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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 161 224
Rank change year-on-year +22 +63 +24
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 329 325 395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 2.20% 1.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.27% 12.38% 9.75%
Number of salaries quoted 211 201 343
10th Percentile £39,280 £37,716 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,208 £49,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +37.76% -10.91%

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 2,918 2,626 4,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.41% 17.80% 13.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,685 1,556 3,148
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,878 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -3.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 7 March 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 12 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.13%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.52%) CMS
4 3 (0.91%) Confluence
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.91%) WordPress
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 34 (10.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (8.21%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.61%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.61%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.30%) InDesign
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.13%) Shopify
3 5 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.22%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.22%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.22%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (1.22%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.91%) Magento
5 3 (0.91%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.30%) iTrent
6 1 (0.30%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 109 (33.13%) Azure
2 62 (18.84%) AWS
3 32 (9.73%) GCP
4 30 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (8.51%) Power Platform
6 21 (6.38%) SaaS
7 19 (5.78%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (5.78%) Azure Logic Apps
7 19 (5.78%) GitHub
8 18 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.47%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (5.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 15 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (4.26%) Azure Event Grid
12 11 (3.34%) Boomi
12 11 (3.34%) Entra ID
13 10 (3.04%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.13%) iPaaS
14 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (2.13%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.51%) Firewall
2 21 (6.38%) CHAP
3 14 (4.26%) Network Security
4 7 (2.13%) DMZ
5 5 (1.52%) Internet
6 4 (1.22%) DNS
6 4 (1.22%) SSL
6 4 (1.22%) VPN
7 3 (0.91%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.91%) SCCP
7 3 (0.91%) VLAN
8 1 (0.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.21%) Power BI
2 12 (3.65%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.43%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.13%) Tableau
6 5 (1.52%) Metadata
6 5 (1.52%) Power Query
7 4 (1.22%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.91%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.91%) Redis
9 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.61%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.30%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.30%) Looker
10 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.74%) JIRA
2 3 (0.91%) Git
3 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.30%) Vite
3 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 147 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 118 (35.87%) Finance
3 61 (18.54%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (16.11%) Legal
5 35 (10.64%) Public Sector
6 34 (10.33%) Banking
7 31 (9.42%) Law
8 25 (7.60%) Financial Institution
8 25 (7.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (6.69%) Retail
10 20 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (5.17%) Marketing
12 11 (3.34%) Advertising
13 8 (2.43%) Games
13 8 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (2.13%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.82%) Aviation
15 6 (1.82%) French Language
15 6 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (15.81%) Senior
2 25 (7.60%) Security Manager
3 23 (6.99%) Analyst
4 21 (6.38%) Auditor
5 20 (6.08%) Integration Engineer
5 20 (6.08%) Internal Auditor
5 20 (6.08%) Security Auditor
6 19 (5.78%) Lead
7 18 (5.47%) Architect
8 17 (5.17%) Administrator
8 17 (5.17%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.26%) Consultant
10 12 (3.65%) Information Manager
10 12 (3.65%) Risk Manager
11 11 (3.34%) Data Engineer
12 10 (3.04%) Information Security Manager
12 10 (3.04%) IT Manager
12 10 (3.04%) Security Analyst
12 10 (3.04%) Security Engineer
13 7 (2.13%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.08%) JSON
1 20 (6.08%) RESTful
2 17 (5.17%) OAuth
2 17 (5.17%) OAuth2
3 12 (3.65%) REST
4 9 (2.74%) SOAP
4 9 (2.74%) Web Services
5 8 (2.43%) .NET
5 8 (2.43%) HTML
6 6 (1.82%) CSS
7 5 (1.52%) XML
8 4 (1.22%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.22%) HTML5
8 4 (1.22%) jQuery
8 4 (1.22%) SAML
8 4 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.91%) JWT
9 3 (0.91%) Kafka
9 3 (0.91%) Middleware
9 3 (0.91%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 56 (17.02%) Management Information System
2 28 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.78%) Security Posture
4 17 (5.17%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.17%) PKI
5 12 (3.65%) Blockchain
5 12 (3.65%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.74%) Blog
7 9 (2.74%) Cloud Security Posture
7 9 (2.74%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.82%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.82%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.52%) Digital Media
10 5 (1.52%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.52%) Social Media
10 5 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.26%) Windows
2 12 (3.65%) Linux
3 6 (1.82%) Unix
4 4 (1.22%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.18%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (24.01%) Incident Response
3 75 (22.80%) Analytics
4 72 (21.88%) Data Protection
5 70 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (20.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 65 (19.76%) Information Security
8 55 (16.72%) Risk Management
9 53 (16.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 52 (15.81%) Agile
11 49 (14.89%) CRM
11 49 (14.89%) Data Governance
12 47 (14.29%) Project Management
13 45 (13.68%) Decision-Making
14 43 (13.07%) Coaching
15 42 (12.77%) AI
15 42 (12.77%) CI/CD
16 41 (12.46%) DevOps
17 39 (11.85%) Vulnerability Management
18 37 (11.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.29%) SQL
2 20 (6.08%) Python
3 18 (5.47%) Bicep
4 15 (4.56%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.26%) PowerShell
6 11 (3.34%) Java
7 10 (3.04%) C#
8 5 (1.52%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.22%) ABAP
9 4 (1.22%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.91%) Go
10 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.91%) VBA
11 2 (0.61%) Bash
11 2 (0.61%) R
12 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.30%) Perl
12 1 (0.30%) PHP
12 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (20.36%) Degree
2 59 (17.93%) CISSP
3 51 (15.50%) Security Cleared
4 47 (14.29%) CISM
5 39 (11.85%) SC Cleared
6 33 (10.03%) CISA
7 21 (6.38%) CGEIT
7 21 (6.38%) FFIEC
7 21 (6.38%) SANS
8 17 (5.17%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.56%) Azure Certification
10 13 (3.95%) AWS Certification
11 11 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.34%) HNC
12 10 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (2.74%) CREST Certified
14 8 (2.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (2.43%) OSCP
15 7 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (27.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (24.01%) NIST
3 36 (10.94%) Data Quality
4 33 (10.03%) PCI DSS
5 25 (7.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (6.99%) GRC
7 22 (6.69%) COBIT
8 20 (6.08%) NCSC
9 17 (5.17%) SOC 2
10 15 (4.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (3.95%) Accessibility
11 13 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (3.65%) QA
13 8 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (2.13%) HIPAA
14 7 (2.13%) JSP 440
15 6 (1.82%) SLA
16 5 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (1.22%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 11 (3.34%) Docker
2 7 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (8.51%) Terraform
2 12 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.82%) Ansible
3 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.22%) Grafana
5 4 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.91%) Nessus
6 3 (0.91%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.30%) Argo
7 1 (0.30%) CASB
7 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 74 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.08%) Salesforce
3 19 (5.78%) Google
3 19 (5.78%) Oracle
4 18 (5.47%) Workday
5 14 (4.26%) Ab Initio
6 13 (3.95%) SAP
7 12 (3.65%) MuleSoft
8 11 (3.34%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.04%) IBM
10 7 (2.13%) Dell
10 7 (2.13%) Epicor
10 7 (2.13%) IFS
10 7 (2.13%) Infor
10 7 (2.13%) Informatica
10 7 (2.13%) Jitterbit
10 7 (2.13%) SnapLogic
10 7 (2.13%) Software AG
10 7 (2.13%) Talend
10 7 (2.13%) TIBCO