GDPR Contracts with Work from Home Options

General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (GDPR)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 238 226
Rank change year-on-year +78 -12 +53
Contract jobs citing GDPR 194 250 521
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.29% 1.00% 1.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.91% 8.15% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 171 324
10th Percentile £333 £400 £327
25th Percentile £425 £446 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £614
90th Percentile £735 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 4
10th Percentile - £17.50 £23.53
25th Percentile £11.00 £18.70 £25.28
Median hourly rate £14.92 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.27% +9.09% -10.86%
75th Percentile £27.50 £65.00 £46.56
90th Percentile £27.53 £66.00 £78.63
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +21.05% -26.92% +2.97%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

GDPR is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,178 3,067 5,831
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.45% 12.22% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 2,244 4,151
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £419 £420 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +4.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 64 118
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.56 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.02 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 £39.80 £42.73
Median % change year-on-year -40.95% -6.85% +112.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.28 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +26.13% +31.99%

GDPR
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GDPR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GDPR trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GDPR.

GDPR daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GDPR
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GDPR over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

GDPR daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GDPR.

GDPR hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GDPR
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GDPR over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

GDPR hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GDPR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (7.22%) Confluence
2 8 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.06%) Apache Solr
3 4 (2.06%) nginx
4 3 (1.55%) SAS
5 2 (1.03%) CICS
Applications
1 13 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.12%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.06%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (3.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.55%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (1.55%) FastStats
2 3 (1.55%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.55%) Unica
3 2 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (18.04%) Azure
2 19 (9.79%) AWS
3 16 (8.25%) GCP
4 12 (6.19%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (6.19%) SaaS
5 8 (4.12%) IaaS
5 8 (4.12%) Nutanix
6 7 (3.61%) PaaS
6 7 (3.61%) Rubrik
7 6 (3.09%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.58%) Collibra
8 5 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.06%) Oracle CX
9 4 (2.06%) Twilio
10 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.55%) OCI
11 2 (1.03%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.28%) Firewall
2 17 (8.76%) DNS
3 16 (8.25%) TCP/IP
4 12 (6.19%) DHCP
5 7 (3.61%) Kerberos
5 7 (3.61%) NAS
5 7 (3.61%) SAN
5 7 (3.61%) VLAN
6 4 (2.06%) CTI
6 4 (2.06%) HTTPS
6 4 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.06%) IPsec
6 4 (2.06%) tcpdump
6 4 (2.06%) VoIP
6 4 (2.06%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.55%) Network Security
8 2 (1.03%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.52%) Intranet
9 1 (0.52%) SSL
9 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.79%) Metadata
2 10 (5.15%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.61%) MySQL
3 7 (3.61%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.06%) Apache Hive
4 4 (2.06%) Couchbase
4 4 (2.06%) Hadoop
4 4 (2.06%) Tableau
5 3 (1.55%) Power BI
5 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.03%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.03%) DB2
6 2 (1.03%) OLTP
7 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.52%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (7.22%) ERwin
2 13 (6.70%) JIRA
3 8 (4.12%) Git
4 7 (3.61%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.61%) TeamCity
5 4 (2.06%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.52%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 47 (24.23%) Finance
2 45 (23.20%) Social Skills
3 39 (20.10%) Legal
4 38 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (13.92%) Public Sector
6 20 (10.31%) Retail
7 19 (9.79%) Marketing
8 18 (9.28%) Telecoms
9 17 (8.76%) Manufacturing
10 16 (8.25%) Law
11 13 (6.70%) Electronics
12 10 (5.15%) Police
13 9 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (4.12%) Banking
15 3 (1.55%) Automotive
15 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (1.03%) Local Government
16 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
17 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 47 (24.23%) Architect
2 23 (11.86%) Consultant
