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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 149 257
Rank change year-on-year +33 +108 +29
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 522 362 283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 2.19% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.48% 12.07% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 364 268 187
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.08% +14.29% -8.70%

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 3,873 3,000 3,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.64% 18.15% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,467 1,700 2,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £60,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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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 28 August 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 27 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.34%) SAS
2 7 (1.34%) WordPress
3 4 (0.77%) Apache
3 4 (0.77%) Confluence
4 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.57%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Moodle
Applications
1 35 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.38%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.19%) Elementor
7 1 (0.19%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 21 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.77%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.57%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.57%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.57%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.57%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.57%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.57%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.57%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.57%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.57%) Shopify
4 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.19%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 111 (21.26%) Azure
2 90 (17.24%) Power Platform
3 68 (13.03%) SaaS
4 57 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (9.96%) AWS
6 39 (7.47%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (4.41%) PowerApps
9 19 (3.64%) Google Analytics
10 18 (3.45%) Entra ID
11 17 (3.26%) GCP
12 16 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.68%) Power Automate
14 12 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (2.30%) Google Ads
15 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 9 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.51%) Firewall
2 24 (4.60%) Network Security
3 18 (3.45%) Broadband
4 16 (3.07%) DNS
5 15 (2.87%) VPN
6 11 (2.11%) WAN
7 9 (1.72%) DHCP
7 9 (1.72%) LAN
7 9 (1.72%) Wireless
8 8 (1.53%) SMS
9 6 (1.15%) CHAP
9 6 (1.15%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.15%) VLAN
10 5 (0.96%) DMZ
11 4 (0.77%) NGN
11 4 (0.77%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.57%) Internet
12 3 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (13.60%) Power BI
2 26 (4.98%) Relational Database
3 25 (4.79%) Metadata
4 24 (4.60%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (3.45%) Tableau
7 15 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.92%) Oracle Database
9 9 (1.72%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.53%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.34%) Star Schema
12 6 (1.15%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.96%) Amazon QuickSight
13 5 (0.96%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 13 (2.49%) Git
2 11 (2.11%) JIRA
3 4 (0.77%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.77%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.38%) MLflow
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.19%) ERwin
5 1 (0.19%) NUnit
General
1 213 (40.80%) Social Skills
2 142 (27.20%) Finance
3 120 (22.99%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (17.05%) Legal
5 54 (10.34%) Marketing
6 51 (9.77%) Law
7 42 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (7.85%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.60%) Banking
9 24 (4.60%) Public Sector
10 20 (3.83%) Retail
11 19 (3.64%) Games
12 16 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.49%) German Language
13 13 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (2.11%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.72%) Social Housing
16 8 (1.53%) Back Office
17 7 (1.34%) Advertising
17 7 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (11.49%) Senior
2 57 (10.92%) Analyst
3 37 (7.09%) Lead
4 33 (6.32%) Consultant
5 31 (5.94%) Architect
6 23 (4.41%) Security Manager
7 22 (4.21%) Information Manager
8 20 (3.83%) Data Manager
8 20 (3.83%) Security Consultant
9 19 (3.64%) Information Security Manager
10 18 (3.45%) Data Engineer
11 14 (2.68%) Administrator
11 14 (2.68%) Data Governance Analyst
11 14 (2.68%) Data Governance Manager
