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

 6 months to
21 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 143 230
Rank change year-on-year +22 +87 +42
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 558 367 308
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 2.26% 1.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.97% 12.24% 9.68%
Number of salaries quoted 379 263 169
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +3.91% +6.23%
75th Percentile £79,750 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,500 £88,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.57% +13.64% -4.35%

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 3,995 2,999 3,182
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.36% 18.50% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,513 1,652 1,905
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,050 £35,231
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,201 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +0.88% -5.00%

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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 21 September 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 31 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.25%) SAS
2 7 (1.25%) WordPress
3 4 (0.72%) Apache
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.54%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.54%) Confluence
4 3 (0.54%) IIS
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 40 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.54%) Acrobat
5 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 21 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.08%) Shopify
3 4 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.72%) SAP GRC
3 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.54%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.54%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.54%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.54%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.54%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.54%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.54%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.54%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.18%) iTrent
6 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 116 (20.79%) Azure
2 98 (17.56%) Power Platform
3 73 (13.08%) SaaS
4 67 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (10.04%) AWS
6 42 (7.53%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (4.12%) Entra ID
9 22 (3.94%) GCP
10 20 (3.58%) PowerApps
11 19 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.41%) Google Analytics
12 17 (3.05%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (2.33%) Google Ads
15 11 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.97%) Snowflake
16 10 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.56%) Firewall
2 25 (4.48%) Network Security
3 17 (3.05%) DNS
4 16 (2.87%) Broadband
5 13 (2.33%) VPN
6 11 (1.97%) WAN
6 11 (1.97%) Wireless
7 9 (1.61%) DHCP
7 9 (1.61%) LAN
8 8 (1.43%) SMS
8 8 (1.43%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.90%) DMZ
9 5 (0.90%) VLAN
10 4 (0.72%) Internet
10 4 (0.72%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.54%) CHAP
11 3 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.54%) SAN
12 2 (0.36%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (14.34%) Power BI
2 39 (6.99%) Metadata
3 26 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.30%) Relational Database
5 23 (4.12%) SQL Server
6 18 (3.23%) Tableau
7 14 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (2.15%) DynamoDB
9 11 (1.97%) Star Schema
10 10 (1.79%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.61%) Amazon QuickSight
11 9 (1.61%) Data Lake
11 9 (1.61%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
12 8 (1.43%) Big Data
13 7 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (1.08%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (3.41%) Git
2 9 (1.61%) JIRA
3 6 (1.08%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.08%) Metasploit
4 4 (0.72%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.54%) MLflow
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.18%) ERwin
6 1 (0.18%) Flyway
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) NUnit
General
1 223 (39.96%) Social Skills
2 147 (26.34%) Finance
3 119 (21.33%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (19.89%) Legal
5 64 (11.47%) Law
5 64 (11.47%) Marketing
6 53 (9.50%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (6.09%) Public Sector
9 22 (3.94%) Banking
9 22 (3.94%) Retail
10 20 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
11 19 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (3.05%) Games
13 14 (2.51%) German Language
14 13 (2.33%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.61%) Advertising
15 9 (1.61%) Social Housing
16 8 (1.43%) Back Office
16 8 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (12.90%) Senior
2 59 (10.57%) Analyst
3 42 (7.53%) Lead
4 36 (6.45%) Consultant
5 34 (6.09%) Architect
6 24 (4.30%) Security Manager
7 22 (3.94%) Information Manager
8 20 (3.58%) Data Manager
8 20 (3.58%) Security Consultant
9 19 (3.41%) Data Engineer
9 19 (3.41%) Information Security Manager
10 16 (2.87%) Administrator
11 15 (2.69%) Head of Operations
11 15 (2.69%) Head of Technology
11 15 (2.69%) Security Architect
12 14 (2.51%) Data Governance Analyst
12 14 (2.51%) Data Governance Manager
12 14 (2.51%) Governance Manager
13 12 (2.15%) SEO Specialist
14 11 (1.97%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.94%) HTML
2 20 (3.58%) CSS
3 15 (2.69%) Terraform
4 13 (2.33%) React
5 10 (1.79%) .NET
6 8 (1.43%) Node.js
7 6 (1.08%) RESTful
8 5 (0.90%) LDAP
8 5 (0.90%) Next.js
8 5 (0.90%) NumPy
8 5 (0.90%) Pandas
8 5 (0.90%) REST
8 5 (0.90%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.90%) Web Services
8 5 (0.90%) XGBoost
9 4 (0.72%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.72%) React Native
9 4 (0.72%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.72%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (0.72%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.19%) Management Information System
2 50 (8.96%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.71%) Data Protection Act
4 36 (6.45%) Onboarding
5 34 (6.09%) Security Posture
6 25 (4.48%) AI Agents
6 25 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (4.30%) Cloud Native
7 24 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (3.41%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (2.51%) Social Media
10 13 (2.33%) Freedom of Information
11 12 (2.15%) Algorithms
11 12 (2.15%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.79%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.79%) e-Learning
12 10 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.79%) PKI
13 9 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.89%) Windows
2 12 (2.15%) Linux
3 11 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.79%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.43%) Android
6 5 (0.90%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.72%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.36%) Unix
9 1 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
2 142 (25.45%) Data Protection
3 141 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
4 136 (24.37%) AI
5 132 (23.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 127 (22.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 118 (21.15%) Information Security
8 102 (18.28%) Agile
9 101 (18.10%) CRM
9 101 (18.10%) Risk Management
10 99 (17.74%) Decision-Making
11 95 (17.03%) Analytics
12 88 (15.77%) Business Intelligence
13 77 (13.80%) Data Governance
14 75 (13.44%) Roadmaps
15 65 (11.65%) Incident Response
16 62 (11.11%) Cloud Security
17 56 (10.04%) Data Management
18 54 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 53 (9.50%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 55 (9.86%) SQL
2 44 (7.89%) Python
3 14 (2.51%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.33%) C#
5 11 (1.97%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.61%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.90%) VB.NET
8 4 (0.72%) ABAP
8 4 (0.72%) Bicep
9 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.18%) Bash
10 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.18%) PHP
10 1 (0.18%) R
10 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (14.70%) CISSP
2 70 (12.54%) CISM
3 52 (9.32%) Degree
4 43 (7.71%) Security Cleared
5 37 (6.63%) CISA
6 29 (5.20%) SC Cleared
7 27 (4.84%) CRISC
8 18 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (3.05%) DBS Check
10 13 (2.33%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (1.79%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.61%) DV Cleared
13 9 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.43%) CHECK Team Member
14 8 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.43%) CREST Certified
14 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.43%) OSCP
15 7 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (27.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (16.13%) Data Quality
3 88 (15.77%) NIST
4 67 (12.01%) PCI DSS
5 49 (8.78%) GRC
6 44 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (6.09%) Accessibility
7 34 (6.09%) SOC 2
8 32 (5.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (5.38%) QA
10 29 (5.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 20 (3.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 18 (3.23%) NCSC
13 17 (3.05%) COBIT
14 15 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 13 (2.33%) ISO 9001
15 13 (2.33%) PERC
16 11 (1.97%) EU AI Act
17 10 (1.79%) ISO 22301
18 7 (1.25%) SOC 1
System Software
1 25 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.25%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.90%) Docker
4 4 (0.72%) IAG
5 3 (0.54%) Firmware
5 3 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.08%) Nmap
2 6 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.90%) CASB
4 4 (0.72%) FTK
4 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.18%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 153 (27.42%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.17%) Google
3 20 (3.58%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.23%) SAP
5 15 (2.69%) HubSpot
6 14 (2.51%) Informatica
7 13 (2.33%) Databricks
7 13 (2.33%) Oracle
8 10 (1.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 9 (1.61%) iManage
9 9 (1.61%) Talend
10 6 (1.08%) Sage
11 5 (0.90%) Apple
11 5 (0.90%) Infor
11 5 (0.90%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.72%) FIS
12 4 (0.72%) Freshdesk
12 4 (0.72%) IFS
12 4 (0.72%) Nuix
12 4 (0.72%) Relativity
894 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs