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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 199 231
Rank change year-on-year +80 +32 +72
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 359 314 301
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.33% 1.59% 1.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.54% 10.58% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 238 154 270
10th Percentile £40,875 £36,576 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,400 £45,188 £51,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £67,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +12.04% +4.78%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,938
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £92,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 2,652 2,969 3,312
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.18% 14.99% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,663 1,596 2,642
10th Percentile £33,900 £35,750 £37,412
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,000 £47,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £79,169
90th Percentile £96,650 £100,000 £93,625
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.68%

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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 16 November 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 25 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.23%) CMS
3 7 (1.95%) Anypoint
3 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.11%) Moodle
4 4 (1.11%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (2.23%) SAP HCM
3 8 (2.23%) SAP HR
3 8 (2.23%) SAP Payroll
3 8 (2.23%) Shopify
3 8 (2.23%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.11%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.56%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.56%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.28%) iTrent
6 1 (0.28%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 125 (34.82%) Azure
2 61 (16.99%) AWS
3 45 (12.53%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (9.19%) Power Platform
5 32 (8.91%) GCP
6 23 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (6.13%) Azure Logic Apps
8 21 (5.85%) SaaS
9 19 (5.29%) Entra ID
10 18 (5.01%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (4.46%) Azure Service Bus
11 16 (4.46%) GitHub
12 15 (4.18%) Boomi
13 14 (3.90%) SuccessFactors
14 12 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (3.34%) Google Analytics
15 11 (3.06%) Power Automate
16 9 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (2.51%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.52%) Firewall
2 10 (2.79%) Network Security
3 8 (2.23%) VPN
4 7 (1.95%) DNS
5 4 (1.11%) CHAP
6 3 (0.84%) HTTP
6 3 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.84%) VLAN
7 2 (0.56%) DMZ
7 2 (0.56%) Internet
7 2 (0.56%) S/MIME
7 2 (0.56%) SSL
7 2 (0.56%) X.509
8 1 (0.28%) DHCP
8 1 (0.28%) Intranet
8 1 (0.28%) SMS
8 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.52%) Power BI
2 12 (3.34%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.06%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.51%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.67%) Tableau
7 5 (1.39%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.11%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.84%) Metadata
9 3 (0.84%) MySQL
10 2 (0.56%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.56%) Looker
10 2 (0.56%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.56%) Power Query
10 2 (0.56%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (3.62%) Git
2 10 (2.79%) JIRA
3 7 (1.95%) MSBuild
4 6 (1.67%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (1.67%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (1.67%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.11%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.84%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.28%) Maven
7 1 (0.28%) Postman
7 1 (0.28%) Vite
7 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 142 (39.55%) Social Skills
2 103 (28.69%) Finance
3 66 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (17.27%) Legal
5 40 (11.14%) Law
6 35 (9.75%) Marketing
7 30 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (7.24%) Retail
9 20 (5.57%) Banking
10 13 (3.62%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.23%) Advertising
12 8 (2.23%) Financial Institution
12 8 (2.23%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.95%) French Language
13 7 (1.95%) Military
13 7 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.39%) Hungarian Language
Job Titles
1 68 (18.94%) Senior
2 50 (13.93%) Analyst
3 33 (9.19%) Architect
4 25 (6.96%) Lead
5 17 (4.74%) Security Manager
6 16 (4.46%) HR Advisor
6 16 (4.46%) Security Engineer
7 15 (4.18%) Integration Engineer
8 13 (3.62%) Administrator
8 13 (3.62%) IT Manager
8 13 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
9 12 (3.34%) Linux Engineer
9 12 (3.34%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (3.06%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (3.06%) SAP Analyst