3 19 (9.79%) Data Architect
4 18 (9.28%) Analyst
5 17 (8.76%) Data Consultant
6 14 (7.22%) Data Protection Consultant
6 14 (7.22%) Enterprise Architect
6 14 (7.22%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (5.67%) Enterprise Data Architect
8 10 (5.15%) Senior
9 8 (4.12%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.61%) Business Analyst
11 6 (3.09%) Coordinator
11 6 (3.09%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.09%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (2.58%) Developer
12 5 (2.58%) Governance Analyst
12 5 (2.58%) Lead
12 5 (2.58%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.58%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.12%) JSON
2 7 (3.61%) LDAP
3 4 (2.06%) JSON Schema
3 4 (2.06%) LEMP Stack
3 4 (2.06%) Middleware
3 4 (2.06%) OLE
3 4 (2.06%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (2.06%) Web Services
3 4 (2.06%) YAML
4 3 (1.55%) .NET
4 3 (1.55%) REST
5 2 (1.03%) CSS
5 2 (1.03%) FIDO
5 2 (1.03%) HTML
5 2 (1.03%) RESTful
6 1 (0.52%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.52%) MERN Stack
6 1 (0.52%) Node.js
6 1 (0.52%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.52%) Sphinx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.37%) Data Protection Act
2 19 (9.79%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.19%) Wiki
4 8 (4.12%) Clustering
5 7 (3.61%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.61%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.61%) Replication
6 6 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (2.06%) IVR
8 4 (2.06%) YARA
9 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.55%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.03%) Contactless
10 2 (1.03%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.03%) Reinsurance
10 2 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.79%) Linux
2 16 (8.25%) Windows
3 8 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (4.12%) Solaris
3 8 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.61%) Oracle Linux
5 4 (2.06%) CentOS
5 4 (2.06%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.06%) Windows 7
5 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.03%) zOS
7 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (36.60%) Data Protection
2 42 (21.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (21.65%) Data Governance
3 37 (19.07%) Agile
4 34 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (17.01%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (17.01%) Data Management
6 32 (16.49%) Data Privacy
7 31 (15.98%) Information Security
8 30 (15.46%) Data Modelling
9 27 (13.92%) DevOps
10 24 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
11 22 (11.34%) Data Strategy
11 22 (11.34%) Migration
12 19 (9.79%) Data Security
12 19 (9.79%) Project Management
13 16 (8.25%) CRM
14 15 (7.73%) Physical Data Model
15 14 (7.22%) Data Flow Diagram
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.76%) SQL
2 15 (7.73%) Python
3 11 (5.67%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.64%) C#
5 8 (4.12%) Bash
5 8 (4.12%) Java
6 5 (2.58%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.06%) PHP
7 4 (2.06%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.06%) VBScript
8 3 (1.55%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.03%) C++
9 2 (1.03%) COBOL
9 2 (1.03%) REXX
10 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.52%) Groovy
10 1 (0.52%) Perl
10 1 (0.52%) Ruby
10 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (14.43%) Degree
2 26 (13.40%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.70%) CISSP
4 9 (4.64%) CISM
4 9 (4.64%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.58%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.58%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.06%) CISA
7 3 (1.55%) CRISC
8 2 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.03%) CIPD
8 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) GIAC
9 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (13.92%) Data Quality
3 26 (13.40%) NIST
4 18 (9.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 15 (7.73%) PCI DSS
6 11 (5.67%) HIPAA
7 9 (4.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (4.12%) QA
9 7 (3.61%) GRC
10 6 (3.09%) PSD2
10 6 (3.09%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (1.55%) PMO
12 2 (1.03%) Automotive SPICE
12 2 (1.03%) AUTOSAR
12 2 (1.03%) COBIT
13 1 (0.52%) COSO
13 1 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
13 1 (0.52%) GxP
13 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.64%) Docker
4 4 (2.06%) Snort
4 4 (2.06%) XenApp
5 1 (0.52%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (7.22%) Terraform
2 13 (6.70%) Kubernetes
3 12 (6.19%) Ansible
4 7 (3.61%) EMC NetWorker
4 7 (3.61%) Netcool
4 7 (3.61%) Tivoli
4 7 (3.61%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (2.06%) Kibana
5 4 (2.06%) SCCM
6 1 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.52%) SELinux
6 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (19.07%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.40%) Oracle
3 20 (10.31%) SAP
4 16 (8.25%) Google
5 12 (6.19%) Sparx
6 11 (5.67%) Cisco
6 11 (5.67%) Splunk
7 10 (5.15%) VMware
8 9 (4.64%) CyberArk
9 8 (4.12%) HP
9 8 (4.12%) IBM
9 8 (4.12%) OneTrust
9 8 (4.12%) Salesforce
10 7 (3.61%) Dell
10 7 (3.61%) EMC
10 7 (3.61%) Isilon
10 7 (3.61%) Qualys
10 7 (3.61%) Serena
10 7 (3.61%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.58%) Symantec