GDPR Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for GDPR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GDPR over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 255 265
Rank change year-on-year -40 +10 -17
Permanent jobs citing GDPR 366 561 967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.08% 1.36% 1.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.52% 9.31% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 314 304 607
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,075 £34,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,700 £90,000
UK median annual salary £46,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.45% - -4.35%

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,296 6,027 10,924
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.71% 14.61% 15.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,247 4,088 6,023
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +8.81% +5.03%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

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

GDPR
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GDPR salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

GDPR
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GDPR over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

GDPR salary 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 16 (4.37%) WordPress
2 15 (4.10%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.91%) CMS
5 4 (1.09%) Confluence
5 4 (1.09%) SAS
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.27%) Drupal
Applications
1 28 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (4.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.09%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.09%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.27%) Revit
6 1 (0.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.27%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.27%) iTrent
3 1 (0.27%) Primavera
3 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (27.87%) Azure
2 61 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 54 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (9.02%) AWS
5 21 (5.74%) Snowflake
6 19 (5.19%) Serverless
7 18 (4.92%) Matillion
8 14 (3.83%) SaaS
9 12 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.01%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.19%) PaaS
13 7 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.64%) GCP
14 6 (1.64%) Google Workspace
14 6 (1.64%) IaaS
14 6 (1.64%) WhatsApp
15 5 (1.37%) OCI
16 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.47%) Firewall
2 22 (6.01%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (2.73%) VoIP
4 7 (1.91%) Cisco IPT
5 6 (1.64%) Network Security
5 6 (1.64%) Wireshark
6 5 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.09%) DNS
7 4 (1.09%) SAN
7 4 (1.09%) VPN
7 4 (1.09%) Wireless
8 2 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.55%) DKIM
8 2 (0.55%) DMARC
8 2 (0.55%) HTTP
8 2 (0.55%) Internet
8 2 (0.55%) PBX
8 2 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.55%) Skype
8 2 (0.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.57%) Power BI
2 33 (9.02%) Data Lake
3 24 (6.56%) Metadata
4 20 (5.46%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (3.28%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.01%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.73%) Tableau
8 9 (2.46%) QlikView
9 8 (2.19%) Big Data
9 8 (2.19%) MySQL
10 6 (1.64%) Looker
11 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.09%) HDInsight
12 4 (1.09%) MS Access
12 4 (1.09%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.55%) DTS
14 2 (0.55%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
15 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 10 (2.73%) JIRA
2 5 (1.37%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) GitLab
3 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.55%) MLflow
4 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 107 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 75 (20.49%) Finance
3 73 (19.95%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (15.30%) Legal
5 43 (11.75%) Marketing
6 39 (10.66%) Law
7 34 (9.29%) Retail
8 31 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.73%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.46%) Games
11 9 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.19%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.19%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.64%) Publishing
15 5 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.09%) Advertising
16 4 (1.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 52 (14.21%) Analyst
2 43 (11.75%) Lead
3 29 (7.92%) Architect
4 26 (7.10%) IT Manager
5 23 (6.28%) Data Architect
5 23 (6.28%) Developer
6 22 (6.01%) Security Analyst
6 22 (6.01%) Senior
7 20 (5.46%) Project Manager
8 17 (4.64%) Data Manager
9 13 (3.55%) Head of IT
9 13 (3.55%) IT Analyst
10 11 (3.01%) Business Manager
10 11 (3.01%) Junior
10 11 (3.01%) Security Manager
11 10 (2.73%) Enterprise Architect
11 10 (2.73%) Enterprise Data Architect
12 9 (2.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (2.46%) Designer
12 9 (2.46%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.92%) HTML
2 9 (2.46%) XML
3 8 (2.19%) CSS
4 7 (1.91%) .NET
5 6 (1.64%) Web Services
6 4 (1.09%) YAML
7 3 (0.82%) Middleware
7 3 (0.82%) Node.js
8 2 (0.55%) ADO
8 2 (0.55%) Ajax
8 2 (0.55%) Express.js
8 2 (0.55%) jQuery
8 2 (0.55%) JSON
8 2 (0.55%) MERN Stack
8 2 (0.55%) React
9 1 (0.27%) WinForms
9 1 (0.27%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.93%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.74%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.37%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.37%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.37%) Security Posture
5 13 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (3.01%) e-Learning
7 8 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.19%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.64%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.64%) NHS
8 6 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.37%) Freedom of Information
9 5 (1.37%) Housing Association
9 5 (1.37%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.09%) Animation
10 4 (1.09%) Life Science
10 4 (1.09%) Social Media
11 3 (0.82%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.10%) Windows
2 6 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.09%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.82%) Android
4 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.82%) Linux
4 3 (0.82%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (36.07%) Information Security
2 102 (27.87%) Data Protection
3 89 (24.32%) Cybersecurity
4 73 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (18.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (14.21%) Project Management
7 44 (12.02%) Analytics
8 43 (11.75%) Agile
8 43 (11.75%) Business Intelligence
8 43 (11.75%) ITIL
9 41 (11.20%) CRM
10 40 (10.93%) Data Governance
11 39 (10.66%) Risk Management
12 38 (10.38%) Roadmaps
13 35 (9.56%) Data Management
13 35 (9.56%) Data Modelling
13 35 (9.56%) ETL
14 33 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 32 (8.74%) DevOps
16 31 (8.47%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 56 (15.30%) SQL
2 22 (6.01%) T-SQL
3 18 (4.92%) Python
4 17 (4.64%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.28%) C#
5 12 (3.28%) PHP
6 9 (2.46%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.64%) Java
8 4 (1.09%) Bash
8 4 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.82%) R
10 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (16.94%) Degree
2 41 (11.20%) CISSP
3 33 (9.02%) CISM
4 22 (6.01%) Security Cleared
5 20 (5.46%) CISA
6 18 (4.92%) CRISC
6 18 (4.92%) GIAC
6 18 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (4.92%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.10%) DBS Check
8 14 (3.83%) Azure Certification
9 13 (3.55%) SSCP
10 12 (3.28%) GSEC
11 9 (2.46%) PMP
12 8 (2.19%) PMI Certification
13 7 (1.91%) ISEB
13 7 (1.91%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.37%) CEH
14 5 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (30.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (9.29%) GRC
3 33 (9.02%) PCI DSS
4 32 (8.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (7.65%) NIST
6 14 (3.83%) NCSC
7 12 (3.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 12 (3.28%) QA
8 11 (3.01%) Data Quality
9 8 (2.19%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.91%) COBIT
11 6 (1.64%) HIPAA
11 6 (1.64%) SLA
11 6 (1.64%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.09%) ISO 9001
12 4 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.82%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.82%) PSD2
14 2 (0.55%) ITGC
System Software
1 17 (4.64%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.09%) Firmware
4 3 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.55%) Docker
5 2 (0.55%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.64%) CSIRT
3 5 (1.37%) Terraform
4 4 (1.09%) Autotask
4 4 (1.09%) Nessus
5 3 (0.82%) SCCM
6 2 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.27%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.27%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.27%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 91 (24.86%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.92%) Databricks
3 10 (2.73%) Cisco
3 10 (2.73%) Google
4 9 (2.46%) Qualys
5 7 (1.91%) Adobe
5 7 (1.91%) VMware
6 6 (1.64%) Citrix
7 5 (1.37%) Oracle
8 4 (1.09%) Datto
9 3 (0.82%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.82%) Facebook
9 3 (0.82%) Meraki
9 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.82%) Sophos
10 2 (0.55%) Apple
10 2 (0.55%) ConnectWise
10 2 (0.55%) Sage
10 2 (0.55%) SAP
10 2 (0.55%) WooCommerce