
11 15 (3.04%) Head of Operations
12 14 (2.84%) Data Governance Analyst
12 14 (2.84%) Data Governance Manager
12 14 (2.84%) Governance Manager
13 12 (2.43%) Internal Auditor
13 12 (2.43%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.46%) HTML
2 19 (3.85%) CSS
3 13 (2.64%) .NET
4 9 (1.83%) React
5 7 (1.42%) Middleware
5 7 (1.42%) Node.js
6 5 (1.01%) JSON
6 5 (1.01%) Next.js
6 5 (1.01%) REST
6 5 (1.01%) Web Services
7 4 (0.81%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.81%) jQuery
7 4 (0.81%) RESTful
7 4 (0.81%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (0.61%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.61%) HTML5
8 3 (0.61%) LDAP
8 3 (0.61%) NumPy
8 3 (0.61%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.61%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 64 (12.98%) Management Information System
2 37 (7.51%) Data Protection Act
3 36 (7.30%) Product Ownership
4 31 (6.29%) Security Posture
5 28 (5.68%) Onboarding
6 26 (5.27%) Cyber Threat
7 23 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (3.65%) Cloud Native
9 16 (3.25%) AI Agents
10 14 (2.84%) Social Media
11 12 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (2.43%) Cyberattack
12 11 (2.23%) e-Learning
12 11 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (2.03%) Algorithms
13 10 (2.03%) Driving Licence
13 10 (2.03%) PKI
14 7 (1.42%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.06%) Windows
2 8 (1.62%) Linux
3 7 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.41%) Android
4 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.41%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.20%) AIX
5 1 (0.20%) CentOS
5 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (34.28%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (26.37%) Data Protection
3 126 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (25.35%) Information Security
5 109 (22.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 98 (19.88%) Risk Management
7 96 (19.47%) Decision-Making
7 96 (19.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 92 (18.66%) Analytics
9 85 (17.24%) AI
10 80 (16.23%) Incident Response
11 77 (15.62%) CRM
12 75 (15.21%) Agile
13 73 (14.81%) Data Governance
14 68 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (12.58%) Roadmaps
16 54 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 52 (10.55%) Mentoring
17 52 (10.55%) Project Management
18 51 (10.34%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.69%) SQL
2 21 (4.26%) Python
3 16 (3.25%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.43%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.22%) C#
5 6 (1.22%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.81%) Bicep
7 3 (0.61%) C
7 3 (0.61%) Pascal
7 3 (0.61%) PHP
7 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.61%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.61%) VBA
8 1 (0.20%) Bash
8 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 79 (16.02%) CISSP
2 65 (13.18%) CISM
3 51 (10.34%) Security Cleared
4 46 (9.33%) Degree
5 41 (8.32%) CISA
6 37 (7.51%) SC Cleared
7 22 (4.46%) CRISC
8 18 (3.65%) DV Cleared
9 16 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (3.25%) FFIEC
10 15 (3.04%) DBS Check
11 14 (2.84%) SANS
12 13 (2.64%) Azure Certification
12 13 (2.64%) CGEIT
13 10 (2.03%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.03%) CREST Certified
14 9 (1.83%) HNC
14 9 (1.83%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (27.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (20.49%) NIST
3 72 (14.60%) Data Quality
4 65 (13.18%) PCI DSS
5 48 (9.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 37 (7.51%) GRC
7 35 (7.10%) QA
8 31 (6.29%) Accessibility
8 31 (6.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (5.48%) COBIT
10 25 (5.07%) SOC 2
11 21 (4.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 16 (3.25%) ISO 9001
12 16 (3.25%) NCSC
12 16 (3.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (2.64%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 11 (2.23%) PERC
15 10 (2.03%) HIPAA
16 9 (1.83%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 15 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.61%) Docker
3 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.25%) Terraform
2 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.41%) CASB
4 2 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.41%) Nmap
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.20%) SCCM
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 126 (25.56%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.51%) Google
3 23 (4.67%) Oracle
4 19 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.03%) SAP
6 9 (1.83%) iManage
6 9 (1.83%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 8 (1.62%) Databricks
8 7 (1.42%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.22%) IFS
10 4 (0.81%) Epicor
10 4 (0.81%) Freshdesk
10 4 (0.81%) Infor
10 4 (0.81%) Orchard
10 4 (0.81%) Sage
10 4 (0.81%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.81%) Sophos
11 3 (0.61%) Capita
11 3 (0.61%) Motorola
11 3 (0.61%) NEC