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 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 209 233
Rank change year-on-year +61 +24 +70
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 353 313 305
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.19% 1.56% 1.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.99% 10.31% 9.03%
Number of salaries quoted 243 152 272
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,869 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £67,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +12.04% +4.78%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 2,718 3,037 3,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.86% 15.14% 14.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 1,643 2,701
10th Percentile £33,125 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - +3.74% +4.78%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £104,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%

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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 26 October 2025.

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 25 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.27%) CMS
3 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.98%) Moodle
4 6 (1.70%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.13%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.83%) SAP HCM
2 10 (2.83%) SAP HR
2 10 (2.83%) SAP Payroll
3 8 (2.27%) Workday HCM
4 7 (1.98%) Shopify
5 4 (1.13%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.57%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.28%) iTrent
7 1 (0.28%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 124 (35.13%) Azure
2 55 (15.58%) AWS
3 47 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (10.48%) Power Platform
5 31 (8.78%) GCP
6 23 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (5.67%) SaaS
8 19 (5.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 19 (5.38%) Entra ID
9 16 (4.53%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (4.53%) SuccessFactors
10 14 (3.97%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (3.97%) Boomi
11 13 (3.68%) GitHub
12 12 (3.40%) Google Analytics
13 10 (2.83%) Power Automate
14 9 (2.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 9 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.55%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.50%) Firewall
2 10 (2.83%) VPN
3 8 (2.27%) Network Security
4 7 (1.98%) DNS
5 3 (0.85%) HTTP
5 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.85%) VLAN
6 2 (0.57%) DMZ
6 2 (0.57%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.57%) SSL
6 2 (0.57%) X.509
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) Intranet
7 1 (0.28%) LAN
7 1 (0.28%) SMS
7 1 (0.28%) WAN
7 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.78%) Power BI
2 18 (5.10%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.12%) NoSQL
3 11 (3.12%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.27%) Tableau
6 6 (1.70%) Metadata
7 5 (1.42%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.42%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.42%) MySQL
7 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.85%) QlikView
10 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.57%) Looker
10 2 (0.57%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.57%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 17 (4.82%) Git
2 10 (2.83%) JIRA
2 10 (2.83%) MSBuild
3 9 (2.55%) Octopus Deploy
3 9 (2.55%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (2.55%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.13%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.85%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) Maven
6 1 (0.28%) Postman
6 1 (0.28%) Vite
6 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 132 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 93 (26.35%) Finance
3 61 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (14.73%) Legal
5 36 (10.20%) Law
6 34 (9.63%) Marketing
7 29 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (8.22%) Retail
8 15 (4.25%) Banking
9 10 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.83%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.27%) Advertising
11 7 (1.98%) Military
11 7 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.70%) French Language
12 6 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.70%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.42%) Games
13 5 (1.42%) Hungarian Language
13 5 (1.42%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (18.13%) Senior
2 52 (14.73%) Analyst
3 37 (10.48%) Architect
4 24 (6.80%) Lead
5 17 (4.82%) Security Manager
6 15 (4.25%) HR Advisor
6 15 (4.25%) IT Manager
6 15 (4.25%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (3.97%) Linux Engineer
7 14 (3.97%) SAP Analyst
7 14 (3.97%) Technical Architect
8 13 (3.68%) Automation Engineer
9 12 (3.40%) Administrator
9 12 (3.40%) Security Engineer
10 11 (3.12%) AWS Architect
10 11 (3.12%) Integration Engineer
10 11 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.83%) Head of Security
