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

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 176 265
Rank change year-on-year +51 +89 -16
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 414 311 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.13% 2.06% 1.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.22% 10.97% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 257 234 319
10th Percentile £38,100 £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% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £98,474 £90,500
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 3,131 2,834 4,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.09% 18.78% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,006 1,512 3,246
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £34,750
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 £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £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 9 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 12 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.21%) WordPress
3 4 (0.97%) Confluence
4 3 (0.72%) CMS
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.24%) Moodle
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.48%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) InDesign
7 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (4.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.21%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.72%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.72%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.72%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.72%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.72%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.72%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (23.43%) Azure
2 66 (15.94%) Power Platform
3 44 (10.63%) SaaS
4 38 (9.18%) AWS
5 34 (8.21%) Microsoft Purview
6 29 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (4.11%) GCP
9 16 (3.86%) PowerApps
10 12 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (2.42%) Google Analytics
12 9 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (2.17%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.17%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.45%) GitHub
13 6 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.00%) Firewall
2 21 (5.07%) CHAP
3 18 (4.35%) Broadband
4 16 (3.86%) Network Security
5 11 (2.66%) DNS
6 6 (1.45%) DMZ
6 6 (1.45%) VPN
7 5 (1.21%) Internet
8 4 (0.97%) DHCP
8 4 (0.97%) SMS
8 4 (0.97%) VLAN
9 3 (0.72%) NGN
9 3 (0.72%) SCCP
9 3 (0.72%) SSL
9 3 (0.72%) WAN
9 3 (0.72%) Wireless
10 2 (0.48%) LAN
10 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.24%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.80%) Power BI
2 23 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 21 (5.07%) Tableau
4 17 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.14%) Metadata
6 12 (2.90%) Oracle Database
7 9 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.97%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.97%) Power Query
11 3 (0.72%) Big Data
11 3 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.72%) MySQL
12 2 (0.48%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.48%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.45%) JIRA
2 3 (0.72%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.48%) Git
3 2 (0.48%) MLflow
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) NUnit
General
1 183 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.26%) Finance
3 108 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (16.18%) Legal
5 35 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (7.97%) Law
7 30 (7.25%) Public Sector
8 28 (6.76%) Banking
8 28 (6.76%) Marketing
9 26 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (5.56%) Games
11 21 (5.07%) Financial Institution
12 13 (3.14%) Retail
13 12 (2.90%) Manufacturing
14 10 (2.42%) Advertising
14 10 (2.42%) Social Housing
15 7 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.45%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.21%) German Language
Job Titles
1 43 (10.39%) Senior
2 41 (9.90%) Analyst
3 29 (7.00%) Security Manager
4 22 (5.31%) Architect
4 22 (5.31%) Information Manager
5 21 (5.07%) Auditor
5 21 (5.07%) Data Engineer
5 21 (5.07%) Information Security Manager
6 20 (4.83%) Internal Auditor
6 20 (4.83%) Security Auditor
7 19 (4.59%) Consultant
8 18 (4.35%) Lead
9 16 (3.86%) Administrator
10 15 (3.62%) Data Manager
10 15 (3.62%) Governance Manager
11 14 (3.38%) Data Governance Analyst
11 14 (3.38%) Data Governance Manager
12 13 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 13 (3.14%) Security Analyst
13 12 (2.90%) Head of Operations
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.11%) HTML
2 11 (2.66%) CSS
3 8 (1.93%) .NET
4 7 (1.69%) JSON
5 6 (1.45%) React
5 6 (1.45%) RESTful
6 5 (1.21%) Web Services
7 4 (0.97%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.97%) jQuery
7 4 (0.97%) Node.js
8 3 (0.72%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.72%) HTML5
8 3 (0.72%) Middleware
9 2 (0.48%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.48%) Next.js
9 2 (0.48%) OAuth
9 2 (0.48%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.48%) REST
9 2 (0.48%) Smarty
9 2 (0.48%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.80%) Management Information System
2 33 (7.97%) Product Ownership
3 25 (6.04%) Security Posture
4 23 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 23 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 22 (5.31%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (3.86%) Cloud Native
7 15 (3.62%) PKI
8 13 (3.14%) Social Media
9 12 (2.90%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.90%) Cyberattack
10 10 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (2.42%) Blockchain
10 10 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (2.17%) Cyber Security Posture
11 9 (2.17%) e-Learning
12 8 (1.93%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.45%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.14%) Windows
2 6 (1.45%) Linux
3 4 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.48%) Android
4 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.24%) AIX
5 1 (0.24%) CentOS
5 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (33.82%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (27.29%) Data Protection
3 103 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (22.22%) Analytics
4 92 (22.22%) Information Security
5 82 (19.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (19.08%) Decision-Making
7 73 (17.63%) Incident Response
7 73 (17.63%) Risk Management
8 72 (17.39%) Data Governance
9 68 (16.43%) AI
9 68 (16.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 62 (14.98%) Agile
11 61 (14.73%) Business Intelligence
11 61 (14.73%) CRM
12 58 (14.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 56 (13.53%) Project Management
14 45 (10.87%) Vulnerability Management
15 42 (10.14%) Mentoring
16 41 (9.90%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.04%) SQL
2 16 (3.86%) Python
3 13 (3.14%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.69%) Bicep
6 4 (0.97%) C#
6 4 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.72%) C
7 3 (0.72%) Pascal
7 3 (0.72%) PHP
7 3 (0.72%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.72%) VBA
8 1 (0.24%) ABAP
8 1 (0.24%) Bash
8 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.24%) R
8 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 60 (14.49%) CISSP
2 48 (11.59%) Degree
3 47 (11.35%) Security Cleared
4 46 (11.11%) CISM
5 37 (8.94%) SC Cleared
6 33 (7.97%) CISA
7 22 (5.31%) DV Cleared
7 22 (5.31%) FFIEC
7 22 (5.31%) SANS
8 21 (5.07%) CGEIT
9 16 (3.86%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.90%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.66%) HNC
12 10 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (1.93%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (1.69%) CREST Certified
16 6 (1.45%) IRCA
17 5 (1.21%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (24.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (23.19%) NIST
3 65 (15.70%) Data Quality
4 53 (12.80%) PCI DSS
5 36 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 30 (7.25%) QA
7 26 (6.28%) Accessibility
7 26 (6.28%) COBIT
8 24 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 22 (5.31%) GRC
10 20 (4.83%) NCSC
11 18 (4.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (3.38%) SOC 2
13 13 (3.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (2.17%) HIPAA
14 9 (2.17%) PERC
15 8 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 8 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (1.69%) ISO 9001
16 7 (1.69%) JSP 440
System Software
1 9 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.21%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.86%) Terraform
2 4 (0.97%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.72%) Ansible
4 2 (0.48%) CASB
4 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.24%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.24%) SCCM
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Sentry
5 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 100 (24.15%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.25%) Google
3 18 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.86%) Oracle
5 9 (2.17%) Databricks
6 6 (1.45%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 6 (1.45%) SAP
7 4 (0.97%) Freshdesk
7 4 (0.97%) Orchard
7 4 (0.97%) Sage
7 4 (0.97%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.97%) Sophos
8 3 (0.72%) Aareon
8 3 (0.72%) Capita
8 3 (0.72%) dotdigital
8 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.72%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.72%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.72%) Workday
288 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs