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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 157 273
Rank change year-on-year +32 +116 +6
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 498 358 293
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.27% 2.18% 1.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.57% 12.13% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 334 267 221
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +23.81% -12.86%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -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 3,670 2,951 3,578
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.75% 17.93% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,303 1,674 2,573
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,194
Median % change year-on-year - +3.10% -3.01%
75th Percentile £78,250 £75,900 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,375 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £54,175
% change year-on-year - +6.14% -5.78%

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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 28 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 23 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.41%) SAS
3 6 (1.20%) Confluence
4 5 (1.00%) WordPress
5 3 (0.60%) Apache
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Moodle
Applications
1 35 (7.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.40%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.40%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 21 (4.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.80%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.60%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.60%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.60%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.60%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.60%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.60%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.60%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.60%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 103 (20.68%) Azure
2 82 (16.47%) Power Platform
3 69 (13.86%) SaaS
4 50 (10.04%) AWS
4 50 (10.04%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (8.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 24 (4.82%) PowerApps
7 21 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (4.02%) GCP
9 17 (3.41%) Google Analytics
10 16 (3.21%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.61%) Power Automate
12 12 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (2.21%) Google Ads
14 10 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
16 8 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
17 7 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.43%) Firewall
2 18 (3.61%) Broadband
2 18 (3.61%) Network Security
3 11 (2.21%) CHAP
3 11 (2.21%) DNS
3 11 (2.21%) VPN
4 8 (1.61%) Wireless
5 7 (1.41%) WAN
6 6 (1.20%) DHCP
6 6 (1.20%) VLAN
7 5 (1.00%) SMS
8 4 (0.80%) DMZ
8 4 (0.80%) LAN
8 4 (0.80%) NGN
8 4 (0.80%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.60%) Internet
10 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.20%) Intranet
11 1 (0.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.65%) Power BI
2 23 (4.62%) Relational Database
3 21 (4.22%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.22%) Tableau
4 20 (4.02%) Metadata
5 17 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.41%) Oracle Database
6 12 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.81%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.80%) Power Query
11 3 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.60%) Big Data
11 3 (0.60%) MySQL
12 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (2.21%) JIRA
2 8 (1.61%) Git
3 4 (0.80%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.60%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.60%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.40%) MLflow
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) NUnit
General
1 209 (41.97%) Social Skills
2 140 (28.11%) Finance
3 123 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (17.67%) Legal
5 49 (9.84%) Law
6 48 (9.64%) Marketing
7 41 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (6.83%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (6.02%) Public Sector
10 27 (5.42%) Banking
11 23 (4.62%) Games
12 20 (4.02%) Retail
13 14 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.21%) Financial Institution
15 10 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (2.01%) Social Housing
16 9 (1.81%) Advertising
17 7 (1.41%) Back Office
18 6 (1.20%) Manufacturing
18 6 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 57 (11.45%) Senior
2 49 (9.84%) Analyst
3 36 (7.23%) Lead
4 34 (6.83%) Consultant
4 34 (6.83%) Security Manager
5 29 (5.82%) Architect
6 27 (5.42%) Information Manager
7 26 (5.22%) Information Security Manager
8 20 (4.02%) Administrator
8 20 (4.02%) Data Engineer
8 20 (4.02%) Security Consultant
9 17 (3.41%) Head of Operations
10 15 (3.01%) Data Manager
11 14 (2.81%) Data Governance Analyst
11 14 (2.81%) Data Governance Manager
11 14 (2.81%) Governance Manager
11 14 (2.81%) Head of Technology
12 13 (2.61%) Auditor
12 13 (2.61%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 11 (2.21%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.62%) HTML
2 21 (4.22%) CSS
3 13 (2.61%) .NET
4 10 (2.01%) React
5 8 (1.61%) Node.js
6 7 (1.41%) Middleware
7 5 (1.00%) JSON
7 5 (1.00%) Next.js
7 5 (1.00%) NumPy
7 5 (1.00%) Pandas
7 5 (1.00%) REST
7 5 (1.00%) RESTful
7 5 (1.00%) scikit-learn
7 5 (1.00%) Web Services
7 5 (1.00%) XGBoost
8 4 (0.80%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.80%) jQuery
8 4 (0.80%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (0.60%) HTML5
9 3 (0.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 61 (12.25%) Management Information System
2 38 (7.63%) Product Ownership
3 37 (7.43%) Data Protection Act
4 30 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 30 (6.02%) Security Posture
5 25 (5.02%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (3.82%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.41%) AI Agents
8 14 (2.81%) Social Media
9 12 (2.41%) Algorithms
9 12 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.41%) Cyberattack
9 12 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.21%) e-Learning
11 10 (2.01%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.61%) PKI
13 7 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.41%) Freedom of Information Act
13 7 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.22%) Windows
2 9 (1.81%) Linux
3 7 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.60%) Android
5 3 (0.60%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.20%) AIX
6 1 (0.20%) CentOS
6 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (32.93%) Cybersecurity
2 129 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
3 126 (25.30%) Data Protection
3 126 (25.30%) Information Security
4 117 (23.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (20.28%) Decision-Making
5 101 (20.28%) Risk Management
6 100 (20.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 96 (19.28%) AI
7 96 (19.28%) Analytics
8 79 (15.86%) CRM
9 78 (15.66%) Incident Response
10 77 (15.46%) Agile
11 74 (14.86%) Data Governance
12 70 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
13 67 (13.45%) Roadmaps
14 59 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 54 (10.84%) Cloud Security
16 53 (10.64%) Mentoring
17 51 (10.24%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.23%) SQL
2 26 (5.22%) Python
3 16 (3.21%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.61%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.41%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.20%) C#
7 3 (0.60%) Bicep
7 3 (0.60%) C
7 3 (0.60%) Pascal
7 3 (0.60%) PHP
7 3 (0.60%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.60%) VBA
8 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Bash
9 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 79 (15.86%) CISSP
2 65 (13.05%) CISM
3 42 (8.43%) Security Cleared
4 39 (7.83%) CISA
5 38 (7.63%) Degree
6 30 (6.02%) SC Cleared
7 23 (4.62%) CRISC
8 16 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.81%) DBS Check
9 14 (2.81%) FFIEC
10 13 (2.61%) DV Cleared
11 12 (2.41%) SANS
12 11 (2.21%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.21%) CGEIT
13 9 (1.81%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (1.81%) CREST Certified
13 9 (1.81%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.61%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (27.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 99 (19.88%) NIST
3 74 (14.86%) Data Quality
4 69 (13.86%) PCI DSS
5 48 (9.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 40 (8.03%) GRC
7 36 (7.23%) QA
8 31 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (6.02%) Accessibility
10 27 (5.42%) SOC 2
11 25 (5.02%) COBIT
12 21 (4.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 16 (3.21%) ISO 9001
13 16 (3.21%) NCSC
13 16 (3.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 12 (2.41%) PERC
15 11 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (1.81%) ISO 22301
17 8 (1.61%) HIPAA
System Software
1 15 (3.01%) 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%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (2.81%) Terraform
2 6 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.80%) CASB
4 3 (0.60%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.60%) Nmap
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
1 125 (25.10%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.03%) Google
3 22 (4.42%) Oracle
4 20 (4.02%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.41%) SAP
6 10 (2.01%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 9 (1.81%) Databricks
7 9 (1.81%) iManage
8 7 (1.41%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.20%) IFS
10 4 (0.80%) Epicor
10 4 (0.80%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.80%) Freshdesk
10 4 (0.80%) Infor
10 4 (0.80%) Orchard
10 4 (0.80%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.80%) Sage
10 4 (0.80%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.80%) Sophos
11 3 (0.60%) Capita