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

 6 months to
1 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 168 269
Rank change year-on-year +47 +101 -33
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 464 329 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 2.07% 1.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.85% 11.49% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 298 255 310
10th Percentile £37,350 £41,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +30.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% -13.64%

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 3,351 2,863 4,209
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.17% 18.02% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,205 1,594 3,120
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,825 £33,977
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,480
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,969 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.74% +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

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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 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 17 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.29%) WordPress
3 4 (0.86%) Confluence
4 3 (0.65%) CMS
4 3 (0.65%) SAS
5 2 (0.43%) Apache
5 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) Moodle
Applications
1 37 (7.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.43%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.43%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.22%) InDesign
7 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (4.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.86%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.65%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.65%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.65%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.65%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.65%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.65%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 106 (22.84%) Azure
2 73 (15.73%) Power Platform
3 61 (13.15%) SaaS
4 47 (10.13%) AWS
5 41 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (7.76%) Microsoft Purview
7 22 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (4.31%) GCP
8 20 (4.31%) PowerApps
9 14 (3.02%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.59%) Google Analytics
10 12 (2.59%) Power Automate
11 11 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.51%) Google Ads
15 6 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (1.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.90%) Firewall
2 18 (3.88%) Broadband
3 17 (3.66%) Network Security
4 15 (3.23%) CHAP
5 11 (2.37%) DNS
6 9 (1.94%) VPN
7 6 (1.29%) DHCP
7 6 (1.29%) Internet
8 5 (1.08%) DMZ
8 5 (1.08%) VLAN
8 5 (1.08%) Wireless
9 4 (0.86%) NGN
9 4 (0.86%) SMS
9 4 (0.86%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.86%) WAN
10 3 (0.65%) LAN
11 2 (0.43%) SCCP
11 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.22%) SMTP
12 1 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (12.28%) Power BI
2 22 (4.74%) Relational Database
3 21 (4.53%) Tableau
4 19 (4.09%) SQL Server
5 14 (3.02%) Metadata
6 12 (2.59%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.29%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.86%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.86%) Power Query
11 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.65%) Big Data
12 3 (0.65%) MySQL
13 2 (0.43%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (1.51%) JIRA
2 4 (0.86%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.43%) Git
3 2 (0.43%) MLflow
4 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.22%) NUnit
General
1 196 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 132 (28.45%) Finance
3 114 (24.57%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (16.16%) Legal
5 40 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (8.19%) Law
7 35 (7.54%) Marketing
8 33 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (6.90%) Public Sector
10 27 (5.82%) Banking
11 23 (4.96%) Games
12 20 (4.31%) Retail
13 15 (3.23%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.37%) Manufacturing
15 10 (2.16%) Advertising
15 10 (2.16%) Social Housing
16 9 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (1.51%) Back Office
19 6 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (10.34%) Senior
2 43 (9.27%) Analyst
3 35 (7.54%) Security Manager
4 28 (6.03%) Architect
5 27 (5.82%) Consultant
6 25 (5.39%) Information Manager
6 25 (5.39%) Information Security Manager
7 23 (4.96%) Lead
8 20 (4.31%) Administrator
9 19 (4.09%) Data Engineer
10 15 (3.23%) Auditor
10 15 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 15 (3.23%) Security Consultant
11 14 (3.02%) Data Governance Analyst
11 14 (3.02%) Data Governance Manager
11 14 (3.02%) Data Manager
11 14 (3.02%) Governance Manager
11 14 (3.02%) Head of Operations
11 14 (3.02%) Internal Auditor