11 10 (2.83%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.37%) REST
2 21 (5.95%) JSON
3 20 (5.67%) HTML
4 18 (5.10%) CSS
5 15 (4.25%) .NET
5 15 (4.25%) XML
6 13 (3.68%) RESTful
6 13 (3.68%) SOAP
6 13 (3.68%) Web Services
7 10 (2.83%) ASP.NET
7 10 (2.83%) SAP Fiori
8 9 (2.55%) Bootstrap
8 9 (2.55%) gRPC
9 8 (2.27%) SAML
10 6 (1.70%) Kafka
10 6 (1.70%) Node.js
11 5 (1.42%) Middleware
11 5 (1.42%) OAuth
11 5 (1.42%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.33%) Management Information System
2 25 (7.08%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.08%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.12%) Learning Management System
3 11 (3.12%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.83%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.55%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.55%) PKI
5 9 (2.55%) Social Media
6 7 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.98%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.70%) Freedom of Information
7 6 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.42%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.42%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.42%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.13%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.78%) Windows
2 28 (7.93%) Linux
3 6 (1.70%) Unix
4 4 (1.13%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.85%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.57%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
7 1 (0.28%) Solaris
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (22.66%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (20.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 65 (18.41%) DevOps
4 59 (16.71%) CRM
5 55 (15.58%) CI/CD
6 54 (15.30%) Agile
6 54 (15.30%) Incident Response
7 53 (15.01%) Cybersecurity
7 53 (15.01%) Decision-Making
8 50 (14.16%) Data Protection
9 49 (13.88%) Information Security
10 48 (13.60%) Roadmaps
11 47 (13.31%) Analytics
11 47 (13.31%) Data Security
12 40 (11.33%) Risk Management
13 38 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
14 34 (9.63%) Data Management
15 31 (8.78%) AI
15 31 (8.78%) Cloud Security
16 30 (8.50%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 64 (18.13%) Python
1 64 (18.13%) SQL
2 33 (9.35%) JavaScript
3 29 (8.22%) PowerShell
4 28 (7.93%) C#
5 22 (6.23%) Bash
5 22 (6.23%) Java
6 14 (3.97%) Perl
7 10 (2.83%) ABAP
8 6 (1.70%) Bicep
8 6 (1.70%) R
9 4 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.13%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.13%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.57%) Go
10 2 (0.57%) Groovy
10 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.57%) PHP
10 2 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 59 (16.71%) Degree
2 41 (11.61%) CISSP
3 34 (9.63%) CISM
4 30 (8.50%) Security Cleared
5 24 (6.80%) AWS Certification
6 23 (6.52%) Azure Certification
7 21 (5.95%) SC Cleared
8 18 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (4.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.25%) CISA
10 14 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (3.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (2.83%) DBS Check
13 8 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (1.70%) CBAP
14 6 (1.70%) Master's Degree
15 5 (1.42%) CREST Certified
15 5 (1.42%) CRISC
15 5 (1.42%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (21.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (17.28%) NIST
3 28 (7.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (6.52%) PCI DSS
5 21 (5.95%) HIPAA
6 20 (5.67%) Data Quality
7 19 (5.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 17 (4.82%) Accessibility
8 17 (4.82%) SOC 2
9 13 (3.68%) NCSC
10 12 (3.40%) GRC
11 9 (2.55%) SLA
12 8 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (1.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (1.98%) QA
14 6 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (1.70%) EU AI Act
15 5 (1.42%) PERC
15 5 (1.42%) WCAG
16 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 34 (9.63%) Docker
2 23 (6.52%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Postfix
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (7.65%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.53%) Ansible
2 16 (4.53%) Terraform
3 13 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.68%) Red Hat Satellite
4 12 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.85%) Nessus
5 3 (0.85%) Nmap
5 3 (0.85%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.57%) Grafana
6 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.57%) Puppet
7 1 (0.28%) Argo
7 1 (0.28%) Autotask
7 1 (0.28%) CASB
Vendors
1 94 (26.63%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.50%) Google
2 30 (8.50%) Workday
3 26 (7.37%) ServiceNow
4 24 (6.80%) SAP
5 19 (5.38%) Salesforce
6 17 (4.82%) MuleSoft
7 16 (4.53%) Red Hat
8 11 (3.12%) Oracle
9 10 (2.83%) Informatica
10 9 (2.55%) IBM
11 7 (1.98%) Databricks
11 7 (1.98%) Talend
12 6 (1.70%) Dell
12 6 (1.70%) Epicor
12 6 (1.70%) IFS
12 6 (1.70%) Infor
12 6 (1.70%) Jitterbit
12 6 (1.70%) SnapLogic
12 6 (1.70%) TIBCO