10 11 (3.06%) Senior Manager
11 10 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.79%) Technical Architect
12 9 (2.51%) Information Manager
12 9 (2.51%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.69%) REST
2 22 (6.13%) JSON
3 17 (4.74%) HTML
3 17 (4.74%) RESTful
4 15 (4.18%) CSS
5 14 (3.90%) SOAP
5 14 (3.90%) Web Services
6 13 (3.62%) XML
7 12 (3.34%) .NET
8 10 (2.79%) OAuth
8 10 (2.79%) OAuth2
9 8 (2.23%) SAML
9 8 (2.23%) SAP Fiori
10 7 (1.95%) ASP.NET
11 6 (1.67%) Bootstrap
11 6 (1.67%) gRPC
11 6 (1.67%) Kafka
11 6 (1.67%) Node.js
12 5 (1.39%) Middleware
12 5 (1.39%) React
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.26%) Management Information System
2 27 (7.52%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.69%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.62%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.06%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.79%) Social Media
7 9 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.51%) PKI
8 8 (2.23%) e-Learning
8 8 (2.23%) Learning Management System
8 8 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.95%) Cloud Security Posture
9 7 (1.95%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.67%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.39%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.80%) Windows
2 27 (7.52%) Linux
3 7 (1.95%) Unix
4 4 (1.11%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.84%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.56%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
7 1 (0.28%) Solaris
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (20.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (17.83%) DevOps
4 63 (17.55%) Incident Response
5 62 (17.27%) Data Protection
6 60 (16.71%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (15.88%) Agile
7 57 (15.88%) CRM
8 55 (15.32%) Information Security
9 54 (15.04%) CI/CD
10 53 (14.76%) Decision-Making
11 52 (14.48%) Analytics
12 48 (13.37%) Roadmaps
13 47 (13.09%) Risk Management
14 41 (11.42%) Data Security
15 36 (10.03%) AI
16 34 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
17 32 (8.91%) Coaching
17 32 (8.91%) Data Privacy
17 32 (8.91%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 58 (16.16%) Python
2 52 (14.48%) SQL
3 31 (8.64%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.08%) PowerShell
5 25 (6.96%) C#
6 20 (5.57%) Bash
6 20 (5.57%) Java
7 12 (3.34%) Perl
8 11 (3.06%) Bicep
9 8 (2.23%) ABAP
10 5 (1.39%) R
10 5 (1.39%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.11%) Go
11 4 (1.11%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.56%) Groovy
12 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.56%) PHP
12 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (17.83%) Degree
2 44 (12.26%) CISSP
3 37 (10.31%) CISM
4 35 (9.75%) Security Cleared
5 26 (7.24%) SC Cleared
6 23 (6.41%) AWS Certification
7 22 (6.13%) Azure Certification
8 19 (5.29%) CISA
9 17 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (3.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (3.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (2.79%) DBS Check
13 6 (1.67%) CBAP
13 6 (1.67%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.39%) CREST Certified
14 5 (1.39%) CRISC
14 5 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (21.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (18.66%) NIST
3 29 (8.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (5.85%) PCI DSS
5 19 (5.29%) SOC 2
6 18 (5.01%) HIPAA
6 18 (5.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (4.74%) Data Quality
8 16 (4.46%) GRC
9 15 (4.18%) Accessibility
10 14 (3.90%) NCSC
11 10 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (2.51%) SLA
13 7 (1.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (1.95%) PERC
13 7 (1.95%) QA
14 6 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (1.67%) COBIT
14 6 (1.67%) EU AI Act
15 5 (1.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (8.36%) Docker
2 23 (6.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Postfix
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.29%) Terraform
3 14 (3.90%) Ansible
4 13 (3.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.34%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (3.06%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.84%) Grafana
7 3 (0.84%) Nessus
7 3 (0.84%) Nmap
7 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.84%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.56%) Puppet
9 1 (0.28%) Argo
9 1 (0.28%) Autotask
Vendors
1 95 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.91%) Workday
3 28 (7.80%) Google
4 27 (7.52%) ServiceNow
5 23 (6.41%) SAP
6 19 (5.29%) Salesforce
7 17 (4.74%) MuleSoft
8 14 (3.90%) Red Hat
9 12 (3.34%) Oracle
10 10 (2.79%) IBM
11 9 (2.51%) Informatica
12 8 (2.23%) Ab Initio
13 7 (1.95%) Dell
13 7 (1.95%) Epicor
13 7 (1.95%) Infor
13 7 (1.95%) Jitterbit
13 7 (1.95%) SnapLogic
13 7 (1.95%) Software AG
13 7 (1.95%) Talend
13 7 (1.95%) TIBCO