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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 164 227
Rank change year-on-year +37 +63 +76
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 334 331 263
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.19% 1.92% 1.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.43% 11.47% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 215 178 236
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,716 £40,125
25th Percentile £50,625 £45,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £67,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +12.04% +9.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,144
90th Percentile £112,250 £88,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £64,343 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +11.90% +4.55%

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 2,686 2,885 3,019
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.57% 16.73% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 1,599 2,376
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £46,474
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +4.17% +3.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

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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 23 December 2025.

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 20 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.10%) Anypoint
3 3 (0.90%) CMS
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.60%) WordPress
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) Moodle
Applications
1 23 (6.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.69%) SAP HCM
2 9 (2.69%) SAP HR
2 9 (2.69%) SAP Payroll
3 8 (2.40%) Shopify
3 8 (2.40%) Workday HCM
4 6 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.90%) Magento
5 3 (0.90%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.30%) iTrent
7 1 (0.30%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 117 (35.03%) Azure
2 59 (17.66%) AWS
3 46 (13.77%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (8.38%) GCP
5 26 (7.78%) Power Platform
6 24 (7.19%) Azure Logic Apps
6 24 (7.19%) SaaS
7 22 (6.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (5.69%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (5.69%) GitHub
10 18 (5.39%) Entra ID
10 18 (5.39%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (4.49%) Boomi
12 14 (4.19%) Azure Event Grid
12 14 (4.19%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (3.29%) Power Automate
13 11 (3.29%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (2.40%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.29%) Firewall
2 11 (3.29%) DNS
3 10 (2.99%) CHAP
4 7 (2.10%) Network Security
5 5 (1.50%) DMZ
5 5 (1.50%) VPN
6 4 (1.20%) SSL
7 3 (0.90%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.90%) HTTP
7 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.90%) VLAN
8 2 (0.60%) Internet
9 1 (0.30%) Broadband
9 1 (0.30%) DHCP
9 1 (0.30%) Intranet
9 1 (0.30%) SMS
9 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.89%) Power BI
2 8 (2.40%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.80%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.50%) Metadata
4 5 (1.50%) Tableau
5 4 (1.20%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.20%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.90%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.90%) Redis
7 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.60%) Power Query
7 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.30%) MySQL
8 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (2.69%) JIRA
2 6 (1.80%) Git
3 4 (1.20%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.90%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.60%) MSBuild
5 2 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.30%) Vite
6 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 140 (41.92%) Social Skills
2 110 (32.93%) Finance
3 65 (19.46%) Legal
4 53 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (9.88%) Law
6 27 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (7.49%) Banking
8 22 (6.59%) Retail
9 21 (6.29%) Marketing
10 20 (5.99%) Public Sector
11 14 (4.19%) Financial Institution
12 11 (3.29%) French Language
13 10 (2.99%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (2.10%) Advertising
17 5 (1.50%) Hungarian Language
17 5 (1.50%) Military
17 5 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 57 (17.07%) Senior
2 31 (9.28%) Analyst
3 21 (6.29%) Integration Engineer
4 20 (5.99%) HR Advisor
4 20 (5.99%) Lead
5 19 (5.69%) Architect
6 16 (4.79%) Security Manager
7 15 (4.49%) IT Manager
8 13 (3.89%) Administrator
9 12 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (3.29%) Linux Engineer
10 11 (3.29%) Security Engineer
11 10 (2.99%) Auditor
11 10 (2.99%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (2.99%) Head of Cybersecurity
11 10 (2.99%) Information Manager
11 10 (2.99%) Internal Auditor
11 10 (2.99%) Security Auditor
11 10 (2.99%) Senior Manager
12 9 (2.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.59%) JSON
2 20 (5.99%) REST
2 20 (5.99%) RESTful
3 17 (5.09%) OAuth
3 17 (5.09%) OAuth2
4 13 (3.89%) SOAP
4 13 (3.89%) Web Services
5 9 (2.69%) .NET
5 9 (2.69%) SAP Fiori
6 8 (2.40%) SAML
6 8 (2.40%) XML
7 7 (2.10%) HTML
8 6 (1.80%) CSS
9 5 (1.50%) Kafka
10 4 (1.20%) Middleware
11 3 (0.90%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.90%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.90%) EDI
11 3 (0.90%) Node.js
11 3 (0.90%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 45 (13.47%) Management Information System
2 38 (11.38%) Onboarding
3 21 (6.29%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.09%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.29%) PKI
6 10 (2.99%) Cloud Security Posture
7 9 (2.69%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.40%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.10%) Blog
9 7 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.50%) Blockchain
11 5 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.50%) Digital Media
11 5 (1.50%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.50%) Social Media
11 5 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.78%) Linux
2 21 (6.29%) Windows
3 7 (2.10%) Unix
4 4 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (22.46%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (20.96%) Incident Response
4 69 (20.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (19.16%) Data Protection
6 60 (17.96%) Information Security
7 56 (16.77%) Analytics
8 55 (16.47%) CI/CD
9 54 (16.17%) DevOps
10 52 (15.57%) Risk Management
11 51 (15.27%) CRM
12 50 (14.97%) Agile
12 50 (14.97%) Decision-Making
13 42 (12.57%) Roadmaps
14 37 (11.08%) AI
14 37 (11.08%) Coaching
15 34 (10.18%) Cloud Security
16 32 (9.58%) Data Governance
16 32 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 31 (9.28%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 45 (13.47%) Python
2 32 (9.58%) SQL
3 25 (7.49%) PowerShell
4 19 (5.69%) JavaScript
5 18 (5.39%) Bicep
5 18 (5.39%) C#
6 15 (4.49%) Bash
6 15 (4.49%) Java
7 11 (3.29%) Perl
8 9 (2.69%) ABAP
9 5 (1.50%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.20%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.90%) Go
11 3 (0.90%) R
11 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.60%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 58 (17.37%) Degree
2 51 (15.27%) CISSP
3 44 (13.17%) CISM
4 32 (9.58%) Security Cleared
5 22 (6.59%) CISA
5 22 (6.59%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.09%) Azure Certification
7 16 (4.79%) AWS Certification
8 15 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (3.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (3.59%) DBS Check
12 11 (3.29%) CGEIT
13 10 (2.99%) FFIEC
13 10 (2.99%) SANS
14 9 (2.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (2.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (2.10%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (23.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (21.26%) NIST
3 30 (8.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (6.59%) PCI DSS
5 20 (5.99%) GRC
5 20 (5.99%) SOC 2
6 19 (5.69%) Data Quality
7 18 (5.39%) NCSC
8 14 (4.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (3.29%) COBIT
10 9 (2.69%) Accessibility
10 9 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (2.40%) HIPAA
12 7 (2.10%) QA
13 6 (1.80%) EU AI Act
13 6 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (1.80%) SLA
14 5 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (1.50%) PERC
System Software
1 18 (5.39%) Docker
2 15 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (7.49%) Terraform
2 18 (5.39%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.49%) Ansible
3 15 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.99%) Red Hat Satellite
5 9 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.20%) Grafana
6 4 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.90%) Nessus
7 3 (0.90%) Nmap
7 3 (0.90%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.60%) Puppet
9 1 (0.30%) Argo
9 1 (0.30%) Autotask
9 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 78 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.08%) Workday
3 30 (8.98%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.69%) SAP
5 17 (5.09%) Salesforce
6 16 (4.79%) MuleSoft
7 15 (4.49%) Google
8 14 (4.19%) Ab Initio
9 12 (3.59%) Oracle
9 12 (3.59%) Red Hat
10 10 (2.99%) IBM
11 7 (2.10%) Dell
11 7 (2.10%) Epicor
11 7 (2.10%) Infor
11 7 (2.10%) Informatica
11 7 (2.10%) Jitterbit
11 7 (2.10%) SnapLogic
11 7 (2.10%) Software AG
11 7 (2.10%) Talend
11 7 (2.10%) TIBCO