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

 6 months to
6 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 176 274
Rank change year-on-year +55 +98 -27
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 407 307 385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.10% 2.06% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.05% 10.96% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 257 233 317
10th Percentile £38,968 £41,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £82,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £91,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% -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 3,118 2,802 4,246
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.12% 18.82% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,999 1,505 3,233
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £34,781
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £79,625 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,911 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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

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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 6 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 13 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.23%) WordPress
3 4 (0.98%) Confluence
4 3 (0.74%) CMS
5 2 (0.49%) Apache
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Moodle
6 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.49%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.49%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.25%) InDesign
6 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (4.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.23%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.74%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.74%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.74%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.74%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.74%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.74%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.25%) iTrent
4 1 (0.25%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (23.83%) Azure
2 66 (16.22%) Power Platform
3 42 (10.32%) SaaS
4 37 (9.09%) AWS
5 34 (8.35%) Microsoft Purview
6 29 (7.13%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.67%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (4.18%) GCP
9 16 (3.93%) PowerApps
10 12 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (2.21%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (2.21%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.21%) Google Analytics
13 9 (2.21%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.47%) GitHub
14 6 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.88%) Firewall
2 21 (5.16%) CHAP
3 16 (3.93%) Network Security
4 12 (2.95%) Broadband
5 11 (2.70%) DNS
6 6 (1.47%) DMZ
6 6 (1.47%) VPN
7 4 (0.98%) DHCP
7 4 (0.98%) Internet
7 4 (0.98%) SMS
8 3 (0.74%) NGN
8 3 (0.74%) SCCP
8 3 (0.74%) SSL
8 3 (0.74%) VLAN
8 3 (0.74%) WAN
9 2 (0.49%) LAN
9 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.49%) Wireless
10 1 (0.25%) SMTP
10 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.02%) Power BI
2 23 (5.65%) Relational Database
3 21 (5.16%) Tableau
4 17 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.95%) Metadata
5 12 (2.95%) Oracle Database
6 10 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.98%) Power Query
10 3 (0.74%) Big Data
10 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.74%) MySQL
11 2 (0.49%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.49%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.47%) JIRA
2 3 (0.74%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.49%) Git
3 2 (0.49%) MLflow
4 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.25%) NUnit
General
1 177 (43.49%) Social Skills
2 118 (28.99%) Finance
3 102 (25.06%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (16.46%) Legal
5 35 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (7.86%) Law
7 31 (7.62%) Public Sector
8 28 (6.88%) Banking
8 28 (6.88%) Marketing
9 25 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (5.16%) Financial Institution
11 17 (4.18%) Games
12 13 (3.19%) Retail
13 12 (2.95%) Manufacturing
14 10 (2.46%) Advertising
14 10 (2.46%) Social Housing
15 7 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.47%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.23%) French Language
Job Titles
1 41 (10.07%) Senior
2 36 (8.85%) Analyst
3 28 (6.88%) Security Manager
4 22 (5.41%) Architect
4 22 (5.41%) Data Engineer
5 21 (5.16%) Auditor
5 21 (5.16%) Information Manager
6 20 (4.91%) Information Security Manager
6 20 (4.91%) Internal Auditor
6 20 (4.91%) Security Auditor
7 18 (4.42%) Consultant
8 17 (4.18%) Lead
9 16 (3.93%) Administrator
10 15 (3.69%) Data Manager
10 15 (3.69%) Governance Manager
11 14 (3.44%) Data Governance Analyst
11 14 (3.44%) Data Governance Manager
12 13 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 12 (2.95%) Head of Operations
13 12 (2.95%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.93%) HTML
2 10 (2.46%) CSS
3 8 (1.97%) .NET
4 7 (1.72%) JSON
5 6 (1.47%) React
5 6 (1.47%) RESTful
6 5 (1.23%) Web Services
7 4 (0.98%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.98%) jQuery
7 4 (0.98%) Node.js
8 3 (0.74%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.74%) HTML5
8 3 (0.74%) Middleware
9 2 (0.49%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.49%) Next.js
9 2 (0.49%) OAuth
9 2 (0.49%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.49%) REST
9 2 (0.49%) Smarty
9 2 (0.49%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.76%) Management Information System
2 33 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.39%) Onboarding
4 25 (6.14%) Security Posture
5 23 (5.65%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (3.93%) Cloud Native
6 16 (3.93%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (3.69%) PKI
8 10 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.46%) Blockchain
9 9 (2.21%) Cyber Security Posture
9 9 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.72%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (1.72%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.72%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.72%) Social Media
10 7 (1.72%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.47%) Blog
11 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.19%) Windows
2 7 (1.72%) Linux
3 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.49%) Android
4 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.25%) AIX
5 1 (0.25%) CentOS
5 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (32.19%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (27.76%) Data Protection
3 104 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (22.60%) Analytics
5 83 (20.39%) Information Security
6 81 (19.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 76 (18.67%) Decision-Making
8 75 (18.43%) Data Governance
9 72 (17.69%) Incident Response
9 72 (17.69%) Risk Management
10 70 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 62 (15.23%) Agile
11 62 (15.23%) Business Intelligence
11 62 (15.23%) CRM
12 60 (14.74%) AI
13 59 (14.50%) Project Management
13 59 (14.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 44 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
15 43 (10.57%) Mentoring
16 39 (9.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.39%) SQL
2 16 (3.93%) Python
3 14 (3.44%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.95%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.72%) Bicep
6 5 (1.23%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.98%) C#
8 3 (0.74%) C
8 3 (0.74%) Pascal
8 3 (0.74%) PHP
8 3 (0.74%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.74%) VBA
9 1 (0.25%) ABAP
9 1 (0.25%) Bash
9 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.25%) R
9 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 58 (14.25%) CISSP
2 50 (12.29%) Degree
3 48 (11.79%) Security Cleared
4 44 (10.81%) CISM
5 38 (9.34%) SC Cleared
6 31 (7.62%) CISA
7 22 (5.41%) DV Cleared
7 22 (5.41%) FFIEC
7 22 (5.41%) SANS
8 21 (5.16%) CGEIT
9 15 (3.69%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.95%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.70%) HNC
12 10 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (1.97%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (1.72%) CREST Certified
16 6 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (1.47%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (24.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (23.10%) NIST
3 66 (16.22%) Data Quality
4 53 (13.02%) PCI DSS
5 36 (8.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 30 (7.37%) QA
7 26 (6.39%) COBIT
8 25 (6.14%) Accessibility
9 23 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 21 (5.16%) GRC
11 20 (4.91%) NCSC
12 18 (4.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 14 (3.44%) SOC 2
14 13 (3.19%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (2.21%) HIPAA
15 9 (2.21%) PERC
16 8 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 7 (1.72%) JSP 440
18 6 (1.47%) IFRS
System Software
1 8 (1.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.23%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.93%) Terraform
2 4 (0.98%) Ansible
2 4 (0.98%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.49%) CASB
3 2 (0.49%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.25%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.25%) SCCM
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 99 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.13%) Google
3 18 (4.42%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.93%) Oracle
5 10 (2.46%) Databricks
6 6 (1.47%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 6 (1.47%) SAP
7 5 (1.23%) Sage
7 5 (1.23%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.98%) Freshdesk
8 4 (0.98%) Orchard
8 4 (0.98%) Sophos
8 4 (0.98%) Workday
9 3 (0.74%) Aareon
9 3 (0.74%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.74%) dotdigital
9 3 (0.74%) Motorola
9 3 (0.74%) NEC
9 3 (0.74%) Palo Alto
307 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs