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

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 158 275
Rank change year-on-year +37 +117 -3
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 525 366 271
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.31% 2.22% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.68% 12.18% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 356 274 196
10th Percentile £35,625 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -13.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,813
90th Percentile £100,625 £102,125 £87,500
UK median annual salary £59,773 £61,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.01% +22.00% -13.04%

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 3,839 3,005 3,318
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.91% 18.19% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,394 1,709 2,324
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,394 £60,000 £58,600
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% +2.39% -2.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,925 £92,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -5.58%

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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 10 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 23 (4.38%) 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
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) IIS
7 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 39 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.38%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 24 (4.57%) 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
1 108 (20.57%) Azure
2 85 (16.19%) Power Platform
3 67 (12.76%) SaaS
4 55 (10.48%) AWS
5 52 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (7.62%) Microsoft Purview
7 23 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (4.38%) GCP
7 23 (4.38%) PowerApps
8 19 (3.62%) Google Analytics
9 16 (3.05%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.29%) Google Ads
10 12 (2.29%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (1.71%) Serverless
13 8 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.48%) Firewall
2 22 (4.19%) Network Security
3 18 (3.43%) Broadband
4 13 (2.48%) VPN
5 12 (2.29%) DNS
6 10 (1.90%) WAN
7 9 (1.71%) CHAP
8 8 (1.52%) SMS
8 8 (1.52%) Wireless
9 7 (1.33%) DHCP
10 6 (1.14%) LAN
10 6 (1.14%) VLAN
11 4 (0.76%) DMZ
11 4 (0.76%) NGN
11 4 (0.76%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.76%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.57%) Internet
13 2 (0.38%) SAN
13 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.76%) Power BI
2 25 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 23 (4.38%) Metadata
4 22 (4.19%) SQL Server
5 21 (4.00%) Tableau
6 18 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.29%) Oracle Database
9 9 (1.71%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.76%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.76%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.57%) Big Data
13 3 (0.57%) Power Query
13 3 (0.57%) Star Schema
14 2 (0.38%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.48%) JIRA
2 9 (1.71%) 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
1 220 (41.90%) Social Skills
2 144 (27.43%) Finance
3 131 (24.95%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (17.90%) Legal
5 54 (10.29%) Law
5 54 (10.29%) Marketing
6 44 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (7.62%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (5.71%) Public Sector
9 27 (5.14%) Banking
10 23 (4.38%) Games
11 21 (4.00%) Retail
12 13 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.90%) Advertising
14 10 (1.90%) German Language
15 9 (1.71%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.71%) Social Housing
16 8 (1.52%) Back Office
17 7 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (11.43%) Senior
2 54 (10.29%) Analyst
3 36 (6.86%) Lead
4 33 (6.29%) Consultant
5 31 (5.90%) Architect
6 30 (5.71%) Security Manager
7 29 (5.52%) Information Manager
8 26 (4.95%) Information Security Manager
9 20 (3.81%) Data Engineer
9 20 (3.81%) Security Consultant
10 19 (3.62%) Administrator
10 19 (3.62%) Data Manager
11 16 (3.05%) 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 12 (2.29%) Security Analyst
14 11 (2.10%) Developer
14 11 (2.10%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.19%) HTML
2 20 (3.81%) CSS
3 12 (2.29%) React
4 10 (1.90%) .NET
5 9 (1.71%) Node.js
6 7 (1.33%) RESTful
7 6 (1.14%) 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%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.57%) AWS CDK
10 3 (0.57%) Kafka
10 3 (0.57%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (12.19%) Management Information System
2 41 (7.81%) Product Ownership
3 37 (7.05%) Data Protection Act
4 35 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 30 (5.71%) Security Posture
6 28 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (4.38%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (4.00%) Cloud Native
9 20 (3.81%) AI Agents
10 16 (3.05%) Social Media
11 13 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (2.29%) Algorithms
12 12 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (2.29%) Cyberattack
13 11 (2.10%) e-Learning
14 10 (1.90%) Driving Licence
15 8 (1.52%) PKI
16 7 (1.33%) Data Structures
16 7 (1.33%) Freedom of Information
16 7 (1.33%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.38%) Windows
2 10 (1.90%) Linux
3 8 (1.52%) Apple iOS
3 8 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.14%) Android
5 3 (0.57%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.19%) AIX
6 1 (0.19%) CentOS
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (30.67%) Cybersecurity
2 134 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (24.38%) Data Protection
4 124 (23.62%) Information Security
5 123 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 109 (20.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 105 (20.00%) AI
7 105 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 101 (19.24%) Risk Management
9 97 (18.48%) Analytics
10 88 (16.76%) Agile
10 88 (16.76%) CRM
11 77 (14.67%) Incident Response
12 76 (14.48%) Data Governance
13 75 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
14 69 (13.14%) Roadmaps
15 66 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 57 (10.86%) Cloud Security
17 53 (10.10%) ITIL
18 51 (9.71%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 38 (7.24%) SQL
2 28 (5.33%) Python
3 16 (3.05%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.29%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.71%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.14%) C#
7 3 (0.57%) Bicep
7 3 (0.57%) C
7 3 (0.57%) Pascal
7 3 (0.57%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.38%) PHP
8 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.38%) VBA
9 1 (0.19%) Bash
9 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 79 (15.05%) CISSP
2 65 (12.38%) CISM
3 44 (8.38%) Degree
3 44 (8.38%) Security Cleared
4 37 (7.05%) CISA
5 31 (5.90%) SC Cleared
6 24 (4.57%) CRISC
7 16 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.48%) DBS Check
8 13 (2.48%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.29%) FFIEC
10 11 (2.10%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (1.90%) SANS
12 9 (1.71%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.71%) CGEIT
13 8 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.52%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (27.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (18.67%) NIST
3 77 (14.67%) Data Quality
4 68 (12.95%) PCI DSS
5 47 (8.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 43 (8.19%) GRC
7 37 (7.05%) QA
8 31 (5.90%) Accessibility
9 30 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (5.52%) SOC 2
11 23 (4.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 23 (4.38%) COBIT
12 18 (3.43%) ISO 9001
13 16 (3.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 14 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 14 (2.67%) NCSC
15 13 (2.48%) PERC
16 10 (1.90%) ISO 22301
17 8 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
17 8 (1.52%) HIPAA
System Software
1 16 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.57%) Docker
4 2 (0.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.05%) Terraform
2 6 (1.14%) CASB
2 6 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.57%) Nmap
5 2 (0.38%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.19%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 129 (24.57%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.38%) Google
3 22 (4.19%) Oracle
4 21 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.86%) SAP
6 12 (2.29%) HubSpot
7 11 (2.10%) Databricks
7 11 (2.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 9 (1.71%) iManage
9 6 (1.14%) IFS
9 6 (1.14%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.95%) Informatica
10 5 (0.95%) Sophos
11 4 (0.76%) Cisco
11 4 (0.76%) Epicor
11 4 (0.76%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.76%) Freshdesk
11 4 (0.76%) Infor
11 4 (0.76%) Netskope
11 4 (0.76%) SolarWinds
355 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs