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

 6 months to
13 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 152 270
Rank change year-on-year +34 +118 +23
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 521 359 275
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 2.16% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.54% 12.03% 8.26%
Number of salaries quoted 351 269 196
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +23.81% -14.81%
75th Percentile £79,250 £83,750 £77,813
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +20.00% -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 3,848 2,984 3,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.93% 17.96% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,387 1,697 2,307
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,050
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +2.21% -2.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,850 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -6.82%

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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 13 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 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.34%) Confluence
2 7 (1.34%) SAS
2 7 (1.34%) WordPress
3 4 (0.77%) Apache
4 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.38%) CMS
5 2 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 39 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.58%) 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 (4.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.77%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.58%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.58%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.58%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.58%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.58%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.58%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.58%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.58%) 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 (21.31%) Azure
2 86 (16.51%) Power Platform
3 65 (12.48%) SaaS
4 55 (10.56%) AWS
5 53 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (7.68%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (4.41%) GCP
8 23 (4.41%) PowerApps
9 19 (3.65%) Google Analytics
10 16 (3.07%) Entra ID
11 12 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (2.30%) Google Ads
11 12 (2.30%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (1.73%) Serverless
14 8 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.14%) Firewall
2 22 (4.22%) Network Security
3 18 (3.45%) Broadband
4 14 (2.69%) VPN
5 13 (2.50%) DNS
6 10 (1.92%) WAN
7 8 (1.54%) CHAP
7 8 (1.54%) DHCP
7 8 (1.54%) SMS
7 8 (1.54%) Wireless
8 7 (1.34%) LAN
9 6 (1.15%) VLAN
10 4 (0.77%) DMZ
10 4 (0.77%) NGN
10 4 (0.77%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.77%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.58%) Internet
12 2 (0.38%) SAN
12 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (13.05%) Power BI
2 27 (5.18%) Relational Database
3 23 (4.41%) Metadata
3 23 (4.41%) SQL Server
4 21 (4.03%) Tableau
5 18 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.30%) Oracle Database
8 9 (1.73%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.77%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.77%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.58%) Big Data
12 3 (0.58%) Power Query
12 3 (0.58%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.38%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (2.69%) JIRA
2 9 (1.73%) Git
3 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.58%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.58%) 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
1 219 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 144 (27.64%) Finance
3 129 (24.76%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (17.66%) Legal
5 55 (10.56%) Law
6 53 (10.17%) Marketing
7 45 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (7.87%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (5.57%) Public Sector
10 26 (4.99%) Banking
11 23 (4.41%) Games
12 21 (4.03%) Retail
13 14 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (2.11%) German Language
16 10 (1.92%) Advertising
17 9 (1.73%) Social Housing
18 8 (1.54%) Back Office
18 8 (1.54%) Financial Institution
19 7 (1.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 59 (11.32%) Senior
2 55 (10.56%) Analyst
3 37 (7.10%) Lead
4 33 (6.33%) Consultant
5 31 (5.95%) Architect
6 26 (4.99%) Security Manager
7 25 (4.80%) Information Manager
8 22 (4.22%) Information Security Manager
9 20 (3.84%) Data Engineer
9 20 (3.84%) Security Consultant
10 19 (3.65%) Administrator
10 19 (3.65%) Data Manager
11 15 (2.88%) Head of Operations
12 14 (2.69%) Data Governance Analyst
12 14 (2.69%) Data Governance Manager
12 14 (2.69%) Governance Manager
12 14 (2.69%) Head of Technology
13 12 (2.30%) Security Analyst
14 11 (2.11%) Developer
14 11 (2.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.03%) HTML
2 19 (3.65%) CSS
3 12 (2.30%) React
4 10 (1.92%) .NET
5 9 (1.73%) Node.js
6 7 (1.34%) RESTful
7 5 (0.96%) Middleware
7 5 (0.96%) Next.js
7 5 (0.96%) NumPy
7 5 (0.96%) Pandas
7 5 (0.96%) REST
7 5 (0.96%) scikit-learn
7 5 (0.96%) Web Services
7 5 (0.96%) XGBoost
8 4 (0.77%) JSON
8 4 (0.77%) LDAP
8 4 (0.77%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (0.58%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.58%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.58%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.90%) Management Information System
2 42 (8.06%) Product Ownership
3 37 (7.10%) Data Protection Act
4 34 (6.53%) Onboarding
5 30 (5.76%) Security Posture
6 27 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (4.03%) Cloud Native
7 21 (4.03%) Cyber Threat
8 20 (3.84%) AI Agents
9 16 (3.07%) Social Media
10 14 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.30%) Algorithms
11 12 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (2.30%) Cyberattack
12 11 (2.11%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.11%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.54%) PKI
14 7 (1.34%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.34%) Freedom of Information Act
14 7 (1.34%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.41%) Windows
2 11 (2.11%) Linux
3 9 (1.73%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.34%) Android
5 3 (0.58%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.19%) CentOS
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (30.52%) Cybersecurity
2 134 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (23.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 125 (23.99%) Data Protection
4 119 (22.84%) Information Security
5 109 (20.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (20.54%) Decision-Making
7 105 (20.15%) AI
8 99 (19.00%) Risk Management
9 95 (18.23%) Analytics
10 90 (17.27%) Agile
11 88 (16.89%) CRM
12 76 (14.59%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (14.59%) Data Governance
13 73 (14.01%) Incident Response
14 70 (13.44%) Roadmaps
15 66 (12.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 56 (10.75%) Cloud Security
17 54 (10.36%) ITIL
18 51 (9.79%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.68%) SQL
2 29 (5.57%) Python
3 16 (3.07%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.11%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.73%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.15%) C#
7 4 (0.77%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.58%) Bicep
8 3 (0.58%) C
8 3 (0.58%) Pascal
9 2 (0.38%) PHP
9 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.38%) VBA
10 1 (0.19%) Bash
10 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 76 (14.59%) CISSP
2 64 (12.28%) CISM
3 44 (8.45%) Degree
4 43 (8.25%) Security Cleared
5 36 (6.91%) CISA
6 30 (5.76%) SC Cleared
7 24 (4.61%) CRISC
8 16 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.69%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.30%) DV Cleared
11 11 (2.11%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.11%) FFIEC
12 10 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (1.73%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.73%) SANS
14 8 (1.54%) CGEIT
14 8 (1.54%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.54%) PMI Certification
14 8 (1.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (26.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (17.85%) NIST
3 76 (14.59%) Data Quality
4 65 (12.48%) PCI DSS
5 44 (8.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 43 (8.25%) GRC
7 37 (7.10%) QA
8 31 (5.95%) Accessibility
9 30 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (5.57%) SOC 2
11 23 (4.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 22 (4.22%) COBIT
13 18 (3.45%) ISO 9001
14 17 (3.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 14 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 14 (2.69%) NCSC
16 13 (2.50%) PERC
17 10 (1.92%) ISO 22301
18 8 (1.54%) HIPAA
19 7 (1.34%) SOC 1
System Software
1 18 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.58%) Docker
4 2 (0.38%) 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 16 (3.07%) Terraform
2 6 (1.15%) CASB
2 6 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.58%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.58%) 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
1 132 (25.34%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.45%) Google
3 22 (4.22%) Oracle
4 21 (4.03%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.88%) SAP
6 13 (2.50%) HubSpot
7 12 (2.30%) Databricks
8 11 (2.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 9 (1.73%) iManage
10 6 (1.15%) IFS
10 6 (1.15%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.96%) Informatica
11 5 (0.96%) Sophos
12 4 (0.77%) Cisco
12 4 (0.77%) Epicor
12 4 (0.77%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.77%) Freshdesk
12 4 (0.77%) Infor
12 4 (0.77%) Netskope
12 4 (0.77%) SolarWinds
613 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs