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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 156 227
Rank change year-on-year +15 +71 +22
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 321 308 383
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.90% 2.27% 1.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.92% 12.56% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 205 209 328
10th Percentile £39,280 £37,716 £30,875
25th Percentile £48,165 £48,306 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year - +19.27% -0.91%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £72,813
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £90,750
UK median annual salary £59,886 £65,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.87% +36.84% -13.64%

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 2,939 2,453 4,152
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.40% 18.07% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,696 1,547 3,213
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,650 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -3.39%
75th Percentile £82,219 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,875 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%

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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 17 March 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 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.87%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.56%) CMS
4 4 (1.25%) Confluence
4 4 (1.25%) WordPress
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 34 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.62%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.62%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.31%) InDesign
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.87%) Shopify
3 5 (1.56%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (1.25%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.25%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.93%) Magento
5 3 (0.93%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.93%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.31%) iTrent
6 1 (0.31%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 105 (32.71%) Azure
2 59 (18.38%) AWS
3 30 (9.35%) GCP
4 29 (9.03%) Power Platform
5 27 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.92%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (5.92%) SaaS
7 18 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (5.61%) Azure Logic Apps
7 18 (5.61%) GitHub
7 18 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (4.98%) Azure Service Bus
9 15 (4.67%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (4.05%) Azure Event Grid
11 10 (3.12%) Power Automate
12 9 (2.80%) Boomi
12 9 (2.80%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.87%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (1.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.10%) Firewall
2 23 (7.17%) CHAP
3 13 (4.05%) Network Security
4 6 (1.87%) DMZ
5 5 (1.56%) DNS
5 5 (1.56%) Internet
6 4 (1.25%) SSL
6 4 (1.25%) VPN
7 3 (0.93%) Broadband
7 3 (0.93%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.93%) SCCP
7 3 (0.93%) VLAN
8 2 (0.62%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.41%) Power BI
2 13 (4.05%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.43%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.18%) Tableau
6 6 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.56%) Metadata
7 5 (1.56%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.25%) Power Query
9 3 (0.93%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.93%) Redis
10 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.62%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.62%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.62%) MySQL
10 2 (0.62%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.31%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.31%) DB2
11 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 8 (2.49%) JIRA
2 3 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
General
1 144 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 114 (35.51%) Finance
3 67 (20.87%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (14.64%) Legal
5 33 (10.28%) Public Sector
6 32 (9.97%) Banking
7 29 (9.03%) Law
8 27 (8.41%) Financial Institution
9 24 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (6.85%) Retail
11 20 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (5.61%) Marketing
13 11 (3.43%) Advertising
14 9 (2.80%) Games
14 9 (2.80%) Manufacturing
15 8 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.87%) French Language
17 5 (1.56%) Telecoms
18 4 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
18 4 (1.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 46 (14.33%) Senior
2 23 (7.17%) Auditor
3 22 (6.85%) Internal Auditor
3 22 (6.85%) Security Auditor
3 22 (6.85%) Security Manager
4 20 (6.23%) Analyst
5 17 (5.30%) Architect
5 17 (5.30%) Integration Engineer
6 16 (4.98%) Administrator
6 16 (4.98%) Lead
7 15 (4.67%) Senior Manager
8 13 (4.05%) Consultant
9 12 (3.74%) Data Engineer
9 12 (3.74%) Information Manager
9 12 (3.74%) Risk Manager
10 10 (3.12%) Information Security Manager
10 10 (3.12%) IT Manager
11 9 (2.80%) Security Analyst
11 9 (2.80%) Security Engineer
12 7 (2.18%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.23%) JSON
1 20 (6.23%) RESTful
2 16 (4.98%) OAuth
2 16 (4.98%) OAuth2
3 12 (3.74%) REST
4 9 (2.80%) .NET
5 8 (2.49%) HTML
5 8 (2.49%) SOAP
5 8 (2.49%) Web Services
6 6 (1.87%) CSS
7 5 (1.56%) XML
8 4 (1.25%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.25%) HTML5
8 4 (1.25%) jQuery
8 4 (1.25%) Middleware
8 4 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.93%) EDI
9 3 (0.93%) JWT
9 3 (0.93%) Kafka
9 3 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 59 (18.38%) Management Information System
2 24 (7.48%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.61%) Security Posture
4 16 (4.98%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.67%) PKI
6 13 (4.05%) Blockchain
7 11 (3.43%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.80%) Blog
9 9 (2.80%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.49%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 6 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.87%) Social Media
13 5 (1.56%) Digital Media
13 5 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.56%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.56%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.36%) Linux
2 12 (3.74%) Windows
3 6 (1.87%) Unix
4 4 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.31%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (30.84%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (25.23%) Analytics
3 80 (24.92%) Incident Response
4 75 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (22.12%) Data Protection
6 64 (19.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (19.63%) Information Security
8 57 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 54 (16.82%) Risk Management
10 52 (16.20%) Data Governance
10 52 (16.20%) Project Management
11 51 (15.89%) Agile
12 49 (15.26%) Decision-Making
13 47 (14.64%) CRM
14 44 (13.71%) Coaching
15 42 (13.08%) Validation
16 40 (12.46%) CI/CD
17 39 (12.15%) AI
17 39 (12.15%) DevOps
17 39 (12.15%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.79%) SQL
2 19 (5.92%) Python
3 17 (5.30%) Bicep
4 14 (4.36%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.36%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.43%) C#
5 11 (3.43%) Java
6 5 (1.56%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.25%) ABAP
7 4 (1.25%) Kotlin
7 4 (1.25%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.93%) Go
8 3 (0.93%) VBA
9 2 (0.62%) Bash
9 2 (0.62%) C
9 2 (0.62%) Pascal
9 2 (0.62%) PHP
9 2 (0.62%) R
10 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.31%) Perl
Qualifications
1 67 (20.87%) Degree
2 56 (17.45%) CISSP
3 49 (15.26%) Security Cleared
4 46 (14.33%) CISM
5 37 (11.53%) SC Cleared
6 31 (9.66%) CISA
7 23 (7.17%) CGEIT
7 23 (7.17%) FFIEC
7 23 (7.17%) SANS
8 18 (5.61%) DV Cleared
9 14 (4.36%) Azure Certification
10 12 (3.74%) AWS Certification
11 11 (3.43%) HNC
12 9 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.80%) CREST Certified
13 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (2.49%) OSCP
14 7 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (2.18%) DBS Check
14 7 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (27.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (23.99%) NIST
3 37 (11.53%) Data Quality
4 34 (10.59%) PCI DSS
5 25 (7.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (7.48%) COBIT
7 21 (6.54%) GRC
8 18 (5.61%) NCSC
9 16 (4.98%) QA
10 15 (4.67%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (4.36%) Accessibility
11 14 (4.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (4.36%) SOC 2
12 7 (2.18%) HIPAA
12 7 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (1.87%) JSP 440
13 6 (1.87%) PERC
14 5 (1.56%) ISO 9001
14 5 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (1.25%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 11 (3.43%) Docker
2 5 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (8.41%) Terraform
2 12 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.87%) Ansible
4 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.25%) Grafana
5 4 (1.25%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.62%) Nessus
6 2 (0.62%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.31%) Argo
7 1 (0.31%) CASB
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 74 (23.05%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.85%) Salesforce
3 20 (6.23%) Google
4 19 (5.92%) Oracle
5 16 (4.98%) Workday
6 13 (4.05%) Ab Initio
7 12 (3.74%) SAP
8 10 (3.12%) MuleSoft
8 10 (3.12%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.49%) IBM
10 7 (2.18%) IFS
11 6 (1.87%) Databricks
11 6 (1.87%) Dell
11 6 (1.87%) Infor
11 6 (1.87%) Informatica
11 6 (1.87%) Jitterbit
11 6 (1.87%) SnapLogic
11 6 (1.87%) Software AG
11 6 (1.87%) Talend
11 6 (1.87%) TIBCO