11 14 (3.02%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.09%) HTML
2 16 (3.45%) CSS
3 12 (2.59%) .NET
4 9 (1.94%) React
5 7 (1.51%) Node.js
6 6 (1.29%) Middleware
7 5 (1.08%) JSON
7 5 (1.08%) Next.js
7 5 (1.08%) Web Services
8 4 (0.86%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.86%) jQuery
8 4 (0.86%) REST
8 4 (0.86%) RESTful
8 4 (0.86%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (0.65%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.65%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.65%) HTML5
9 3 (0.65%) LDAP
10 2 (0.43%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.43%) Smarty
Miscellaneous
1 59 (12.72%) Management Information System
2 34 (7.33%) Data Protection Act
2 34 (7.33%) Product Ownership
3 32 (6.90%) Security Posture
4 25 (5.39%) Cyber Threat
5 23 (4.96%) Onboarding
6 20 (4.31%) Cloud Native
7 19 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.02%) AI Agents
8 14 (3.02%) Social Media
9 12 (2.59%) Cyberattack
9 12 (2.59%) PKI
10 11 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (2.37%) e-Learning
11 10 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.94%) Driving Licence
13 8 (1.72%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.66%) Windows
2 7 (1.51%) Linux
3 6 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.43%) Android
4 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) AIX
5 1 (0.22%) CentOS
5 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (35.34%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (26.94%) Data Protection
3 120 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
4 116 (25.00%) Information Security
5 103 (22.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (20.26%) Risk Management
7 91 (19.61%) Analytics
8 87 (18.75%) Decision-Making
8 87 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 80 (17.24%) Incident Response
10 78 (16.81%) AI
11 74 (15.95%) Data Governance
12 71 (15.30%) Agile
13 67 (14.44%) CRM
14 64 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
15 58 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 53 (11.42%) Project Management
17 52 (11.21%) Roadmaps
18 50 (10.78%) Cloud Security
19 49 (10.56%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.82%) SQL
2 16 (3.45%) Python
3 15 (3.23%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.59%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.29%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.08%) C#
7 4 (0.86%) Bicep
8 3 (0.65%) C
8 3 (0.65%) Pascal
8 3 (0.65%) PHP
8 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.65%) VBA
9 1 (0.22%) Bash
9 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 76 (16.38%) CISSP
2 60 (12.93%) CISM
3 52 (11.21%) Security Cleared
4 46 (9.91%) Degree
5 40 (8.62%) CISA
6 37 (7.97%) SC Cleared
7 22 (4.74%) CRISC
8 20 (4.31%) DV Cleared
9 18 (3.88%) FFIEC
10 16 (3.45%) SANS
11 15 (3.23%) CGEIT
11 15 (3.23%) DBS Check
12 13 (2.80%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.16%) AWS Certification
14 10 (2.16%) HNC
15 9 (1.94%) CREST Certified
16 8 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
16 8 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 7 (1.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (28.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (21.77%) NIST
3 69 (14.87%) Data Quality
4 64 (13.79%) PCI DSS
5 45 (9.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 33 (7.11%) QA
7 31 (6.68%) GRC
8 29 (6.25%) Accessibility
9 28 (6.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 27 (5.82%) COBIT
11 22 (4.74%) SOC 2
12 20 (4.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 18 (3.88%) NCSC
14 13 (2.80%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (2.80%) ISO 9001
14 13 (2.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (2.16%) HIPAA
15 10 (2.16%) PERC
16 9 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 8 (1.72%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 14 (3.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.86%) Docker
3 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.45%) Terraform
2 4 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.65%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.43%) Ansible
4 2 (0.43%) CASB
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.22%) Nmap
5 1 (0.22%) SCCM
5 1 (0.22%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 117 (25.22%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.11%) Google
3 22 (4.74%) Oracle
4 19 (4.09%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.72%) Databricks
5 8 (1.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 8 (1.72%) SAP
6 7 (1.51%) iManage
7 6 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.08%) IFS
9 4 (0.86%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.86%) Orchard
9 4 (0.86%) Sage
9 4 (0.86%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.86%) Sophos
10 3 (0.65%) Capita
10 3 (0.65%) Epicor
10 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.65%) Infor
10 3 (0.65%) Motorola
278 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs