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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 176 263
Rank change year-on-year +49 +87 -2
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 388 297 367
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.06% 2.03% 1.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.73% 10.57% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 242 225 313
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £45,813 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +38.30% -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 3,048 2,809 4,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.16% 19.23% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,924 1,498 3,233
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,925 £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 £75,843 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 25 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 12 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.03%) Confluence
2 4 (1.03%) WordPress
3 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.77%) CMS
4 2 (0.52%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 33 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.52%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.52%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.26%) InDesign
6 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.55%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.77%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.77%) Magento
3 3 (0.77%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.77%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.77%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.77%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.77%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.52%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.52%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.26%) iTrent
5 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.52%) Azure
2 58 (14.95%) Power Platform
3 36 (9.28%) AWS
3 36 (9.28%) SaaS
4 26 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (6.70%) Microsoft Purview
5 19 (4.90%) GCP
6 15 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (3.35%) PowerApps
9 12 (3.09%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (2.58%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.58%) GitHub
11 10 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.32%) Google Analytics
13 7 (1.80%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.22%) Firewall
2 21 (5.41%) CHAP
3 14 (3.61%) Network Security
4 13 (3.35%) DNS
5 12 (3.09%) Broadband
6 6 (1.55%) DMZ
6 6 (1.55%) VPN
7 5 (1.29%) SSL
8 4 (1.03%) DHCP
8 4 (1.03%) SMS
9 3 (0.77%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.77%) Internet
9 3 (0.77%) NGN
9 3 (0.77%) SCCP
9 3 (0.77%) VLAN
9 3 (0.77%) WAN
10 2 (0.52%) LAN
10 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.52%) Wireless
11 1 (0.26%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.37%) Power BI
2 20 (5.15%) Tableau
3 19 (4.90%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.38%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.35%) Metadata
6 12 (3.09%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.29%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.03%) Power Query
9 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.77%) Big Data
10 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.52%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.52%) Looker
11 2 (0.52%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.52%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.52%) Git
2 2 (0.52%) MLflow
3 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.26%) NUnit
General
1 171 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 114 (29.38%) Finance
3 94 (24.23%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (15.21%) Legal
5 33 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 29 (7.47%) Banking
7 28 (7.22%) Marketing
8 27 (6.96%) Law
9 23 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (5.41%) Financial Institution
11 17 (4.38%) Games
11 17 (4.38%) Retail
12 13 (3.35%) Advertising
13 12 (3.09%) Manufacturing
14 8 (2.06%) Social Housing
15 7 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.29%) French Language
Job Titles
1 39 (10.05%) Senior
2 33 (8.51%) Analyst
3 27 (6.96%) Security Manager
4 22 (5.67%) Architect
5 21 (5.41%) Auditor
5 21 (5.41%) Data Engineer
5 21 (5.41%) Information Manager
6 20 (5.15%) Internal Auditor
6 20 (5.15%) Security Auditor
7 19 (4.90%) Information Security Manager
8 17 (4.38%) Administrator
8 17 (4.38%) Consultant
9 14 (3.61%) Lead
10 13 (3.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 13 (3.35%) Data Manager
10 13 (3.35%) Governance Manager
11 12 (3.09%) Data Governance Analyst
11 12 (3.09%) Data Governance Manager
12 11 (2.84%) Head of Operations
13 10 (2.58%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.61%) HTML
2 10 (2.58%) CSS
2 10 (2.58%) JSON
3 8 (2.06%) .NET
3 8 (2.06%) RESTful
4 5 (1.29%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.29%) OAuth
4 5 (1.29%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.03%) HTML5
5 4 (1.03%) jQuery
6 3 (0.77%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.77%) Middleware
6 3 (0.77%) React
6 3 (0.77%) Web Services
7 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.52%) EDI
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.52%) REST
7 2 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.52%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.69%) Management Information System
2 27 (6.96%) Onboarding
2 27 (6.96%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.67%) Security Posture
4 18 (4.64%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (3.87%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.61%) PKI
8 10 (2.58%) Blockchain
9 9 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.32%) Blog
9 9 (2.32%) Cyber Security Posture
9 9 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.80%) Social Media
10 7 (1.80%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.55%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (1.55%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.55%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.35%) Windows
2 5 (1.29%) Linux
3 3 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.52%) Android
4 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.26%) AIX
5 1 (0.26%) CentOS
5 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (32.73%) Cybersecurity
2 101 (26.03%) Data Protection
3 95 (24.48%) Analytics
3 95 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 73 (18.81%) Incident Response
5 73 (18.81%) Information Security
6 69 (17.78%) Decision-Making
6 69 (17.78%) Risk Management
7 68 (17.53%) Data Governance
8 59 (15.21%) CRM
8 59 (15.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (14.95%) Agile
9 58 (14.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 56 (14.43%) AI
10 56 (14.43%) Business Intelligence
11 54 (13.92%) Project Management
12 43 (11.08%) Vulnerability Management
13 41 (10.57%) Mentoring
13 41 (10.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.70%) SQL
2 16 (4.12%) Python
3 14 (3.61%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.58%) Bicep
5 9 (2.32%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.29%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.03%) C#
8 3 (0.77%) C
8 3 (0.77%) Pascal
8 3 (0.77%) VBA
9 2 (0.52%) ABAP
9 2 (0.52%) PHP
10 1 (0.26%) Bash
10 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.26%) Java
10 1 (0.26%) R
10 1 (0.26%) Scala
10 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (13.66%) CISSP
2 52 (13.40%) Degree
3 48 (12.37%) Security Cleared
4 41 (10.57%) CISM
5 36 (9.28%) SC Cleared
6 30 (7.73%) CISA
7 22 (5.67%) DV Cleared
8 21 (5.41%) CGEIT
8 21 (5.41%) FFIEC
8 21 (5.41%) SANS
9 14 (3.61%) DBS Check
10 11 (2.84%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.84%) HNC
11 8 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.80%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.80%) CREST Certified
12 7 (1.80%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.55%) IRCA
14 5 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (23.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (22.68%) NIST
3 62 (15.98%) Data Quality
4 49 (12.63%) PCI DSS
5 33 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (7.22%) QA
7 25 (6.44%) COBIT
8 24 (6.19%) Accessibility
9 20 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 20 (5.15%) GRC
10 19 (4.90%) NCSC
11 16 (4.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 15 (3.87%) SOC 2
13 13 (3.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (2.32%) HIPAA
14 9 (2.32%) PERC
15 8 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (1.80%) JSP 440
17 6 (1.55%) IFRS
17 6 (1.55%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.03%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (5.15%) Terraform
2 4 (1.03%) Ansible
2 4 (1.03%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.77%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.26%) CASB
4 1 (0.26%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.26%) SCCM
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 93 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.22%) Google
3 18 (4.64%) Salesforce
4 16 (4.12%) Oracle
5 9 (2.32%) Databricks
6 7 (1.80%) SAP
7 6 (1.55%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 5 (1.29%) Ab Initio
8 5 (1.29%) Sage
8 5 (1.29%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.03%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.03%) Freshdesk
9 4 (1.03%) Orchard
9 4 (1.03%) Sophos
9 4 (1.03%) Workday
10 3 (0.77%) Aareon
10 3 (0.77%) dotdigital
10 3 (0.77%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.77%) SolarWinds