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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 152 258
Rank change year-on-year +37 +106 +29
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 525 359 278
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.28% 2.17% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.51% 12.00% 8.43%
Number of salaries quoted 366 266 190
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +22.07% -14.80%
75th Percentile £79,250 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +15.38% -9.57%

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 3,885 2,992 3,296
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.88% 18.06% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,455 1,694 2,228
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £58,482
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +2.60% -2.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £92,125 £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 22 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 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.33%) SAS
2 7 (1.33%) WordPress
3 5 (0.95%) Confluence
4 4 (0.76%) Apache
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.57%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.19%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 36 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.57%) 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%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (4.19%) 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
1 110 (20.95%) Azure
2 88 (16.76%) Power Platform
3 66 (12.57%) SaaS
4 55 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
5 50 (9.52%) AWS
6 39 (7.43%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (4.38%) PowerApps
9 19 (3.62%) Google Analytics
10 17 (3.24%) Entra ID
10 17 (3.24%) GCP
11 14 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (2.29%) Google Ads
12 12 (2.29%) Power Automate
13 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.71%) Google Workspace
15 9 (1.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.29%) Firewall
2 23 (4.38%) Network Security
3 18 (3.43%) Broadband
4 15 (2.86%) DNS
4 15 (2.86%) VPN
5 11 (2.10%) WAN
6 9 (1.71%) DHCP
6 9 (1.71%) LAN
7 8 (1.52%) CHAP
7 8 (1.52%) SMS
7 8 (1.52%) Wireless
8 6 (1.14%) VLAN
9 5 (0.95%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.76%) DMZ
10 4 (0.76%) NGN
10 4 (0.76%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.57%) Internet
11 3 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (13.14%) Power BI
2 29 (5.52%) Relational Database
3 25 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 24 (4.57%) Metadata
5 21 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.62%) Tableau
7 15 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.29%) Oracle Database
9 9 (1.71%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.14%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.95%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.76%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.57%) Big Data
14 3 (0.57%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (2.29%) JIRA
2 11 (2.10%) 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
1 215 (40.95%) Social Skills
2 145 (27.62%) Finance
3 126 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (16.76%) Legal
5 55 (10.48%) Marketing
6 52 (9.90%) Law
7 43 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (7.81%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.95%) Banking
10 23 (4.38%) Public Sector
11 21 (4.00%) Games
12 20 (3.81%) Retail
13 14 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (2.29%) German Language
16 10 (1.90%) Manufacturing
17 9 (1.71%) Social Housing
18 8 (1.52%) Back Office
18 8 (1.52%) Financial Institution
19 7 (1.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 58 (11.05%) Senior
2 55 (10.48%) Analyst
3 38 (7.24%) Lead
4 31 (5.90%) Consultant
5 30 (5.71%) Architect
6 25 (4.76%) Security Manager
7 24 (4.57%) Information Manager
8 21 (4.00%) Information Security Manager
9 20 (3.81%) Data Engineer
9 20 (3.81%) Data Manager
9 20 (3.81%) Security Consultant
10 16 (3.05%) Administrator
11 15 (2.86%) Head of Operations
12 14 (2.67%) Data Governance Analyst
12 14 (2.67%) Data Governance Manager
12 14 (2.67%) Governance Manager
12 14 (2.67%) Head of Technology
13 13 (2.48%) Security Analyst
14 11 (2.10%) Developer
14 11 (2.10%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.00%) HTML
2 19 (3.62%) CSS
3 15 (2.86%) Terraform
4 12 (2.29%) React
5 10 (1.90%) .NET
6 9 (1.71%) Node.js
7 7 (1.33%) RESTful
8 5 (0.95%) Middleware
8 5 (0.95%) Next.js
8 5 (0.95%) NumPy
8 5 (0.95%) Pandas
8 5 (0.95%) REST
8 5 (0.95%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.95%) Web Services
8 5 (0.95%) XGBoost
9 4 (0.76%) JSON
9 4 (0.76%) LDAP
9 4 (0.76%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.57%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.86%) Management Information System
2 43 (8.19%) Product Ownership
3 37 (7.05%) Data Protection Act
4 35 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 30 (5.71%) Security Posture
6 25 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (4.00%) AI Agents
7 21 (4.00%) Cloud Native
8 20 (3.81%) Cyber Threat
9 18 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.86%) Social Media
11 12 (2.29%) Cyberattack
11 12 (2.29%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.10%) Algorithms
12 11 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (2.10%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.52%) PKI
14 7 (1.33%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.33%) Freedom of Information Act
14 7 (1.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.14%) Windows
2 12 (2.29%) Linux
3 10 (1.90%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.52%) 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
1 158 (30.10%) Cybersecurity
2 133 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (23.81%) Data Protection
4 124 (23.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (22.48%) Information Security
6 111 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 109 (20.76%) AI
8 107 (20.38%) Decision-Making
9 100 (19.05%) Risk Management
10 96 (18.29%) Analytics
11 89 (16.95%) Agile
12 86 (16.38%) CRM
13 77 (14.67%) Business Intelligence
13 77 (14.67%) Data Governance
14 73 (13.90%) Incident Response
15 70 (13.33%) Roadmaps
16 65 (12.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 57 (10.86%) Cloud Security
18 52 (9.90%) ITIL
19 51 (9.71%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (8.57%) SQL
2 30 (5.71%) Python
3 15 (2.86%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.10%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.71%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.52%) 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 73 (13.90%) CISSP
2 65 (12.38%) CISM
3 45 (8.57%) Degree
4 38 (7.24%) Security Cleared
5 36 (6.86%) CISA
6 25 (4.76%) SC Cleared
7 24 (4.57%) CRISC
8 16 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.67%) DBS Check
10 11 (2.10%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (2.10%) DV Cleared
10 11 (2.10%) FFIEC
11 9 (1.71%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.71%) 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
1 145 (27.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (18.29%) NIST
3 76 (14.48%) Data Quality
4 65 (12.38%) PCI DSS
5 46 (8.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 44 (8.38%) GRC
7 35 (6.67%) QA
8 34 (6.48%) SOC 2
9 31 (5.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (5.52%) Accessibility
11 25 (4.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 22 (4.19%) COBIT
13 17 (3.24%) ISO 9001
13 17 (3.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (2.86%) PERC
15 14 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 14 (2.67%) NCSC
16 10 (1.90%) ISO 22301
17 7 (1.33%) IFRS
17 7 (1.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 20 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.57%) Docker
3 3 (0.57%) Firmware
3 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (0.95%) CASB
3 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.57%) Nmap
4 2 (0.38%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 138 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.43%) Google
3 22 (4.19%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.81%) Oracle
5 15 (2.86%) SAP
6 14 (2.67%) HubSpot
7 12 (2.29%) Databricks
8 11 (2.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 9 (1.71%) iManage
10 8 (1.52%) 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