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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 175 278
Rank change year-on-year +54 +103 -26
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 404 310 378
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 2.07% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.92% 10.88% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 255 233 317
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £82,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £91,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +32.98% -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 3,126 2,849 4,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.29% 19.07% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,987 1,526 3,235
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £34,905
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 31 May 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 14 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.24%) WordPress
3 4 (0.99%) Confluence
4 3 (0.74%) CMS
5 2 (0.50%) Apache
5 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Moodle
6 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.50%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.50%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.25%) InDesign
6 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.49%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.74%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.74%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.74%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.74%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.74%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.50%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.50%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.25%) iTrent
5 1 (0.25%) Magento
5 1 (0.25%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 101 (25.00%) Azure
2 66 (16.34%) Power Platform
3 41 (10.15%) SaaS
4 36 (8.91%) AWS
5 33 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (7.92%) Microsoft Purview
7 18 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (4.46%) GCP
8 17 (4.21%) PowerApps
9 13 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.72%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (2.48%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.23%) Google Analytics
13 9 (2.23%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.73%) GitHub
14 7 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.93%) Firewall
2 21 (5.20%) CHAP
3 15 (3.71%) Network Security
4 12 (2.97%) Broadband
4 12 (2.97%) DNS
5 6 (1.49%) DMZ
5 6 (1.49%) VPN
6 4 (0.99%) DHCP
6 4 (0.99%) Internet
6 4 (0.99%) SMS
6 4 (0.99%) SSL
7 3 (0.74%) NGN
7 3 (0.74%) SCCP
7 3 (0.74%) VLAN
7 3 (0.74%) WAN
8 2 (0.50%) LAN
8 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.50%) Wireless
9 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.12%) Power BI
2 23 (5.69%) Relational Database
3 19 (4.70%) Tableau
4 17 (4.21%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.97%) Metadata
5 12 (2.97%) Oracle Database
6 10 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.99%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.99%) Power Query
10 3 (0.74%) Big Data
10 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.74%) MySQL
11 2 (0.50%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.50%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.49%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.50%) Git
2 2 (0.50%) MLflow
3 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.25%) NUnit
General
1 177 (43.81%) Social Skills
2 116 (28.71%) Finance
3 100 (24.75%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (16.58%) Legal
5 34 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (8.17%) Public Sector
7 32 (7.92%) Law
8 28 (6.93%) Banking
8 28 (6.93%) Marketing
9 24 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (5.20%) Financial Institution
11 17 (4.21%) Games
12 14 (3.47%) Retail
13 12 (2.97%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.72%) Advertising
15 10 (2.48%) Social Housing
16 7 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.49%) Telecoms
18 5 (1.24%) French Language
Job Titles
1 41 (10.15%) Senior
2 36 (8.91%) Analyst
3 28 (6.93%) Security Manager
4 22 (5.45%) Architect
4 22 (5.45%) Data Engineer
4 22 (5.45%) Information Manager
5 21 (5.20%) Auditor
6 20 (4.95%) Information Security Manager
6 20 (4.95%) Internal Auditor
6 20 (4.95%) Security Auditor
7 18 (4.46%) Consultant
8 17 (4.21%) Lead
9 15 (3.71%) Administrator
10 13 (3.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 13 (3.22%) Data Manager
10 13 (3.22%) Governance Manager
11 12 (2.97%) Data Governance Analyst
11 12 (2.97%) Data Governance Manager
11 12 (2.97%) Security Analyst
12 11 (2.72%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.96%) HTML
2 10 (2.48%) CSS
3 8 (1.98%) .NET
3 8 (1.98%) JSON
4 7 (1.73%) RESTful
5 6 (1.49%) React
6 5 (1.24%) Web Services
7 4 (0.99%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.99%) jQuery
7 4 (0.99%) Node.js
8 3 (0.74%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.74%) HTML5
8 3 (0.74%) Middleware
8 3 (0.74%) OAuth
8 3 (0.74%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.50%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.50%) Next.js
9 2 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.50%) Smarty
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.86%) Management Information System
2 31 (7.67%) Product Ownership
3 27 (6.68%) Onboarding
4 24 (5.94%) Security Posture
5 19 (4.70%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (3.96%) Cloud Native
6 16 (3.96%) Cyber Threat
7 14 (3.47%) PKI
8 10 (2.48%) Blockchain
8 10 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.23%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (1.73%) Blog
10 7 (1.73%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.73%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.73%) Social Media
10 7 (1.73%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.49%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.47%) Windows
2 7 (1.73%) Linux
3 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.50%) Android
4 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.25%) AIX
5 1 (0.25%) CentOS
5 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (32.92%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (26.49%) Data Protection
3 102 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (23.27%) Analytics
5 83 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 82 (20.30%) Information Security
7 74 (18.32%) Risk Management
8 73 (18.07%) Decision-Making
8 73 (18.07%) Incident Response
9 70 (17.33%) Data Governance
10 67 (16.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 63 (15.59%) CRM
12 62 (15.35%) Agile
12 62 (15.35%) Business Intelligence
13 61 (15.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (14.60%) Project Management
15 58 (14.36%) AI
16 44 (10.89%) Mentoring
17 43 (10.64%) Vulnerability Management
18 39 (9.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.68%) SQL
2 16 (3.96%) Python
3 15 (3.71%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.98%) Bicep
6 5 (1.24%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.99%) C#
8 3 (0.74%) C
8 3 (0.74%) Pascal
8 3 (0.74%) PHP
8 3 (0.74%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.74%) VBA
9 2 (0.50%) ABAP
10 1 (0.25%) Bash
10 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.25%) R
10 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 57 (14.11%) CISSP
2 51 (12.62%) Degree
3 48 (11.88%) Security Cleared
4 43 (10.64%) CISM
5 37 (9.16%) SC Cleared
6 31 (7.67%) CISA
7 23 (5.69%) DV Cleared
8 22 (5.45%) SANS
9 21 (5.20%) CGEIT
9 21 (5.20%) FFIEC
10 15 (3.71%) DBS Check
11 11 (2.72%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.72%) HNC
12 10 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.73%) AWS Certification
14 7 (1.73%) CREST Certified
14 7 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (1.49%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (24.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (23.27%) NIST
3 61 (15.10%) Data Quality
4 50 (12.38%) PCI DSS
5 34 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (7.18%) QA
7 25 (6.19%) Accessibility
7 25 (6.19%) COBIT
8 23 (5.69%) GRC
9 21 (5.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (4.70%) NCSC
11 16 (3.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 15 (3.71%) SOC 2
13 13 (3.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (2.23%) HIPAA
14 9 (2.23%) PERC
15 8 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 7 (1.73%) JSP 440
17 6 (1.49%) IFRS
System Software
1 9 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.24%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.21%) Terraform
2 4 (0.99%) Ansible
2 4 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.74%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.50%) CASB
5 1 (0.25%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.25%) SCCM
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (25.50%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.93%) Google
3 17 (4.21%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.96%) Oracle
5 10 (2.48%) Databricks
6 7 (1.73%) SAP
7 6 (1.49%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 5 (1.24%) Sage
8 5 (1.24%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.99%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.99%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.99%) Orchard
9 4 (0.99%) Sophos
9 4 (0.99%) Workday
10 3 (0.74%) Aareon
10 3 (0.74%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.74%) dotdigital
10 3 (0.74%) Motorola
10 3 (0.74%) Palo Alto
160 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs