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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 151 267
Rank change year-on-year +19 +116 -13
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 352 312 358
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.97% 2.34% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.18% 12.90% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 231 232 313
10th Percentile £39,280 £37,716 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £87,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +41.30% -16.36%

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 3,149 2,419 4,192
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.66% 18.16% 12.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,865 1,577 3,298
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £34,859
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -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

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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 20 April 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 7 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.14%) Confluence
2 4 (1.14%) WordPress
3 3 (0.85%) Anypoint
3 3 (0.85%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 32 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.57%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.57%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.28%) InDesign
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.27%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.14%) SAP HCM
3 4 (1.14%) SAP HR
3 4 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.85%) Magento
4 3 (0.85%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.85%) ResourceLink
4 3 (0.85%) Shopify
5 1 (0.28%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 109 (30.97%) Azure
2 53 (15.06%) AWS
3 35 (9.94%) Power Platform
4 27 (7.67%) GCP
5 24 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (6.25%) SaaS
7 19 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (4.26%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (3.98%) GitHub
10 14 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (2.84%) Azure Event Grid
14 9 (2.56%) Entra ID
15 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (2.27%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.70%) Google Analytics
17 5 (1.42%) PowerApps
17 5 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.24%) Firewall
2 25 (7.10%) CHAP
3 13 (3.69%) DNS
4 12 (3.41%) Network Security
5 6 (1.70%) VPN
6 5 (1.42%) DMZ
6 5 (1.42%) Internet
6 5 (1.42%) SSL
7 4 (1.14%) Broadband
7 4 (1.14%) DHCP
8 3 (0.85%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.85%) NGN
8 3 (0.85%) SCCP
8 3 (0.85%) VLAN
8 3 (0.85%) WAN
9 2 (0.57%) LAN
9 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.57%) Wireless
10 1 (0.28%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.52%) Power BI
2 18 (5.11%) Relational Database
3 17 (4.83%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.41%) Oracle Database
5 11 (3.13%) Metadata
6 8 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.99%) Tableau
8 6 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.14%) Power Query
10 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.85%) Redis
11 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.57%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.57%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.57%) MySQL
11 2 (0.57%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.28%) Looker
12 1 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (1.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.57%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.28%) MLflow
3 1 (0.28%) NUnit
General
1 153 (43.47%) Social Skills
2 116 (32.95%) Finance
3 73 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (14.20%) Legal
5 34 (9.66%) Banking
6 32 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 29 (8.24%) Financial Institution
8 24 (6.82%) Law
9 23 (6.53%) Marketing
10 21 (5.97%) Retail
11 18 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.84%) Advertising
13 10 (2.84%) Manufacturing
14 8 (2.27%) Games
15 6 (1.70%) French Language
15 6 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.42%) Telecoms
17 4 (1.14%) Aviation
18 3 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (11.93%) Senior
2 27 (7.67%) Security Manager
3 25 (7.10%) Auditor
4 24 (6.82%) Internal Auditor
4 24 (6.82%) Security Auditor
5 21 (5.97%) Analyst
5 21 (5.97%) Architect
5 21 (5.97%) Data Engineer
6 20 (5.68%) Information Manager
7 18 (5.11%) Information Security Manager
8 14 (3.98%) Administrator
8 14 (3.98%) Consultant
8 14 (3.98%) Lead
9 13 (3.69%) Integration Engineer
10 12 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 12 (3.41%) Senior Manager
11 11 (3.13%) Risk Manager
12 10 (2.84%) Security Analyst
13 9 (2.56%) IT Manager
14 8 (2.27%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.55%) RESTful
2 15 (4.26%) JSON
3 13 (3.69%) OAuth
3 13 (3.69%) OAuth2
4 11 (3.13%) HTML
5 10 (2.84%) .NET
5 10 (2.84%) CSS
6 7 (1.99%) REST
7 5 (1.42%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.14%) HTML5
8 4 (1.14%) jQuery
8 4 (1.14%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (0.85%) JWT
9 3 (0.85%) Kafka
9 3 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.85%) SOAP
9 3 (0.85%) Web Services
9 3 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (17.90%) Management Information System
2 25 (7.10%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.82%) Security Posture
4 14 (3.98%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.69%) Blockchain
5 13 (3.69%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (3.41%) PKI
7 10 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.27%) Blog
9 8 (2.27%) Cyber Security Posture
9 8 (2.27%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.99%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.99%) Social Media
11 6 (1.70%) e-Learning
11 6 (1.70%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.42%) Digital Media
12 5 (1.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.83%) Windows
2 13 (3.69%) Linux
3 4 (1.14%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.14%) Unix
4 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.28%) AIX
5 1 (0.28%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (34.09%) Cybersecurity
2 95 (26.99%) Analytics
3 90 (25.57%) Data Protection
4 84 (23.86%) Incident Response
5 78 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (21.88%) Information Security
7 72 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (19.60%) Risk Management
9 66 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 55 (15.63%) Decision-Making
11 54 (15.34%) Project Management
12 53 (15.06%) Data Governance
13 50 (14.20%) Agile
13 50 (14.20%) Vulnerability Management
14 45 (12.78%) AI
14 45 (12.78%) Validation
15 43 (12.22%) CRM
16 42 (11.93%) Coaching
17 39 (11.08%) CI/CD
17 39 (11.08%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.53%) SQL
2 18 (5.11%) Python
3 16 (4.55%) Bicep
4 14 (3.98%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.56%) C#
5 9 (2.56%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.27%) Java
7 5 (1.42%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.14%) ABAP
8 4 (1.14%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.85%) C
9 3 (0.85%) Go
9 3 (0.85%) Pascal
9 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.85%) VBA
10 2 (0.57%) PHP
10 2 (0.57%) R
11 1 (0.28%) Bash
11 1 (0.28%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (18.18%) Degree
2 55 (15.63%) CISSP
3 46 (13.07%) CISM
3 46 (13.07%) Security Cleared
4 36 (10.23%) SC Cleared
5 33 (9.38%) CISA
6 25 (7.10%) CGEIT
6 25 (7.10%) FFIEC
6 25 (7.10%) SANS
7 18 (5.11%) DV Cleared
8 15 (4.26%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.13%) HNC
10 10 (2.84%) CREST Certified
11 9 (2.56%) AWS Certification
11 9 (2.56%) DBS Check
12 8 (2.27%) OSCP
13 7 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (1.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (26.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (25.28%) NIST
3 45 (12.78%) Data Quality
4 40 (11.36%) PCI DSS
5 32 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (7.67%) COBIT
7 23 (6.53%) GRC
8 22 (6.25%) QA
9 20 (5.68%) NCSC
10 19 (5.40%) Accessibility
10 19 (5.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 16 (4.55%) SOC 2
12 15 (4.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (2.56%) HIPAA
14 8 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (1.70%) ISO 9001
15 6 (1.70%) JSP 440
16 5 (1.42%) IFRS
16 5 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (1.42%) PERC
System Software
1 7 (1.99%) Active Directory
1 7 (1.99%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (6.82%) Terraform
2 7 (1.99%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.42%) Ansible
3 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.85%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.85%) Grafana
4 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.28%) CASB
5 1 (0.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.28%) SCCM
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 87 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.53%) Google
3 20 (5.68%) Oracle
4 16 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.69%) SAP
6 10 (2.84%) Ab Initio
6 10 (2.84%) Workday
7 8 (2.27%) Databricks
8 7 (1.99%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.42%) IFS
9 5 (1.42%) Sage
10 4 (1.14%) Dell
10 4 (1.14%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.14%) Informatica
10 4 (1.14%) Sophos
11 3 (0.85%) Adobe
11 3 (0.85%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.85%) Infor
11 3 (0.85%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.85%) Talend