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

 6 months to
18 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 142 241
Rank change year-on-year +26 +99 +31
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 559 370 304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 2.27% 1.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.93% 12.26% 9.51%
Number of salaries quoted 379 266 170
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,000 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.35% +1.20%
75th Percentile £79,250 £83,750 £80,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £87,750
UK median annual salary £58,085 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.06% +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 4,012 3,018 3,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.48% 18.50% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,526 1,672 1,916
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £36,000
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 £105,000
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 18 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 30 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.25%) SAS
2 7 (1.25%) WordPress
3 4 (0.72%) Apache
4 3 (0.54%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.54%) Confluence
4 3 (0.54%) IIS
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 41 (7.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.07%) 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 5 (0.89%) Shopify
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%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.54%) OPENHousing
4 3 (0.54%) Orchard Housing
4 3 (0.54%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 116 (20.75%) Azure
2 97 (17.35%) Power Platform
3 73 (13.06%) SaaS
4 66 (11.81%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (9.84%) AWS
6 42 (7.51%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (3.94%) Entra ID
9 21 (3.76%) GCP
10 20 (3.58%) PowerApps
11 19 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.40%) Google Analytics
12 16 (2.86%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.50%) 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
16 10 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 9 (1.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.55%) Firewall
2 25 (4.47%) Network Security
3 17 (3.04%) DNS
4 16 (2.86%) 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 (0.89%) DMZ
9 5 (0.89%) 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 79 (14.13%) Power BI
2 37 (6.62%) Metadata
3 26 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.29%) Relational Database
5 23 (4.11%) SQL Server
6 18 (3.22%) Tableau
7 14 (2.50%) 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 7 (1.25%) Big Data
12 7 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.07%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (3.40%) Git
2 9 (1.61%) JIRA
3 6 (1.07%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.07%) 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
1 226 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 147 (26.30%) Finance
3 120 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (19.68%) Legal
5 64 (11.45%) Law
5 64 (11.45%) Marketing
6 52 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (5.90%) Public Sector
9 22 (3.94%) Banking
9 22 (3.94%) Retail
10 20 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (3.04%) Games
13 14 (2.50%) German Language
13 14 (2.50%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.61%) Social Housing
15 8 (1.43%) Advertising
15 8 (1.43%) Back Office
15 8 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (13.06%) Senior
2 59 (10.55%) Analyst
3 40 (7.16%) Lead
4 37 (6.62%) Consultant
5 34 (6.08%) Architect
6 24 (4.29%) Security Manager
7 22 (3.94%) Information Manager
8 20 (3.58%) Data Manager
8 20 (3.58%) Security Consultant
9 19 (3.40%) Information Security Manager
10 18 (3.22%) Data Engineer
11 16 (2.86%) Administrator
12 15 (2.68%) Head of Operations
12 15 (2.68%) Head of Technology
12 15 (2.68%) Security Architect
13 14 (2.50%) Data Governance Analyst
13 14 (2.50%) Data Governance Manager
13 14 (2.50%) Governance Manager
14 12 (2.15%) Security Analyst
14 12 (2.15%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.94%) HTML
2 20 (3.58%) CSS
3 15 (2.68%) Terraform
4 13 (2.33%) React
5 10 (1.79%) .NET
6 8 (1.43%) Node.js
7 6 (1.07%) RESTful
8 5 (0.89%) LDAP
8 5 (0.89%) Next.js
8 5 (0.89%) NumPy
8 5 (0.89%) Pandas
8 5 (0.89%) REST
8 5 (0.89%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.89%) Web Services
8 5 (0.89%) 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 (12.16%) Management Information System
2 50 (8.94%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 36 (6.44%) Onboarding
5 34 (6.08%) Security Posture
6 25 (4.47%) AI Agents
6 25 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (4.29%) Cloud Native
8 19 (3.40%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (2.50%) Social Media
10 13 (2.33%) Freedom of Information
11 12 (2.15%) Algorithms
11 12 (2.15%) Cyberattack
12 11 (1.97%) Driving Licence
12 11 (1.97%) e-Learning
12 11 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.79%) PKI
14 9 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.43%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.69%) Windows
2 13 (2.33%) Linux
3 11 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.79%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.43%) Android
6 4 (0.72%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.36%) Unix
8 1 (0.18%) CentOS
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (27.91%) Cybersecurity
2 142 (25.40%) Data Protection
2 142 (25.40%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (23.79%) AI
3 133 (23.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 129 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (21.11%) Information Security
6 103 (18.43%) Agile
7 102 (18.25%) Risk Management
8 100 (17.89%) Decision-Making
9 99 (17.71%) CRM
10 94 (16.82%) Analytics
11 87 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
12 75 (13.42%) Data Governance
12 75 (13.42%) Roadmaps
13 65 (11.63%) Incident Response
14 62 (11.09%) Cloud Security
15 57 (10.20%) Data Management
16 55 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 54 (9.66%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 54 (9.66%) SQL
2 43 (7.69%) Python
3 14 (2.50%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.33%) C#
5 11 (1.97%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.61%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.89%) 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%) C
10 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.18%) Pascal
10 1 (0.18%) PHP
10 1 (0.18%) R
10 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (14.49%) CISSP
2 69 (12.34%) CISM
3 54 (9.66%) Degree
4 45 (8.05%) Security Cleared
5 37 (6.62%) CISA
6 31 (5.55%) SC Cleared
7 26 (4.65%) CRISC
8 18 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (3.04%) DBS Check
10 13 (2.33%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (1.79%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.79%) 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 (27.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (15.92%) Data Quality
2 89 (15.92%) NIST
3 68 (12.16%) PCI DSS
4 48 (8.59%) GRC
5 45 (8.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 34 (6.08%) Accessibility
6 34 (6.08%) SOC 2
7 33 (5.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 31 (5.55%) QA
9 30 (5.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 21 (3.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 18 (3.22%) NCSC
12 17 (3.04%) COBIT
13 15 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 13 (2.33%) ISO 9001
14 13 (2.33%) PERC
15 11 (1.97%) EU AI Act
16 10 (1.79%) ISO 22301
17 7 (1.25%) SOC 1
System Software
1 25 (4.47%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.25%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.89%) 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 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.07%) Nmap
2 6 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.89%) 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
1 152 (27.19%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.16%) Google
3 20 (3.58%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.40%) SAP
5 15 (2.68%) HubSpot
6 14 (2.50%) 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 7 (1.25%) Sage
11 5 (0.89%) IFS
11 5 (0.89%) Infor
11 5 (0.89%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.72%) FIS
12 4 (0.72%) Freshdesk
12 4 (0.72%) Nuix
12 4 (0.72%) Relativity
12 4 (0.72%) Xero
581 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs