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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 167 270
Rank change year-on-year +47 +103 -17
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 476 338 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 2.09% 1.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.90% 11.68% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 308 262 310
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,188 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +30.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £90,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £48,250
% change year-on-year -4.00% +29.53% -12.27%

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 3,425 2,895 4,203
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.44% 17.91% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,218 1,618 3,116
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,759
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,682
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +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 4 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 18 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.26%) WordPress
3 4 (0.84%) Confluence
3 4 (0.84%) SAS
4 3 (0.63%) CMS
5 2 (0.42%) Apache
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) Moodle
Applications
1 37 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.42%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.42%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.21%) InDesign
7 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.63%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.63%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.63%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.63%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.63%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.63%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.63%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.63%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 107 (22.48%) Azure
2 74 (15.55%) Power Platform
3 62 (13.03%) SaaS
4 47 (9.87%) AWS
5 42 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (7.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 22 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (4.41%) PowerApps
9 20 (4.20%) GCP
10 15 (3.15%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.73%) Google Analytics
11 13 (2.73%) Power Automate
12 12 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (1.68%) Google Ads
14 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (1.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.14%) Firewall
2 18 (3.78%) Broadband
3 17 (3.57%) Network Security
4 15 (3.15%) CHAP
5 11 (2.31%) DNS
6 9 (1.89%) VPN
7 7 (1.47%) Wireless
8 6 (1.26%) DHCP
8 6 (1.26%) Internet
8 6 (1.26%) VLAN
9 5 (1.05%) DMZ
10 4 (0.84%) NGN
10 4 (0.84%) SMS
10 4 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.84%) WAN
11 3 (0.63%) LAN
12 2 (0.42%) SCCP
12 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.21%) SMTP
13 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (12.18%) Power BI
2 22 (4.62%) Relational Database
3 21 (4.41%) Tableau
4 20 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.36%) Metadata
6 13 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.52%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.47%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.84%) Power Query
12 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.63%) Big Data
12 3 (0.63%) MySQL
13 2 (0.42%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (1.47%) JIRA
2 4 (0.84%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.84%) Git
3 2 (0.42%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.42%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.42%) MLflow
4 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) NUnit
General
1 202 (42.44%) Social Skills
2 136 (28.57%) Finance
3 114 (23.95%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (16.18%) Legal
5 40 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (8.40%) Law
6 36 (7.56%) Marketing
7 33 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (6.93%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.09%) Banking
9 23 (4.83%) Games
10 20 (4.20%) Retail
11 15 (3.15%) Financial Institution
12 11 (2.31%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.10%) Advertising
13 10 (2.10%) Social Housing
14 9 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.47%) Back Office
16 6 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 50 (10.50%) Senior
2 44 (9.24%) Analyst
3 36 (7.56%) Security Manager
4 29 (6.09%) Consultant
5 28 (5.88%) Architect
6 26 (5.46%) Information Manager
6 26 (5.46%) Information Security Manager
7 25 (5.25%) Lead
8 21 (4.41%) Administrator
9 19 (3.99%) Data Engineer
10 16 (3.36%) Security Consultant
11 15 (3.15%) Auditor
11 15 (3.15%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 15 (3.15%) Head of Operations
12 14 (2.94%) Data Governance Analyst
12 14 (2.94%) Data Governance Manager
12 14 (2.94%) Data Manager
12 14 (2.94%) Governance Manager
12 14 (2.94%) Internal Auditor
12 14 (2.94%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.20%) HTML
2 17 (3.57%) CSS
3 13 (2.73%) .NET
4 9 (1.89%) React
5 7 (1.47%) Node.js
6 6 (1.26%) Middleware
7 5 (1.05%) JSON
7 5 (1.05%) Next.js
7 5 (1.05%) REST
7 5 (1.05%) Web Services
8 4 (0.84%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.84%) jQuery
8 4 (0.84%) RESTful
8 4 (0.84%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (0.63%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.63%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.63%) HTML5
9 3 (0.63%) LDAP
10 2 (0.42%) Pandas
10 2 (0.42%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 62 (13.03%) Management Information System
2 36 (7.56%) Data Protection Act
3 34 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 33 (6.93%) Security Posture
5 26 (5.46%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (5.04%) Onboarding
7 20 (4.20%) Cloud Native
7 20 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (3.15%) AI Agents
9 14 (2.94%) Social Media
10 12 (2.52%) Cyberattack
11 11 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (2.31%) e-Learning
11 11 (2.31%) PKI
12 10 (2.10%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.89%) Algorithms
14 8 (1.68%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.99%) Windows
2 8 (1.68%) Linux
3 7 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.42%) Android
4 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.42%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.21%) AIX
5 1 (0.21%) CentOS
5 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (35.08%) Cybersecurity
2 127 (26.68%) Data Protection
3 123 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
4 120 (25.21%) Information Security
5 105 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 96 (20.17%) Risk Management
7 94 (19.75%) Analytics
8 89 (18.70%) Decision-Making
9 88 (18.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 84 (17.65%) AI
11 81 (17.02%) Incident Response
12 75 (15.76%) Data Governance
13 73 (15.34%) Agile
14 68 (14.29%) CRM
15 65 (13.66%) Business Intelligence
16 58 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 56 (11.76%) Roadmaps
18 53 (11.13%) Project Management
19 51 (10.71%) Cloud Security
20 50 (10.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.30%) SQL
2 19 (3.99%) Python
3 16 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.52%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.26%) C#
5 6 (1.26%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.84%) Bicep
7 3 (0.63%) C
7 3 (0.63%) Pascal
7 3 (0.63%) PHP
7 3 (0.63%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.63%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.63%) VBA
8 1 (0.21%) Bash
8 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (16.18%) CISSP
2 61 (12.82%) CISM
3 52 (10.92%) Security Cleared
4 47 (9.87%) Degree
5 42 (8.82%) CISA
6 37 (7.77%) SC Cleared
7 22 (4.62%) CRISC
8 20 (4.20%) DV Cleared
9 18 (3.78%) FFIEC
10 16 (3.36%) SANS
11 15 (3.15%) CGEIT
11 15 (3.15%) DBS Check
12 13 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.52%) Azure Certification
14 10 (2.10%) CREST Certified
14 10 (2.10%) HNC
15 9 (1.89%) AWS Certification
16 8 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
16 8 (1.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 8 (1.68%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (28.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (21.22%) NIST
3 73 (15.34%) Data Quality
4 65 (13.66%) PCI DSS
5 47 (9.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 34 (7.14%) QA
7 32 (6.72%) GRC
8 30 (6.30%) Accessibility
8 30 (6.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (5.67%) COBIT
10 22 (4.62%) SOC 2
11 20 (4.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 17 (3.57%) NCSC
13 14 (2.94%) ISO 9001
14 13 (2.73%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (2.10%) HIPAA
15 10 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 10 (2.10%) PERC
16 8 (1.68%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 15 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.84%) Docker
3 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.36%) Terraform
2 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.63%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.42%) Ansible
4 2 (0.42%) CASB
4 2 (0.42%) Nmap
5 1 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.21%) SCCM
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 120 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.35%) Google
3 22 (4.62%) Oracle
4 19 (3.99%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.89%) iManage
6 8 (1.68%) Databricks
6 8 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 8 (1.68%) SAP
7 6 (1.26%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.05%) IFS
9 4 (0.84%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.84%) Orchard
9 4 (0.84%) Sage
9 4 (0.84%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.84%) Sophos
10 3 (0.63%) Capita
10 3 (0.63%) Epicor
10 3 (0.63%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.63%) Infor
10 3 (0.63%) Motorola