11 14 (2.68%) Governance Manager
11 14 (2.68%) Head of Operations
11 14 (2.68%) Head of Technology
12 13 (2.49%) Security Analyst
13 12 (2.30%) Security Architect
14 11 (2.11%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.02%) HTML
2 19 (3.64%) CSS
3 15 (2.87%) Terraform
4 12 (2.30%) React
5 10 (1.92%) .NET
6 9 (1.72%) Node.js
7 7 (1.34%) RESTful
8 5 (0.96%) Middleware
8 5 (0.96%) Next.js
8 5 (0.96%) NumPy
8 5 (0.96%) Pandas
8 5 (0.96%) REST
8 5 (0.96%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.96%) Web Services
8 5 (0.96%) XGBoost
9 4 (0.77%) JSON
9 4 (0.77%) LDAP
9 4 (0.77%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.57%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.73%) Management Information System
2 45 (8.62%) Product Ownership
3 37 (7.09%) Data Protection Act
4 34 (6.51%) Onboarding
5 32 (6.13%) Security Posture
6 25 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (4.41%) Cloud Native
8 21 (4.02%) AI Agents
9 20 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
11 15 (2.87%) Social Media
12 12 (2.30%) Cyberattack
13 11 (2.11%) Algorithms
13 11 (2.11%) Driving Licence
13 11 (2.11%) e-Learning
14 10 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.92%) PKI
15 9 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.34%) Data Structures
16 7 (1.34%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.13%) Windows
2 13 (2.49%) Linux
3 10 (1.92%) Apple iOS
3 10 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.53%) Android
5 3 (0.57%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (29.69%) Cybersecurity
2 132 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (23.75%) Data Protection
4 121 (23.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (21.84%) Information Security
6 112 (21.46%) AI
7 111 (21.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 103 (19.73%) Decision-Making
9 98 (18.77%) Risk Management
10 93 (17.82%) Analytics
11 89 (17.05%) Agile
12 87 (16.67%) CRM
13 79 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
14 75 (14.37%) Data Governance
15 70 (13.41%) Incident Response
15 70 (13.41%) Roadmaps
16 61 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 58 (11.11%) Cloud Security
18 51 (9.77%) Data Management
18 51 (9.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 47 (9.00%) SQL
2 32 (6.13%) Python
3 15 (2.87%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.11%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.92%) C#
6 9 (1.72%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.77%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.57%) Bicep
8 3 (0.57%) C
8 3 (0.57%) Pascal
9 2 (0.38%) PHP
9 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.19%) ABAP
10 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 72 (13.79%) CISSP
2 64 (12.26%) CISM
3 45 (8.62%) Degree
4 41 (7.85%) Security Cleared
5 35 (6.70%) CISA
6 27 (5.17%) SC Cleared
7 24 (4.60%) CRISC
8 16 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.68%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.30%) Azure Certification
10 12 (2.30%) DV Cleared
11 11 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (1.92%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.72%) FFIEC
14 8 (1.53%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (1.34%) ISACA
15 7 (1.34%) OSCP
15 7 (1.34%) SANS
15 7 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 92 (17.62%) NIST
3 75 (14.37%) Data Quality
4 66 (12.64%) PCI DSS
5 46 (8.81%) GRC
6 44 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 34 (6.51%) SOC 2
8 33 (6.32%) QA
9 31 (5.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 28 (5.36%) Accessibility
11 27 (5.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 20 (3.83%) COBIT
13 18 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 16 (3.07%) ISO 9001
14 16 (3.07%) NCSC
15 15 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 15 (2.87%) PERC
16 10 (1.92%) ISO 22301
17 7 (1.34%) NIST 800
17 7 (1.34%) SOC 1
System Software
1 21 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.34%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.57%) Docker
3 3 (0.57%) Firmware
3 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.19%) IAG
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.96%) CASB
4 4 (0.77%) Nmap
5 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.38%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 138 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.47%) Google
3 21 (4.02%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.26%) Oracle
5 16 (3.07%) SAP
6 15 (2.87%) HubSpot
7 12 (2.30%) Databricks
8 11 (2.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 10 (1.92%) Informatica
10 9 (1.72%) iManage
11 6 (1.15%) IFS
11 6 (1.15%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.96%) Infor
12 5 (0.96%) Sophos
12 5 (0.96%) Talend
13 4 (0.77%) Cisco
13 4 (0.77%) Dell
13 4 (0.77%) Epicor
13 4 (0.77%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.77%) SolarWinds