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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 156 234
Rank change year-on-year +27 +78 +16
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 304 329 366
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.90% 2.09% 1.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.95% 12.00% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 193 176 318
10th Percentile £39,280 £37,716 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £49,038 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,965 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +23.57% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £109,500 £89,375 £93,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.21% +32.50% -9.09%

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 2,775 2,741 3,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.35% 17.37% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,630 1,493 3,009
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £93,350
UK median annual salary £59,527 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +9.09% -4.35%

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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 9 February 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 18 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.30%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.64%) CMS
4 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.99%) WordPress
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.33%) InDesign
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.63%) Workday HCM
2 7 (2.30%) Shopify
3 5 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.32%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.32%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.32%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.99%) Magento
5 3 (0.99%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.33%) iTrent
7 1 (0.33%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.33%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 110 (36.18%) Azure
2 61 (20.07%) AWS
3 34 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (8.88%) GCP
5 24 (7.89%) Azure Logic Apps
6 21 (6.91%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (6.91%) Power Platform
7 20 (6.58%) GitHub
7 20 (6.58%) SaaS
8 19 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.59%) Azure Service Bus
10 15 (4.93%) Boomi
10 15 (4.93%) Entra ID
11 14 (4.61%) Azure Event Grid
11 14 (4.61%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (3.62%) Power Automate
13 8 (2.63%) iPaaS
14 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (2.30%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.58%) Firewall
2 18 (5.92%) CHAP
3 12 (3.95%) Network Security
4 7 (2.30%) DMZ
4 7 (2.30%) DNS
5 5 (1.64%) Internet
6 4 (1.32%) SSL
7 3 (0.99%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.99%) SCCP
7 3 (0.99%) VLAN
7 3 (0.99%) VPN
8 1 (0.33%) Broadband
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) Intranet
8 1 (0.33%) SMS
8 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.92%) Power BI
2 7 (2.30%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.64%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.32%) Metadata
5 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.99%) Redis
5 3 (0.99%) Tableau
6 2 (0.66%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.66%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.66%) MySQL
6 2 (0.66%) Power Query
7 1 (0.33%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.33%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.33%) Looker
7 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.96%) JIRA
2 3 (0.99%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.99%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.33%) Vite
4 1 (0.33%) webpack
General
1 130 (42.76%) Social Skills
2 112 (36.84%) Finance
3 50 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (15.46%) Legal
5 31 (10.20%) Banking
6 28 (9.21%) Law
7 25 (8.22%) Public Sector
8 24 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (7.24%) Financial Institution
10 21 (6.91%) Retail
11 17 (5.59%) Marketing
12 12 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (2.30%) Advertising
14 7 (2.30%) Aviation
14 7 (2.30%) Manufacturing
14 7 (2.30%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.97%) French Language
16 4 (1.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (17.11%) Senior
2 21 (6.91%) Integration Engineer
3 20 (6.58%) Analyst
4 19 (6.25%) Lead
5 18 (5.92%) Auditor
5 18 (5.92%) Internal Auditor
5 18 (5.92%) Security Auditor
6 15 (4.93%) Architect
6 15 (4.93%) Security Manager
6 15 (4.93%) Senior Manager
7 14 (4.61%) Administrator
8 13 (4.28%) IT Manager
9 12 (3.95%) Consultant
10 11 (3.62%) Risk Manager
11 10 (3.29%) Security Analyst
12 9 (2.96%) Security Engineer
13 7 (2.30%) Head of IT
13 7 (2.30%) Platform Engineer
13 7 (2.30%) Security Architect
13 7 (2.30%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.91%) JSON
1 21 (6.91%) RESTful
2 18 (5.92%) REST
3 17 (5.59%) OAuth
3 17 (5.59%) OAuth2
4 13 (4.28%) SOAP
4 13 (4.28%) Web Services
5 8 (2.63%) SAML
6 7 (2.30%) .NET
6 7 (2.30%) HTML
7 6 (1.97%) XML
8 5 (1.64%) CSS
8 5 (1.64%) Kafka
9 4 (1.32%) Node.js
9 4 (1.32%) SAP Fiori
10 3 (0.99%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.99%) JWT
10 3 (0.99%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.99%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 25 (8.22%) Onboarding
3 22 (7.24%) Security Posture
4 20 (6.58%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.59%) PKI
6 11 (3.62%) Cloud Security Posture
7 10 (3.29%) Blockchain
8 9 (2.96%) Blog
8 9 (2.96%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 7 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.97%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.64%) Digital Media
11 5 (1.64%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.64%) e-Learning
11 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.64%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.25%) Linux
2 16 (5.26%) Windows
3 6 (1.97%) Unix
4 4 (1.32%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (27.96%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (22.37%) Data Protection
2 68 (22.37%) Incident Response
3 64 (21.05%) Analytics
3 64 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (17.76%) Information Security
6 51 (16.78%) Risk Management
7 49 (16.12%) Agile
8 44 (14.47%) CI/CD
8 44 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (14.14%) Data Governance
10 42 (13.82%) AI
10 42 (13.82%) DevOps
11 41 (13.49%) CRM
11 41 (13.49%) Project Management
12 40 (13.16%) Coaching
13 38 (12.50%) Decision-Making
14 35 (11.51%) Vulnerability Management
15 34 (11.18%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.54%) Python
2 21 (6.91%) SQL
3 20 (6.58%) PowerShell
4 18 (5.92%) Bicep
4 18 (5.92%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.95%) C#
6 11 (3.62%) Java
7 7 (2.30%) Bash
8 5 (1.64%) Perl
8 5 (1.64%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.32%) ABAP
9 4 (1.32%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.99%) Go
10 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.66%) PHP
12 1 (0.33%) R
12 1 (0.33%) Scala
12 1 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (21.05%) Degree
2 51 (16.78%) CISSP
3 46 (15.13%) Security Cleared
4 44 (14.47%) CISM
5 34 (11.18%) SC Cleared
6 31 (10.20%) CISA
7 18 (5.92%) CGEIT
7 18 (5.92%) FFIEC
7 18 (5.92%) SANS
8 16 (5.26%) AWS Certification
9 15 (4.93%) DV Cleared
10 14 (4.61%) Azure Certification
11 12 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (3.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (3.29%) DBS Check
14 9 (2.96%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (2.63%) CREST Certified
15 8 (2.63%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (28.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (22.04%) NIST
3 26 (8.55%) PCI DSS
4 24 (7.89%) GRC
5 23 (7.57%) Data Quality
6 20 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (6.58%) NCSC
7 19 (6.25%) COBIT
8 18 (5.92%) SOC 2
9 13 (4.28%) Accessibility
10 10 (3.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 7 (2.30%) JSP 440
12 7 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (1.97%) HIPAA
13 6 (1.97%) QA
13 6 (1.97%) SLA
14 5 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (1.32%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 13 (4.28%) Docker
2 11 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (8.88%) Terraform
2 16 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.95%) Ansible
4 9 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.64%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (1.32%) Grafana
6 4 (1.32%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.99%) Nessus
7 3 (0.99%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.66%) Nmap
8 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.66%) Puppet
9 1 (0.33%) Argo
9 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 66 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.57%) Workday
3 22 (7.24%) Salesforce
4 16 (5.26%) MuleSoft
5 15 (4.93%) ServiceNow
6 14 (4.61%) Ab Initio
6 14 (4.61%) SAP
7 13 (4.28%) Oracle
8 12 (3.95%) Google
9 10 (3.29%) IBM
10 7 (2.30%) Adobe
10 7 (2.30%) Dell
10 7 (2.30%) Epicor
10 7 (2.30%) Infor
10 7 (2.30%) Informatica
10 7 (2.30%) Jitterbit
10 7 (2.30%) SnapLogic
10 7 (2.30%) Software AG
10 7 (2.30%) Talend
10 7 (2.30%) TIBCO