Data Protection Act Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Protection Act (DPA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Protection Act in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 438 557
Rank change year-on-year -88 +119 -39
Permanent jobs citing Data Protection Act 63 218 336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.55% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 1.42% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 50 112 311
10th Percentile £37,805 £40,935 £35,250
25th Percentile £45,781 £46,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,688 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,875 £85,000
UK median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.36% - +4.76%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Data Protection Act is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,156 15,341 34,573
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.30% 38.71% 47.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,256 11,181 17,054
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,294 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,925 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.81% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Protection Act
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Data Protection Act trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection Act
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Protection Act.

Data Protection Act salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection Act
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Protection Act over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Data Protection Act salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection Act
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 1 (1.59%) Apache
1 1 (1.59%) IBM Domino
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.59%) SAS
1 1 (1.59%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.35%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (6.35%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (6.35%) Adobe Premiere
3 4 (6.35%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.87%) Azure
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (7.94%) AWS
4 4 (6.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 4 (6.35%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.59%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.59%) Google Play
5 1 (1.59%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.52%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (3.17%) Firewall
3 2 (3.17%) HTTP
3 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.59%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.59%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.05%) Finance
3 7 (11.11%) Marketing
4 5 (7.94%) Advertising
4 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Front Office
4 5 (7.94%) Legal
4 5 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.17%) Back Office
7 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.17%) Local Government
7 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Publishing
8 1 (1.59%) German Language
8 1 (1.59%) Law
8 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (15.87%) Security Manager
2 9 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 9 (14.29%) Senior
3 7 (11.11%) Analyst
3 7 (11.11%) Developer
4 6 (9.52%) Applications Support
4 6 (9.52%) Data Protection Specialist
4 6 (9.52%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.52%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 6 (9.52%) Security Project Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Data Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Data Protection Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Consultant
6 3 (4.76%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Strategy Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Insight Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) Node.js
2 3 (4.76%) RESTful
3 2 (3.17%) .NET
3 2 (3.17%) Express.js
3 2 (3.17%) Jest
3 2 (3.17%) Next.js
3 2 (3.17%) React
3 2 (3.17%) Web Services
4 1 (1.59%) CSS
4 1 (1.59%) HTML
4 1 (1.59%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Freedom of Information
1 6 (9.52%) Virtual Team
2 4 (6.35%) Derivative
2 4 (6.35%) SCORM
3 3 (4.76%) e-Learning
3 3 (4.76%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (3.17%) Cyberattack
4 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.17%) Hedge funds
4 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.59%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.59%) Online Gambling
5 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.46%) Windows
2 4 (6.35%) Linux
3 2 (3.17%) Unix
3 2 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.59%) Android
4 1 (1.59%) NetWare
4 1 (1.59%) Solaris
4 1 (1.59%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 17 (26.98%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (26.98%) Information Security
3 12 (19.05%) Project Management
4 10 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (14.29%) Internal Audit
6 8 (12.70%) Risk Register
7 7 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 7 (11.11%) Value Proposition
8 6 (9.52%) Analytics
8 6 (9.52%) Data Sharing
8 6 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (9.52%) Mentoring
8 6 (9.52%) PRINCE
8 6 (9.52%) PRINCE2
8 6 (9.52%) Project Governance
8 6 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (9.52%) Risk Management
8 6 (9.52%) SIEM
9 5 (7.94%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.94%) SQL
3 4 (6.35%) C#
3 4 (6.35%) TypeScript
4 3 (4.76%) Java
5 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.59%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.59%) Bash
6 1 (1.59%) C++
6 1 (1.59%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.59%) Python
6 1 (1.59%) VC++
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Degree
2 6 (9.52%) ISEB
2 6 (9.52%) PMI Certification
2 6 (9.52%) PMP
2 6 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (4.76%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.17%) CISSP
4 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.59%) CISM
5 1 (1.59%) GIAC
5 1 (1.59%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (34.92%) GDPR
2 11 (17.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (12.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.35%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (4.76%) PMO
6 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.17%) GRC
6 2 (3.17%) NCSC
6 2 (3.17%) NIST
6 2 (3.17%) QA
7 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.59%) Ansible
2 1 (1.59%) Control-M
2 1 (1.59%) SCCM
2 1 (1.59%) Terraform
2 1 (1.59%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 16 (25.40%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) VMware
3 4 (6.35%) Adobe
3 4 (6.35%) Citrix
4 3 (4.76%) Facebook
4 3 (4.76%) Trayport
5 2 (3.17%) Google
6 1 (1.59%) Ahrefs
6 1 (1.59%) Lotus
6 1 (1.59%) Novell
6 1 (1.59%) Oracle
6 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.59%) Sun