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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 182 278
Rank change year-on-year +55 +96 -20
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 375 313 366
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.00% 2.07% 1.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.48% 10.77% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 236 240 312
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,716 £28,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £72,813
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,375 £89,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,750 £46,500
% change year-on-year -7.34% +39.25% -15.45%

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 3,006 2,906 4,206
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.04% 19.25% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,879 1,597 3,249
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 19 May 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 12 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.07%) Confluence
2 4 (1.07%) WordPress
3 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.80%) CMS
4 2 (0.53%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 33 (8.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.53%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.53%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.27%) InDesign
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.60%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.80%) Magento
3 3 (0.80%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.53%) Aareon QL
4 2 (0.53%) MIS ActiveH
4 2 (0.53%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.53%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.53%) Orchard Housing
4 2 (0.53%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.27%) iTrent
5 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 101 (26.93%) Azure
2 56 (14.93%) Power Platform
3 37 (9.87%) AWS
4 35 (9.33%) SaaS
5 27 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (6.40%) Microsoft Purview
7 18 (4.80%) GCP
8 16 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (3.47%) PowerApps
11 12 (3.20%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (3.20%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (2.93%) Entra ID
12 11 (2.93%) GitHub
12 11 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (2.13%) Google Analytics
13 8 (2.13%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.60%) Azure Event Grid
14 6 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.47%) Firewall
2 21 (5.60%) CHAP
3 13 (3.47%) DNS
4 12 (3.20%) Broadband
5 11 (2.93%) Network Security
6 6 (1.60%) DMZ
6 6 (1.60%) VPN
7 5 (1.33%) SSL
8 4 (1.07%) DHCP
9 3 (0.80%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.80%) Internet
9 3 (0.80%) NGN
9 3 (0.80%) SCCP
9 3 (0.80%) VLAN
9 3 (0.80%) WAN
10 2 (0.53%) LAN
10 2 (0.53%) SMS
10 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.53%) Wireless
11 1 (0.27%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.27%) Power BI
2 18 (4.80%) Relational Database
2 18 (4.80%) Tableau
3 17 (4.53%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.47%) Metadata
5 12 (3.20%) Oracle Database
6 10 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.07%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.07%) Power Query
7 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.80%) Big Data
8 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.53%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.53%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.53%) MySQL
9 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.60%) JIRA
2 2 (0.53%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.53%) Git
2 2 (0.53%) MLflow
3 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 162 (43.20%) Social Skills
2 114 (30.40%) Finance
3 90 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (15.20%) Legal
5 31 (8.27%) Public Sector
6 30 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (7.73%) Banking
8 26 (6.93%) Marketing
9 25 (6.67%) Law
10 22 (5.87%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (5.60%) Financial Institution
12 17 (4.53%) Games
12 17 (4.53%) Retail
13 13 (3.47%) Advertising
14 12 (3.20%) Manufacturing
15 8 (2.13%) Social Housing
16 7 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (1.33%) French Language
18 5 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (9.87%) Senior
2 31 (8.27%) Analyst
3 27 (7.20%) Security Manager
4 22 (5.87%) Data Engineer
5 21 (5.60%) Architect
5 21 (5.60%) Auditor
5 21 (5.60%) Information Manager
6 20 (5.33%) Internal Auditor
6 20 (5.33%) Security Auditor
7 19 (5.07%) Information Security Manager
8 15 (4.00%) Administrator
9 14 (3.73%) Consultant
9 14 (3.73%) Lead
10 13 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (2.93%) Data Manager
11 11 (2.93%) Governance Manager
12 10 (2.67%) Data Governance Analyst
12 10 (2.67%) Data Governance Manager
12 10 (2.67%) Head of Operations
