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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 176 275
Rank change year-on-year +50 +99 -21
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 369 309 365
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.01% 2.13% 1.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.35% 10.61% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 235 235 313
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,716 £28,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £102,000 £100,889 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +39.78% -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 2,988 2,913 4,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.29% 20.04% 12.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,849 1,590 3,244
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,575
25th Percentile £46,500 £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 £81,250 £75,000 £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

GDPR
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GDPR over the 6 months to 13 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 10 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.08%) Confluence
2 4 (1.08%) WordPress
3 3 (0.81%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.81%) CMS
4 2 (0.54%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 32 (8.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.54%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.54%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.27%) InDesign
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.90%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.81%) Magento
3 3 (0.81%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.81%) SAP HCM
3 3 (0.81%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.27%) iTrent
4 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.27%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.27%) Orchard Housing
4 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 100 (27.10%) Azure
2 49 (13.28%) Power Platform
3 40 (10.84%) AWS
4 29 (7.86%) SaaS
5 23 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (5.42%) GCP
7 18 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (4.34%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (3.25%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (3.25%) GitHub
10 12 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.71%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.44%) Entra ID
14 8 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (1.90%) Azure Event Grid
15 7 (1.90%) Google Analytics
15 7 (1.90%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.86%) Firewall
2 23 (6.23%) CHAP
3 13 (3.52%) DNS
4 12 (3.25%) Broadband
4 12 (3.25%) Network Security
5 7 (1.90%) DMZ
6 6 (1.63%) VPN
7 5 (1.36%) SSL
8 4 (1.08%) DHCP
9 3 (0.81%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.81%) Internet
9 3 (0.81%) NGN
9 3 (0.81%) SCCP
9 3 (0.81%) VLAN
9 3 (0.81%) WAN
10 2 (0.54%) LAN
10 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.54%) Wireless
11 1 (0.27%) SMS
11 1 (0.27%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (11.11%) Power BI
2 17 (4.61%) Relational Database
2 17 (4.61%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.34%) Tableau
4 13 (3.52%) Metadata
5 12 (3.25%) Oracle Database
6 10 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.08%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.08%) Power Query
8 3 (0.81%) Big Data
8 3 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.54%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.54%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.54%) MySQL
9 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.54%) Git
2 2 (0.54%) MLflow
3 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 159 (43.09%) Social Skills
2 114 (30.89%) Finance
3 84 (22.76%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (14.63%) Legal
5 32 (8.67%) Public Sector
6 30 (8.13%) Banking
7 27 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (6.78%) Marketing
9 23 (6.23%) Financial Institution
10 22 (5.96%) Law
11 21 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (4.61%) Games
13 15 (4.07%) Retail
14 13 (3.52%) Advertising
15 12 (3.25%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.63%) Social Housing
18 5 (1.36%) French Language
18 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (9.76%) Senior
2 30 (8.13%) Analyst
3 27 (7.32%) Security Manager
4 23 (6.23%) Auditor
5 22 (5.96%) Architect
5 22 (5.96%) Data Engineer
5 22 (5.96%) Internal Auditor
5 22 (5.96%) Security Auditor
6 21 (5.69%) Information Manager
7 19 (5.15%) Information Security Manager
8 16 (4.34%) Consultant
9 14 (3.79%) Administrator
9 14 (3.79%) Lead
10 13 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 10 (2.71%) Head of Operations
12 9 (2.44%) Data Manager
12 9 (2.44%) Governance Manager
12 9 (2.44%) Risk Manager
12 9 (2.44%) Security Analyst
13 8 (2.17%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.52%) HTML
2 10 (2.71%) .NET
2 10 (2.71%) CSS
2 10 (2.71%) JSON
2 10 (2.71%) RESTful
3 8 (2.17%) OAuth
3 8 (2.17%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.36%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.08%) HTML5
5 4 (1.08%) jQuery
5 4 (1.08%) REST
6 3 (0.81%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (0.81%) Middleware
6 3 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.54%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.54%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.54%) React
7 2 (0.54%) Swagger
7 2 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.45%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.05%) Onboarding
3 23 (6.23%) Security Posture
4 19 (5.15%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.34%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (4.34%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (4.07%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.79%) PKI
8 11 (2.98%) Blockchain
9 10 (2.71%) Blog
10 9 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
11 8 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.90%) Cloud Security Posture
12 7 (1.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 7 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.90%) Social Media
12 7 (1.90%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.63%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.63%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.52%) Windows
2 6 (1.63%) Linux
3 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
3 3 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) AIX
4 1 (0.27%) Android
4 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.27%) CentOS
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (33.60%) Cybersecurity
2 95 (25.75%) Data Protection
3 94 (25.47%) Analytics
4 81 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (20.33%) Incident Response
5 75 (20.33%) Information Security
6 69 (18.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (18.43%) Risk Management
8 64 (17.34%) Decision-Making
9 61 (16.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 56 (15.18%) Data Governance
11 54 (14.63%) AI
12 53 (14.36%) Agile
13 52 (14.09%) Project Management
14 49 (13.28%) CRM
15 48 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
16 46 (12.47%) Stakeholder Management
17 45 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
18 43 (11.65%) Validation
19 39 (10.57%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.50%) SQL
2 17 (4.61%) Python
3 14 (3.79%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.25%) Bicep
5 8 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.63%) C#
7 5 (1.36%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.81%) ABAP
8 3 (0.81%) C
8 3 (0.81%) Pascal
8 3 (0.81%) VBA
9 2 (0.54%) PHP
9 2 (0.54%) R
10 1 (0.27%) Bash
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.27%) Go
10 1 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.27%) Java
10 1 (0.27%) Scala
10 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (15.18%) Degree
2 51 (13.82%) CISSP
3 45 (12.20%) Security Cleared
4 42 (11.38%) CISM
5 33 (8.94%) SC Cleared
6 31 (8.40%) CISA
7 23 (6.23%) CGEIT
7 23 (6.23%) FFIEC
7 23 (6.23%) SANS
8 20 (5.42%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.07%) DBS Check
10 11 (2.98%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.98%) HNC
11 8 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.90%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.90%) CREST Certified
12 7 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.63%) IRCA
13 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (23.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (23.31%) NIST
3 56 (15.18%) Data Quality
4 45 (12.20%) PCI DSS
5 31 (8.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (7.05%) COBIT
7 25 (6.78%) QA
8 21 (5.69%) GRC
9 20 (5.42%) Accessibility
9 20 (5.42%) NCSC
10 19 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (3.79%) SOC 2
12 13 (3.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 12 (3.25%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (2.44%) HIPAA
15 8 (2.17%) JSP 440
15 8 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (1.63%) IFRS
17 6 (1.63%) PERC
System Software
1 7 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.08%) Docker
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 (5.42%) Terraform
2 5 (1.36%) Ansible
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.81%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.27%) CASB
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) SCCM
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.05%) Google
3 17 (4.61%) Oracle
4 15 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.44%) Databricks
5 9 (2.44%) SAP
6 7 (1.90%) Ab Initio
7 6 (1.63%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.36%) Sage
8 5 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.36%) Workday
9 4 (1.08%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (1.08%) Sophos
10 3 (0.81%) Adobe
10 3 (0.81%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.81%) Motorola
10 3 (0.81%) Orchard
10 3 (0.81%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.81%) SolarWinds