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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 193 236
Rank change year-on-year +77 +43 +62
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 355 336 296
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.33% 1.66% 1.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.35% 10.91% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 231 172 266
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,359 £40,688
25th Percentile £49,100 £43,750 £51,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £67,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +12.04% +4.78%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 2,659 3,079 3,251
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.49% 15.20% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,646 1,693 2,581
10th Percentile £34,739 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - +3.74% +4.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £79,225
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +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

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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 23 November 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 24 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.25%) CMS
3 7 (1.97%) Anypoint
4 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.13%) Moodle
5 4 (1.13%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.54%) SAP HCM
2 9 (2.54%) SAP HR
2 9 (2.54%) SAP Payroll
3 8 (2.25%) Shopify
3 8 (2.25%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.13%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.56%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.56%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.28%) iTrent
6 1 (0.28%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 121 (34.08%) Azure
2 60 (16.90%) AWS
3 44 (12.39%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (8.45%) GCP
4 30 (8.45%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.20%) Azure Logic Apps
6 21 (5.92%) SaaS
7 18 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (5.07%) Entra ID
8 17 (4.79%) Azure Service Bus
9 16 (4.51%) GitHub
10 15 (4.23%) Boomi
11 13 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (3.66%) SuccessFactors
12 12 (3.38%) Google Analytics
12 12 (3.38%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (2.54%) Azure Event Grid
14 9 (2.54%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.89%) Firewall
2 11 (3.10%) Network Security
3 7 (1.97%) DNS
3 7 (1.97%) VPN
4 6 (1.69%) CHAP
5 4 (1.13%) DMZ
6 3 (0.85%) HTTP
6 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.85%) VLAN
7 2 (0.56%) Internet
8 1 (0.28%) DHCP
8 1 (0.28%) Intranet
8 1 (0.28%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.28%) SMS
8 1 (0.28%) SSL
8 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.28%) Wireless
8 1 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.76%) Power BI
2 10 (2.82%) Relational Database
2 10 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.25%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.41%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.41%) Tableau
7 4 (1.13%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.85%) Redis
8 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.56%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.56%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.56%) Metadata
9 2 (0.56%) MySQL
9 2 (0.56%) Power Query
9 2 (0.56%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.28%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 11 (3.10%) Git
2 10 (2.82%) JIRA
3 6 (1.69%) MSBuild
4 5 (1.41%) Octopus Deploy
4 5 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (1.41%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.13%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.85%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.28%) Maven
7 1 (0.28%) Vite
7 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 142 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 105 (29.58%) Finance
3 64 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (17.46%) Legal
5 39 (10.99%) Law
6 33 (9.30%) Marketing
7 29 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (6.48%) Retail
9 22 (6.20%) Banking
10 14 (3.94%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.82%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.54%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.97%) Advertising
13 7 (1.97%) French Language
13 7 (1.97%) Military
13 7 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.41%) Hungarian Language
Job Titles
1 67 (18.87%) Senior
2 46 (12.96%) Analyst
3 28 (7.89%) Architect
4 22 (6.20%) Lead
5 17 (4.79%) Security Manager
6 16 (4.51%) HR Advisor
6 16 (4.51%) Integration Engineer
6 16 (4.51%) Security Engineer
7 13 (3.66%) Administrator
7 13 (3.66%) IT Manager
7 13 (3.66%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (3.38%) Linux Engineer
9 11 (3.10%) Automation Engineer
9 11 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (3.10%) Senior Manager
10 9 (2.54%) Digital Analyst
10 9 (2.54%) Information Analyst
10 9 (2.54%) Information Manager
10 9 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.54%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.76%) REST
2 22 (6.20%) JSON
3 18 (5.07%) RESTful
4 15 (4.23%) HTML
5 14 (3.94%) SOAP
6 13 (3.66%) CSS
6 13 (3.66%) Web Services
7 12 (3.38%) OAuth
7 12 (3.38%) OAuth2
7 12 (3.38%) XML
8 11 (3.10%) .NET
9 9 (2.54%) SAP Fiori
10 8 (2.25%) SAML
11 6 (1.69%) Node.js
12 5 (1.41%) ASP.NET
12 5 (1.41%) Bootstrap
12 5 (1.41%) gRPC
12 5 (1.41%) Kafka
12 5 (1.41%) Middleware
13 4 (1.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.68%) Management Information System
2 27 (7.61%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.76%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.23%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.82%) PKI
6 10 (2.82%) Social Media
7 9 (2.54%) Cloud Security Posture
8 8 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.25%) e-Learning
8 8 (2.25%) Learning Management System
8 8 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.97%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.69%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.41%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (1.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.61%) Linux
1 27 (7.61%) Windows
2 7 (1.97%) Unix
3 4 (1.13%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.85%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) CentOS
6 1 (0.28%) Solaris
6 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (18.03%) Cybersecurity
4 63 (17.75%) Data Protection
4 63 (17.75%) Incident Response
5 60 (16.90%) DevOps
5 60 (16.90%) Information Security
6 56 (15.77%) Agile
6 56 (15.77%) CRM
7 53 (14.93%) Analytics
7 53 (14.93%) CI/CD
8 52 (14.65%) Decision-Making
9 51 (14.37%) Risk Management
10 47 (13.24%) Roadmaps
11 40 (11.27%) Data Security
12 39 (10.99%) AI
13 34 (9.58%) Coaching
14 32 (9.01%) Cloud Security
14 32 (9.01%) Project Management
15 31 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 54 (15.21%) Python
2 45 (12.68%) SQL
3 29 (8.17%) JavaScript
4 28 (7.89%) PowerShell
5 23 (6.48%) C#
6 19 (5.35%) Bash
7 18 (5.07%) Java
8 12 (3.38%) Bicep
8 12 (3.38%) Perl
9 9 (2.54%) ABAP
10 5 (1.41%) Go
10 5 (1.41%) R
10 5 (1.41%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.13%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.56%) Groovy
13 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.56%) PHP
14 1 (0.28%) C++
14 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (17.75%) Degree
2 47 (13.24%) CISSP
3 40 (11.27%) CISM
4 35 (9.86%) Security Cleared
5 24 (6.76%) SC Cleared
6 22 (6.20%) CISA
7 21 (5.92%) AWS Certification
8 20 (5.63%) Azure Certification
9 17 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (3.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.82%) DBS Check
14 9 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.97%) CGEIT
16 6 (1.69%) CBAP
16 6 (1.69%) CRISC
16 6 (1.69%) DV Cleared
16 6 (1.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (21.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (19.44%) NIST
3 30 (8.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (6.20%) PCI DSS
5 18 (5.07%) GRC
5 18 (5.07%) SOC 2
6 17 (4.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (4.51%) Data Quality
7 16 (4.51%) HIPAA
7 16 (4.51%) NCSC
8 13 (3.66%) Accessibility
9 10 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (2.25%) COBIT
10 8 (2.25%) SLA
11 7 (1.97%) PERC
11 7 (1.97%) QA
12 6 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (1.69%) EU AI Act
13 5 (1.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (7.89%) Docker
2 21 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Postfix
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.63%) Terraform
3 14 (3.94%) Ansible
4 12 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (3.10%) Red Hat Satellite
5 11 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.13%) Grafana
6 4 (1.13%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.85%) Nessus
7 3 (0.85%) Nmap
7 3 (0.85%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.56%) Puppet
9 1 (0.28%) Argo
9 1 (0.28%) Autotask
9 1 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 90 (25.35%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.01%) Workday
3 27 (7.61%) ServiceNow
4 26 (7.32%) Google
5 22 (6.20%) SAP
6 19 (5.35%) Salesforce
7 17 (4.79%) MuleSoft
8 14 (3.94%) Red Hat
9 12 (3.38%) Oracle
10 10 (2.82%) IBM
11 9 (2.54%) Ab Initio
12 8 (2.25%) Informatica
13 7 (1.97%) Dell
13 7 (1.97%) Epicor
13 7 (1.97%) Infor
13 7 (1.97%) Jitterbit
13 7 (1.97%) SnapLogic
13 7 (1.97%) Software AG
13 7 (1.97%) Talend
13 7 (1.97%) TIBCO