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

 6 months to
16 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 153 276
Rank change year-on-year +38 +123 +8
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 495 354 372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.32% 2.14% 1.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.86% 12.07% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 329 266 290
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £28,925
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +27.45% -15.35%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,862 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -4.00% +28.21% -11.36%

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 3,571 2,933 4,102
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.72% 17.77% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,259 1,654 3,007
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,089
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,744
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,933 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 16 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 21 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.41%) SAS
3 6 (1.21%) Confluence
3 6 (1.21%) WordPress
4 3 (0.61%) Apache
4 3 (0.61%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.20%) Moodle
Applications
1 37 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.40%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.20%) InDesign
7 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.61%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.61%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.61%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.61%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.61%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.61%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.61%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 106 (21.41%) Azure
2 78 (15.76%) Power Platform
3 67 (13.54%) SaaS
4 52 (10.51%) AWS
5 49 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (7.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 23 (4.65%) PowerApps
8 22 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (4.04%) GCP
10 16 (3.23%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.83%) Google Analytics
12 13 (2.63%) Power Automate
13 12 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (1.82%) Google Ads
17 8 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
17 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
18 6 (1.21%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.67%) Firewall
2 18 (3.64%) Broadband
3 17 (3.43%) Network Security
4 13 (2.63%) CHAP
5 11 (2.22%) DNS
5 11 (2.22%) VPN
6 8 (1.62%) Wireless
7 6 (1.21%) DHCP
7 6 (1.21%) VLAN
8 5 (1.01%) DMZ
8 5 (1.01%) Internet
8 5 (1.01%) SMS
9 4 (0.81%) NGN
9 4 (0.81%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.81%) WAN
10 3 (0.61%) LAN
11 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.20%) SMTP
12 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (12.12%) Power BI
2 23 (4.65%) Relational Database
3 22 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 21 (4.24%) Tableau
5 18 (3.64%) Metadata
6 17 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.42%) Oracle Database
8 11 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.81%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.81%) Power Query
13 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.61%) Big Data
13 3 (0.61%) MySQL
14 2 (0.40%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (2.02%) JIRA
2 7 (1.41%) Git
3 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.61%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.61%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.40%) MLflow
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) NUnit
General
1 210 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 135 (27.27%) Finance
3 121 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (16.77%) Legal
5 44 (8.89%) Law
6 43 (8.69%) Marketing
7 39 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (6.67%) Public Sector
9 27 (5.45%) Banking
10 23 (4.65%) Games
11 20 (4.04%) Retail
12 14 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.63%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.22%) Advertising
15 10 (2.02%) Social Housing
16 9 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.62%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.41%) Back Office
19 6 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (10.71%) Senior
2 44 (8.89%) Analyst
3 37 (7.47%) Security Manager
4 34 (6.87%) Consultant
5 31 (6.26%) Lead
6 30 (6.06%) Architect
7 27 (5.45%) Information Manager
7 27 (5.45%) Information Security Manager
8 21 (4.24%) Administrator
9 20 (4.04%) Data Engineer
10 18 (3.64%) Security Consultant
11 16 (3.23%) Head of Operations
12 15 (3.03%) Auditor
12 15 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 15 (3.03%) Data Manager
13 14 (2.83%) Data Governance Analyst
13 14 (2.83%) Data Governance Manager
13 14 (2.83%) Governance Manager
14 13 (2.63%) Head of Technology
15 12 (2.42%) Internal Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.44%) HTML
2 19 (3.84%) CSS
3 13 (2.63%) .NET
4 9 (1.82%) React
5 7 (1.41%) Middleware
5 7 (1.41%) Node.js
6 5 (1.01%) JSON
6 5 (1.01%) Next.js
6 5 (1.01%) REST
6 5 (1.01%) Web Services
7 4 (0.81%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.81%) jQuery
7 4 (0.81%) NumPy
7 4 (0.81%) Pandas
7 4 (0.81%) RESTful
7 4 (0.81%) scikit-learn
7 4 (0.81%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (0.81%) XGBoost
8 3 (0.61%) HTML5
8 3 (0.61%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.53%) Management Information System
2 37 (7.47%) Data Protection Act
2 37 (7.47%) Product Ownership
3 30 (6.06%) Security Posture
4 28 (5.66%) Onboarding
5 27 (5.45%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.64%) Cloud Native
8 16 (3.23%) AI Agents
9 14 (2.83%) Social Media
10 12 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (2.42%) Cyberattack
11 11 (2.22%) e-Learning
11 11 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (2.22%) PKI
12 10 (2.02%) Algorithms
12 10 (2.02%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.24%) Windows
2 9 (1.82%) Linux
3 7 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.61%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) AIX
7 1 (0.20%) CentOS
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (34.34%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (26.26%) Data Protection
3 128 (25.86%) Information Security
4 127 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 102 (20.61%) Risk Management
7 99 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 97 (19.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 93 (18.79%) Analytics
10 89 (17.98%) AI
11 81 (16.36%) Incident Response
12 78 (15.76%) CRM
13 75 (15.15%) Agile
14 73 (14.75%) Data Governance
15 68 (13.74%) Business Intelligence
16 63 (12.73%) Roadmaps
17 54 (10.91%) Cloud Security
17 54 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 53 (10.71%) Mentoring
19 51 (10.30%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.07%) SQL
2 24 (4.85%) Python
3 17 (3.43%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.42%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.21%) C#
5 6 (1.21%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.81%) Bicep
7 3 (0.61%) C
7 3 (0.61%) Pascal
7 3 (0.61%) PHP
7 3 (0.61%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.61%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.61%) VBA
8 1 (0.20%) Bash
8 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (16.57%) CISSP
2 66 (13.33%) CISM
3 49 (9.90%) Security Cleared
4 42 (8.48%) Degree
5 41 (8.28%) CISA
6 36 (7.27%) SC Cleared
7 22 (4.44%) CRISC
8 17 (3.43%) DV Cleared
9 16 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (3.23%) FFIEC
10 15 (3.03%) DBS Check
11 14 (2.83%) SANS
12 13 (2.63%) Azure Certification
12 13 (2.63%) CGEIT
13 10 (2.02%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.82%) CREST Certified
14 9 (1.82%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (28.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (20.40%) NIST
3 73 (14.75%) Data Quality
4 68 (13.74%) PCI DSS
5 49 (9.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 38 (7.68%) GRC
7 36 (7.27%) QA
8 32 (6.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (6.06%) Accessibility
10 26 (5.25%) COBIT
10 26 (5.25%) SOC 2
11 21 (4.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 18 (3.64%) NCSC
13 16 (3.23%) ISO 9001
13 16 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 11 (2.22%) PERC
16 9 (1.82%) HIPAA
16 9 (1.82%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 15 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.40%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (3.03%) Terraform
2 6 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.61%) Nmap
4 2 (0.40%) CASB
5 1 (0.20%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.20%) SCCM
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 126 (25.45%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.68%) Google
3 23 (4.65%) Oracle
4 18 (3.64%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.02%) SAP
6 9 (1.82%) Databricks
6 9 (1.82%) iManage
6 9 (1.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 7 (1.41%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.21%) IFS
9 4 (0.81%) Epicor
9 4 (0.81%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.81%) Infor
9 4 (0.81%) Orchard
9 4 (0.81%) Sage
9 4 (0.81%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.81%) Sophos
10 3 (0.61%) Capita
10 3 (0.61%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.61%) Motorola
184 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs