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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 164 233
Rank change year-on-year +28 +69 +12
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 323 311 394
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.95% 2.22% 1.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.24% 12.44% 9.53%
Number of salaries quoted 207 205 340
10th Percentile £39,280 £37,716 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,165 £48,306 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,769 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +19.58% -
75th Percentile £85,625 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £108,500 £95,000 £90,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,769 £48,500
% change year-on-year -8.77% +35.61% -11.82%

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 2,874 2,499 4,133
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.32% 17.85% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,656 1,534 3,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,098 £34,962
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -3.39%
75th Percentile £82,625 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year - +9.69% -4.87%

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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 10 March 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 12 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.17%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.55%) CMS
4 4 (1.24%) Confluence
5 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.93%) WordPress
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 34 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.62%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.62%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.31%) InDesign
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.86%) Shopify
3 5 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.24%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.24%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.24%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (1.24%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.93%) Magento
5 3 (0.93%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.31%) iTrent
6 1 (0.31%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 107 (33.13%) Azure
2 61 (18.89%) AWS
3 32 (9.91%) GCP
4 29 (8.98%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (8.67%) Power Platform
6 21 (6.50%) SaaS
7 19 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
8 18 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.57%) GitHub
8 18 (5.57%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
10 15 (4.64%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (4.33%) Azure Event Grid
12 11 (3.41%) Boomi
13 10 (3.10%) Entra ID
13 10 (3.10%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.17%) iPaaS
14 7 (2.17%) Workato
15 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.05%) Firewall
2 23 (7.12%) CHAP
3 13 (4.02%) Network Security
4 6 (1.86%) DMZ
5 5 (1.55%) Internet
6 4 (1.24%) DNS
6 4 (1.24%) SSL
6 4 (1.24%) VPN
7 3 (0.93%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.93%) SCCP
7 3 (0.93%) VLAN
8 1 (0.31%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.36%) Power BI
2 12 (3.72%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.17%) Tableau
6 5 (1.55%) Metadata
6 5 (1.55%) Power Query
7 4 (1.24%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.93%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.93%) Redis
9 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.62%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.62%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.31%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.31%) Looker
10 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.10%) JIRA
2 3 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
General
1 145 (44.89%) Social Skills
2 120 (37.15%) Finance
3 60 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (15.79%) Legal
5 36 (11.15%) Banking
6 34 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 31 (9.60%) Law
8 27 (8.36%) Financial Institution
9 25 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (6.81%) Retail
11 20 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (4.64%) Marketing
13 11 (3.41%) Advertising
14 9 (2.79%) Games
15 8 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (2.17%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.86%) French Language
18 5 (1.55%) Aviation
18 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (1.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (15.48%) Senior
2 24 (7.43%) Security Manager
3 23 (7.12%) Auditor
4 22 (6.81%) Analyst
4 22 (6.81%) Internal Auditor
4 22 (6.81%) Security Auditor
5 19 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
6 18 (5.57%) Lead
7 17 (5.26%) Architect
8 16 (4.95%) Administrator
8 16 (4.95%) Senior Manager
9 13 (4.02%) Consultant
10 12 (3.72%) Information Manager
10 12 (3.72%) Risk Manager
11 11 (3.41%) Data Engineer
12 10 (3.10%) Information Security Manager
12 10 (3.10%) IT Manager
12 10 (3.10%) Security Analyst
13 9 (2.79%) Security Engineer
14 7 (2.17%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.19%) JSON
1 20 (6.19%) RESTful
2 17 (5.26%) OAuth
2 17 (5.26%) OAuth2
3 12 (3.72%) REST
4 9 (2.79%) SOAP
4 9 (2.79%) Web Services
5 8 (2.48%) .NET
6 7 (2.17%) HTML
7 5 (1.55%) CSS
7 5 (1.55%) XML
8 4 (1.24%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.24%) HTML5
8 4 (1.24%) jQuery
8 4 (1.24%) SAML
8 4 (1.24%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.93%) JWT
9 3 (0.93%) Kafka
9 3 (0.93%) Middleware
9 3 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 58 (17.96%) Management Information System
2 28 (8.67%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.57%) Security Posture
4 16 (4.95%) PKI
5 15 (4.64%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.02%) Blockchain
7 12 (3.72%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.79%) Blog
9 9 (2.79%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.48%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (1.86%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.55%) Digital Media
12 5 (1.55%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.55%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.24%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.33%) Windows
2 12 (3.72%) Linux
3 6 (1.86%) Unix
4 4 (1.24%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.62%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (29.72%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (24.77%) Incident Response
3 78 (24.15%) Analytics
4 73 (22.60%) Data Protection
5 70 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (20.43%) Information Security
7 65 (20.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (17.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 55 (17.03%) Risk Management
10 53 (16.41%) Agile
11 50 (15.48%) Data Governance
11 50 (15.48%) Project Management
12 48 (14.86%) CRM
13 45 (13.93%) Decision-Making
14 44 (13.62%) Coaching
15 41 (12.69%) Vulnerability Management
16 40 (12.38%) AI
16 40 (12.38%) CI/CD
17 39 (12.07%) DevOps
17 39 (12.07%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.43%) SQL
2 20 (6.19%) Python
3 18 (5.57%) Bicep
4 14 (4.33%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.02%) PowerShell
6 11 (3.41%) Java
7 10 (3.10%) C#
8 5 (1.55%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.24%) ABAP
9 4 (1.24%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.93%) Go
10 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.93%) VBA
11 2 (0.62%) Bash
11 2 (0.62%) R
12 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.31%) Perl
12 1 (0.31%) PHP
12 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (20.12%) Degree
2 59 (18.27%) CISSP
3 48 (14.86%) Security Cleared
4 47 (14.55%) CISM
5 36 (11.15%) SC Cleared
6 34 (10.53%) CISA
7 23 (7.12%) CGEIT
7 23 (7.12%) FFIEC
7 23 (7.12%) SANS
8 16 (4.95%) DV Cleared
9 14 (4.33%) Azure Certification
10 13 (4.02%) AWS Certification
11 11 (3.41%) HNC
12 10 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.79%) CREST Certified
13 9 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (2.48%) OSCP
15 7 (2.17%) DBS Check
15 7 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (27.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (24.77%) NIST
3 36 (11.15%) Data Quality
4 32 (9.91%) PCI DSS
5 25 (7.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (7.43%) COBIT
7 23 (7.12%) GRC
8 18 (5.57%) NCSC
9 16 (4.95%) SOC 2
10 15 (4.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (4.02%) Accessibility
11 13 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (4.02%) QA
12 7 (2.17%) HIPAA
12 7 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (1.86%) JSP 440
13 6 (1.86%) SLA
14 5 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (1.24%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (3.41%) Docker
2 6 (1.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (8.67%) Terraform
2 12 (3.72%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.86%) Ansible
4 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.24%) Grafana
5 4 (1.24%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.93%) Nessus
6 3 (0.93%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.31%) Argo
7 1 (0.31%) CASB
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 72 (22.29%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.88%) Google
2 19 (5.88%) Oracle
2 19 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 18 (5.57%) Workday
4 14 (4.33%) Ab Initio
5 13 (4.02%) SAP
6 12 (3.72%) MuleSoft
7 11 (3.41%) ServiceNow
8 10 (3.10%) IBM
9 7 (2.17%) Dell
9 7 (2.17%) Epicor
9 7 (2.17%) IFS
9 7 (2.17%) Infor
9 7 (2.17%) Informatica
9 7 (2.17%) Jitterbit
9 7 (2.17%) SnapLogic
9 7 (2.17%) Software AG
9 7 (2.17%) Talend
9 7 (2.17%) TIBCO