13 9 (2.40%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.73%) HTML
2 10 (2.67%) CSS
2 10 (2.67%) JSON
3 9 (2.40%) .NET
3 9 (2.40%) RESTful
4 6 (1.60%) OAuth
4 6 (1.60%) OAuth2
5 5 (1.33%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.07%) HTML5
6 4 (1.07%) jQuery
7 3 (0.80%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.80%) Middleware
7 3 (0.80%) React
7 3 (0.80%) REST
7 3 (0.80%) Web Services
8 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 56 (14.93%) Management Information System
2 27 (7.20%) Onboarding
3 23 (6.13%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.87%) Security Posture
5 17 (4.53%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (4.27%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (4.00%) Cloud Native
8 14 (3.73%) PKI
9 10 (2.67%) Blockchain
10 9 (2.40%) Blog
10 9 (2.40%) Cyber Security Posture
10 9 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.87%) Social Media
12 7 (1.87%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.60%) Cloud Security Posture
13 6 (1.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 6 (1.60%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.73%) Windows
2 6 (1.60%) Linux
3 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
3 3 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.53%) Android
4 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) AIX
5 1 (0.27%) CentOS
5 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (32.53%) Cybersecurity
2 97 (25.87%) Data Protection
3 93 (24.80%) Analytics
4 89 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (19.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 74 (19.73%) Incident Response
6 72 (19.20%) Information Security
7 67 (17.87%) Decision-Making
8 66 (17.60%) Risk Management
9 61 (16.27%) Data Governance
10 58 (15.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 55 (14.67%) CRM
12 54 (14.40%) Agile
13 53 (14.13%) AI
13 53 (14.13%) Business Intelligence
13 53 (14.13%) Project Management
14 52 (13.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 43 (11.47%) Vulnerability Management
16 41 (10.93%) Validation
17 38 (10.13%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.93%) SQL
2 17 (4.53%) Python
3 15 (4.00%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.93%) Bicep
5 9 (2.40%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.33%) C#
6 5 (1.33%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.80%) C
7 3 (0.80%) Pascal
7 3 (0.80%) VBA
8 2 (0.53%) ABAP
8 2 (0.53%) PHP
8 2 (0.53%) R
9 1 (0.27%) Bash
9 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.27%) Java
9 1 (0.27%) Scala
9 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (14.40%) Degree
2 49 (13.07%) CISSP
3 44 (11.73%) Security Cleared
4 40 (10.67%) CISM
5 33 (8.80%) SC Cleared
6 29 (7.73%) CISA
7 21 (5.60%) CGEIT
7 21 (5.60%) FFIEC
7 21 (5.60%) SANS
8 19 (5.07%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.00%) DBS Check
10 12 (3.20%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.93%) HNC
12 8 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.87%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.87%) CREST Certified
13 7 (1.87%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (1.60%) IRCA
14 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (23.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (22.40%) NIST
3 60 (16.00%) Data Quality
4 45 (12.00%) PCI DSS
5 31 (8.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (6.93%) QA
7 25 (6.67%) COBIT
8 21 (5.60%) Accessibility
9 20 (5.33%) GRC
10 19 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (5.07%) NCSC
11 15 (4.00%) SOC 2
12 14 (3.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 12 (3.20%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (2.40%) HIPAA
15 8 (2.13%) PERC
15 8 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (1.87%) JSP 440
17 6 (1.60%) ISO 9001
17 6 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 8 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.07%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (5.33%) Terraform
2 5 (1.33%) Ansible
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.80%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.27%) CASB
5 1 (0.27%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.27%) SCCM
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 94 (25.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.20%) Google
3 17 (4.53%) Oracle
4 16 (4.27%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.40%) Databricks
6 8 (2.13%) SAP
7 6 (1.60%) Ab Initio
7 6 (1.60%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.33%) Sage
8 5 (1.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 5 (1.33%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.33%) Workday
9 4 (1.07%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.07%) Orchard
9 4 (1.07%) Sophos
10 3 (0.80%) Adobe
10 3 (0.80%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.80%) Motorola
10 3 (0.80%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.80%) SolarWinds
237 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs