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

 6 months to
19 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 154 262
Rank change year-on-year +35 +108 +23
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 528 359 278
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.31% 2.18% 1.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.64% 12.04% 8.44%
Number of salaries quoted 365 269 195
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £32,200
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +23.81% -16.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £82,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £100,750 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +17.65% -11.30%

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 3,872 2,982 3,295
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.91% 18.08% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,432 1,690 2,250
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,225
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £60,000 £58,600
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +2.39% -2.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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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 August 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 25 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.33%) SAS
2 7 (1.33%) WordPress
3 6 (1.14%) Confluence
4 4 (0.76%) Apache
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.38%) IIS
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 36 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.38%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 23 (4.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.76%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.57%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.57%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.57%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.57%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.57%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.57%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.57%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.57%) Raiser’s Edge
4 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.38%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 111 (21.02%) Azure
2 87 (16.48%) Power Platform
3 66 (12.50%) SaaS
4 55 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (9.85%) AWS
6 39 (7.39%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (4.36%) PowerApps
9 19 (3.60%) GCP
9 19 (3.60%) Google Analytics
10 17 (3.22%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (2.27%) Google Ads
12 12 (2.27%) Power Automate
13 11 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (1.70%) Google Workspace
15 9 (1.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.06%) Firewall
2 23 (4.36%) Network Security
3 18 (3.41%) Broadband
4 14 (2.65%) DNS
4 14 (2.65%) VPN
5 11 (2.08%) WAN
6 8 (1.52%) CHAP
6 8 (1.52%) DHCP
6 8 (1.52%) LAN
6 8 (1.52%) SMS
6 8 (1.52%) Wireless
7 6 (1.14%) VLAN
8 5 (0.95%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.76%) DMZ
9 4 (0.76%) NGN
9 4 (0.76%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.57%) Internet
10 3 (0.57%) SAN
11 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (12.88%) Power BI
2 28 (5.30%) Relational Database
3 24 (4.55%) Metadata
3 24 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.79%) Tableau
5 15 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.27%) Oracle Database
7 9 (1.70%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.95%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.76%) Star Schema
11 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.57%) Big Data
11 3 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.38%) Looker
Development Applications
1 13 (2.46%) JIRA
2 10 (1.89%) Git
3 4 (0.76%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.57%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.57%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.38%) MLflow
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.19%) ERwin
6 1 (0.19%) NUnit
General
1 217 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 145 (27.46%) Finance
3 127 (24.05%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (17.05%) Legal
5 55 (10.42%) Marketing
6 53 (10.04%) Law
7 44 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (7.77%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.92%) Banking
9 26 (4.92%) Public Sector
10 22 (4.17%) Games
11 21 (3.98%) Retail
12 14 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (2.27%) German Language
15 9 (1.70%) Advertising
15 9 (1.70%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.70%) Social Housing
16 8 (1.52%) Back Office
16 8 (1.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 58 (10.98%) Senior
2 55 (10.42%) Analyst
3 38 (7.20%) Lead
4 32 (6.06%) Consultant
5 31 (5.87%) Architect
6 26 (4.92%) Security Manager
7 25 (4.73%) Information Manager
8 22 (4.17%) Information Security Manager
9 20 (3.79%) Data Engineer
9 20 (3.79%) Data Manager
9 20 (3.79%) Security Consultant
10 17 (3.22%) Administrator
11 15 (2.84%) Head of Operations
12 14 (2.65%) Data Governance Analyst
12 14 (2.65%) Data Governance Manager
12 14 (2.65%) Governance Manager
12 14 (2.65%) Head of Technology
13 13 (2.46%) Security Analyst
14 11 (2.08%) Developer
14 11 (2.08%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.98%) HTML
2 19 (3.60%) CSS
3 12 (2.27%) React
4 10 (1.89%) .NET
5 9 (1.70%) Node.js
6 7 (1.33%) RESTful
7 5 (0.95%) Middleware
7 5 (0.95%) Next.js
7 5 (0.95%) NumPy
7 5 (0.95%) Pandas
7 5 (0.95%) REST
7 5 (0.95%) scikit-learn
7 5 (0.95%) Web Services
7 5 (0.95%) XGBoost
8 4 (0.76%) JSON
8 4 (0.76%) LDAP
8 4 (0.76%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.57%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.57%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.17%) Management Information System
2 43 (8.14%) Product Ownership
3 37 (7.01%) Data Protection Act
4 36 (6.82%) Onboarding
5 30 (5.68%) Security Posture
6 26 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (3.98%) AI Agents
7 21 (3.98%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
8 16 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (3.03%) Social Media
9 12 (2.27%) Algorithms
9 12 (2.27%) Cyberattack
10 11 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (2.08%) Driving Licence
10 11 (2.08%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.52%) PKI
12 7 (1.33%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.33%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.73%) Windows
2 11 (2.08%) Linux
3 9 (1.70%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.33%) Android
5 3 (0.57%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.19%) CentOS
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
2 133 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (23.67%) Data Protection
4 124 (23.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 119 (22.54%) Information Security
6 113 (21.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 110 (20.83%) AI
8 108 (20.45%) Decision-Making
9 99 (18.75%) Risk Management
10 96 (18.18%) Analytics
11 89 (16.86%) Agile
12 88 (16.67%) CRM
13 77 (14.58%) Data Governance
14 76 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
15 74 (14.02%) Incident Response
16 70 (13.26%) Roadmaps
17 65 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 58 (10.98%) Cloud Security
19 52 (9.85%) ITIL
20 51 (9.66%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.14%) SQL
2 29 (5.49%) Python
3 15 (2.84%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.08%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.70%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.33%) C#
7 4 (0.76%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.57%) Bicep
8 3 (0.57%) C
8 3 (0.57%) Pascal
9 2 (0.38%) PHP
9 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (14.20%) CISSP
2 65 (12.31%) CISM
3 43 (8.14%) Degree
4 40 (7.58%) Security Cleared
5 36 (6.82%) CISA
6 27 (5.11%) SC Cleared
7 24 (4.55%) CRISC
8 16 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.65%) DBS Check
10 11 (2.08%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (2.08%) DV Cleared
10 11 (2.08%) FFIEC
11 9 (1.70%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.70%) SANS
12 8 (1.52%) CGEIT
12 8 (1.52%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.33%) ISACA
13 7 (1.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (27.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (18.18%) NIST
3 76 (14.39%) Data Quality
4 65 (12.31%) PCI DSS
5 46 (8.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 44 (8.33%) GRC
7 36 (6.82%) QA
8 34 (6.44%) SOC 2
9 31 (5.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 30 (5.68%) Accessibility
11 24 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 22 (4.17%) COBIT
13 17 (3.22%) ISO 9001
13 17 (3.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (2.84%) PERC
15 14 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 14 (2.65%) NCSC
16 10 (1.89%) ISO 22301
17 7 (1.33%) IFRS
17 7 (1.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 19 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.14%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.57%) Docker
3 3 (0.57%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (2.84%) Terraform
2 6 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.95%) CASB
3 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.57%) Nmap
5 2 (0.38%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 136 (25.76%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.95%) Google
3 22 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.98%) Oracle
5 15 (2.84%) SAP
6 14 (2.65%) HubSpot
7 12 (2.27%) Databricks
8 11 (2.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 9 (1.70%) iManage
10 7 (1.33%) Informatica
11 6 (1.14%) IFS
11 6 (1.14%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.95%) Infor
12 5 (0.95%) Sophos
13 4 (0.76%) Cisco
13 4 (0.76%) Dell
13 4 (0.76%) Epicor
13 4 (0.76%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.76%) Freshdesk
13 4 (0.76%) SolarWinds
426 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs