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

 6 months to
12 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 175 281
Rank change year-on-year +56 +106 -37
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 423 307 391
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.15% 2.03% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.37% 10.76% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 261 230 318
10th Percentile £38,500 £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 £83,750 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £90,750
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 3,163 2,852 4,303
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.06% 18.86% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,031 1,522 3,254
10th Percentile £35,750 £34,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,104 £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 £79,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.95% +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 12 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 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.18%) WordPress
3 4 (0.95%) Confluence
4 3 (0.71%) CMS
5 2 (0.47%) Apache
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.24%) Moodle
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.47%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) InDesign
7 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.18%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.71%) Aareon QL
3 3 (0.71%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.71%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.71%) OPENHousing
3 3 (0.71%) Orchard Housing
3 3 (0.71%) 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 (22.93%) Azure
2 65 (15.37%) Power Platform
3 48 (11.35%) SaaS
4 40 (9.46%) AWS
5 33 (7.80%) Microsoft Purview
6 28 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (4.02%) GCP
9 16 (3.78%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (2.36%) Google Analytics
12 9 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (2.13%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.89%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.42%) GitHub
14 6 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.86%) Firewall
2 20 (4.73%) CHAP
3 17 (4.02%) Broadband
3 17 (4.02%) Network Security
4 10 (2.36%) DNS
5 6 (1.42%) DMZ
5 6 (1.42%) Internet
5 6 (1.42%) VPN
6 4 (0.95%) DHCP
6 4 (0.95%) SMS
6 4 (0.95%) VLAN
7 3 (0.71%) NGN
7 3 (0.71%) SCCP
7 3 (0.71%) WAN
7 3 (0.71%) Wireless
8 2 (0.47%) LAN
8 2 (0.47%) SSL
8 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.24%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (12.29%) Power BI
2 22 (5.20%) Relational Database
3 21 (4.96%) Tableau
4 17 (4.02%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.84%) Metadata
5 12 (2.84%) Oracle Database
6 10 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.95%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.95%) Power Query
11 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.71%) Big Data
11 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.71%) MySQL
12 2 (0.47%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.47%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.42%) JIRA
2 3 (0.71%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.47%) Git
3 2 (0.47%) MLflow
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) NUnit
General
1 183 (43.26%) Social Skills
2 120 (28.37%) Finance
3 107 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (16.08%) Legal
5 37 (8.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (8.04%) Law
7 30 (7.09%) Public Sector
8 28 (6.62%) Banking
8 28 (6.62%) Marketing
9 27 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (5.44%) Games
11 20 (4.73%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.31%) Retail
13 12 (2.84%) Manufacturing
14 10 (2.36%) Advertising
14 10 (2.36%) Social Housing
15 6 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.42%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.18%) German Language
Job Titles
1 42 (9.93%) Senior
2 40 (9.46%) Analyst
3 30 (7.09%) Security Manager
4 24 (5.67%) Architect
5 22 (5.20%) Information Manager
5 22 (5.20%) Information Security Manager
6 21 (4.96%) Consultant
7 20 (4.73%) Auditor
7 20 (4.73%) Data Engineer
7 20 (4.73%) Lead
8 19 (4.49%) Internal Auditor
8 19 (4.49%) Security Auditor
9 16 (3.78%) Administrator
10 15 (3.55%) Data Manager
11 14 (3.31%) Data Governance Analyst
11 14 (3.31%) Data Governance Manager
11 14 (3.31%) Governance Manager
12 13 (3.07%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 13 (3.07%) Head of Operations
13 12 (2.84%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.02%) HTML
2 12 (2.84%) CSS
3 10 (2.36%) .NET
4 7 (1.65%) JSON
4 7 (1.65%) React
5 6 (1.42%) RESTful
6 5 (1.18%) Node.js
6 5 (1.18%) Web Services
7 4 (0.95%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.95%) jQuery
8 3 (0.71%) HTML5
8 3 (0.71%) LDAP
8 3 (0.71%) Middleware
8 3 (0.71%) Next.js
9 2 (0.47%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.47%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.47%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.47%) REST
9 2 (0.47%) Smarty
9 2 (0.47%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.53%) Management Information System
2 33 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.15%) Security Posture
4 24 (5.67%) Data Protection Act
5 22 (5.20%) Cyber Threat
5 22 (5.20%) Onboarding
6 17 (4.02%) Cloud Native
7 15 (3.55%) PKI
8 13 (3.07%) Social Media
9 12 (2.84%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.84%) Cyberattack
10 11 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (2.13%) Blockchain
12 9 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
12 9 (2.13%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.89%) Driving Licence
14 7 (1.65%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.84%) Windows
2 6 (1.42%) Linux
3 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.47%) Android
4 2 (0.47%) 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
1 146 (34.52%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (26.48%) Data Protection
3 106 (25.06%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (22.46%) Information Security
5 92 (21.75%) Analytics
6 88 (20.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 82 (19.39%) Decision-Making
8 77 (18.20%) Risk Management
9 74 (17.49%) Incident Response
9 74 (17.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 73 (17.26%) AI
11 70 (16.55%) Data Governance
12 64 (15.13%) Agile
13 63 (14.89%) CRM
14 61 (14.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 59 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
16 55 (13.00%) Project Management
17 48 (11.35%) Vulnerability Management
18 44 (10.40%) Cloud Security
19 43 (10.17%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.67%) SQL
2 15 (3.55%) Python
3 12 (2.84%) JavaScript
3 12 (2.84%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.42%) Bicep
5 4 (0.95%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.71%) C
6 3 (0.71%) C#
6 3 (0.71%) Pascal
6 3 (0.71%) PHP
6 3 (0.71%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.71%) VB.NET
6 3 (0.71%) VBA
7 1 (0.24%) ABAP
7 1 (0.24%) Bash
7 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 64 (15.13%) CISSP
2 50 (11.82%) CISM
3 47 (11.11%) Degree
3 47 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 37 (8.75%) SC Cleared
5 35 (8.27%) CISA
6 22 (5.20%) DV Cleared
6 22 (5.20%) FFIEC
7 21 (4.96%) SANS
8 20 (4.73%) CGEIT
9 16 (3.78%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.84%) Azure Certification
11 11 (2.60%) HNC
12 10 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (2.36%) CRISC
13 9 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.89%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.65%) CREST Certified
16 6 (1.42%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (24.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (22.70%) NIST
3 64 (15.13%) Data Quality
4 56 (13.24%) PCI DSS
5 38 (8.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 31 (7.33%) QA
7 28 (6.62%) COBIT
8 25 (5.91%) Accessibility
8 25 (5.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 21 (4.96%) GRC
10 20 (4.73%) NCSC
11 17 (4.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 14 (3.31%) SOC 2
13 13 (3.07%) Actionable Recommendations
14 12 (2.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (2.13%) HIPAA
15 9 (2.13%) PERC
16 8 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 7 (1.65%) ISO 9001
17 7 (1.65%) JSP 440
System Software
1 11 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.18%) 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 (3.78%) Terraform
2 4 (0.95%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.71%) Ansible
4 2 (0.47%) CASB
4 2 (0.47%) 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 99 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.33%) Google
3 18 (4.26%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.78%) Oracle
5 9 (2.13%) Databricks
6 6 (1.42%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.42%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 6 (1.42%) SAP
7 4 (0.95%) Freshdesk
7 4 (0.95%) Orchard
7 4 (0.95%) Sage
7 4 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.95%) Sophos
8 3 (0.71%) Aareon
8 3 (0.71%) Capita
8 3 (0.71%) dotdigital
8 3 (0.71%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.71%) iManage
8 3 (0.71%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.71%) Workday
232 hybrid/remote GDPR jobs