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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 164 280
Rank change year-on-year +33 +116 -26
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 366 305 358
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.01% 2.19% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.82% 11.30% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 237 231 310
10th Percentile £38,100 £37,716 £28,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £49,913
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +30.23% -9.97%
75th Percentile £86,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £98,474 £87,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +39.78% -15.45%

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 3,096 2,699 4,178
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.03% 19.41% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,862 1,591 3,255
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,406 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 4 May 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 8 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.09%) Confluence
2 4 (1.09%) WordPress
3 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.82%) CMS
4 2 (0.55%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 31 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.55%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.55%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.27%) InDesign
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.19%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.09%) SAP HCM
3 4 (1.09%) SAP HR
3 4 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.82%) Magento
4 3 (0.82%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.55%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.27%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 103 (28.14%) Azure
2 44 (12.02%) AWS
3 40 (10.93%) Power Platform
4 27 (7.38%) SaaS
5 23 (6.28%) GCP
6 21 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (4.64%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (3.83%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (3.55%) GitHub
10 13 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.73%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (2.46%) Entra ID
14 8 (2.19%) Azure Event Grid
15 7 (1.91%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (1.64%) Google Analytics
16 6 (1.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.20%) Firewall
2 27 (7.38%) CHAP
3 13 (3.55%) DNS
3 13 (3.55%) Network Security
4 12 (3.28%) Broadband
5 6 (1.64%) DMZ
5 6 (1.64%) VPN
6 5 (1.37%) Internet
6 5 (1.37%) SSL
7 4 (1.09%) DHCP
8 3 (0.82%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.82%) NGN
8 3 (0.82%) SCCP
8 3 (0.82%) VLAN
8 3 (0.82%) WAN
9 2 (0.55%) LAN
9 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.55%) Wireless
10 1 (0.27%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.29%) Power BI
2 17 (4.64%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.37%) Relational Database
4 13 (3.55%) Metadata
5 12 (3.28%) Oracle Database
6 11 (3.01%) Tableau
7 10 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.09%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.09%) Power Query
10 3 (0.82%) Big Data
10 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.55%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.55%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.55%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.55%) MySQL
11 2 (0.55%) Redis
11 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.55%) Git
2 2 (0.55%) MLflow
3 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 158 (43.17%) Social Skills
2 119 (32.51%) Finance
3 83 (22.68%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (15.03%) Legal
5 34 (9.29%) Banking
6 32 (8.74%) Public Sector
7 27 (7.38%) Financial Institution
8 25 (6.83%) Marketing
9 22 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (5.19%) Law
11 17 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (4.37%) Games
12 16 (4.37%) Retail
13 12 (3.28%) Advertising
14 11 (3.01%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.37%) French Language
16 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
17 4 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (1.09%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 39 (10.66%) Senior
2 30 (8.20%) Analyst
3 27 (7.38%) Auditor
3 27 (7.38%) Security Manager
4 26 (7.10%) Internal Auditor
4 26 (7.10%) Security Auditor
5 24 (6.56%) Architect
6 21 (5.74%) Data Engineer
6 21 (5.74%) Information Manager
7 19 (5.19%) Information Security Manager
8 15 (4.10%) Consultant
9 14 (3.83%) Administrator
9 14 (3.83%) Lead
10 13 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (3.01%) Senior Manager
12 10 (2.73%) Head of Operations
12 10 (2.73%) Risk Manager
12 10 (2.73%) Security Analyst
13 9 (2.46%) Data Architect
14 8 (2.19%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.28%) HTML
2 11 (3.01%) JSON
2 11 (3.01%) RESTful
3 10 (2.73%) .NET
3 10 (2.73%) CSS
3 10 (2.73%) OAuth
3 10 (2.73%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.37%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.09%) HTML5
5 4 (1.09%) jQuery
5 4 (1.09%) REST
5 4 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.82%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (0.82%) Middleware
7 2 (0.55%) Kafka
7 2 (0.55%) Node.js
7 2 (0.55%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.55%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 64 (17.49%) Management Information System
2 25 (6.83%) Onboarding
2 25 (6.83%) Security Posture
3 18 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (4.37%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.37%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (3.55%) Blockchain
5 13 (3.55%) PKI
6 12 (3.28%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.46%) Blog
7 9 (2.46%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.19%) Cloud Security Posture
8 8 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.91%) Social Media
9 7 (1.91%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.64%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.64%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.64%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.55%) Windows
2 6 (1.64%) Linux
3 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
3 3 (0.82%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) AIX
4 1 (0.27%) Android
4 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.27%) CentOS
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (36.07%) Cybersecurity
2 101 (27.60%) Data Protection
3 95 (25.96%) Analytics
4 84 (22.95%) Information Security
5 83 (22.68%) Incident Response
5 83 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (19.95%) Risk Management
7 69 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 60 (16.39%) Decision-Making
10 56 (15.30%) Data Governance
10 56 (15.30%) Project Management
11 52 (14.21%) Agile
11 52 (14.21%) AI
12 50 (13.66%) Vulnerability Management
13 46 (12.57%) Validation
14 43 (11.75%) CRM
15 42 (11.48%) Coaching
16 41 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
17 39 (10.66%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 21 (5.74%) SQL
2 15 (4.10%) Bicep
2 15 (4.10%) Python
3 14 (3.83%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.91%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.64%) C#
6 5 (1.37%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.09%) ABAP
8 3 (0.82%) C
8 3 (0.82%) Pascal
8 3 (0.82%) VBA
9 2 (0.55%) Go
9 2 (0.55%) PHP
9 2 (0.55%) R
10 1 (0.27%) Bash
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.27%) Java
10 1 (0.27%) Scala
10 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (16.39%) Degree
2 55 (15.03%) CISSP
3 47 (12.84%) Security Cleared
4 46 (12.57%) CISM
5 35 (9.56%) CISA
5 35 (9.56%) SC Cleared
6 27 (7.38%) CGEIT
6 27 (7.38%) FFIEC
6 27 (7.38%) SANS
7 19 (5.19%) DV Cleared
8 13 (3.55%) DBS Check
9 11 (3.01%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.01%) HNC
10 8 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.91%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.91%) CREST Certified
11 7 (1.91%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (1.64%) IRCA
12 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (25.14%) NIST
2 89 (24.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (13.39%) Data Quality
4 45 (12.30%) PCI DSS
5 33 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 30 (8.20%) COBIT
7 24 (6.56%) GRC
7 24 (6.56%) QA
8 21 (5.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (5.19%) Accessibility
9 19 (5.19%) NCSC
10 17 (4.64%) SOC 2
11 12 (3.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (2.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 10 (2.73%) HIPAA
13 9 (2.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (1.91%) JSP 440
14 7 (1.91%) PERC
15 6 (1.64%) IFRS
15 6 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 7 (1.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.09%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (6.28%) Terraform
2 5 (1.37%) Ansible
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.09%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.82%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.55%) Grafana
5 2 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) CASB
6 1 (0.27%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.27%) SCCM
6 1 (0.27%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.56%) Google
3 17 (4.64%) Oracle
4 15 (4.10%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.73%) SAP
6 9 (2.46%) Databricks
7 8 (2.19%) Ab Initio
8 6 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.64%) Workday
9 5 (1.37%) Sage
10 4 (1.09%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.09%) HubSpot
10 4 (1.09%) Sophos
11 3 (0.82%) Adobe
11 3 (0.82%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.82%) Motorola
11 3 (0.82%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.82%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.55%) HP
287 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs