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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 177 275
Rank change year-on-year +57 +98 -23
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 439 323 400
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.17% 2.08% 1.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.41% 11.25% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 275 247 317
10th Percentile £37,200 £41,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +25.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.64% +28.42% -13.64%

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 3,274 2,870 4,354
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.20% 18.52% 12.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,135 1,567 3,252
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,735 £34,218
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.17% +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 21 June 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 14 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.37%) WordPress
3 4 (0.91%) Confluence
4 3 (0.68%) CMS
5 2 (0.46%) Apache
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.46%) SAS
6 1 (0.23%) Moodle
Applications
1 32 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.46%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.46%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.23%) InDesign
7 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (3.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.91%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.68%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.68%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.68%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.68%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.68%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.68%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 101 (23.01%) Azure
2 68 (15.49%) Power Platform
3 54 (12.30%) SaaS
4 43 (9.79%) AWS
5 35 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (7.97%) Microsoft Purview
6 19 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (4.33%) GCP
7 17 (3.87%) PowerApps
8 12 (2.73%) Entra ID
9 11 (2.51%) Google Analytics
10 10 (2.28%) Power Automate
11 9 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.37%) Google Ads
14 6 (1.37%) PaaS
15 5 (1.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.06%) Firewall
2 19 (4.33%) Network Security
3 18 (4.10%) Broadband
4 17 (3.87%) CHAP
5 10 (2.28%) DNS
6 7 (1.59%) VPN
7 6 (1.37%) DMZ
7 6 (1.37%) Internet
8 5 (1.14%) DHCP
9 4 (0.91%) NGN
9 4 (0.91%) SMS
9 4 (0.91%) VLAN
9 4 (0.91%) Wireless
10 3 (0.68%) SCCP
10 3 (0.68%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.68%) WAN
11 2 (0.46%) LAN
11 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.23%) SMTP
12 1 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.07%) Power BI
2 22 (5.01%) Relational Database
3 21 (4.78%) Tableau
4 17 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.96%) Metadata
6 12 (2.73%) Oracle Database
7 10 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.14%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.91%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.91%) Power Query
12 3 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.68%) Big Data
12 3 (0.68%) MySQL
13 2 (0.46%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.46%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (1.59%) JIRA
2 4 (0.91%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.46%) Git
3 2 (0.46%) MLflow
4 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.23%) NUnit
General
1 185 (42.14%) Social Skills
2 125 (28.47%) Finance
3 111 (25.28%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (16.17%) Legal
5 39 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (7.97%) Law
7 32 (7.29%) Marketing
7 32 (7.29%) Public Sector
8 28 (6.38%) Banking
9 27 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (5.24%) Games
11 17 (3.87%) Financial Institution
11 17 (3.87%) Retail
12 12 (2.73%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.28%) Advertising
13 10 (2.28%) Social Housing
14 6 (1.37%) Back Office
14 6 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.14%) German Language
Job Titles
1 44 (10.02%) Senior
2 42 (9.57%) Analyst
3 33 (7.52%) Security Manager
4 27 (6.15%) Architect
5 25 (5.69%) Consultant
6 24 (5.47%) Information Manager
6 24 (5.47%) Information Security Manager
7 20 (4.56%) Data Engineer
7 20 (4.56%) Lead
8 17 (3.87%) Administrator
8 17 (3.87%) Auditor
9 16 (3.64%) Internal Auditor
9 16 (3.64%) Security Auditor
10 15 (3.42%) Data Manager
11 14 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 14 (3.19%) Data Governance Analyst
11 14 (3.19%) Data Governance Manager
11 14 (3.19%) Governance Manager
11 14 (3.19%) Head of Operations
12 13 (2.96%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.10%) HTML
2 13 (2.96%) CSS
3 10 (2.28%) .NET
4 7 (1.59%) React
5 5 (1.14%) JSON
5 5 (1.14%) Middleware
5 5 (1.14%) Node.js
5 5 (1.14%) Web Services
6 4 (0.91%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.91%) jQuery
6 4 (0.91%) RESTful
7 3 (0.68%) HTML5
7 3 (0.68%) LDAP
7 3 (0.68%) Next.js
8 2 (0.46%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.46%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.46%) REST
8 2 (0.46%) Smarty
8 2 (0.46%) Symfony
8 2 (0.46%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.30%) Management Information System
2 33 (7.52%) Product Ownership
3 31 (7.06%) Security Posture
4 26 (5.92%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (5.47%) Cyber Threat
6 19 (4.33%) Cloud Native
6 19 (4.33%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.19%) AI Agents
7 14 (3.19%) PKI
7 14 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (3.19%) Social Media
8 12 (2.73%) Cyberattack
9 11 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (2.28%) e-Learning
11 9 (2.05%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (1.82%) Blockchain
12 8 (1.82%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.59%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.19%) Windows
2 7 (1.59%) Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.46%) Android
4 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) CentOS
5 1 (0.23%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (35.99%) Cybersecurity
2 116 (26.42%) Data Protection
3 109 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (23.46%) Information Security
5 95 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 90 (20.50%) Analytics
7 86 (19.59%) Risk Management
8 83 (18.91%) Decision-Making
9 79 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 78 (17.77%) Incident Response
11 77 (17.54%) AI
12 72 (16.40%) Data Governance
13 68 (15.49%) Agile
14 60 (13.67%) Business Intelligence
14 60 (13.67%) CRM
14 60 (13.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 54 (12.30%) Project Management
16 50 (11.39%) Vulnerability Management
17 48 (10.93%) Cloud Security
18 44 (10.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.92%) SQL
2 17 (3.87%) Python
3 14 (3.19%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.73%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.91%) Bicep
5 4 (0.91%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.68%) C
6 3 (0.68%) C#
6 3 (0.68%) Pascal
6 3 (0.68%) PHP
6 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.68%) VB.NET
6 3 (0.68%) VBA
7 1 (0.23%) Bash
7 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.23%) R
Qualifications
1 71 (16.17%) CISSP
2 56 (12.76%) CISM
3 53 (12.07%) Security Cleared
4 46 (10.48%) Degree
5 39 (8.88%) SC Cleared
6 38 (8.66%) CISA
7 22 (5.01%) DV Cleared
8 20 (4.56%) FFIEC
9 18 (4.10%) SANS
10 17 (3.87%) CGEIT
10 17 (3.87%) CRISC
11 15 (3.42%) DBS Check
12 13 (2.96%) Azure Certification
13 11 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (2.51%) HNC
14 9 (2.05%) AWS Certification
14 9 (2.05%) CREST Certified
15 8 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (27.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (22.78%) NIST
3 65 (14.81%) Data Quality
4 62 (14.12%) PCI DSS
5 42 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 33 (7.52%) QA
7 28 (6.38%) COBIT
8 27 (6.15%) Accessibility
8 27 (6.15%) GRC
9 26 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 20 (4.56%) NCSC
11 19 (4.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 18 (4.10%) SOC 2
13 13 (2.96%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (2.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (2.28%) PERC
15 9 (2.05%) HIPAA
15 9 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 8 (1.82%) ISO 9001
17 7 (1.59%) JSP 440
System Software
1 12 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.14%) Docker
3 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (3.19%) Terraform
2 4 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.68%) Ansible
4 2 (0.46%) CASB
4 2 (0.46%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.23%) Nmap
5 1 (0.23%) SCCM
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (24.60%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.29%) Google
3 20 (4.56%) Oracle
3 20 (4.56%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.05%) Databricks
5 8 (1.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 7 (1.59%) SAP
7 6 (1.37%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.14%) iManage
9 4 (0.91%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.91%) IFS
9 4 (0.91%) Orchard
9 4 (0.91%) Sage
9 4 (0.91%) Sophos
10 3 (0.68%) Aareon
10 3 (0.68%) Capita
10 3 (0.68%) dotdigital
10 3 (0.68%) Motorola
10 3 (0.68%) NEC
10 3 (0.68%) Palo Alto