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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 261 231
Rank change year-on-year +106 -30 +45
Contract jobs citing GDPR 221 231 523
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.44% 0.89% 1.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.79% 7.36% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 155 326
10th Percentile £321 £385 £332
25th Percentile £422 £441 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% +7.37%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £600
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 4
10th Percentile - £17.50 £23.53
25th Percentile £11.00 £18.40 £25.28
Median hourly rate £14.92 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.09% +18.18% -22.37%
75th Percentile £27.50 £65.25 £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% +1.96%

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 2,257 3,139 5,879
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.68% 12.07% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,531 2,292 4,168
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £420 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £694
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 63 117
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.54 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £25.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £21.94 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.99% -3.37% +121.01%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.35 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -44.53% +31.58% +35.55%

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

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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 26 April 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

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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 26 April 2024.

GDPR hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 (6.33%) Confluence
2 6 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.81%) Apache Solr
3 4 (1.81%) nginx
4 3 (1.36%) SAS
5 2 (0.90%) CICS
Applications
1 11 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.62%) MS Visio
3 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.36%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (1.36%) FastStats
2 3 (1.36%) Unica
3 2 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 53 (23.98%) SaaS
2 49 (22.17%) IaaS
3 48 (21.72%) PaaS
4 27 (12.22%) Azure
5 14 (6.33%) AWS
6 12 (5.43%) GCP
7 8 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (3.62%) Nutanix
8 7 (3.17%) Rubrik
9 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.26%) Collibra
9 5 (2.26%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.36%) OCI
12 2 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.90%) Serverless
12 2 (0.90%) Stripe
12 2 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 41 (18.55%) 5G
1 41 (18.55%) Broadband
2 18 (8.14%) Firewall
3 17 (7.69%) DNS
4 16 (7.24%) TCP/IP
5 12 (5.43%) DHCP
6 7 (3.17%) Kerberos
6 7 (3.17%) NAS
6 7 (3.17%) SAN
6 7 (3.17%) VLAN
7 4 (1.81%) HTTPS
7 4 (1.81%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.81%) IPsec
7 4 (1.81%) tcpdump
7 4 (1.81%) Wireshark
8 3 (1.36%) Network Security
9 2 (0.90%) Cisco IPT
10 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.45%) SSL
10 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.14%) Metadata
2 10 (4.52%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.17%) MySQL
4 6 (2.71%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.81%) Apache Hive
5 4 (1.81%) Couchbase
5 4 (1.81%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.81%) Tableau
6 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.90%) DB2
6 2 (0.90%) OLTP
6 2 (0.90%) Power BI
6 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (5.88%) ERwin
2 12 (5.43%) JIRA
3 8 (3.62%) Git
4 7 (3.17%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.17%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.81%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.45%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 56 (25.34%) Law
2 49 (22.17%) Organisational Skills
3 39 (17.65%) Finance
4 38 (17.19%) Social Skills
5 36 (16.29%) Legal
6 35 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (11.76%) Public Sector
8 18 (8.14%) Marketing
9 16 (7.24%) Manufacturing
10 13 (5.88%) Retail
11 12 (5.43%) Electronics
11 12 (5.43%) Telecoms
12 10 (4.52%) Police
13 6 (2.71%) Banking
14 3 (1.36%) Automotive
14 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.45%) General Ledger
16 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 1 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (18.55%) Penetration Tester
1 41 (18.55%) Security Penetration Tester
1 41 (18.55%) Security Specialist
1 41 (18.55%) Security Tester
1 41 (18.55%) Tester
1 41 (18.55%) Testing Specialist
2 39 (17.65%) Architect
3 21 (9.50%) Consultant
4 18 (8.14%) Data Architect
5 17 (7.69%) Analyst
6 16 (7.24%) Data Consultant
7 13 (5.88%) Data Protection Consultant
8 12 (5.43%) Enterprise Architect
9 10 (4.52%) Enterprise Data Architect
10 9 (4.07%) Senior
11 7 (3.17%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.71%) Coordinator
12 6 (2.71%) Data Analyst
12 6 (2.71%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (18.55%) Web Services
2 8 (3.62%) JSON
3 7 (3.17%) LDAP
4 4 (1.81%) JSON Schema
4 4 (1.81%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (1.81%) OLE
4 4 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (1.81%) YAML
5 3 (1.36%) .NET
5 3 (1.36%) REST
6 2 (0.90%) CSS
6 2 (0.90%) FIDO
6 2 (0.90%) HTML
6 2 (0.90%) RESTful
7 1 (0.45%) ADO
7 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.45%) Django
7 1 (0.45%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.45%) Node.js
7 1 (0.45%) Sphinx
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.55%) Mobile App
2 24 (10.86%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (8.14%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.98%) Wiki
5 8 (3.62%) Clustering
6 7 (3.17%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.17%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.17%) Replication
7 5 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.81%) YARA
9 3 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.36%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.90%) Contactless
10 2 (0.90%) Digital Wallet
10 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.90%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.60%) Linux
2 16 (7.24%) Windows
3 8 (3.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (3.62%) Solaris
3 8 (3.62%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.17%) Oracle Linux
5 4 (1.81%) CentOS
5 4 (1.81%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.81%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (1.81%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.90%) zOS
7 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (33.94%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (29.86%) Data Protection
3 60 (27.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (20.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 45 (20.36%) Penetration Testing
5 42 (19.00%) Application Security
5 42 (19.00%) OWASP
6 41 (18.55%) Security Testing
7 40 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (18.10%) Data Governance
8 32 (14.48%) Agile
8 32 (14.48%) Data Management
8 32 (14.48%) Information Security
8 32 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (12.67%) Data Modelling
10 27 (12.22%) Data Privacy
11 23 (10.41%) DevOps
12 21 (9.50%) Data Strategy
12 21 (9.50%) Migration
13 20 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.79%) SQL
2 14 (6.33%) Python
3 11 (4.98%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.07%) C#
5 8 (3.62%) Bash
5 8 (3.62%) Java
6 5 (2.26%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.81%) PHP
7 4 (1.81%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.81%) VBScript
8 3 (1.36%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.90%) C++
9 2 (0.90%) COBOL
9 2 (0.90%) REXX
10 1 (0.45%) Groovy
10 1 (0.45%) Perl
10 1 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 68 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 42 (19.00%) GIAC
2 42 (19.00%) SANS
3 41 (18.55%) CREST Certified
3 41 (18.55%) GPEN
3 41 (18.55%) OSCP
4 23 (10.41%) Degree
5 12 (5.43%) CISSP
6 9 (4.07%) CISM
6 9 (4.07%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.81%) CISA
8 3 (1.36%) CRISC
8 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.90%) CIPD
10 1 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.45%) FFIEC
10 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (23.08%) PCI DSS
2 42 (19.00%) NCSC
3 28 (12.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (10.86%) Data Quality
5 23 (10.41%) NIST
6 17 (7.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (4.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (3.62%) QA
9 7 (3.17%) HIPAA
10 6 (2.71%) PSD2
11 5 (2.26%) GRC
12 4 (1.81%) PMO
13 3 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.90%) Automotive SPICE
14 2 (0.90%) AUTOSAR
14 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.45%) COPPA
15 1 (0.45%) IFRS
15 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.07%) Docker
4 4 (1.81%) Snort
4 4 (1.81%) XenApp
5 1 (0.45%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (6.33%) Terraform
2 13 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.43%) Ansible
4 7 (3.17%) EMC NetWorker
4 7 (3.17%) Netcool
4 7 (3.17%) Tivoli
4 7 (3.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (1.81%) Kibana
5 4 (1.81%) SCCM
6 1 (0.45%) CA Service Virtualization
6 1 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.45%) SELinux
6 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (18.55%) Virgin Media
2 30 (13.57%) Microsoft
3 24 (10.86%) Oracle
4 18 (8.14%) SAP
5 12 (5.43%) Google
6 11 (4.98%) Sparx
6 11 (4.98%) Splunk
7 10 (4.52%) VMware
8 9 (4.07%) CyberArk
9 8 (3.62%) HP
9 8 (3.62%) OneTrust
10 7 (3.17%) Cisco
10 7 (3.17%) Dell
10 7 (3.17%) EMC
10 7 (3.17%) IBM
10 7 (3.17%) Isilon
10 7 (3.17%) Qualys
10 7 (3.17%) Serena
10 7 (3.17%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.71%) Salesforce