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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 183 238
Rank change year-on-year +61 +55 +66
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 335 331 262
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.20% 1.87% 1.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.57% 11.39% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 221 178 236
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,651 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £44,063 £51,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £88,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% +4.55%

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 2,665 2,907 3,074
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.47% 16.44% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 1,623 2,422
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,150 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +3.74% +4.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £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

GDPR
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GDPR over the 6 months to 15 December 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 21 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.09%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.19%) CMS
3 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.90%) WordPress
5 2 (0.60%) Moodle
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 22 (6.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.99%) SAP HCM
2 10 (2.99%) SAP HR
2 10 (2.99%) SAP Payroll
3 8 (2.39%) Shopify
3 8 (2.39%) Workday HCM
4 7 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.90%) Magento
5 3 (0.90%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.30%) iTrent
7 1 (0.30%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 117 (34.93%) Azure
2 57 (17.01%) AWS
3 48 (14.33%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (8.36%) GCP
4 28 (8.36%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.87%) Azure Logic Apps
6 22 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (6.57%) SaaS
7 21 (6.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (5.67%) Azure Service Bus
8 19 (5.67%) Entra ID
9 18 (5.37%) GitHub
10 17 (5.07%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (4.48%) Boomi
12 13 (3.88%) Azure Event Grid
12 13 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
13 12 (3.58%) Power Automate
13 12 (3.58%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (2.39%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.27%) Firewall
2 10 (2.99%) DNS
3 7 (2.09%) CHAP
4 6 (1.79%) Network Security
5 5 (1.49%) VPN
6 4 (1.19%) DMZ
7 3 (0.90%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.90%) HTTP
7 3 (0.90%) SSL
7 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.90%) VLAN
8 2 (0.60%) Internet
9 1 (0.30%) Broadband
9 1 (0.30%) DHCP
9 1 (0.30%) Intranet
9 1 (0.30%) SMS
9 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.16%) Power BI
2 9 (2.69%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.79%) Tableau
5 5 (1.49%) Metadata
5 5 (1.49%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.19%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.90%) Redis
8 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.60%) Power Query
8 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.30%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (2.69%) JIRA
2 7 (2.09%) Git
3 4 (1.19%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.90%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.90%) MSBuild
4 3 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.30%) Vite
5 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 140 (41.79%) Social Skills
2 104 (31.04%) Finance
3 62 (18.51%) Legal
4 55 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (9.85%) Law
6 28 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (7.16%) Marketing
8 23 (6.87%) Retail
9 22 (6.57%) Banking
10 19 (5.67%) Public Sector
11 11 (3.28%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.69%) French Language
12 9 (2.69%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (2.09%) Advertising
14 7 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.79%) Military
16 5 (1.49%) Hungarian Language
16 5 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (17.31%) Senior
2 34 (10.15%) Analyst
3 20 (5.97%) Architect
3 20 (5.97%) Integration Engineer
3 20 (5.97%) Lead
4 18 (5.37%) HR Advisor
5 17 (5.07%) Security Manager
6 16 (4.78%) IT Manager
7 13 (3.88%) Administrator
8 12 (3.58%) Platform Engineer
9 11 (3.28%) Information Manager
9 11 (3.28%) Linux Engineer
9 11 (3.28%) Security Engineer
10 10 (2.99%) Automation Engineer
10 10 (2.99%) SAP Support
11 9 (2.69%) Head of Cybersecurity
11 9 (2.69%) Senior Manager
11 9 (2.69%) Support Engineer
12 8 (2.39%) Head of IT
12 8 (2.39%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.57%) JSON
2 21 (6.27%) REST
3 19 (5.67%) RESTful
4 16 (4.78%) OAuth
4 16 (4.78%) OAuth2
5 13 (3.88%) SOAP
5 13 (3.88%) Web Services
6 10 (2.99%) .NET
6 10 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
7 9 (2.69%) HTML
7 9 (2.69%) XML
8 8 (2.39%) CSS
8 8 (2.39%) SAML
9 5 (1.49%) Kafka
10 4 (1.19%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.19%) Middleware
11 3 (0.90%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.90%) Bootstrap
11 3 (0.90%) EDI
11 3 (0.90%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.84%) Management Information System
2 35 (10.45%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.97%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.78%) Security Posture
5 10 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.69%) Cloud Security Posture
6 9 (2.69%) PKI
7 8 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.39%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.79%) Blog
9 6 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.49%) Learning Management System
10 5 (1.49%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.49%) Social Media
10 5 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.19%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.06%) Linux
2 22 (6.57%) Windows
3 7 (2.09%) Unix
4 4 (1.19%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.30%) CentOS
6 1 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (21.19%) Cybersecurity
3 68 (20.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 65 (19.40%) Incident Response
5 64 (19.10%) Data Protection
6 58 (17.31%) Information Security
7 57 (17.01%) DevOps
8 56 (16.72%) CI/CD
9 54 (16.12%) Analytics
10 53 (15.82%) CRM
11 50 (14.93%) Agile
11 50 (14.93%) Decision-Making
11 50 (14.93%) Risk Management
12 43 (12.84%) Roadmaps
13 35 (10.45%) AI
13 35 (10.45%) Coaching
14 34 (10.15%) Data Security
15 32 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
16 31 (9.25%) Cloud Security
16 31 (9.25%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 45 (13.43%) Python
2 35 (10.45%) SQL
3 26 (7.76%) PowerShell
4 21 (6.27%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.67%) C#
6 17 (5.07%) Bicep
7 16 (4.78%) Bash
8 15 (4.48%) Java
9 11 (3.28%) Perl
10 10 (2.99%) ABAP
11 5 (1.49%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.19%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.19%) R
13 3 (0.90%) Go
13 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.60%) Scala
15 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 57 (17.01%) Degree
2 48 (14.33%) CISSP
3 41 (12.24%) CISM
4 31 (9.25%) Security Cleared
5 22 (6.57%) SC Cleared
6 21 (6.27%) CISA
7 17 (5.07%) Azure Certification
8 16 (4.78%) AWS Certification
9 15 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (3.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (3.28%) DBS Check
13 10 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (2.69%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (2.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.39%) CGEIT
16 7 (2.09%) FFIEC
16 7 (2.09%) SANS
17 6 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (1.79%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (23.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (20.00%) NIST
3 30 (8.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (6.57%) PCI DSS
5 20 (5.97%) Data Quality
6 19 (5.67%) GRC
6 19 (5.67%) SOC 2
7 16 (4.78%) NCSC
8 14 (4.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (2.99%) Accessibility
9 10 (2.99%) HIPAA
10 9 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (2.39%) COBIT
12 7 (2.09%) QA
13 6 (1.79%) EU AI Act
13 6 (1.79%) SLA
14 5 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 5 (1.49%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (5.97%) Docker
2 16 (4.78%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.30%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Postfix
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (7.16%) Terraform
2 19 (5.67%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.48%) Ansible
3 15 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (2.99%) Red Hat Satellite
5 9 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.19%) Grafana
6 4 (1.19%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.90%) Nessus
7 3 (0.90%) Nmap
7 3 (0.90%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.60%) Puppet
9 1 (0.30%) Argo
9 1 (0.30%) Autotask
9 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 81 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.45%) Workday
3 28 (8.36%) ServiceNow
4 20 (5.97%) SAP
5 19 (5.67%) Salesforce
6 17 (5.07%) MuleSoft
7 16 (4.78%) Google
8 13 (3.88%) Ab Initio
8 13 (3.88%) Red Hat
9 12 (3.58%) Oracle
10 10 (2.99%) IBM
11 7 (2.09%) Dell
11 7 (2.09%) Epicor
11 7 (2.09%) Infor
11 7 (2.09%) Informatica
11 7 (2.09%) Jitterbit
11 7 (2.09%) SnapLogic
11 7 (2.09%) Software AG
11 7 (2.09%) Talend
11 7 (2.09%) TIBCO