Data Protection Officer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Protection/Privacy Officer
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Protection/Privacy Officer salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 628 880
Rank change year-on-year +49 +252 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Protection Officer 23 7 11
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.065% 0.019% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.019% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 10
10th Percentile £29,925 £35,785 £41,666
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £45,625 £89,119
90th Percentile £140,000 £48,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -23.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Data Protection Officer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Data Protection Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Protection Officer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection Officer
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 Officer.

Data Protection Officer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection Officer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Protection Officer over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Data Protection Officer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Data Protection Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Data Protection Officer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 9 (39.13%) Information Security
3 7 (30.43%) Law
3 7 (30.43%) GDPR
4 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (13.04%) Finance
7 2 (8.70%) GRC
7 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (8.70%) IASME
7 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (8.70%) Data Privacy
7 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
7 2 (8.70%) SaaS
7 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (8.70%) Time Management
7 2 (8.70%) SQL
7 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
7 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
7 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
8 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
8 1 (4.35%) Legal
8 1 (4.35%) Data Management
8 1 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
8 1 (4.35%) Data Sharing

Data Protection Officer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) SaaS
General
1 7 (30.43%) Law
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 9 (39.13%) Information Security
3 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.70%) Data Privacy
4 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
4 2 (8.70%) Time Management
5 1 (4.35%) Data Management
5 1 (4.35%) Data Sharing
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) GDPR
2 2 (8.70%) GRC
2 2 (8.70%) IASME
2 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
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